Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) skills within the North East region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ASIC over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApplication-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6185
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching permanent IT job ads103
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.001 %
As % of the category below6.329 %1.875 %
Salaries quoted82
Average minimum salary£34,125£30,000
Average salary£34,750£33,500
% change on same period last year+3.73 %
Average maximum salary£35,375£37,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,873£43,068
% change on same period last year-9.74 %
North East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
North East
Matching permanent IT job ads158160
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.107 %0.073 %
Salaries quoted133143
Average minimum salary£31,655£32,043
Average salary£33,947£34,867
% change on same period last year-2.63 %
Average maximum salary£36,239£37,691
UK excluding London average salary£37,736£40,246
% change on same period last year-6.23 %
ASIC EnglandASIC
England

ASIC
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing ASIC across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

North East ASIC Demand Trend

ASIC
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ASIC across the North East region.

North East ASIC Salary Trend

ASIC
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ASIC across the North East region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

North East ASIC Salary Histogram

ASIC
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ASIC within the North East region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
DurhamNew entry-7£35,000-
Tyne and WearNew entry-3£34,333-
ASIC EnglandASIC
England

ASIC
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the North East region citing ASIC also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited ASIC.

114 (100.00 %)Electronics
211 (78.57 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
37 (50.00 %)Manufacturing
37 (50.00 %)C
44 (28.57 %)Assembly Language
53 (21.43 %)Mathematics
53 (21.43 %)Physics
53 (21.43 %)Pensions
53 (21.43 %)Embedded C
61 (7.143 %)Degree
61 (7.143 %)HTTP

ASIC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the North East region citing ASIC also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited ASIC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (7.143 %)HTTP
North East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (100.00 %)Electronics
27 (50.00 %)Manufacturing
33 (21.43 %)Pensions
North East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (71.43 %)Electronics Engineer
24 (28.57 %)ASIC Design Engineer
24 (28.57 %)Digital Design Engineer
24 (28.57 %)FPGA Design Engineer
24 (28.57 %)FPGA Engineer
24 (28.57 %)Design Engineer
31 (7.143 %)Senior Software Engineer
31 (7.143 %)Software Engineer
North East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (78.57 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
23 (21.43 %)Mathematics
23 (21.43 %)Physics
North East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (50.00 %)C
24 (28.57 %)Assembly Language
33 (21.43 %)Embedded C
North East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (7.143 %)Degree