The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Firmware in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firmware over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the North East region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware
Rank 59 67 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 7 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 1.082% 0.466% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.224% 2.299% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 0
Average salary £33,000 £37,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
134 174 236
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 20.71% 20.26% 32.78%
Number of salaries quoted 99 157 188
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £47,000 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Firmware
England

Firmware
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Firmware across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

North East Firmware Jobs Demand Trend

Firmware
Salary Trend

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

North East Firmware Salary Trend

Firmware
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firmware across the North East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North East Firmware Salary Histogram

Firmware
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the North East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Durham +4 7 £33,000 -12.00%
Firmware
England

Firmware
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North East region citing Firmware 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 Firmware.

1 8 (100.00%) C
2 7 (87.50%) C++
3 6 (75.00%) Embedded C
4 5 (62.50%) Electronics
4 5 (62.50%) Subversion
4 5 (62.50%) Embedded C++
4 5 (62.50%) Assembly Language
4 5 (62.50%) Configuration Management
4 5 (62.50%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 5 (62.50%) Linux
4 5 (62.50%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (62.50%) Embedded Software Development
5 2 (25.00%) Chartered Engineer
5 2 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
6 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (12.50%) C#
6 1 (12.50%) Degree

Firmware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North East region citing Firmware 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 Firmware. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Subversion
1 5 (62.50%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 5 (62.50%) Electronics
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) Firmware Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Engineering Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
1 5 (62.50%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Configuration Management
1 5 (62.50%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C
2 7 (87.50%) C++
3 6 (75.00%) Embedded C
4 5 (62.50%) Embedded C++
4 5 (62.50%) Assembly Language
5 1 (12.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
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