The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automotive over the 3 months to 17 May 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 General category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automotive
Rank 235 232 228
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 13 19 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.182% 0.269% 0.189%
As % of the General category 0.503% 0.805% 0.586%
Number of salaries quoted 13 16 9
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -44.00%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -3.61%
All of the General Category
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
2587 2361 2218
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 36.28% 33.48% 32.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2056 2028 1870
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -3.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Automotive
England

Automotive
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Automotive Jobs Demand Trend

Automotive
Salary Trend

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

North West Automotive Salary Trend

Automotive
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automotive across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Automotive Salary Histogram

Automotive
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Manchester - 7 £40,000 -
Cheshire -4 5 £35,000 +14.75%
Automotive
England

Automotive
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Automotive 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 Automotive.

1 21 (31.82%) HTML
2 20 (30.30%) Java
2 20 (30.30%) Mobile App
3 18 (27.27%) CSS
4 15 (22.73%) JavaScript
5 14 (21.21%) OO
5 14 (21.21%) E-Commerce
6 13 (19.70%) Project Management
7 12 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
7 12 (18.18%) TDD
7 12 (18.18%) SQL
8 11 (16.67%) Ajax
8 11 (16.67%) Finance
9 9 (13.64%) Manufacturing
9 9 (13.64%) Microsoft
9 9 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (13.64%) Analytics
10 8 (12.12%) jQuery
10 8 (12.12%) J2EE
10 8 (12.12%) Oracle
10 8 (12.12%) C++
10 8 (12.12%) Hibernate
10 8 (12.12%) Scrum
11 7 (10.61%) MVC
11 7 (10.61%) Retail
11 7 (10.61%) .NET
11 7 (10.61%) SharePoint
11 7 (10.61%) Kanban
11 7 (10.61%) Marketing
11 7 (10.61%) Digital Media

Automotive
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Automotive 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 Automotive. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 21 (31.82%) HTML
2 18 (27.27%) CSS
3 11 (16.67%) Ajax
4 8 (12.12%) Hibernate
4 8 (12.12%) J2EE
4 8 (12.12%) jQuery
5 7 (10.61%) .NET
6 6 (9.091%) Web Services
6 6 (9.091%) Django
7 5 (7.576%) Servlets
8 4 (6.061%) WPF
8 4 (6.061%) XML
8 4 (6.061%) Qt
9 3 (4.545%) JPA
9 3 (4.545%) Guice
9 3 (4.545%) Java EE
9 3 (4.545%) Spring
10 2 (3.030%) OpenGL
10 2 (3.030%) DirectX
10 2 (3.030%) Stripes Framework
Application Platforms
1 7 (10.61%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.030%) Apache
3 1 (1.515%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (6.061%) MS Office
1 4 (6.061%) MS Excel
2 3 (4.545%) MS Visio
2 3 (4.545%) MS Project
2 3 (4.545%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.515%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (7.576%) Google Analytics
2 4 (6.061%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (6.061%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.030%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.576%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (6.061%) MySQL
3 3 (4.545%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (3.030%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (3.030%) SQL Server
4 2 (3.030%) RDBMS
4 2 (3.030%) Oracle 11g
4 2 (3.030%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.515%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.515%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (1.515%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (7.576%) JUnit
2 4 (6.061%) Visual Studio
3 2 (3.030%) Selenium
3 2 (3.030%) WebDriver
3 2 (3.030%) Jasmine
4 1 (1.515%) LabVIEW
General
1 11 (16.67%) Finance
2 9 (13.64%) Manufacturing
3 7 (10.61%) Retail
3 7 (10.61%) Marketing
4 5 (7.576%) Aerospace
5 4 (6.061%) Legal
5 4 (6.061%) Electronics
6 3 (4.545%) Multimedia
7 1 (1.515%) Billing
7 1 (1.515%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 21 (31.82%) Developer
2 14 (21.21%) Senior Developer
3 13 (19.70%) Analyst
4 11 (16.67%) Business Analyst
5 8 (12.12%) Project Manager
6 6 (9.091%) Senior Business Analyst
6 6 (9.091%) Senior Analyst
6 6 (9.091%) Java Developer
7 5 (7.576%) Web Designer
7 5 (7.576%) User Experience Designer
7 5 (7.576%) Designer
8 4 (6.061%) Agile Business Analyst
8 4 (6.061%) Python Developer
8 4 (6.061%) Senior Python Developer
8 4 (6.061%) Senior Java Developer
8 4 (6.061%) Project Engineer
9 3 (4.545%) Sales Manager
9 3 (4.545%) Technical Manager
9 3 (4.545%) Junior Java Developer
9 3 (4.545%) Junior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (30.30%) Mobile App
2 7 (10.61%) Digital Media
3 6 (9.091%) Mathematics
4 5 (7.576%) Open Source
5 4 (6.061%) FMCG
5 4 (6.061%) Firmware
6 3 (4.545%) Statistics
7 2 (3.030%) CUDA
7 2 (3.030%) 3D Graphics
7 2 (3.030%) N-Tier
7 2 (3.030%) iPhone
7 2 (3.030%) Visualisation
7 2 (3.030%) Physics
8 1 (1.515%) Computer Science
8 1 (1.515%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.515%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.030%) Windows
1 2 (3.030%) Linux
2 1 (1.515%) Android
2 1 (1.515%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (21.21%) OO
1 14 (21.21%) E-Commerce
2 13 (19.70%) Project Management
3 12 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (18.18%) TDD
4 9 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (13.64%) Analytics
5 8 (12.12%) Scrum
6 7 (10.61%) MVC
6 7 (10.61%) Kanban
7 6 (9.091%) SEO
7 6 (9.091%) ERP
7 6 (9.091%) CRM
7 6 (9.091%) Logistics
8 5 (7.576%) Business Analysis
8 5 (7.576%) Web Analytics
8 5 (7.576%) Web Development
8 5 (7.576%) Refactoring
8 5 (7.576%) Digital Marketing
8 5 (7.576%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 20 (30.30%) Java
2 15 (22.73%) JavaScript
3 12 (18.18%) SQL
4 8 (12.12%) C++
5 6 (9.091%) C#
5 6 (9.091%) Python
6 4 (6.061%) Assembly Language
6 4 (6.061%) VB
6 4 (6.061%) C
7 3 (4.545%) PL/SQL
7 3 (4.545%) T-SQL
8 2 (3.030%) PHP
8 2 (3.030%) GLSL
9 1 (1.515%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (6.061%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.061%) HL7
2 1 (1.515%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.12%) Oracle
3 6 (9.091%) Cognos
3 6 (9.091%) Adobe
4 5 (7.576%) Google
5 3 (4.545%) Endeca
6 2 (3.030%) Ab Initio
6 2 (3.030%) Hitachi
6 2 (3.030%) JBoss
6 2 (3.030%) Business Objects
7 1 (1.515%) SAP
7 1 (1.515%) Salesforce.com
7 1 (1.515%) Remedy