The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Firmware in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firmware over the 3 months to 24 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 Miscellaneous category for the Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware
Rank 51 - 49
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 3 0 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 0.761% - 2.954%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.190% - 8.805%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 14
Average salary £40,000 - £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
137 133 159
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 34.77% 29.04% 33.54%
Number of salaries quoted 118 129 151
Average salary £39,000 £28,750 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.65% -11.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £19,300 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £42,500 £39,200
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Firmware
Northamptonshire

Firmware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton Firmware Salary Trend

Firmware
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 4 (80.00%) SQL
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (80.00%) SAN
1 4 (80.00%) Security Management
1 4 (80.00%) Resource Management
1 4 (80.00%) Database Security
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (40.00%) NetApp
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) DTS
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) QA
3 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt

Firmware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (40.00%) DTS
General
1 1 (20.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) DBA
1 4 (80.00%) Administrator
1 4 (80.00%) SQL DBA
1 4 (80.00%) Teradata DBA
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server DBA
2 2 (40.00%) Server Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) Design Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Quality Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Security Management
1 4 (80.00%) Resource Management
1 4 (80.00%) Database Security
2 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
1 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) NetApp