The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in IT jobs advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Electronics 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 Northamptonshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronics
Rank 65 58 59
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +1
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 7 13 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.061% 1.704% 1.966%
As % of the General category 3.182% 4.851% 5.536%
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 15
Average salary £37,500 £28,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.57% -12.30%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £35,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+8.45% -4.05%
All of the General Category
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
220 268 289
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 33.33% 35.12% 35.50%
Number of salaries quoted 189 238 253
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% +4.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,400 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £52,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Electronics
East Midlands

Electronics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire Electronics Jobs Demand Trend

Electronics
Salary Trend

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

Northamptonshire Electronics Salary Trend

Electronics
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Northamptonshire 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
Northampton -13 3 - -
Towcester - 3 £37,500 -
Electronics
East Midlands

Electronics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire region citing Electronics 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 Electronics.

1 9 (60.00%) C++
2 8 (53.33%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (46.67%) Mathematics
3 7 (46.67%) C#
4 6 (40.00%) WPF
4 6 (40.00%) Electronic Design Automation
5 5 (33.33%) Degree
5 5 (33.33%) Qt
5 5 (33.33%) OpenGL
6 4 (26.67%) Java
6 4 (26.67%) Windows
6 4 (26.67%) Linux
7 3 (20.00%) C
7 3 (20.00%) SQL
7 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 3 (20.00%) QA
8 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
8 2 (13.33%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (13.33%) VMware
8 2 (13.33%) MATLAB
8 2 (13.33%) Firmware
9 1 (6.667%) Wireless
9 1 (6.667%) Automotive
9 1 (6.667%) 3D Graphics
9 1 (6.667%) Scrum
9 1 (6.667%) .NET
9 1 (6.667%) MFC
9 1 (6.667%) MS Office
9 1 (6.667%) HTML
9 1 (6.667%) Python

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (40.00%) WPF
2 5 (33.33%) OpenGL
2 5 (33.33%) Qt
3 1 (6.667%) WF
3 1 (6.667%) Silverlight
3 1 (6.667%) HTML
3 1 (6.667%) .NET
3 1 (6.667%) MFC
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Office
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) Wireless
General
1 1 (6.667%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Software Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Software Test Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Test Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Technical Administrator
4 1 (6.667%) Embedded C++ Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Graduate Software Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Firmware Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Agile Tester
4 1 (6.667%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Graduate
4 1 (6.667%) Tester
4 1 (6.667%) Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Technical Support
4 1 (6.667%) Administrator
4 1 (6.667%) Quality Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Design Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Software Tester
4 1 (6.667%) C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Mathematics
2 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (13.33%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (13.33%) Firmware
4 1 (6.667%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (6.667%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (6.667%) Neural Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
1 4 (26.67%) Linux
2 1 (6.667%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (40.00%) Electronic Design Automation
3 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
4 1 (6.667%) Six Sigma
4 1 (6.667%) Scrum
4 1 (6.667%) Test Automation
4 1 (6.667%) Image Processing
4 1 (6.667%) Pattern Recognition
Programming Languages
1 9 (60.00%) C++
2 7 (46.67%) C#
3 4 (26.67%) Java
4 3 (20.00%) SQL
4 3 (20.00%) C
5 2 (13.33%) MATLAB
6 1 (6.667%) Python
6 1 (6.667%) Embedded C++
6 1 (6.667%) Assembly Language
6 1 (6.667%) JavaScript
6 1 (6.667%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (6.667%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 1 (6.667%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) VMware
2 1 (6.667%) Microsoft