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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automotive
Rank 72 60 71
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +11
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 15 2 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 1.452% 0.315% 0.625%
As % of the General category 4.808% 0.935% 1.613%
Number of salaries quoted 15 2 4
Average salary £45,000 £37,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.62% -17.77%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £39,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.56% -2.50%
All of the General Category
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
312 214 310
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 30.20% 33.75% 38.75%
Number of salaries quoted 234 183 280
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Automotive
Oxfordshire

Automotive
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Automotive Salary Trend

Automotive
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Automotive across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Oxford Automotive Salary Histogram

Automotive
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 24 (96.00%) Degree
2 18 (72.00%) Windows
3 17 (68.00%) Linux
3 17 (68.00%) C++
4 16 (64.00%) Embedded C
4 16 (64.00%) Assembly Language
4 16 (64.00%) C
4 16 (64.00%) Electronics
5 9 (36.00%) Validation
5 9 (36.00%) STB
5 9 (36.00%) Embedded Linux
5 9 (36.00%) C#
5 9 (36.00%) MPEG
5 9 (36.00%) Ethernet
6 8 (32.00%) Visual Studio
6 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
6 8 (32.00%) Computer Science
6 8 (32.00%) Qt
6 8 (32.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 7 (28.00%) Firmware
8 1 (4.000%) Twitter
8 1 (4.000%) CA
8 1 (4.000%) Unicenter
8 1 (4.000%) Active Directory
8 1 (4.000%) SLA
8 1 (4.000%) Windows XP
8 1 (4.000%) Windows 7
8 1 (4.000%) LANDesk
8 1 (4.000%) SCCM
8 1 (4.000%) VMware Infrastructure

Automotive
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 8 (32.00%) Qt
1 8 (32.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
Communications & Networking
1 9 (36.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 8 (32.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (64.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 17 (68.00%) Software Engineer
2 9 (36.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 7 (28.00%) Firmware Engineer
3 7 (28.00%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (4.000%) Desktop Technician
4 1 (4.000%) Desktop Support
4 1 (4.000%) Support Technician
4 1 (4.000%) IT Support
4 1 (4.000%) IT Support Technician
4 1 (4.000%) Desktop Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) STB
1 9 (36.00%) MPEG
2 8 (32.00%) Computer Science
3 7 (28.00%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 18 (72.00%) Windows
2 17 (68.00%) Linux
3 9 (36.00%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (4.000%) Windows XP
4 1 (4.000%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 17 (68.00%) C++
2 16 (64.00%) Embedded C
2 16 (64.00%) Assembly Language
2 16 (64.00%) C
3 9 (36.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 24 (96.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.000%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.000%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.000%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.000%) Unicenter
1 1 (4.000%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.000%) Twitter
2 1 (4.000%) CA
2 1 (4.000%) LANDesk
2 1 (4.000%) Altiris
2 1 (4.000%) VMware
Oxford, Oxfordshire
My client is looking to expand the team currently based at their site in Oxford by bringing on board a Principal Firmware Engineer to be focal point in...
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Salary: £40000 - £50000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013