The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Firmware in IT jobs advertised for the Peterborough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firmware over the 3 months to 21 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 Peterborough region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware
Rank 35 - 42
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 14 0 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 3.804% - 3.020%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 26.92% - 12.16%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 9
Average salary £36,000 - £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £35,400 - £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 - £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Peterborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
52 59 74
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 14.13% 19.03% 24.83%
Number of salaries quoted 42 48 59
Average salary £33,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £57,250
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Firmware
Cambridgeshire

Firmware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough Firmware Salary Trend

Firmware
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 14 (93.33%) C
2 8 (53.33%) C++
2 8 (53.33%) OO
2 8 (53.33%) TDD
3 7 (46.67%) Marketing
3 7 (46.67%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (40.00%) Unit Testing
4 6 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (40.00%) Change Control
4 6 (40.00%) Software Testing
4 6 (40.00%) Visual Studio
4 6 (40.00%) C#
5 2 (13.33%) Electronics
6 1 (6.667%) Manufacturing
6 1 (6.667%) Scrum
6 1 (6.667%) OOD
6 1 (6.667%) GPRS
6 1 (6.667%) GSM
6 1 (6.667%) Six Sigma
6 1 (6.667%) Pair Programming
6 1 (6.667%) Software Engineering
6 1 (6.667%) Degree
6 1 (6.667%) QA
6 1 (6.667%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (6.667%) ZigBee
6 1 (6.667%) Six Sigma Green Belt

Firmware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 1 (6.667%) GPRS
1 1 (6.667%) GSM
1 1 (6.667%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 6 (40.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (46.67%) Marketing
2 2 (13.33%) Electronics
3 1 (6.667%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (93.33%) Software Engineer
2 8 (53.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 6 (40.00%) Firmware Engineer
3 6 (40.00%) C Software Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Design Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Quality Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) OO
1 8 (53.33%) TDD
2 7 (46.67%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (40.00%) Unit Testing
3 6 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (40.00%) Change Control
3 6 (40.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Scrum
4 1 (6.667%) OOD
4 1 (6.667%) Six Sigma
4 1 (6.667%) Pair Programming
4 1 (6.667%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 14 (93.33%) C
2 8 (53.33%) C++
3 6 (40.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) Degree
1 1 (6.667%) Six Sigma Black Belt
1 1 (6.667%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) QA