The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Electronics over the 3 months to 23 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronics
Rank 141 112 113
Rank change year-on-year
-29 +1
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 16 36 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.512% 1.046% 1.249%
As % of the General category 1.143% 2.653% 2.676%
Number of salaries quoted 12 27 40
Average salary £100,000 £34,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+194.11% -9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,300 £19,800 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £150,000 £41,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,501 £35,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+5.63% -4.05%
All of the General Category
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1400 1357 1644
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 44.80% 39.41% 46.66%
Number of salaries quoted 801 916 1216
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £27,050 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £60,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Electronics
UK

Electronics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Electronics Salary Trend

Electronics
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Electronics across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Scotland Electronics Salary Histogram

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 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
Edinburgh -7 5 £100,000 +194.11%
Fife +1 4 £150,000 -
Aberdeen - 3 £32,000 -
Dundee - 3 £35,000 -
Electronics
UK

Electronics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 34 (80.95%) Degree
2 21 (50.00%) C
3 12 (28.57%) C++
3 12 (28.57%) Windows
3 12 (28.57%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 10 (23.81%) Linux
4 10 (23.81%) VB
5 9 (21.43%) UNIX
5 9 (21.43%) Ethernet
5 9 (21.43%) Manufacturing
5 9 (21.43%) Computer Science
6 8 (19.05%) Carbide.c++
6 8 (19.05%) Military
6 8 (19.05%) Aerospace
6 8 (19.05%) Configuration Management
6 8 (19.05%) Python
7 7 (16.67%) Microsoft
7 7 (16.67%) Six Sigma
7 7 (16.67%) Wireless
7 7 (16.67%) LabVIEW
7 7 (16.67%) VHDL
7 7 (16.67%) SC Cleared
7 7 (16.67%) DV Cleared
7 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
7 7 (16.67%) Lean Manufacturing
8 6 (14.29%) Subversion
8 6 (14.29%) Mathematics
8 6 (14.29%) Firmware
8 6 (14.29%) TCP/IP
8 6 (14.29%) .NET

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 (14.29%) .NET
2 5 (11.90%) MFC
2 5 (11.90%) OpenGL
2 5 (11.90%) WPF
2 5 (11.90%) Qt
2 5 (11.90%) Direct3D
3 1 (2.381%) ASP.NET
Applications
1 4 (9.524%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.762%) MS Project
3 1 (2.381%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 9 (21.43%) Ethernet
2 7 (16.67%) Wireless
3 6 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 4 (9.524%) CDMA
5 3 (7.143%) Modbus
6 2 (4.762%) LAN
6 2 (4.762%) WAN
7 1 (2.381%) SS7
7 1 (2.381%) UMTS
7 1 (2.381%) GPRS
7 1 (2.381%) GSM
7 1 (2.381%) HTTP
7 1 (2.381%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.762%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.381%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (19.05%) Carbide.c++
2 7 (16.67%) LabVIEW
3 6 (14.29%) Subversion
4 5 (11.90%) Visual Studio
5 2 (4.762%) Bugzilla
General
1 9 (21.43%) Manufacturing
2 8 (19.05%) Military
2 8 (19.05%) Aerospace
3 4 (9.524%) Marketing
4 3 (7.143%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.762%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (28.57%) Software Engineer
1 12 (28.57%) Test Engineer
2 9 (21.43%) Senior Test Engineer
3 8 (19.05%) Development Engineer
4 7 (16.67%) Senior Development Engineer
4 7 (16.67%) Test Development Engineer
5 6 (14.29%) Firmware Engineer
6 4 (9.524%) Senior Design Engineer
6 4 (9.524%) Senior FPGA Engineer
6 4 (9.524%) FPGA Engineer
6 4 (9.524%) Digital Design Engineer
6 4 (9.524%) Electronics Engineer
6 4 (9.524%) Software Test Engineer
6 4 (9.524%) Design Engineer
7 2 (4.762%) Network Technician
7 2 (4.762%) Software Tester
7 2 (4.762%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 2 (4.762%) Systems Tester
7 2 (4.762%) Tester
8 1 (2.381%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (28.57%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 9 (21.43%) Computer Science
3 7 (16.67%) VHDL
4 6 (14.29%) Mathematics
4 6 (14.29%) Firmware
5 5 (11.90%) CUDA
5 5 (11.90%) Visualisation
6 4 (9.524%) Verilog
6 4 (9.524%) ASIC
7 3 (7.143%) SCADA
8 2 (4.762%) Physics
9 1 (2.381%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (28.57%) Windows
2 10 (23.81%) Linux
3 9 (21.43%) UNIX
4 3 (7.143%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (2.381%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (19.05%) Configuration Management
2 7 (16.67%) Six Sigma
2 7 (16.67%) Lean Manufacturing
3 5 (11.90%) Unit Testing
4 4 (9.524%) Software Engineering
5 3 (7.143%) Software Testing
5 3 (7.143%) Earned Value Management
5 3 (7.143%) Digital Signal Processing
5 3 (7.143%) Signal Processing
6 2 (4.762%) Automation Testing
6 2 (4.762%) Risk Analysis
6 2 (4.762%) Use Case
6 2 (4.762%) System Testing
6 2 (4.762%) CMMI
7 1 (2.381%) Risk Management
7 1 (2.381%) Project Management
7 1 (2.381%) ITIL
7 1 (2.381%) Web Development
7 1 (2.381%) Automated Testing
7 1 (2.381%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (50.00%) C
2 12 (28.57%) C++
3 10 (23.81%) VB
4 8 (19.05%) Python
5 6 (14.29%) C#
6 5 (11.90%) Perl
6 5 (11.90%) SQL
6 5 (11.90%) VC++
7 4 (9.524%) Ruby
8 1 (2.381%) VB.NET
8 1 (2.381%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 34 (80.95%) Degree
2 7 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 7 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (7.143%) ISEB
4 2 (4.762%) HND
5 1 (2.381%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.143%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.381%) Cisco
Scotland
Key Requirements: - Relevant degree in electronics engineering - 3+ years experience within electronics engineering - The ability to design for manufacture - Broad range of Design Skills (Analogue & Digital) - High speed...
Premier Group Recruitment
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Languages: C, C++, VHDL, scripting and database languages (perl, python, ruby, SQL, Visual Basic) 4... Experience Essential: Experience of using C/C++ and Embedded Linux... Desirable: Digital Signal...
Proteus Europe
Salary: negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013