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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)
Rank 421 433 416
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -17
Permanent jobs citing ASIC 12 6 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.054% 0.025% 0.035%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.176% 0.085% 0.119%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 6
Average salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% -4.76%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+8.43% +3.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
6818 7081 6725
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 30.81% 29.77% 29.31%
Number of salaries quoted 5646 6040 5851
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
ASIC
England

ASIC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East ASIC Jobs Demand Trend

ASIC
Salary Trend

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

South East ASIC Salary Trend

ASIC
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ASIC within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Kent - 8 £45,000 -
Surrey +8 3 - -
Hampshire -4 1 £43,000 -4.44%
ASIC
England

ASIC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing ASIC 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 ASIC.

1 25 (100.00%) VHDL
2 22 (88.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 19 (76.00%) Verilog
4 17 (68.00%) Degree
5 15 (60.00%) Altera
6 12 (48.00%) Computer Science
6 12 (48.00%) Legal
6 12 (48.00%) Banking
6 12 (48.00%) Investment Banking
6 12 (48.00%) TCP/IP
7 8 (32.00%) Wireless
8 7 (28.00%) Telecoms
8 7 (28.00%) WLAN
8 7 (28.00%) LAN
8 7 (28.00%) Military
9 6 (24.00%) Validation
9 6 (24.00%) Project Management
10 4 (16.00%) Synopsys
10 4 (16.00%) Electronics
10 4 (16.00%) IC Design
11 3 (12.00%) Gigabit Ethernet
11 3 (12.00%) Xilinx
11 3 (12.00%) Manufacturing
11 3 (12.00%) SONET
11 3 (12.00%) SDH
11 3 (12.00%) C
11 3 (12.00%) C++
11 3 (12.00%) Linux
11 3 (12.00%) ISO 9000
11 3 (12.00%) Ethernet

ASIC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing ASIC 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 ASIC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 12 (48.00%) TCP/IP
2 8 (32.00%) Wireless
3 7 (28.00%) WLAN
3 7 (28.00%) LAN
4 3 (12.00%) Gigabit Ethernet
4 3 (12.00%) SONET
4 3 (12.00%) SDH
4 3 (12.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Rational DOORS
General
1 12 (48.00%) Legal
1 12 (48.00%) Banking
1 12 (48.00%) Investment Banking
2 7 (28.00%) Telecoms
2 7 (28.00%) Military
3 4 (16.00%) Electronics
4 3 (12.00%) Manufacturing
4 3 (12.00%) Marketing
5 1 (4.000%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 13 (52.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 9 (36.00%) Design Engineer
3 7 (28.00%) Digital Design Engineer
4 5 (20.00%) Senior Design Engineer
5 4 (16.00%) ASIC Design Engineer
6 3 (12.00%) IC Design Engineer
6 3 (12.00%) Digital IC Design Engineer
6 3 (12.00%) Developer
7 1 (4.000%) Senior FPGA Engineer
7 1 (4.000%) Wireless Engineer
7 1 (4.000%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (4.000%) Team Leader
7 1 (4.000%) FPGA Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 25 (100.00%) VHDL
2 22 (88.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 19 (76.00%) Verilog
4 12 (48.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (12.00%) CUDA
6 1 (4.000%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (24.00%) Validation
1 6 (24.00%) Project Management
2 4 (16.00%) IC Design
3 2 (8.000%) Digital Signal Processing
3 2 (8.000%) Signal Processing
4 1 (4.000%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) C
1 3 (12.00%) C++
2 1 (4.000%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 17 (68.00%) Degree
2 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) ISO 9000
Vendors
1 15 (60.00%) Altera
2 4 (16.00%) Synopsys
3 3 (12.00%) Xilinx
4 1 (4.000%) Actel
4 1 (4.000%) EMC
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Technical knowledge & experience of FPGA or ASIC design using Verilog or VHDL, board level design, board bebug, board simulation or digital/analogue and familiarity with all aspects of...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £30k - £50k plus excellent bens and shares
Posted: 23 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
Desirable: Experience in bring-up and verification of chipsets for GSM/ WCDMA for a commercial handsetExperience or knowledge in development of TDMA, CDAMA, OFDM(A) based ASIC/DSP...
Computer Futures
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Guildford, South East
These attributes are desirable:Background in communication theory and digital signal processing with a good understanding of GSM/GPRS/EDGE and/or WCDMA physical layer. Experience in development...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013