The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded Software Development skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Embedded Software Development 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the South East region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded Software Development
Rank 394 396 385
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -11
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Software Development 44 45 47
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.200% 0.190% 0.202%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.274% 0.259% 0.285%
Number of salaries quoted 18 20 34
Average salary £40,000 £32,750 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.13% -16.02%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £25,000 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £58,700 £48,000 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,875 £41,000
% change year-on-year
+2.89% -5.18%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16052 17377 16471
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 72.94% 73.24% 70.85%
Number of salaries quoted 13037 14884 14113
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Embedded Software Development
England

Embedded Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Embedded Software Development across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South East Embedded Software Development Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded Software Development
Salary Trend

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

South East Embedded Software Development Salary Trend

Embedded Software Development
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Embedded Software Development across the South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South East Embedded Software Development Salary Histogram

Embedded Software Development
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Software Development within the South East 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
West Sussex - 18 £40,000 -
Middlesex +8 10 £47,500 +5.55%
Surrey +8 8 £40,000 -25.58%
Berkshire -1 5 £40,000 +60.00%
East Sussex 0 1 £61,500 +64.00%
Kent - 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 £57,500 -
Embedded Software Development
England

Embedded Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Embedded Software Development 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 Embedded Software Development.

1 64 (85.33%) C
2 53 (70.67%) Electronics
3 51 (68.00%) C++
4 50 (66.67%) Degree
5 42 (56.00%) Linux
6 34 (45.33%) Software Testing
7 33 (44.00%) Software Engineering
8 32 (42.67%) Telecoms
9 27 (36.00%) Middleware
9 27 (36.00%) Windows
10 25 (33.33%) UML
10 25 (33.33%) VxWorks
10 25 (33.33%) Aerospace
10 25 (33.33%) Device Driver
10 25 (33.33%) Military
11 24 (32.00%) Information Management
11 24 (32.00%) Requirements Management
11 24 (32.00%) Communications Security
11 24 (32.00%) Avionics
11 24 (32.00%) Configuration Management
11 24 (32.00%) ClearQuest
11 24 (32.00%) Chip and PIN
11 24 (32.00%) Management Information System
11 24 (32.00%) OO
11 24 (32.00%) ClearCase
11 24 (32.00%) Ada
11 24 (32.00%) DO-178B
11 24 (32.00%) Rational DOORS
12 21 (28.00%) Waterfall
12 21 (28.00%) Signal Processing

Embedded Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Embedded Software Development 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 Embedded Software Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 27 (36.00%) Middleware
2 21 (28.00%) JSF
3 6 (8.000%) .NET
4 5 (6.667%) MFC
5 4 (5.333%) OpenGL
6 1 (1.333%) HTML
6 1 (1.333%) CSS
6 1 (1.333%) HTML5
Applications
1 21 (28.00%) MS Office
2 18 (24.00%) MS Excel
3 13 (17.33%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.333%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 13 (17.33%) Broadband
2 12 (16.00%) Wireless
3 8 (10.67%) GSM
4 5 (6.667%) LTE
5 4 (5.333%) Ethernet
6 3 (4.000%) TCP/IP
6 3 (4.000%) GPRS
7 2 (2.667%) DVB
8 1 (1.333%) HTTP
8 1 (1.333%) Modbus
8 1 (1.333%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 24 (32.00%) ClearQuest
1 24 (32.00%) ClearCase
1 24 (32.00%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (5.333%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.333%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.333%) Subversion
3 1 (1.333%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.333%) Eclipse
General
1 53 (70.67%) Electronics
2 32 (42.67%) Telecoms
3 25 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 25 (33.33%) Military
4 24 (32.00%) Avionics
5 8 (10.67%) Multimedia
6 4 (5.333%) Finance
6 4 (5.333%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.000%) Marketing
8 1 (1.333%) Games
8 1 (1.333%) German Language
8 1 (1.333%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 47 (62.67%) Software Engineer
2 14 (18.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 13 (17.33%) Senior Software Engineer
4 10 (13.33%) Architect
5 9 (12.00%) Technical Architect
6 8 (10.67%) Software Architect
7 7 (9.333%) C Software Engineer
8 6 (8.000%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 5 (6.667%) DSP Engineer
9 5 (6.667%) Software Design Engineer
9 5 (6.667%) Design Engineer
10 4 (5.333%) Analyst
10 4 (5.333%) DSP Software Engineer
10 4 (5.333%) Security Analyst
10 4 (5.333%) C++ Software Engineer
11 3 (4.000%) Hardware Engineer
11 3 (4.000%) Firmware Engineer
11 3 (4.000%) Development Engineer
11 3 (4.000%) Product Development Engineer
12 2 (2.667%) Software Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 25 (33.33%) Device Driver
2 24 (32.00%) Chip and PIN
2 24 (32.00%) Management Information System
3 18 (24.00%) Computer Science
4 14 (18.67%) Embedded Systems
5 12 (16.00%) Firmware
6 8 (10.67%) Mathematics
7 6 (8.000%) STB
7 6 (8.000%) Open Source
8 4 (5.333%) 3D Graphics
9 3 (4.000%) Streaming Video
10 2 (2.667%) DTV
10 2 (2.667%) Physics
10 2 (2.667%) IPTV
11 1 (1.333%) Interactive TV
11 1 (1.333%) Cryptography
11 1 (1.333%) MHEG
11 1 (1.333%) Smartcard
11 1 (1.333%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 42 (56.00%) Linux
2 27 (36.00%) Windows
3 25 (33.33%) VxWorks
4 5 (6.667%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (4.000%) UNIX
6 2 (2.667%) Android
7 1 (1.333%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (45.33%) Software Testing
2 33 (44.00%) Software Engineering
3 25 (33.33%) UML
4 24 (32.00%) Information Management
4 24 (32.00%) Requirements Management
4 24 (32.00%) Communications Security
4 24 (32.00%) Configuration Management
4 24 (32.00%) OO
5 21 (28.00%) Waterfall
5 21 (28.00%) Signal Processing
6 17 (22.67%) Digital Signal Processing
7 14 (18.67%) Validation
8 13 (17.33%) Yourdon
8 13 (17.33%) SSADM
9 11 (14.67%) Unit Testing
9 11 (14.67%) Integration Testing
10 8 (10.67%) OOA/OOD
10 8 (10.67%) Continuous Integration
11 6 (8.000%) Multithreading
11 6 (8.000%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 64 (85.33%) C
2 51 (68.00%) C++
3 24 (32.00%) Ada
4 11 (14.67%) MATLAB
4 11 (14.67%) Embedded C
5 8 (10.67%) Java
6 7 (9.333%) Assembly Language
7 5 (6.667%) Perl
7 5 (6.667%) C#
8 3 (4.000%) Embedded C++
9 2 (2.667%) GLSL
9 2 (2.667%) Python
9 2 (2.667%) JavaScript
9 2 (2.667%) C++/CLI
10 1 (1.333%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (66.67%) Degree
2 13 (17.33%) PhD
3 2 (2.667%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.667%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.333%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (32.00%) DO-178B
2 2 (2.667%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (4.000%) NEC
1 3 (4.000%) EMC
2 2 (2.667%) QNX
3 1 (1.333%) IBM
3 1 (1.333%) Microsoft
Reading, Thames Valley
Location: Reading, Berkshire An Embedded Software Engineer with Linux experience is required to work in an innovative media organisation based in the Reading vicinity. As the Embedded software...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £41000 per annum + Attractive Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
This will suit a software engineer who can take on a lead role, being responsible for the design and implementation of software to be used for their next...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
As a successful Software Engineer, you will be responsible for a mix of low level, middleware and application level software development for their products... Requirements: degree educated in...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
You will be responsible for hands on embedded software development including specification, design, coding and validation... Requirements: degree educated in electronics/ software engineering or related discipline proven commercial...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
As such, the successful candidate will have the following: degree educated in electronics engineering or computer science commercial experience in software development programming in C/ C++/Java embedded...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Sussex
Required Skills *Embedded Software *Microcontrollers / Microprocessors *C / C++ *QNX or Linux Desirable *Open GL (Scrolling Graphics) *DSP This is a fantastic opportunity to grow your career as an...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Middlesex, South East
Working as part of the In-Life Software Team, the successful applicant will be involved in product reliability, release maturity and root cause analysis of failures. You will...
British Sky Broadcasting
Posted: 23 May 2013
Middlesex
Working as part of the In-Life Software Team, the successful applicant will be involved in product reliability, release maturity and root cause analysis of failures. You will...
Sky
Posted: 7 May 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Anite Telecoms provides specialist handset and system solutions to customers within the telecoms sector... Working at Anite... Anite Platform Group... Development in this team is on Windows based...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013