The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Embedded Systems over the 3 months to 17 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded Systems
Rank 82 82 84
Rank change year-on-year
0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 6 8 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 0.572% 0.839% 0.111%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.198% 3.213% 0.314%
Number of salaries quoted 6 6 1
Average salary £52,500 £32,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+64.06% -1.53%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,750 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+3.22% +10.71%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
273 249 318
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 26.02% 26.13% 35.45%
Number of salaries quoted 256 196 306
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £49,800
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Embedded Systems
Wales

Embedded Systems
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales Embedded Systems Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded Systems
Salary Trend

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

South Wales Embedded Systems Salary Trend

Embedded Systems
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Systems within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cardiff - 6 £52,500 -
Embedded Systems
Wales

Embedded Systems
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales region citing Embedded Systems 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 Systems.

1 8 (53.33%) DTV
1 8 (53.33%) DVB
1 8 (53.33%) Project Management
1 8 (53.33%) STB
1 8 (53.33%) Project Planning
2 7 (46.67%) C
2 7 (46.67%) C++
3 5 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Ruby
4 2 (13.33%) Ajax
4 2 (13.33%) Web 2.0
4 2 (13.33%) HTML
4 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
4 2 (13.33%) Perl
4 2 (13.33%) MS Office
4 2 (13.33%) CSS
4 2 (13.33%) Python
4 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (13.33%) VxWorks
4 2 (13.33%) QA
4 2 (13.33%) Wind River
4 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
4 2 (13.33%) Degree
5 1 (6.667%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.667%) Twitter

Embedded Systems
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales region citing Embedded Systems 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 Systems. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (13.33%) HTML
1 2 (13.33%) CSS
1 2 (13.33%) Ajax
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS Office
1 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) DVB
General
1 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Project Manager
2 7 (46.67%) Development Manager
2 7 (46.67%) Software Development Manager
2 7 (46.67%) Software Manager
3 1 (6.667%) Engineering Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) DTV
1 8 (53.33%) STB
2 2 (13.33%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Project Management
1 8 (53.33%) Project Planning
2 5 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (6.667%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) C
1 7 (46.67%) C++
2 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (13.33%) Perl
2 2 (13.33%) Python
2 2 (13.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (13.33%) Wind River
2 1 (6.667%) Twitter