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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware
Rank 85 83 85
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 2 7 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 0.191% 0.709% 0.110%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.735% 2.662% 0.305%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 1
Average salary £47,500 £32,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+48.43% -1.53%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
272 263 328
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 26.00% 26.62% 36.00%
Number of salaries quoted 254 211 316
Average salary £38,000 £35,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.57% -10.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Firmware
Wales

Firmware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Firmware Salary Trend

Firmware
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the South Wales 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
Caerphilly - 1 - -
Firmware
Wales

Firmware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 5 (62.50%) C++
1 5 (62.50%) C
1 5 (62.50%) Embedded C
2 4 (50.00%) Embedded C++
2 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) Assembly Language
3 3 (37.50%) Cisco
3 3 (37.50%) WAN
3 3 (37.50%) Degree
3 3 (37.50%) Load Balancing
3 3 (37.50%) Physics
3 3 (37.50%) JTAG
3 3 (37.50%) System Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (25.00%) Multithreading
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco PIX
4 2 (25.00%) ADSL
4 2 (25.00%) ISDN
4 2 (25.00%) VPN
4 2 (25.00%) SLA
4 2 (25.00%) CCNA
4 2 (25.00%) Windows
4 2 (25.00%) Linux
4 2 (25.00%) OO
4 2 (25.00%) HTML
4 2 (25.00%) Nokia
4 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint

Firmware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

Application Development
1 2 (25.00%) HTML
1 2 (25.00%) Ajax
2 1 (12.50%) Middleware
2 1 (12.50%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) CSS
2 1 (12.50%) GStreamer
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (37.50%) WAN
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco PIX
3 2 (25.00%) ADSL
3 2 (25.00%) ISDN
3 2 (25.00%) VPN
3 2 (25.00%) OSPF
3 2 (25.00%) BGP
3 2 (25.00%) EIGRP
3 2 (25.00%) IGRP
3 2 (25.00%) PPTP
3 2 (25.00%) Wireless
3 2 (25.00%) IPsec
3 2 (25.00%) VLAN
3 2 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (12.50%) SSH
4 1 (12.50%) RTSP
4 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (12.50%) Multimedia
1 1 (12.50%) Marketing
1 1 (12.50%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Development Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Firmware Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Network Support
2 2 (25.00%) Software Development Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Development Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Development Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Physics
2 1 (12.50%) STB
2 1 (12.50%) IPTV
2 1 (12.50%) Web 2.0
2 1 (12.50%) Device Driver
2 1 (12.50%) Streaming Video
2 1 (12.50%) Clustering
2 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Load Balancing
2 3 (37.50%) System Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (25.00%) Multithreading
3 2 (25.00%) OO
4 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
4 1 (12.50%) OOD
4 1 (12.50%) UML
4 1 (12.50%) Embedded Software Development
4 1 (12.50%) Build Automation
4 1 (12.50%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C++
1 5 (62.50%) C
1 5 (62.50%) Embedded C
2 4 (50.00%) Embedded C++
3 3 (37.50%) Assembly Language
4 1 (12.50%) Ruby
4 1 (12.50%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (12.50%) Perl
4 1 (12.50%) SQL
4 1 (12.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) CCNA
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (12.50%) MCITP
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) JTAG
2 2 (25.00%) SLA
3 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (12.50%) ISO 9001
3 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco
2 2 (25.00%) Nokia
2 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (12.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) Dell
3 1 (12.50%) Intel
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) 3PAR
3 1 (12.50%) Freescale
3 1 (12.50%) Atmel