The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term ASIC in IT jobs advertised for the South West 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)
Rank 210 201 209
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +8
Permanent jobs citing ASIC 6 14 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.114% 0.253% 0.116%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.344% 0.885% 0.434%
Number of salaries quoted 1 13 6
Average salary £47,500 £37,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.66% -25.00%
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 West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1744 1582 1614
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 33.24% 28.58% 26.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1454 1295 1351
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £51,000 £50,000
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West 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
Gloucestershire - 3 - -
Bristol -15 2 £47,500 +26.66%
Somerset - 1 - -
ASIC
England

ASIC
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 6 (75.00%) C++
1 6 (75.00%) VHDL
1 6 (75.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 5 (62.50%) C
2 5 (62.50%) Electronics
2 5 (62.50%) Telecoms
3 4 (50.00%) SONET
3 4 (50.00%) Project Management
3 4 (50.00%) Linux
3 4 (50.00%) SDH
3 4 (50.00%) Ethernet
3 4 (50.00%) Gigabit Ethernet
3 4 (50.00%) Xilinx
3 4 (50.00%) Altera
3 4 (50.00%) CUDA
4 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
4 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
5 1 (12.50%) Verilog
5 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
5 1 (12.50%) Embedded C++
5 1 (12.50%) Tcl
5 1 (12.50%) Code Coverage
5 1 (12.50%) Perl
5 1 (12.50%) Electronic Design Automation
5 1 (12.50%) Degree
5 1 (12.50%) Signal Processing
5 1 (12.50%) SystemC

ASIC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 4 (50.00%) SONET
1 4 (50.00%) SDH
1 4 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 4 (50.00%) Gigabit Ethernet
General
1 5 (62.50%) Electronics
1 5 (62.50%) Telecoms
2 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Design Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Hardware Design Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) ASIC Design Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Verification Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Hardware Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) VHDL
1 6 (75.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 4 (50.00%) CUDA
3 1 (12.50%) Verilog
3 1 (12.50%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) Code Coverage
2 1 (12.50%) Electronic Design Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) C++
2 5 (62.50%) C
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded C++
3 1 (12.50%) Tcl
3 1 (12.50%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Xilinx
1 4 (50.00%) Altera
Bristol, Avon
This involves RTL design and verification for FPGA/ASIC using appropriate tools... The role may involve close interaction with System Architects, Design, Validation and Firmware teams... Key Responsibilities:...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013