The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Electronics over the 3 months to 20 June 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 General category for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronics
Rank 101 161 108
Rank change year-on-year
+60 -53
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 122 51 122
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 2.277% 0.929% 1.945%
As % of the General category 5.591% 2.469% 5.135%
Number of salaries quoted 98 41 98
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
All of the General Category
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
2182 2066 2376
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 40.72% 37.63% 37.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1821 1676 1934
Average salary £39,000 £38,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.63% -1.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £61,200 £59,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Electronics
England

Electronics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Electronics Jobs Demand Trend

Electronics
Salary Trend

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

South West Electronics Salary Trend

Electronics
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Electronics across the South West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

South West Electronics Salary Histogram

Electronics
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bristol +43 53 £32,500 -25.71% 29
Somerset +15 20 £35,000 -30.00% 16
Dorset -12 20 £22,500 -6.25% 6
Gloucestershire +10 15 £38,000 -15.55% 26
Wiltshire +16 8 £30,000 -25.00% 2
Cornwall +3 2 £35,000 +22.80% 3
Electronics
England

Electronics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Electronics 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 Electronics.

1 140 (58.09%) C
2 136 (56.43%) C++
3 88 (36.51%) Degree
4 76 (31.54%) Windows
5 70 (29.05%) Software Engineering
6 69 (28.63%) Computer Science
7 62 (25.73%) Linux
8 54 (22.41%) OOA/OOD
9 47 (19.50%) OOD
10 46 (19.09%) Embedded C
11 42 (17.43%) Data Modelling
12 38 (15.77%) Telecoms
13 35 (14.52%) Security Cleared
14 34 (14.11%) UNIX
15 33 (13.69%) UML
16 32 (13.28%) Aerospace
17 31 (12.86%) Mathematics
18 27 (11.20%) .NET
19 26 (10.79%) C#
19 26 (10.79%) Military
20 25 (10.37%) Marketing
21 24 (9.959%) Project Management
21 24 (9.959%) OO
22 23 (9.544%) Microsoft
22 23 (9.544%) Scrum
22 23 (9.544%) Manufacturing
23 22 (9.129%) Multithreading
23 22 (9.129%) Embedded Systems
24 20 (8.299%) DTV
25 19 (7.884%) Software Testing

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Electronics 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 Electronics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 27 (11.20%) .NET
2 17 (7.054%) Qt
2 17 (7.054%) HTML
3 16 (6.639%) XML
3 16 (6.639%) CSS
4 8 (3.320%) ODBC
5 7 (2.905%) MFC
6 5 (2.075%) Middleware
6 5 (2.075%) JSON
7 3 (1.245%) ATL
7 3 (1.245%) ActiveX
7 3 (1.245%) OLE
8 2 (0.830%) WPF
8 2 (0.830%) REST
8 2 (0.830%) DirectX
8 2 (0.830%) COM
8 2 (0.830%) JSP
8 2 (0.830%) J2EE
8 2 (0.830%) Hibernate
8 2 (0.830%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 2 (0.830%) MS Exchange
1 2 (0.830%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (0.415%) Apache
Applications
1 10 (4.149%) MS Office
2 7 (2.905%) MS Excel
3 4 (1.660%) Photoshop
3 4 (1.660%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (1.245%) Simulink
5 2 (0.830%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.830%) MS Project
6 1 (0.415%) Pro/ENGINEER
6 1 (0.415%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.415%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 10 (4.149%) LabWindows
2 8 (3.320%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (0.830%) Sage 50
3 2 (0.830%) Pegasus Opera
4 1 (0.415%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.469%) Ethernet
2 16 (6.639%) TCP/IP
3 13 (5.394%) DVB
4 12 (4.979%) Wireless
5 11 (4.564%) DLNA
6 10 (4.149%) 4G
7 7 (2.905%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (2.905%) 3G
8 6 (2.490%) 802.11
8 6 (2.490%) VoIP
8 6 (2.490%) WLAN
8 6 (2.490%) Bluetooth
9 5 (2.075%) SDH
10 4 (1.660%) Unified Communications
10 4 (1.660%) PABX
10 4 (1.660%) SONET
10 4 (1.660%) Internet
10 4 (1.660%) Softphone
10 4 (1.660%) Gigabit Ethernet
11 3 (1.245%) 3GPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.660%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (0.830%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.830%) GIS
3 1 (0.415%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 18 (7.469%) Rational Rhapsody
1 18 (7.469%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (2.905%) Visual Studio
3 5 (2.075%) PVCS
4 4 (1.660%) Rational Rose
5 3 (1.245%) Subversion
5 3 (1.245%) LabVIEW
5 3 (1.245%) Hudson
6 1 (0.415%) C++Builder
6 1 (0.415%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.415%) GCC
General
1 38 (15.77%) Telecoms
2 32 (13.28%) Aerospace
3 26 (10.79%) Military
4 25 (10.37%) Marketing
5 23 (9.544%) Manufacturing
6 16 (6.639%) Finance
7 15 (6.224%) Automotive
8 2 (0.830%) Avionics
8 2 (0.830%) Banking
9 1 (0.415%) Music Industry
9 1 (0.415%) Retail
9 1 (0.415%) Games
9 1 (0.415%) Legal
Job Titles
1 116 (48.13%) Software Engineer
2 28 (11.62%) C++ Software Engineer
3 24 (9.959%) Graduate
4 22 (9.129%) Developer
5 20 (8.299%) Graduate Software Engineer
6 15 (6.224%) Architect
7 14 (5.809%) Consultant
7 14 (5.809%) Programmer
8 13 (5.394%) Software Developer
9 11 (4.564%) C Programmer
9 11 (4.564%) C++ Programmer
9 11 (4.564%) Electronics Engineer
9 11 (4.564%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 11 (4.564%) Recruitment Consultant
10 10 (4.149%) Junior
10 10 (4.149%) Support Engineer
10 10 (4.149%) C++ Developer
10 10 (4.149%) C++ Software Developer
11 9 (3.734%) C# Developer
11 9 (3.734%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 69 (28.63%) Computer Science
2 31 (12.86%) Mathematics
3 22 (9.129%) Embedded Systems
4 20 (8.299%) DTV
5 16 (6.639%) Firmware
6 15 (6.224%) Human Factors
7 14 (5.809%) Device Driver
7 14 (5.809%) Management Information System
8 12 (4.979%) MPEG
9 11 (4.564%) iDTV
9 11 (4.564%) Video on Demand
10 10 (4.149%) VHDL
10 10 (4.149%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
11 9 (3.734%) Physics
12 6 (2.490%) CAN bus
12 6 (2.490%) Chip and PIN
12 6 (2.490%) Verilog
13 5 (2.075%) ASIC
14 4 (1.660%) Graphic Design
14 4 (1.660%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 76 (31.54%) Windows
2 62 (25.73%) Linux
3 34 (14.11%) UNIX
4 12 (4.979%) Embedded Linux
5 5 (2.075%) VxWorks
6 3 (1.245%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.245%) Android
7 1 (0.415%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.415%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.415%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.415%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.415%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.415%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (29.05%) Software Engineering
2 54 (22.41%) OOA/OOD
3 47 (19.50%) OOD
4 42 (17.43%) Data Modelling
5 33 (13.69%) UML
6 24 (9.959%) Project Management
6 24 (9.959%) OO
7 23 (9.544%) Scrum
8 22 (9.129%) Multithreading
9 19 (7.884%) Software Testing
10 17 (7.054%) Structured Programming
10 17 (7.054%) Agile Software Development
11 15 (6.224%) Requirements Engineering
12 13 (5.394%) Project Planning
13 12 (4.979%) Digital Marketing
13 12 (4.979%) Software Architecture
14 11 (4.564%) TDD
14 11 (4.564%) Validation
14 11 (4.564%) Programme Management
14 11 (4.564%) DRM
Programming Languages
1 140 (58.09%) C
2 136 (56.43%) C++
3 46 (19.09%) Embedded C
4 26 (10.79%) C#
5 18 (7.469%) Python
5 18 (7.469%) Perl
6 17 (7.054%) Java
7 16 (6.639%) JavaScript
8 11 (4.564%) Assembly Language
8 11 (4.564%) Bash shell
9 9 (3.734%) Embedded C++
10 8 (3.320%) SQL
11 7 (2.905%) VB.NET
11 7 (2.905%) VC++
12 4 (1.660%) Tcl
13 3 (1.245%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.830%) PHP
15 1 (0.415%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.415%) VB
15 1 (0.415%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 88 (36.51%) Degree
2 35 (14.52%) Security Cleared
3 18 (7.469%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.979%) HND
5 5 (2.075%) HNC
6 2 (0.830%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.830%) MCSE
7 1 (0.415%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.415%) CISSP
7 1 (0.415%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.415%) CCNA
7 1 (0.415%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.979%) DO-178B
1 12 (4.979%) TickIT
2 9 (3.734%) IEC 61508
3 7 (2.905%) ISO 9001
3 7 (2.905%) QA
4 2 (0.830%) JTAG
4 2 (0.830%) HMG Infosec
4 2 (0.830%) JSP 440
4 2 (0.830%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (0.830%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.415%) ISA Server
2 1 (0.415%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.415%) XenApp
2 1 (0.415%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.830%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 23 (9.544%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.320%) SAP
3 6 (2.490%) EMC
3 6 (2.490%) Oracle
4 5 (2.075%) Xilinx
4 5 (2.075%) Borland
4 5 (2.075%) Adobe
4 5 (2.075%) Altera
5 4 (1.660%) Primavera
5 4 (1.660%) Cisco
5 4 (1.660%) Salesforce.com
5 4 (1.660%) Citrix
6 3 (1.245%) Intel
6 3 (1.245%) Atmel
7 2 (0.830%) Freescale
7 2 (0.830%) Symantec
7 2 (0.830%) Pegasus
7 2 (0.830%) Sage
7 2 (0.830%) VMware
7 2 (0.830%) Cadence
Bristol, South West
An ability to progamme embedded code in C/C++ Knowledge of common interface design such as USB, RS232, RS485 and also A/D, D/A conversion. A strong...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bristol, South West
An ability to progamme embedded code in C/C++ Knowledge of common interface design such as USB, RS232, RS485 and also A/D, D/A conversion. A strong...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bristol, South West
An ability to progamme embedded code in C/C++ Knowledge of common interface design such as USB, RS232, RS485 and also A/D, D/A conversion. A strong...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Skills & Experience needed Analogue & Digital Circuit Design PCB Layout & Schematics Embedded systems C/C++ Desirable Degree in electronics This is a fantastic career opportunity that will see you...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 7 June 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Skills & Experience needed Analogue & Digital Circuit Design PCB Layout & Schematics Embedded systems C/C++ Desirable Degree in electronics This is a fantastic career opportunity that will see you...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 7 June 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £5000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Dorset, South West
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £55000 per annum + (No formal salary band)
Posted: 19 June 2013
Cirencester, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 4 June 2013
Bristol, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cornwall, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cornwall, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 29 May 2013
Cornwall, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 3 June 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 29 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013
Bristol, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 29 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 3 June 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 28 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits, Bonus
Posted: 12 June 2013
Bristol, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits, Bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits, Bonus
Posted: 6 June 2013
Exeter, South West
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 30 May 2013