The first table below looks at the demand for Ada skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ada 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 of the Programming Languages category.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ada
Rank 783 843 804
Rank change year-on-year
+60 -39
Permanent jobs citing Ada 75 53 67
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.070% 0.044% 0.054%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.130% 0.082% 0.103%
Number of salaries quoted 55 53 61
Average salary £38,500 £38,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.31% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% -1.29%
All Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
57481 64876 64959
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 53.33% 53.64% 52.61%
Number of salaries quoted 49463 57203 56281
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £64,500 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%

Ada
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Ada within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Ada Jobs Demand Trend

Ada
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Ada within the UK.

Ada Salary Trend

Ada
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ada over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

Ada Salary Histogram

Ada
Top 23 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ada within the UK 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
England +56 75 £38,500 +1.31%
South East +33 50 £35,000 -7.89%
Surrey +32 28 £35,000 -15.66%
Leatherhead - 25 £35,000 -
South West +3 18 £40,000 +5.26%
West Sussex - 17 - -
Crawley - 17 - -
Somerset - 16 £40,000 -
Bath - 16 £40,000 -
Reading - 6 £35,000 -
Berkshire - 6 £35,000 -
East of England +5 5 £40,000 -11.11%
Bedfordshire - 3 £35,000 -
London +30 2 £45,000 +38.46%
Hampshire -4 2 £46,000 +39.39%
Stevenage - 2 £40,000 -
Southampton - 2 £46,000 -
Hertfordshire - 2 £40,000 -
Luton - 2 £35,000 -
City of London +7 1 - -
Cheltenham +4 1 £40,000 +5.26%
Gloucestershire -4 1 £40,000 +5.26%
Bristol -4 1 £41,500 +3.75%

Ada
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Ada 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 Ada.

1 106 (87.60%) C++
2 96 (79.34%) C
3 70 (57.85%) UML
4 67 (55.37%) OO
5 62 (51.24%) Java
5 62 (51.24%) DO-178B
6 59 (48.76%) Security Cleared
7 55 (45.45%) Linux
8 52 (42.98%) C#
9 49 (40.50%) Software Engineering
10 47 (38.84%) Waterfall
11 46 (38.02%) Windows
11 46 (38.02%) ClearCase
12 44 (36.36%) Degree
13 43 (35.54%) Aerospace
14 42 (34.71%) VxWorks
14 42 (34.71%) SC Cleared
15 40 (33.06%) Electronics
16 36 (29.75%) Configuration Management
17 33 (27.27%) Rational DOORS
18 32 (26.45%) Requirements Management
18 32 (26.45%) Middleware
19 31 (25.62%) Embedded Systems
20 30 (24.79%) Computer Science
21 28 (23.14%) Avionics
21 28 (23.14%) XML
21 28 (23.14%) Agile Software Development
22 26 (21.49%) Military
22 26 (21.49%) UNIX
23 25 (20.66%) Perl

Ada
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Ada 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 Ada. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 32 (26.45%) Middleware
2 28 (23.14%) XML
3 22 (18.18%) JSF
4 18 (14.88%) .NET
5 16 (13.22%) Spring
6 12 (9.917%) CGI
7 11 (9.091%) Java EE
7 11 (9.091%) POSIX
8 5 (4.132%) J2EE
9 4 (3.306%) Web Services
10 2 (1.653%) ICEfaces
11 1 (0.826%) ASP.NET MVC
11 1 (0.826%) Ajax
11 1 (0.826%) .NET Framework
11 1 (0.826%) ASP.NET
11 1 (0.826%) CSS
11 1 (0.826%) WSDL
11 1 (0.826%) XSD
11 1 (0.826%) DOM
Application Platforms
1 9 (7.438%) CM System
2 5 (4.132%) ColdFusion
3 1 (0.826%) CMS
3 1 (0.826%) Umbraco
Applications
1 22 (18.18%) MS Office
2 16 (13.22%) MS Excel
3 13 (10.74%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (2.479%) Simulink
4 3 (2.479%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.438%) DVB
2 3 (2.479%) ATM
3 1 (0.826%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.959%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.826%) GIS
2 1 (0.826%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (0.826%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 46 (38.02%) ClearCase
2 33 (27.27%) Rational DOORS
3 24 (19.83%) ClearQuest
4 22 (18.18%) Eclipse
5 20 (16.53%) Ant
5 20 (16.53%) Maven
6 19 (15.70%) Subversion
7 17 (14.05%) Bugzilla
7 17 (14.05%) Git (software)
8 8 (6.612%) Rational Rhapsody
9 5 (4.132%) PVCS
10 2 (1.653%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.826%) NUnit
11 1 (0.826%) WatiN
11 1 (0.826%) MagicDraw
11 1 (0.826%) JIRA
11 1 (0.826%) Selenium
General
1 43 (35.54%) Aerospace
2 40 (33.06%) Electronics
3 28 (23.14%) Avionics
4 26 (21.49%) Military
5 24 (19.83%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.132%) Finance
7 4 (3.306%) Games
8 2 (1.653%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (0.826%) Banking
9 1 (0.826%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 64 (52.89%) Software Engineer
2 44 (36.36%) Developer
3 26 (21.49%) Software Developer
4 14 (11.57%) Ada Developer
5 12 (9.917%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 12 (9.917%) Senior Software Engineer
6 10 (8.264%) Java Developer
7 9 (7.438%) Architect
7 9 (7.438%) Technical Architect
8 7 (5.785%) Software Architect
9 6 (4.959%) Programmer
10 5 (4.132%) Broadcast Engineer
10 5 (4.132%) Principal Engineer
10 5 (4.132%) Technical Leader
11 4 (3.306%) Team Leader
11 4 (3.306%) Software Team Leader
12 3 (2.479%) Graduate Software Engineer
12 3 (2.479%) C++/Java Developer
12 3 (2.479%) C++ Software Engineer
12 3 (2.479%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 31 (25.62%) Embedded Systems
2 30 (24.79%) Computer Science
3 25 (20.66%) Chip and PIN
4 24 (19.83%) Management Information System
5 22 (18.18%) Device Driver
6 16 (13.22%) Mathematics
7 15 (12.40%) Physics
8 9 (7.438%) STB
8 9 (7.438%) DTV
9 1 (0.826%) Human Factors
9 1 (0.826%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 55 (45.45%) Linux
2 46 (38.02%) Windows
3 42 (34.71%) VxWorks
4 26 (21.49%) UNIX
5 16 (13.22%) LynxOS
6 1 (0.826%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (57.85%) UML
2 67 (55.37%) OO
3 49 (40.50%) Software Engineering
4 47 (38.84%) Waterfall
5 36 (29.75%) Configuration Management
6 32 (26.45%) Requirements Management
7 28 (23.14%) Agile Software Development
8 24 (19.83%) Information Management
8 24 (19.83%) Software Testing
8 24 (19.83%) Communications Security
8 24 (19.83%) Embedded Software Development
9 23 (19.01%) Continuous Integration
9 23 (19.01%) RUP
10 18 (14.88%) MODAF
11 17 (14.05%) Unit Testing
11 17 (14.05%) Validation
12 15 (12.40%) Integration Testing
13 13 (10.74%) SSADM
13 13 (10.74%) Yourdon
13 13 (10.74%) Digital Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 106 (87.60%) C++
2 96 (79.34%) C
3 62 (51.24%) Java
4 52 (42.98%) C#
5 25 (20.66%) Perl
6 24 (19.83%) Python
7 19 (15.70%) MATLAB
8 16 (13.22%) ActionScript
9 12 (9.917%) Embedded C
10 8 (6.612%) Assembly Language
11 6 (4.959%) JavaScript
12 5 (4.132%) Fortran
12 5 (4.132%) Delphi
12 5 (4.132%) SQL
12 5 (4.132%) Tcl
13 4 (3.306%) Lisp
13 4 (3.306%) Objective-C
13 4 (3.306%) Modula-2
13 4 (3.306%) Lingo
13 4 (3.306%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 59 (48.76%) Security Cleared
2 44 (36.36%) Degree
3 42 (34.71%) SC Cleared
4 13 (10.74%) PhD
5 10 (8.264%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.826%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.826%) MCTS
6 1 (0.826%) MCSD
6 1 (0.826%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (51.24%) DO-178B
2 6 (4.959%) QA
3 1 (0.826%) Section 508
System Software
1 1 (0.826%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (13.22%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (3.306%) SCOM
Vendors
1 16 (13.22%) HP
2 4 (3.306%) Oracle
3 2 (1.653%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.653%) Motorola
4 1 (0.826%) VMware
4 1 (0.826%) Pega
4 1 (0.826%) IBM
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Experience of C, C++, Assembler or ADA... Desired Characteristics Experience of Model Based Design and Development using MATLAB/Simulink/SCADE/VAPS and UML... Experience developing to RTCA DO-...
Experis Engineering
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 25 April 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Software architecture modelling (e.g., UML), requirements capture, and source control. Software standards and processes for safety-critical applications (e.g., MISRA-C, DO-178B) Programming in C++,...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
To be considered for the role of Senior Software Engineer you will be expected to have a proven track record of developing software covering the full development lifecycle...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
SPARK Ada, Misra C) - Exposure of developing applications on both Unix/Linux and Windows operating systems Exposure any of the following: - Scripting (e.g. Shell, Perl, Python etc) -...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 25000 - 45000
Posted: 17 May 2013
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Awareness of Model Based Design and associated tools such as, MATLAB, Simulink, Stateflow... Ada / C / C++ / JAVA... Linux, VxWorks. Requirements management e.g. DOORS. Configuration Management e.g...
MBDA UK Ltd
Posted: 7 May 2013