The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Altera products and/or services in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Altera over the 3 months to 22 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 Vendors currently tracked.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within the Altera Corporation.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Altera
Rank 847 876 861
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -15
Permanent jobs citing Altera 17 24 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.016% 0.020% 0.007%
As % of the Vendors category 0.032% 0.041% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 7
Average salary £45,000 £43,500 £75,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.44% -42.00%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
All Vendors
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
52366 58478 57399
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 48.14% 47.68% 46.95%
Number of salaries quoted 42753 49288 47678
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000

Altera
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Altera Jobs Demand Trend

Altera
Salary Trend

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

Altera Salary Trend

Altera
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Altera over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 within the UK.

Altera Salary Histogram

Altera
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Altera within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +28 17 £45,000 +3.44%
South East +9 11 £45,000 +3.44%
Kent - 8 £45,000 -
Surrey +16 3 - -
Guildford -2 3 - -
South West - 3 - -
Gloucester - 3 - -
Gloucestershire - 3 - -
Hertfordshire +6 2 £48,750 -
East of England +1 2 £48,750 -
Stevenage - 1 £55,000 -
London - 1 £45,000 -

Altera
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Altera 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 Altera.

1 60 (95.24%) VHDL
2 58 (92.06%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 46 (73.02%) Electronics
4 32 (50.79%) C++
5 31 (49.21%) Xilinx
6 26 (41.27%) C
7 24 (38.10%) Degree
8 20 (31.75%) ASIC
9 19 (30.16%) EMC
9 19 (30.16%) SC Cleared
9 19 (30.16%) Security Cleared
10 14 (22.22%) Computer Science
10 14 (22.22%) Legal
11 13 (20.63%) Verilog
11 13 (20.63%) Banking
11 13 (20.63%) Investment Banking
11 13 (20.63%) Embedded C++
11 13 (20.63%) TCP/IP
11 13 (20.63%) CAE
11 13 (20.63%) Firmware
11 13 (20.63%) Video Processing
12 12 (19.05%) Rational DOORS
12 12 (19.05%) Embedded C
12 12 (19.05%) V-Model
13 11 (17.46%) Actel
14 10 (15.87%) Cryptography
14 10 (15.87%) Configuration Management
14 10 (15.87%) Management Information System
14 10 (15.87%) Project Management
15 8 (12.70%) Ethernet

Altera
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Altera 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 Altera. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 7 (11.11%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.587%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 13 (20.63%) TCP/IP
2 8 (12.70%) Ethernet
3 7 (11.11%) SONET
3 7 (11.11%) Gigabit Ethernet
3 7 (11.11%) SDH
4 1 (1.587%) 3G
4 1 (1.587%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 12 (19.05%) Rational DOORS
2 8 (12.70%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.587%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.587%) Subversion
General
1 46 (73.02%) Electronics
2 14 (22.22%) Legal
3 13 (20.63%) Banking
3 13 (20.63%) Investment Banking
4 8 (12.70%) Aerospace
5 7 (11.11%) Telecoms
6 6 (9.524%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.175%) Advertising
8 1 (1.587%) Military
8 1 (1.587%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 21 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
2 19 (30.16%) FPGA Engineer
3 12 (19.05%) Development Engineer
4 10 (15.87%) Team Leader
5 8 (12.70%) Electronics Engineer
6 7 (11.11%) Developer
6 7 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
7 5 (7.937%) Software Engineer
8 2 (3.175%) FPGA Design Engineer
8 2 (3.175%) Design Engineer
8 2 (3.175%) Senior FPGA Engineer
8 2 (3.175%) Digital Hardware Engineer
9 1 (1.587%) Senior Design Engineer
9 1 (1.587%) Graduate
9 1 (1.587%) Principal Engineer
9 1 (1.587%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 60 (95.24%) VHDL
2 58 (92.06%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 20 (31.75%) ASIC
4 14 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 13 (20.63%) Verilog
5 13 (20.63%) Firmware
6 10 (15.87%) Cryptography
6 10 (15.87%) Management Information System
7 7 (11.11%) CUDA
8 3 (4.762%) Physics
9 1 (1.587%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (1.587%) Data Conversion
9 1 (1.587%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (20.63%) CAE
1 13 (20.63%) Video Processing
2 12 (19.05%) V-Model
3 10 (15.87%) Configuration Management
3 10 (15.87%) Project Management
4 7 (11.11%) Asset Management
4 7 (11.11%) DNA
4 7 (11.11%) CAD
5 2 (3.175%) Signal Processing
5 2 (3.175%) Cyber Security
6 1 (1.587%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 32 (50.79%) C++
2 26 (41.27%) C
3 13 (20.63%) Embedded C++
4 12 (19.05%) Embedded C
5 7 (11.11%) Assembly Language
6 5 (7.937%) C#
7 2 (3.175%) Perl
7 2 (3.175%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 24 (38.10%) Degree
2 19 (30.16%) SC Cleared
2 19 (30.16%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.587%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.587%) ISO 9001
1 1 (1.587%) JTAG
Vendors
1 31 (49.21%) Xilinx
2 19 (30.16%) EMC
3 11 (17.46%) Actel
4 1 (1.587%) Atmel
4 1 (1.587%) Intel
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will join the R&D team based in Cambridge and will be reporting to the VP of Hardware Engineering and will be working on FPGA based products...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £35000 to £55000 per annum - Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leicestershire, East Midlands
Location:LeicesterJob Role: FPGA EngineerSalary: £40,000 - £43,000FPGA Engineer needed to join a well established Leicestershire based company... Ideally you will have the following experience:- - Degree in...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £43000 per annum + Excellent Candidates
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leicestershire, East Midlands
Location:LeicesterJob Role: FPGA EngineerSalary: £40,000 - £45,000FPGA Engineer needed to join a well established Leicestershire based company... Ideally you will have the following experience:- - Degree in...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Summary: Electronics / Firmware Engineer with top academic qualifications, well established technology company, Cambridge, to £highly competitive + benefits.This growing technology consultancy specialises in the development of solutions for...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £highly competitive + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridgeshire
Summary: Electronics / Firmware Engineer with top academic qualifications, well established technology company, Cambridge, to £highly competitive + benefits... This key role is to work in a team that includes...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £highly competitive + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridgeshire Hertfordshire, South East
They are seeking ambitious electronics / firmware engineers to work on a variety of development projects, ranging from one-off process equipment to high-volume consumer products... The team...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: Very competitive + VG benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will be working on our FPGA based product range. Essential Skills & Experience: - RTL coding, simulation and debug in System Verilog - FPGA implementation flows; Altera Quartus II - Debugging...
Optimus Search Ltd
Salary: From £70,000 to £80,000 per annum Plus bonus, share options, pension,
Posted: 20 May 2013