The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Electronics Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Electronics Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Electronic Engineer
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank798821704
Rank change year-on-year
Up+23Down-117
Matching permanent IT job ads774448
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.064 %0.036 %0.050 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.067 %0.038 %0.054 %
Number of salaries quoted703845
Average salary£35,500£37,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.33 %+7.14 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,000£26,000£19,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£65,750£40,400
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11420611553789084
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK94.71 %94.23 %93.30 %
Number of salaries quoted979339761273729
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33 %+2.73 %

Electronics Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Electronics Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Electronics Engineer Demand Trend

Electronics Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Electronics Engineer within the UK.

Electronics Engineer Salary Trend

Electronics Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Electronics Engineer over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Electronics Engineer Salary Histogram

Electronics Engineer
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+1166£38,000-2.56 %
South EastDown-1627£40,000+14.28 %
East of EnglandNo change015£30,000-14.28 %
South WestDown-49£30,750-23.12 %
BuckinghamshireUp+98£50,000-
OxfordUp+217£40,000+14.28 %
OxfordshireUp+57£40,000+14.28 %
CambridgeDown-17£40,000+53.84 %
CambridgeshireDown-97£40,000+53.84 %
WalesDown-56£26,500-18.46 %
East MidlandsNew entry-6£36,000-
South WalesNew entry-6£26,500-
ScotlandUp+115£34,000+8.80 %
EssexDown-75£22,000-
DorsetNew entry-5£23,000-
North WestNew entry-5£38,000-
SurreyDown-154£40,000-
EdinburghNew entry-4£34,000-
HampshireDown-103£35,000+40.00 %
BrightonNew entry-3£37,500-
East SussexNew entry-3£37,500-
LondonDown-162£56,750-14.33 %
West MidlandsDown-172£40,000-
High WycombeNew entry-2£21,500-
GuildfordNew entry-2£39,250-
MansfieldNew entry-2£32,500-
LutonNew entry-2£35,000-
PrestonNew entry-2£30,000-
GloucestershireNew entry-2£44,250-
CheshireNew entry-2£38,000-

Electronics Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited Electronics Engineer in their job title 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 with Electronics Engineer in their job title.

1127 (79.38 %)Electronics
280 (50.00 %)Degree
353 (33.13 %)C
445 (28.13 %)C++
543 (26.88 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
639 (24.38 %)EMC
733 (20.63 %)VHDL
827 (16.88 %)Firmware
827 (16.88 %)Computer Science
925 (15.63 %)Manufacturing
1019 (11.88 %)Wireless
1118 (11.25 %)Embedded Systems
1217 (10.63 %)Automotive
1316 (10.00 %)Software Engineering
1413 (8.125 %)Embedded C
1413 (8.125 %)HNC
1512 (7.500 %)HND
1512 (7.500 %)Linux
1512 (7.500 %)Ethernet
1512 (7.500 %)Mathematics
1512 (7.500 %)Security Cleared
1611 (6.875 %)Physics
1611 (6.875 %)ISO 9001
1710 (6.250 %)Broadband
1710 (6.250 %)Java
1710 (6.250 %)Multimedia
1710 (6.250 %)Aerospace
1710 (6.250 %)Military
189 (5.625 %)Xilinx
189 (5.625 %)Windows

Electronics Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited Electronics Engineer in their job title 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 with Electronics Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (2.500 %)HTML
23 (1.875 %)FIX Protocol
32 (1.250 %).NET
32 (1.250 %)JSP
32 (1.250 %)Flash
41 (0.625 %)AWT
41 (0.625 %)ADO.NET
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (5.625 %)MATLAB
25 (3.125 %)MS Excel
34 (2.500 %)MS Office
42 (1.250 %)Simulink
51 (0.625 %)Pro/ENGINEER
51 (0.625 %)MS Visio
51 (0.625 %)AutoCAD
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (1.250 %)LabWindows
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
119 (11.88 %)Wireless
212 (7.500 %)Ethernet
310 (6.250 %)Broadband
46 (3.750 %)GPRS
53 (1.875 %)Modbus
53 (1.875 %)TCP/IP
53 (1.875 %)3G
53 (1.875 %)RFID
62 (1.250 %)Wi-Fi
62 (1.250 %)GSM
62 (1.250 %)LAN
62 (1.250 %)HTTP
71 (0.625 %)DECT
71 (0.625 %)WAN
71 (0.625 %)2G
71 (0.625 %)Firewall
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (2.500 %)Crystal Reports
21 (0.625 %)SQL Server
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
18 (5.000 %)LabVIEW
23 (1.875 %)Visual Studio
32 (1.250 %)Carbide.c++
41 (0.625 %)Eclipse
41 (0.625 %)Subversion
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1127 (79.38 %)Electronics
225 (15.63 %)Manufacturing
317 (10.63 %)Automotive
410 (6.250 %)Aerospace
410 (6.250 %)Military
410 (6.250 %)Multimedia
57 (4.375 %)Telecoms
57 (4.375 %)Avionics
63 (1.875 %)Marketing
72 (1.250 %)Finance
81 (0.625 %)Advertising
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
143 (26.88 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
233 (20.63 %)VHDL
327 (16.88 %)Firmware
327 (16.88 %)Computer Science
418 (11.25 %)Embedded Systems
512 (7.500 %)Mathematics
611 (6.875 %)Physics
75 (3.125 %)Device Driver
75 (3.125 %)Verilog
84 (2.500 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
84 (2.500 %)CAN bus
93 (1.875 %)Fixed Income
93 (1.875 %)Mechatronics
93 (1.875 %)CPLD
93 (1.875 %)SCADA
102 (1.250 %)CCTV
102 (1.250 %)RIA
102 (1.250 %)iPhone
111 (0.625 %)Data Conversion
111 (0.625 %)Robotics
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
112 (7.500 %)Linux
29 (5.625 %)Windows
33 (1.875 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
42 (1.250 %)Windows CE
51 (0.625 %)Android
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
116 (10.00 %)Software Engineering
26 (3.750 %)CAD
26 (3.750 %)Project Management
26 (3.750 %)Time Management
26 (3.750 %)Signal Processing
35 (3.125 %)Image Processing
35 (3.125 %)Electronic Trading
35 (3.125 %)Validation
44 (2.500 %)CAE
44 (2.500 %)Six Sigma
44 (2.500 %)Data Analysis
53 (1.875 %)Digital Signal Processing
53 (1.875 %)Embedded Software Development
62 (1.250 %)ERP
62 (1.250 %)CMMI
62 (1.250 %)Programme Management
62 (1.250 %)Strategic Management
71 (0.625 %)Requirements Management
71 (0.625 %)Requirements Analysis
71 (0.625 %)Business Development
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
153 (33.13 %)C
245 (28.13 %)C++
313 (8.125 %)Embedded C
410 (6.250 %)Java
58 (5.000 %)VB
66 (3.750 %)Assembly Language
75 (3.125 %)Embedded C++
82 (1.250 %)C#
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
180 (50.00 %)Degree
213 (8.125 %)HNC
312 (7.500 %)HND
312 (7.500 %)Security Cleared
49 (5.625 %)PhD
55 (3.125 %)SC Cleared
63 (1.875 %)Chartered Engineer
72 (1.250 %)Six Sigma Green Belt
81 (0.625 %)DV Cleared
81 (0.625 %)EMC Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (6.875 %)ISO 9001
22 (1.250 %)ISO 9000
31 (0.625 %)QA
31 (0.625 %)JTAG
31 (0.625 %)IEC 61508
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
139 (24.38 %)EMC
29 (5.625 %)Xilinx
38 (5.000 %)Altera
47 (4.375 %)Mentor Graphics
55 (3.125 %)Microsoft
63 (1.875 %)Red Hat
72 (1.250 %)Atmel
72 (1.250 %)SYSPRO
72 (1.250 %)Cadence
72 (1.250 %)SAP
81 (0.625 %)Juniper
81 (0.625 %)NCR
81 (0.625 %)Agilent
81 (0.625 %)Fujitsu
81 (0.625 %)NEC
81 (0.625 %)MKS