The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Electronics over the 3 months to 21 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 terms in our General category.

Electronics
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank318324288
Rank change year-on-year
Up+6Down-36
Matching permanent IT job ads913863684
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.753 %0.707 %0.718 %
As % of the General category1.674 %1.463 %1.476 %
Number of salaries quoted667749608
Average salary£37,500£37,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
--6.25 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£27,500£27,950
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£53,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,000£37,500£40,000
% change year-on-year
-4.00 %-6.25 %
IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
545465899946348
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK45.01 %48.35 %48.67 %
Number of salaries quoted458734818537517
Average salary£50,000£52,500£52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£85,000£85,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,500£41,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.65 %+2.50 %

Electronics
Demand Trend

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

Electronics Demand Trend

Electronics
Salary Trend

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

Electronics Salary Trend

Electronics
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Electronics over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

Electronics Salary Histogram

Electronics
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 within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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+20843£38,000+1.33 %
South EastUp+78291£40,000+6.66 %
East of EnglandDown-17226£40,000+2.56 %
LondonDown-11149£43,500+11.53 %
CambridgeshireDown-8128£40,000-
CambridgeDown-1582£40,000-
SurreyUp+4069£45,000+20.00 %
BerkshireDown-556£42,500+6.25 %
HertfordshireUp+1655£41,250+5.76 %
West MidlandsUp+1342£33,000+10.00 %
East MidlandsUp+840£31,500-3.07 %
North WestDown-3640£36,875+13.46 %
South WestDown-6640£24,000-31.42 %
BuckinghamshireUp+3139£30,000-20.00 %
ScotlandUp+137£34,000-9.33 %
HampshireDown-1735£40,000+3.89 %
ManchesterDown-2127£36,875+13.46 %
City of LondonUp+2226£47,500+5.55 %
YorkshireDown-1725£37,500+15.38 %
East SussexUp+524£35,000-12.50 %
EssexDown-2324£40,000-
CoventryUp+2621£28,500-18.57 %
MaidenheadUp+621£55,000+44.73 %
WokingNew entry-20£45,000-
OxfordshireUp+719£38,500+10.00 %
EdinburghUp+619£34,000-20.00 %
West SussexUp+1617£72,500+62.92 %
Milton KeynesUp+1317£28,000-11.11 %
DerbyshireUp+415£31,500-11.26 %
DorsetUp+115£23,000-34.28 %

Electronics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1981 (51.15 %)Degree
2652 (33.99 %)C
3569 (29.67 %)C++
4384 (20.02 %)Computer Science
5304 (15.85 %)Linux
6291 (15.17 %)Windows
7270 (14.08 %)Telecoms
8251 (13.09 %)C#
9225 (11.73 %)Embedded C
10191 (9.958 %)Manufacturing
11183 (9.541 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
12179 (9.333 %)Wireless
13177 (9.228 %)Automotive
13177 (9.228 %)Software Engineering
14163 (8.498 %).NET
15157 (8.186 %)Microsoft
16153 (7.977 %)LTE
17152 (7.925 %)Mathematics
18151 (7.873 %)Java
19150 (7.821 %)Physics
19150 (7.821 %)Embedded Systems
20145 (7.560 %)Project Management
21139 (7.247 %)Security Cleared
22133 (6.934 %)OO
23123 (6.413 %)UML
24118 (6.152 %)Aerospace
25113 (5.892 %)Python
26112 (5.839 %)Firmware
27110 (5.735 %)MATLAB
27110 (5.735 %)Assembly Language

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1163 (8.498 %).NET
260 (3.128 %)HTML
348 (2.503 %)XML
447 (2.450 %)ASP.NET
545 (2.346 %)WPF
639 (2.033 %)Web Services
738 (1.981 %)CSS
829 (1.512 %)Ajax
926 (1.356 %)MFC
1022 (1.147 %)SOAP
1022 (1.147 %)Qt
1022 (1.147 %)jQuery
1118 (0.938 %)OpenGL
1118 (0.938 %)LINQ
1216 (0.834 %)J2EE
1216 (0.834 %)Spring
1315 (0.782 %).NET Framework
1315 (0.782 %)Middleware
1315 (0.782 %)WinForms
1413 (0.678 %)REST
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
144 (2.294 %)Apache
218 (0.938 %)IIS
316 (0.834 %)nginx
410 (0.521 %)Tomcat
58 (0.417 %)ESB
67 (0.365 %)SugarCRM
67 (0.365 %)CMS
74 (0.209 %)SAS
74 (0.209 %)SharePoint
74 (0.209 %)WebLogic
83 (0.156 %)Office Project Server
83 (0.156 %)MS Exchange
92 (0.104 %)GlassFish
101 (0.052 %)Joomla!
101 (0.052 %)WordPress
101 (0.052 %)Windows Azure
101 (0.052 %)SharePoint 2010
101 (0.052 %)MSMQ
101 (0.052 %)LiveLink
101 (0.052 %)FileNet
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1110 (5.735 %)MATLAB
2100 (5.214 %)MS Excel
370 (3.650 %)MS Office
450 (2.607 %)Simulink
524 (1.251 %)MS Visio
524 (1.251 %)MS Project
623 (1.199 %)MS PowerPoint
710 (0.521 %)Windchill
86 (0.313 %)Pro/ENGINEER
86 (0.313 %)Photoshop
86 (0.313 %)TargetLink
95 (0.261 %)AutoCAD
104 (0.209 %)Paint Shop Pro
104 (0.209 %)Stateflow
104 (0.209 %)Spreadsheet
112 (0.104 %)SPSS
112 (0.104 %)Elements/Pro
112 (0.104 %)Maple
112 (0.104 %)Solid Edge
121 (0.052 %)Doxygen
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
113 (0.678 %)BASE24
28 (0.417 %)Google Analytics
35 (0.261 %)LabWindows
44 (0.209 %)Demantra
44 (0.209 %)SAP EHS
53 (0.156 %)SAP FI
53 (0.156 %)SAP FI/CO
53 (0.156 %)SAP CO
62 (0.104 %)SAP ERP
71 (0.052 %)SAP Oil and Gas
71 (0.052 %)Dynamics GP
71 (0.052 %)SAP HR
71 (0.052 %)SAP SD
71 (0.052 %)Teamcenter
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1179 (9.333 %)Wireless
2153 (7.977 %)LTE
3107 (5.579 %)GSM
4102 (5.318 %)TCP/IP
598 (5.109 %)UMTS
684 (4.380 %)GPRS
774 (3.858 %)3G
866 (3.441 %)3GPP
960 (3.128 %)Internet
1059 (3.076 %)Ethernet
1153 (2.763 %)HTTP
1249 (2.555 %)WAN
1345 (2.346 %)LAN
1345 (2.346 %)DVB
1439 (2.033 %)Firewall
1538 (1.981 %)Broadband
1635 (1.825 %)HSPA
1734 (1.773 %)VoIP
1825 (1.303 %)SNMP
1825 (1.303 %)Wi-Fi
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
196 (5.005 %)SQL Server
237 (1.929 %)MySQL
322 (1.147 %)SQL Server 2008
420 (1.043 %)SQL Server 2005
515 (0.782 %)SQLite
612 (0.626 %)RDBMS
711 (0.574 %)GIS
810 (0.521 %)Data Warehouse
810 (0.521 %)Crystal Reports
99 (0.469 %)KDB
107 (0.365 %)QlikView
116 (0.313 %)MS Access
124 (0.209 %)Hadoop
133 (0.156 %)SQL Server Integration Services
133 (0.156 %)EDMS
133 (0.156 %)Oracle Reports
133 (0.156 %)Oracle 8/8i
142 (0.104 %)Oracle 10g
142 (0.104 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
151 (0.052 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
184 (4.380 %)Visual Studio
251 (2.659 %)Subversion
346 (2.398 %)LabVIEW
435 (1.825 %)ClearCase
531 (1.616 %)Git (software)
626 (1.356 %)Eclipse
722 (1.147 %)GCC
818 (0.938 %)ClearQuest
917 (0.886 %)JIRA
917 (0.886 %)InstallShield
1016 (0.834 %)Ant
1114 (0.730 %)Rational DOORS
1114 (0.730 %)GNU Toolchain
1213 (0.678 %)Maven
1213 (0.678 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1312 (0.626 %)Rational Rhapsody
1411 (0.574 %)NetBeans
1510 (0.521 %)JUnit
168 (0.417 %)Apache Continuum
176 (0.313 %)LoadRunner
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1270 (14.08 %)Telecoms
2191 (9.958 %)Manufacturing
3177 (9.228 %)Automotive
4118 (6.152 %)Aerospace
576 (3.962 %)Military
576 (3.962 %)Marketing
664 (3.337 %)Finance
737 (1.929 %)Retail
737 (1.929 %)Multimedia
828 (1.460 %)Games
924 (1.251 %)Banking
1022 (1.147 %)Music
1117 (0.886 %)German Language
1216 (0.834 %)Avionics
1315 (0.782 %)Norwegian Language
1413 (0.678 %)Advertising
1511 (0.574 %)Danish Language
169 (0.469 %)Pharmaceutical
177 (0.365 %)Law
186 (0.313 %)Financial Institution
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1485 (25.29 %)Software Engineer
2196 (10.22 %)Embedded Software Engineer
3184 (9.593 %)Developer
4131 (6.830 %)Design Engineer
5128 (6.674 %)Electronics Engineer
6100 (5.214 %)Hardware Engineer
794 (4.901 %)Systems Engineer
891 (4.745 %)Graduate
973 (3.806 %)Software Developer
1071 (3.702 %)Support Engineer
1159 (3.076 %)C++ Developer
1255 (2.868 %)Senior Software Engineer
1255 (2.868 %)Project Manager
1354 (2.815 %)Analyst
1451 (2.659 %)Junior
1550 (2.607 %)Test Engineer
1649 (2.555 %)Consultant
1740 (2.086 %)Firmware Engineer
1839 (2.033 %)C++ Software Engineer
1938 (1.981 %)Team Leader
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1384 (20.02 %)Computer Science
2183 (9.541 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
3152 (7.925 %)Mathematics
4150 (7.821 %)Physics
4150 (7.821 %)Embedded Systems
5112 (5.839 %)Firmware
6108 (5.631 %)VHDL
765 (3.389 %)Device Driver
860 (3.128 %)Life Science
957 (2.972 %)Open Source
1050 (2.607 %)Verilog
1147 (2.450 %)Management Information System
1226 (1.356 %)DTV
1324 (1.251 %)ASIC
1423 (1.199 %)Robotics
1522 (1.147 %)Animation
1621 (1.095 %)iDTV
1621 (1.095 %)BBC
1719 (0.991 %)Handset
1817 (0.886 %)Digital Media
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1304 (15.85 %)Linux
2291 (15.17 %)Windows
374 (3.858 %)Embedded Linux
374 (3.858 %)UNIX
431 (1.616 %)Windows CE
530 (1.564 %)Windows 7
628 (1.460 %)Android
628 (1.460 %)CentOS
724 (1.251 %)Ubuntu
817 (0.886 %)Windows XP
915 (0.782 %)VxWorks
1013 (0.678 %)Debian
1112 (0.626 %)OpenSolaris
1211 (0.574 %)Windows Vista
139 (0.469 %)Nucleus RTOS
139 (0.469 %)Apple iOS
148 (0.417 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
156 (0.313 %)Windows Server 2008
156 (0.313 %)Windows Mobile
165 (0.261 %)Windows Server 2003
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1177 (9.228 %)Software Engineering
2145 (7.560 %)Project Management
3133 (6.934 %)OO
4123 (6.413 %)UML
578 (4.067 %)Validation
668 (3.545 %)Multithreading
767 (3.493 %)Agile Software Development
865 (3.389 %)Configuration Management
865 (3.389 %)Signal Processing
952 (2.711 %)CAD
952 (2.711 %)Embedded Software Development
1039 (2.033 %)OOD
1138 (1.981 %)Scrum
1138 (1.981 %)Product Management
1235 (1.825 %)Continuous Improvement
1332 (1.668 %)Video Processing
1429 (1.512 %)Integration Testing
1528 (1.460 %)Risk Analysis
1528 (1.460 %)Image Processing
1627 (1.408 %)Time Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1652 (33.99 %)C
2569 (29.67 %)C++
3251 (13.09 %)C#
4225 (11.73 %)Embedded C
5151 (7.873 %)Java
6113 (5.892 %)Python
7110 (5.735 %)Assembly Language
8107 (5.579 %)SQL
989 (4.640 %)Perl
1087 (4.536 %)JavaScript
1158 (3.024 %)Embedded C++
1252 (2.711 %)VB
1333 (1.721 %)Tcl
1425 (1.303 %)Shell Script
1425 (1.303 %)PHP
1524 (1.251 %)VB.NET
1619 (0.991 %)VBA
1619 (0.991 %)PL/SQL
1717 (0.886 %)VC++
1816 (0.834 %)Lua
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1981 (51.15 %)Degree
2139 (7.247 %)Security Cleared
374 (3.858 %)HNC
472 (3.754 %)HND
557 (2.972 %)PhD
557 (2.972 %)SC Cleared
628 (1.460 %)DV Cleared
718 (0.938 %)Cisco Certification
812 (0.626 %)ISEB
910 (0.521 %)CCNP
109 (0.469 %)PMI Certification
118 (0.417 %)Microsoft Certification
118 (0.417 %)CCNA
127 (0.365 %)APMP
127 (0.365 %)PMP
127 (0.365 %)Postgraduate
136 (0.313 %)Chartered Engineer
145 (0.261 %)MCITP
145 (0.261 %)MCTS
145 (0.261 %)ISEB Practitioner
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
171 (3.702 %)ISO 9001
264 (3.337 %)QA
329 (1.512 %)ISO 9000
425 (1.303 %)JTAG
516 (0.834 %)SLA
610 (0.521 %)TickIT
77 (0.365 %)DO-178B
84 (0.209 %)ISO 14001
93 (0.156 %)IEC 61508
102 (0.104 %)ISO/IEC 15504 (SPICE)
102 (0.104 %)DO-254
102 (0.104 %)WCAG
111 (0.052 %)WAI
111 (0.052 %)ISO/IEC 7816
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
122 (1.147 %)VMware Infrastructure
216 (0.834 %)Varnish
216 (0.834 %)Squid
313 (0.678 %)Active Directory
313 (0.678 %)Samba
412 (0.626 %)VMware ESXi
58 (0.417 %)Xen
61 (0.052 %)Nmap
61 (0.052 %)Citrix Presentation Server
61 (0.052 %)XenApp
61 (0.052 %)Hyper-V
61 (0.052 %)NFS
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
117 (0.886 %)ZABBIX
25 (0.261 %)Puppet
34 (0.209 %)Splunk
34 (0.209 %)SCCM
41 (0.052 %)HP Quality Center
41 (0.052 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1157 (8.186 %)Microsoft
284 (4.380 %)EMC
358 (3.024 %)Oracle
445 (2.346 %)Cisco
445 (2.346 %)Xilinx
534 (1.773 %)Altera
631 (1.616 %)SAP
727 (1.408 %)VMware
825 (1.303 %)Perforce
923 (1.199 %)Red Hat
1021 (1.095 %)Juniper
1120 (1.043 %)JBoss
1219 (0.991 %)Cadence
1318 (0.938 %)HP
1417 (0.886 %)QNX
1515 (0.782 %)Atmel
1613 (0.678 %)Mentor Graphics
1712 (0.626 %)Intel
1712 (0.626 %)Hyperion
1712 (0.626 %)Google