Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Embedded Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Embedded Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 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.

 Embedded Software Engineer
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank576447416
Rank change year-on-year
Down-129Down-31
Matching permanent IT job ads90317742
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.114 %0.314 %0.367 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.122 %0.336 %0.390 %
Salaries quoted69286586
Average salary£37,000£36,000£36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.770 %-1.360 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£31,500£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£44,500£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.850 %-
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7351394340190321
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK93.36 %93.34 %94.18 %
Salaries quoted6085779289154271
Average salary£40,000£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.890 %-3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000

Embedded Software Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Embedded Software Engineer Demand Trend

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Embedded Software Engineer Salary Trend

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 within the UK.

Embedded Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Embedded Software 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 Embedded Software Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010. 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
EnglandDown-12782£37,000+2.77 %
East of EnglandUp+2235£35,500-8.38 %
CambridgeshireUp+432£35,000-12.50 %
CambridgeNo change030£35,000-12.50 %
South EastDown-3521£40,000-
DerbyshireUp+206£32,500-
YorkshireUp+176£41,000+17.14 %
East MidlandsUp+176£32,500-1.51 %
HampshireUp+46£40,000+14.28 %
West YorkshireUp+295£42,000+15.86 %
LondonDown-65£41,000+2.50 %
BrightonNew entry-5£35,000-
East SussexNew entry-5£35,000-
North WestUp+264£31,500-6.66 %
LeedsUp+204£43,500+16.00 %
HertfordshireUp+94£52,500+40.00 %
ScotlandUp+173£33,500+21.81 %
SouthamptonUp+113£40,000-
CumbriaUp+73£31,000-4.61 %
BuckinghamshireDown-43£41,500+18.57 %
South WestDown-213£33,250-5.00 %
High WycombeNew entry-3£41,500-
EdinburghNew entry-3£33,500-
ReadingUp+282£45,000+57.89 %
FarnboroughUp+262--
LancashireUp+232£31,500-3.07 %
DerbyUp+222£36,000-10.00 %
West MidlandsUp+202£37,000+1.36 %
SurreyUp+152£42,500+6.25 %
RoystonUp+72£52,500+50.00 %

Embedded Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK that cited Embedded Software 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 Embedded Software Engineer in their job title.

1213 (90.25 %)C
2179 (75.85 %)C++
3119 (50.42 %)Linux
4104 (44.07 %)Degree
599 (41.95 %)Embedded C
665 (27.54 %)Embedded C++
761 (25.85 %)Device Driver
852 (22.03 %)Windows
948 (20.34 %)Computer Science
1046 (19.49 %)Windows CE
1143 (18.22 %)Electronics
1241 (17.37 %)Symbian
1333 (13.98 %)Education
1432 (13.56 %)Internet
1432 (13.56 %)Embedded Linux
1529 (12.29 %)Software Engineering
1627 (11.44 %)Open Source
1627 (11.44 %)Adobe
1726 (11.02 %)Assembly Language
1817 (7.203 %)Pensions
1817 (7.203 %)Ethernet
1817 (7.203 %)TCP/IP
1817 (7.203 %)UML
1915 (6.356 %)Telecoms
1915 (6.356 %)Wireless
2014 (5.932 %)VxWorks
2014 (5.932 %)DHCP
2014 (5.932 %)OpenGL
2014 (5.932 %)Security Cleared
2113 (5.508 %)HTTP

Embedded Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK that cited Embedded Software 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 Embedded Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
114 (5.932 %)OpenGL
212 (5.085 %)OpenVG
36 (2.542 %)Middleware
45 (2.119 %)JSR 184
45 (2.119 %)SVG
54 (1.695 %)XML
63 (1.271 %)Qt
63 (1.271 %).NET
63 (1.271 %)STL
72 (0.847 %)Series 60
72 (0.847 %)JDBC
72 (0.847 %)JSP
72 (0.847 %)J2EE
72 (0.847 %)MFC
72 (0.847 %)HTML
72 (0.847 %)ActiveX
81 (0.424 %)WDF
81 (0.424 %)Flash
81 (0.424 %)CSS
81 (0.424 %)DirectX
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (0.847 %)MATLAB
12 (0.847 %)Simulink
12 (0.847 %)Stateflow
21 (0.424 %)MS Excel
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
132 (13.56 %)Internet
217 (7.203 %)Ethernet
217 (7.203 %)TCP/IP
315 (6.356 %)Wireless
414 (5.932 %)DHCP
513 (5.508 %)HTTP
610 (4.237 %)GPRS
79 (3.814 %)DVB
88 (3.390 %)GSM
95 (2.119 %)SNMP
104 (1.695 %)IPsec
104 (1.695 %)Bluetooth
104 (1.695 %)UMTS
104 (1.695 %)ZigBee
104 (1.695 %)LTE
112 (0.847 %)DOCSIS
112 (0.847 %)HSDPA
112 (0.847 %)Wi-Fi
112 (0.847 %)HSUPA
112 (0.847 %)Gigabit Ethernet
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (1.695 %)Bugzilla
14 (1.695 %)ClearCase
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
143 (18.22 %)Electronics
233 (13.98 %)Education
317 (7.203 %)Pensions
415 (6.356 %)Telecoms
512 (5.085 %)Aerospace
610 (4.237 %)3D Graphics
78 (3.390 %)Automotive
87 (2.966 %)Health
87 (2.966 %)Manufacturing
96 (2.542 %)Government
96 (2.542 %)Insurance
105 (2.119 %)Multimedia
113 (1.271 %)Marketing
113 (1.271 %)Advertising
122 (0.847 %)Electric
122 (0.847 %)Games
122 (0.847 %)Military
122 (0.847 %)Retail
122 (0.847 %)Animation
131 (0.424 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
161 (25.85 %)Device Driver
248 (20.34 %)Computer Science
327 (11.44 %)Open Source
412 (5.085 %)Firmware
510 (4.237 %)Mathematics
68 (3.390 %)VHDL
68 (3.390 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
77 (2.966 %)Client/Server
77 (2.966 %)STB
86 (2.542 %)Physics
95 (2.119 %)DTV
104 (1.695 %)Handset
104 (1.695 %)MPEG
104 (1.695 %)IPTV
112 (0.847 %)MHEG
121 (0.424 %)Robotics
121 (0.424 %)CCTV
121 (0.424 %)ASIC
121 (0.424 %)Verilog
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1119 (50.42 %)Linux
252 (22.03 %)Windows
346 (19.49 %)Windows CE
432 (13.56 %)Embedded Linux
514 (5.932 %)VxWorks
67 (2.966 %)Nucleus RTOS
74 (1.695 %)UNIX
74 (1.695 %)Windows Mobile
81 (0.424 %)Windows Vista
81 (0.424 %)Android
81 (0.424 %)ThreadX
81 (0.424 %)pSOS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
129 (12.29 %)Software Engineering
217 (7.203 %)UML
39 (3.814 %)Yourdon
47 (2.966 %)OOD
47 (2.966 %)Validation
56 (2.542 %)Configuration Management
56 (2.542 %)Agile Software Development
56 (2.542 %)OO
64 (1.695 %)Information Security
64 (1.695 %)Unit Testing
73 (1.271 %)Software Testing
73 (1.271 %)Requirements Management
73 (1.271 %)Requirements Analysis
73 (1.271 %)Release Management
73 (1.271 %)Video Processing
73 (1.271 %)Software Architecture
73 (1.271 %)Project Management
82 (0.847 %)Regression Testing
82 (0.847 %)Scrum
82 (0.847 %)Extreme Programming
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1213 (90.25 %)C
2179 (75.85 %)C++
399 (41.95 %)Embedded C
465 (27.54 %)Embedded C++
526 (11.02 %)Assembly Language
612 (5.085 %)Java
76 (2.542 %)VB
85 (2.119 %)Perl
94 (1.695 %)JavaScript
94 (1.695 %)C#
103 (1.271 %)Python
103 (1.271 %)Tcl
112 (0.847 %)SQL
112 (0.847 %)VC++
121 (0.424 %)Ada
121 (0.424 %)PHP
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1104 (44.07 %)Degree
214 (5.932 %)Security Cleared
310 (4.237 %)PhD
45 (2.119 %)SC Cleared
54 (1.695 %)DV Cleared
62 (0.847 %)Postgraduate
62 (0.847 %)Chartered Engineer
71 (0.424 %)HNC
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.271 %)QA
22 (0.847 %)JTAG
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
141 (17.37 %)Symbian
227 (11.44 %)Adobe
36 (2.542 %)Hitachi
45 (2.119 %)Intel
45 (2.119 %)QNX
52 (0.847 %)CA
52 (0.847 %)EMC
52 (0.847 %)Xilinx
61 (0.424 %)Microsoft
61 (0.424 %)OpenTV