The first table below looks at the demand for LabVIEW skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LabVIEW over the 3 months to 23 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 Development Applications category.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
NI LabVIEW
Rank 776 847 782
Rank change year-on-year
+71 -65
Permanent jobs citing LabVIEW 86 51 91
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.080% 0.042% 0.072%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.542% 0.299% 0.565%
Number of salaries quoted 78 39 88
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +0.67%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £30,800 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +1.35%
All Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
15867 17081 16112
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 14.75% 14.15% 12.78%
Number of salaries quoted 13540 14965 14169
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%

LabVIEW
Jobs Demand Trend

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

LabVIEW Jobs Demand Trend

LabVIEW
Salary Trend

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

LabVIEW Salary Trend

LabVIEW
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LabVIEW over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

LabVIEW Salary Histogram

LabVIEW
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LabVIEW within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 +58 83 £35,000 -6.66%
East of England +46 54 £35,000 -12.50%
Hertfordshire +26 32 £32,500 -13.33%
Borehamwood +3 28 £32,500 -13.33%
South East +10 22 £27,500 -18.51%
Cambridgeshire +14 18 £35,000 -12.50%
Hampshire +17 15 £27,000 -22.85%
Cambridge +16 15 £35,000 -12.50%
Southampton +10 9 £27,500 -21.42%
South West -5 5 £35,000 -22.22%
Chelmsford - 4 £43,000 -
Essex - 4 £43,000 -
Gloucestershire +13 3 £37,500 -
Peterborough - 3 £33,500 -
Glenrothes - 3 £150,000 -
Fife - 3 £150,000 -
Scotland - 3 £150,000 -
Surrey +15 2 - -
East Sussex +3 2 - -
Buckinghamshire -7 2 £36,000 +8.27%
Letchworth - 2 £21,000 -
Guildford - 2 - -
Gloucester - 2 - -
Dorset -15 1 £32,500 -27.77%
West Midlands - 1 £35,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £31,500 -
West Sussex - 1 - -
Wimborne - 1 £32,500 -
Watford - 1 £42,500 -
Stevenage - 1 £42,500 -

LabVIEW
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing LabVIEW 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 LabVIEW.

1 98 (50.26%) Degree
2 84 (43.08%) C++
3 79 (40.51%) C
4 62 (31.79%) Python
5 54 (27.69%) Electronics
6 49 (25.13%) MATLAB
7 41 (21.03%) Signal Processing
8 35 (17.95%) Windows
9 33 (16.92%) Computer Science
10 31 (15.90%) Telecoms
11 30 (15.38%) Aerospace
12 28 (14.36%) Linux
13 27 (13.85%) Embedded Systems
14 26 (13.33%) QA
14 26 (13.33%) Physics
14 26 (13.33%) Perl
14 26 (13.33%) Tcl
15 25 (12.82%) Java
16 23 (11.79%) Manufacturing
16 23 (11.79%) Selenium
17 22 (11.28%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
18 19 (9.744%) VHDL
19 18 (9.231%) VB
20 17 (8.718%) C#
21 16 (8.205%) PhD
21 16 (8.205%) GIS
21 16 (8.205%) Software Testing
22 15 (7.692%) Finance
23 14 (7.179%) Embedded C
24 13 (6.667%) CAD

LabVIEW
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing LabVIEW 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 LabVIEW. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (6.667%) .NET
2 12 (6.154%) J2EE
3 5 (2.564%) Flash
4 4 (2.051%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.026%) Gherkin
Application Platforms
1 7 (3.590%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (5.128%) Simulink
2 7 (3.590%) MS Office
3 6 (3.077%) MS Excel
4 1 (0.513%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.513%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.026%) LabWindows
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.641%) SNMP
1 11 (5.641%) TCP/IP
2 7 (3.590%) Wireless
3 6 (3.077%) Ethernet
4 3 (1.538%) 3G
4 3 (1.538%) 3GPP
4 3 (1.538%) 2G
5 2 (1.026%) ZigBee
5 2 (1.026%) UMTS
5 2 (1.026%) GPRS
5 2 (1.026%) LAN
6 1 (0.513%) DHCP
6 1 (0.513%) FTP
6 1 (0.513%) DVB
6 1 (0.513%) RTP
6 1 (0.513%) TELNET
6 1 (0.513%) VoIP
6 1 (0.513%) TETRA
6 1 (0.513%) WiMAX
6 1 (0.513%) 2.5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.205%) GIS
2 4 (2.051%) TOAD
3 1 (0.513%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.513%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 23 (11.79%) Selenium
2 12 (6.154%) WebDriver
2 12 (6.154%) QuickTest Pro
3 7 (3.590%) Carbide.c++
4 2 (1.026%) WATIR
5 1 (0.513%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.513%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 1 (0.513%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.513%) Rational DOORS
General
1 54 (27.69%) Electronics
2 31 (15.90%) Telecoms
3 30 (15.38%) Aerospace
4 23 (11.79%) Manufacturing
5 15 (7.692%) Finance
6 11 (5.641%) Automotive
7 10 (5.128%) Military
8 2 (1.026%) Advertising
9 1 (0.513%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 58 (29.74%) Test Engineer
2 41 (21.03%) Software Engineer
3 32 (16.41%) Developer
4 29 (14.87%) Development Engineer
5 25 (12.82%) Systems Engineer
6 20 (10.26%) Test Development Engineer
7 18 (9.231%) Electronics Engineer
8 14 (7.179%) Hardware Engineer
9 13 (6.667%) Senior Test Engineer
10 12 (6.154%) QA Engineer
11 11 (5.641%) Systems Test Engineer
12 8 (4.103%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 7 (3.590%) Senior Development Engineer
14 6 (3.077%) Tester
14 6 (3.077%) Software Test Engineer
15 5 (2.564%) Junior
15 5 (2.564%) Automation Engineer
16 4 (2.051%) Web Tester
16 4 (2.051%) Manual Tester
17 3 (1.538%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 33 (16.92%) Computer Science
2 27 (13.85%) Embedded Systems
3 26 (13.33%) Physics
4 22 (11.28%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 19 (9.744%) VHDL
6 9 (4.615%) Firmware
7 8 (4.103%) Mathematics
8 4 (2.051%) Derivative
9 3 (1.538%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.538%) Machine Learning
10 2 (1.026%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.026%) Device Driver
11 1 (0.513%) Streaming Video
11 1 (0.513%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.513%) Mechatronics
11 1 (0.513%) Data Conversion
Operating Systems
1 35 (17.95%) Windows
2 28 (14.36%) Linux
3 5 (2.564%) Windows XP
3 5 (2.564%) Windows 7
4 4 (2.051%) UNIX
5 1 (0.513%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (21.03%) Signal Processing
2 16 (8.205%) Software Testing
3 13 (6.667%) CAD
4 12 (6.154%) Test Automation
4 12 (6.154%) Test Scripting
4 12 (6.154%) Agile Software Development
5 10 (5.128%) Lean Manufacturing
5 10 (5.128%) Six Sigma
6 9 (4.615%) Project Management
6 9 (4.615%) Software Engineering
7 8 (4.103%) Validation
8 7 (3.590%) Configuration Management
8 7 (3.590%) DNA
8 7 (3.590%) Asset Management
8 7 (3.590%) Test Management
8 7 (3.590%) Business Development
9 6 (3.077%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (3.077%) E-Commerce
10 5 (2.564%) Quality Management
10 5 (2.564%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 84 (43.08%) C++
2 79 (40.51%) C
3 62 (31.79%) Python
4 49 (25.13%) MATLAB
5 26 (13.33%) Perl
5 26 (13.33%) Tcl
6 25 (12.82%) Java
7 18 (9.231%) VB
8 17 (8.718%) C#
9 14 (7.179%) Embedded C
10 12 (6.154%) Embedded C++
11 5 (2.564%) Assembly Language
12 3 (1.538%) Fortran
12 3 (1.538%) Pascal
12 3 (1.538%) VC++
13 2 (1.026%) VB6
13 2 (1.026%) VB.NET
13 2 (1.026%) SQL
Qualifications
1 98 (50.26%) Degree
2 16 (8.205%) PhD
3 13 (6.667%) Security Cleared
4 12 (6.154%) HND
5 10 (5.128%) HNC
6 8 (4.103%) SC Cleared
7 7 (3.590%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.513%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (13.33%) QA
2 8 (4.103%) JTAG
3 4 (2.051%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.026%) GMP
Systems Management
1 4 (2.051%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (5.641%) Agilent
2 9 (4.615%) EMC
2 9 (4.615%) Twitter
3 8 (4.103%) Altera
3 8 (4.103%) Xilinx
3 8 (4.103%) Microsoft
4 6 (3.077%) HP
5 4 (2.051%) Atmel
6 1 (0.513%) IBM
6 1 (0.513%) SolidWorks
6 1 (0.513%) Freescale
Oxfordshire, South East
This is a fantasic opportunity for a LabView Engineer with 4-5 years experience to join a cutting edge company developing innovative instrumentation applications used across various industries...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £26000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
RG - Embedded Software Engineer - Embedded C, ARM, PIC, Optics- £40,000p.a Location: Berkshire - RG IMPORTANT: Applicants must be no further than a 15 mile radius of RG...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £41000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Key Responsibilities: Developing control, robotics and automation systems... Analysing experimental data using Matlab or similar tools. Developing systems using Labview... Keywords: Research, Engineer, Matlab, Labview, Robotics, Electronics, Circuit,...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Rugeley, Staffordshire
This large international group requires a Firmware Design Engineer for its current expansion plans working in the company's centre of excellence... You… You'll be responsible for...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum + Pension, Shares & Flexible Hours
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Bluetooth and/or Wi-Fi 802.11 experience... Python, perl, C++, Labview... Keywords: Senior, Applications, Engineer, Bluetooth, FM, Wi-Fi, C, DMM, ROM,RF, PCB, Python, Perl, Labview.
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Littlehampton, West Sussex
Suitable Embedded Firmware Engineers will have firmware development experience for embedded systems, PIC micros familiarity and a hardware background... - C programming fluency... Desirables include Labview, Visual Basic, Assembler,...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £35000 to £42000 per annum - excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER - LabVIEW Gloucester £25000 - 30000 A Software Development Engineer with experience in LabVIEW software design and testing... You will be joining a team of experienced and...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £25000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013