The first table below looks at the demand for pSOS skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited pSOS 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 Operating Systems category.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wind River pSOS
Rank 856 897 850
Rank change year-on-year
+41 -47
Permanent jobs citing pSOS 6 1 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% 0.001% 0.018%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.021% 0.003% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 18
Average salary £37,500 £22,250 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+68.53% -42.58%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £22,250 £36,250
% change year-on-year
+68.53% -38.62%
All Operating Systems
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
29264 32215 31424
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.21% 26.69% 24.93%
Number of salaries quoted 24711 27634 26525
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%

pSOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

pSOS Jobs Demand Trend

pSOS
Salary Trend

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

pSOS Salary Trend

pSOS
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing pSOS 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 +29 6 £37,500 +68.53%
North West - 5 £37,500 -
Cheshire - 5 £37,500 -
Northwich - 3 £37,500 -
South West - 1 £28,500 -
Bristol - 1 £28,500 -

pSOS
Top 17 Related IT Skills

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

1 11 (91.67%) C
1 11 (91.67%) C++
1 11 (91.67%) Linux
1 11 (91.67%) TCP/IP
1 11 (91.67%) Embedded Linux
2 8 (66.67%) STB
3 6 (50.00%) Embedded C++
4 5 (41.67%) Embedded C
5 1 (8.333%) Change Control
5 1 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (8.333%) Project Management
5 1 (8.333%) Risk Management
5 1 (8.333%) Programme Management
5 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
5 1 (8.333%) MS Visio
5 1 (8.333%) MS Project
5 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2

pSOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
1 1 (8.333%) MS Visio
1 1 (8.333%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 11 (91.67%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Software Engineer
2 7 (58.33%) Senior Software Engineer
3 6 (50.00%) Linux Engineer
3 6 (50.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 5 (41.67%) Senior Linux Engineer
4 5 (41.67%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
4 5 (41.67%) Embedded C Engineer
5 3 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
6 2 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 1 (8.333%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) STB
Operating Systems
1 11 (91.67%) Linux
1 11 (91.67%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (8.333%) Change Control
1 1 (8.333%) Project Management
1 1 (8.333%) Risk Management
1 1 (8.333%) Programme Management
1 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 11 (91.67%) C
1 11 (91.67%) C++
2 6 (50.00%) Embedded C++
3 5 (41.67%) Embedded C
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Experience or knowledge of RTOS (VxWork, Embedded Linux, etc) *Object Oriented Methodology Additional Skills Any of the following would be an advantage: *Experience of developing software using: C#,...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £40000 per annum + Healthcare, Bonus, Pension
Posted: 17 May 2013