The first table below looks at the demand for the Research Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Research Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Research Engineer
Rank 850 878 854
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -24
Permanent jobs requiring a Research Engineer 8 18 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.007% 0.015% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.016% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 6 11 17
Average salary £35,000 £45,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.22% +23.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £31,900
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £67,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
-13.33% +2.73%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101791 114576 116360
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.44% 94.74% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 84727 98303 98213
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Research Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Research Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Research Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Research Engineer Salary Trend

Research Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Research Engineer over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

Research Engineer Salary Histogram

Research Engineer
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Research Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +23 8 £35,000 -22.22%
London +24 3 £57,500 +12.19%
City of London +10 3 £57,500 -2.12%
East of England +5 3 £33,750 -
Cambridge - 2 £32,500 -
Cambridgeshire - 2 £32,500 -
Hertfordshire +6 1 £35,000 -
South East +3 1 £32,500 -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Surrey - 1 £32,500 -

Research Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Research 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 Research Engineer in their job title.

1 15 (68.18%) Computer Science
2 13 (59.09%) C++
3 12 (54.55%) Degree
4 11 (50.00%) Physics
5 10 (45.45%) C
6 9 (40.91%) Linux
7 8 (36.36%) Mathematics
8 7 (31.82%) Python
8 7 (31.82%) Java
8 7 (31.82%) Internet
9 6 (27.27%) BBC
9 6 (27.27%) PhD
9 6 (27.27%) Psychology
9 6 (27.27%) User Experience Design
9 6 (27.27%) Signal Processing
10 4 (18.18%) Image Processing
10 4 (18.18%) Statistics
11 3 (13.64%) W3C
11 3 (13.64%) Ruby
11 3 (13.64%) UNIX
11 3 (13.64%) Data Analysis
11 3 (13.64%) Software Engineering
11 3 (13.64%) Social Network
11 3 (13.64%) Hadoop
11 3 (13.64%) Visualisation
11 3 (13.64%) HTML5
11 3 (13.64%) Apache Hive
11 3 (13.64%) JavaScript
11 3 (13.64%) SQL
11 3 (13.64%) Data Mining

Research Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Research 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 Research Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (13.64%) HTML5
1 3 (13.64%) WebGL
1 3 (13.64%) MapReduce
2 1 (4.545%) OpenGL ES
2 1 (4.545%) REST
2 1 (4.545%) Natural Language Processing
2 1 (4.545%) ASP
2 1 (4.545%) Web Services
2 1 (4.545%) OpenGL
2 1 (4.545%) DirectX
Application Platforms
1 3 (13.64%) Apache Pig
2 2 (9.091%) Apache
2 2 (9.091%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (9.091%) SPSS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) Internet
2 1 (4.545%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Data Mining
1 3 (13.64%) Hadoop
1 3 (13.64%) Apache Hive
1 3 (13.64%) Apache Cassandra
1 3 (13.64%) HBase
1 3 (13.64%) Mahout
1 3 (13.64%) Big Data
2 1 (4.545%) NoSQL
2 1 (4.545%) MongoDB
2 1 (4.545%) RDBMS
2 1 (4.545%) MySQL
2 1 (4.545%) OLAP
General
1 2 (9.091%) Finance
2 1 (4.545%) Automotive
2 1 (4.545%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 15 (68.18%) Computer Science
2 11 (50.00%) Physics
3 8 (36.36%) Mathematics
4 6 (27.27%) BBC
4 6 (27.27%) Psychology
5 4 (18.18%) Statistics
6 3 (13.64%) W3C
6 3 (13.64%) Visualisation
6 3 (13.64%) Social Network
6 3 (13.64%) Machine Learning
7 2 (9.091%) Hedge funds
7 2 (9.091%) Grid Computing
7 2 (9.091%) Artificial Intelligence
7 2 (9.091%) Neural Network
8 1 (4.545%) Biometrics
8 1 (4.545%) Smartcard
8 1 (4.545%) Java Card
8 1 (4.545%) Data Integration
8 1 (4.545%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (40.91%) Linux
2 3 (13.64%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) User Experience Design
1 6 (27.27%) Signal Processing
2 4 (18.18%) Image Processing
3 3 (13.64%) Data Analysis
3 3 (13.64%) Software Engineering
4 2 (9.091%) Algorithmic Trading
4 2 (9.091%) Multithreading
4 2 (9.091%) OO
4 2 (9.091%) Predictive Modelling
4 2 (9.091%) Analytics
5 1 (4.545%) Data Modelling
5 1 (4.545%) DRM
5 1 (4.545%) Scrum
5 1 (4.545%) TDD
5 1 (4.545%) Data Protection
5 1 (4.545%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (59.09%) C++
2 10 (45.45%) C
3 7 (31.82%) Python
3 7 (31.82%) Java
4 3 (13.64%) JavaScript
4 3 (13.64%) SQL
4 3 (13.64%) Ruby
5 2 (9.091%) Scala
5 2 (9.091%) R
6 1 (4.545%) Lua
6 1 (4.545%) MATLAB
6 1 (4.545%) Objective-C
6 1 (4.545%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (54.55%) Degree
2 6 (27.27%) PhD
3 2 (9.091%) Postgraduate
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