The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Robotics in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Robotics over the 3 months to 22 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 Miscellaneous category.

Robotics
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank862861736
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1Down-125
Matching permanent IT job ads13416
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.011 %0.003 %0.017 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category0.034 %0.010 %0.051 %
Number of salaries quoted13413
Average salary£30,000£35,000£33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28 %+6.06 %
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£40,000£33,000
% change year-on-year
-25.00 %+21.21 %
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
377854035731337
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK31.33 %32.91 %32.82 %
Number of salaries quoted317933387625593
Average salary£45,000£47,500£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26 %-5.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,500£27,962£28,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£85,000£82,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-

Robotics
Demand Trend

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

Robotics Demand Trend

Robotics
Salary Trend

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

Robotics Salary Trend

Robotics
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Robotics over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Robotics Salary Histogram

Robotics
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Robotics within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
EnglandDown-513£30,000-14.28 %
South WestNew entry-7£30,000-
BristolNew entry-6£30,000-
South EastNew entry-4£40,000-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-3£40,000-
Milton KeynesNew entry-3£40,000-
CambridgeNew entry-2£57,500-
CambridgeshireNew entry-2£57,500-
East of EnglandNew entry-2£57,500-
FiltonNew entry-1£30,000-
HampshireNew entry-1£32,000-
GloucestershireNew entry-1£30,000-
HavantNew entry-1£32,000-

Robotics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Robotics 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 Robotics.

129 (72.50 %)Image Processing
223 (57.50 %)Electronics
322 (55.00 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
322 (55.00 %)Embedded Systems
418 (45.00 %)Windows
515 (37.50 %).NET
614 (35.00 %)C#
713 (32.50 %).NET Framework
713 (32.50 %)Degree
812 (30.00 %)C++
910 (25.00 %)Manufacturing
109 (22.50 %)MATLAB
109 (22.50 %)Simulink
118 (20.00 %)C
118 (20.00 %)Linux
127 (17.50 %)UML
127 (17.50 %)Visual Studio
127 (17.50 %)VB.NET
127 (17.50 %)InstallShield
127 (17.50 %)Aerospace
127 (17.50 %)Automotive
127 (17.50 %)Marketing
127 (17.50 %)CruiseControl
127 (17.50 %)Subversion
127 (17.50 %)DevExpress
127 (17.50 %)Task Parallel Library
136 (15.00 %)Product Management
136 (15.00 %)Risk Analysis
136 (15.00 %)Device Driver
136 (15.00 %)Embedded C

Robotics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Robotics 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 Robotics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
115 (37.50 %).NET
213 (32.50 %).NET Framework
37 (17.50 %)Task Parallel Library
46 (15.00 %)MFC
54 (10.00 %)WinForms
62 (5.000 %)XML
62 (5.000 %)DirectX
62 (5.000 %)WCF
62 (5.000 %)WPF
71 (2.500 %)HTML5
71 (2.500 %)ASP.NET
71 (2.500 %)HTML
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (22.50 %)MATLAB
19 (22.50 %)Simulink
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (2.500 %)Wireless
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (5.000 %)SQL Server
21 (2.500 %)OLTP
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (17.50 %)Visual Studio
17 (17.50 %)InstallShield
17 (17.50 %)CruiseControl
17 (17.50 %)Subversion
21 (2.500 %)Oracle Forms
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
123 (57.50 %)Electronics
210 (25.00 %)Manufacturing
37 (17.50 %)Aerospace
37 (17.50 %)Automotive
37 (17.50 %)Marketing
42 (5.000 %)Pharmaceutical
51 (2.500 %)Advertising
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
116 (40.00 %)Software Engineer
211 (27.50 %)Developer
37 (17.50 %)Systems Engineer
37 (17.50 %).NET Developer
37 (17.50 %)VB.NET Developer
46 (15.00 %)Embedded Software Engineer
55 (12.50 %)Lead Software Engineer
62 (5.000 %)C# Developer
62 (5.000 %)Senior Developer
62 (5.000 %)Senior C# Developer
71 (2.500 %)Systems Manager
71 (2.500 %)Applications Developer
71 (2.500 %)Senior Manager
71 (2.500 %)Web Developer
71 (2.500 %)Lead Systems Engineer
71 (2.500 %)Mobile Applications Developer
71 (2.500 %)Mobile Developer
71 (2.500 %)Software Developer
71 (2.500 %)Web Applications Developer
71 (2.500 %)Electronics Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
122 (55.00 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
122 (55.00 %)Embedded Systems
26 (15.00 %)Device Driver
33 (7.500 %)SCADA
42 (5.000 %)Visualisation
42 (5.000 %)Open Source
51 (2.500 %)PDA
51 (2.500 %)Mathematics
51 (2.500 %)Physics
51 (2.500 %)Computer Science
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
118 (45.00 %)Windows
28 (20.00 %)Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
129 (72.50 %)Image Processing
27 (17.50 %)UML
36 (15.00 %)Product Management
36 (15.00 %)Risk Analysis
43 (7.500 %)Project Management
52 (5.000 %)Agile Software Development
52 (5.000 %)Business Analysis
61 (2.500 %)Requirements Management
61 (2.500 %)Software Engineering
61 (2.500 %)Risk Management
61 (2.500 %)OOP
61 (2.500 %)OO
61 (2.500 %)OOD
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
114 (35.00 %)C#
212 (30.00 %)C++
38 (20.00 %)C
47 (17.50 %)VB.NET
56 (15.00 %)Embedded C
63 (7.500 %)Java
71 (2.500 %)JavaScript
71 (2.500 %)PL/SQL
71 (2.500 %)SQL
71 (2.500 %)Objective-C
71 (2.500 %)Jython
71 (2.500 %)Python
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
113 (32.50 %)Degree
22 (5.000 %)PhD
22 (5.000 %)Microsoft Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.500 %)ISO 9001
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
17 (17.50 %)DevExpress
23 (7.500 %)Microsoft
23 (7.500 %)Siemens
32 (5.000 %)QNX
41 (2.500 %)Google
41 (2.500 %)EMC
41 (2.500 %)Facebook
41 (2.500 %)Oracle