The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automotive 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 terms in our General category for the Wales region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automotive
Rank 90 98 68
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -30
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 5 3 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.401% 0.264% 1.729%
As % of the General category 1.524% 0.693% 3.947%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 18
Average salary £35,000 £42,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.64% -10.52%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -3.61%
All of the General Category
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
328 433 456
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 26.32% 38.05% 43.80%
Number of salaries quoted 285 377 431
Average salary £36,400 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £26,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Automotive
UK

Automotive
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Automotive across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Wales Automotive Jobs Demand Trend

Automotive
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Automotive across the Wales region.

Wales Automotive Salary Trend

Automotive
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the Wales region 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
West Wales - 3 £35,000 -
South Wales 0 1 £37,500 -11.76%
North Wales - 1 £35,000 -
Automotive
UK

Automotive
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region citing Automotive 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 Automotive.

1 4 (57.14%) C
1 4 (57.14%) C++
2 3 (42.86%) Embarcadero
2 3 (42.86%) Borland
2 3 (42.86%) Configuration Management
2 3 (42.86%) Subversion
2 3 (42.86%) HTML
2 3 (42.86%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
2 3 (42.86%) PHP
2 3 (42.86%) CSS
2 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Apache
2 3 (42.86%) JTAG
2 3 (42.86%) Avionics
2 3 (42.86%) DO-178B
3 2 (28.57%) Apache Flex
3 2 (28.57%) XML
3 2 (28.57%) JMS
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Maven
4 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (14.29%) MVC
4 1 (14.29%) Electronics
4 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
4 1 (14.29%) Ant
4 1 (14.29%) SOAP

Automotive
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region citing Automotive 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 Automotive. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (42.86%) HTML
1 3 (42.86%) CSS
2 2 (28.57%) XML
2 2 (28.57%) JMS
2 2 (28.57%) Apache Flex
3 1 (14.29%) SOAP
3 1 (14.29%) Web Services
3 1 (14.29%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) Apache
2 1 (14.29%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) ISDN
1 1 (14.29%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Subversion
2 1 (14.29%) Maven
2 1 (14.29%) Phing
2 1 (14.29%) Ant
General
1 3 (42.86%) Avionics
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Software Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Java Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Real Time Software Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Real Time Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
1 1 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Configuration Management
2 1 (14.29%) MVC
2 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) OO
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C
1 4 (57.14%) C++
2 3 (42.86%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
2 3 (42.86%) PHP
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded C
3 1 (14.29%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) JTAG
1 3 (42.86%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Embarcadero
1 3 (42.86%) Borland
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle