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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronics
Rank 77 81 77
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -4
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 16 15 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 1.317% 1.298% 1.325%
As % of the General category 5.145% 3.440% 3.011%
Number of salaries quoted 8 15 14
Average salary £33,000 £26,500 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+24.52% -25.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £24,100 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,500 £42,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,501 £35,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+5.63% -4.05%
All of the General Category
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
311 436 465
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 25.60% 37.72% 43.99%
Number of salaries quoted 268 379 443
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 £55,750 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Electronics
UK

Electronics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Electronics Jobs Demand Trend

Electronics
Salary Trend

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

Wales Electronics Salary Trend

Electronics
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Electronics across the Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Wales Electronics Salary Histogram

Electronics
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics within the Wales region 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
South Wales -6 5 £30,000 +13.20%
Mid Wales - 3 - -
West Wales +13 1 £37,500 +66.66%
North Wales -6 1 £52,500 +75.00%
Electronics
UK

Electronics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region citing Electronics 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 Electronics.

1 17 (50.00%) Ajax
1 17 (50.00%) Degree
1 17 (50.00%) HTML
1 17 (50.00%) Windows
1 17 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 16 (47.06%) C++
2 16 (47.06%) C
3 14 (41.18%) JavaScript
3 14 (41.18%) ActionScript
3 14 (41.18%) Linux
3 14 (41.18%) CSS
3 14 (41.18%) Internet
3 14 (41.18%) Flash
3 14 (41.18%) HTML5
4 12 (35.29%) UML
5 11 (32.35%) Computer Science
6 6 (17.65%) Firmware
7 5 (14.71%) Mathematics
7 5 (14.71%) Physics
8 4 (11.76%) Software Engineering
8 4 (11.76%) Bluetooth
8 4 (11.76%) Ethernet
8 4 (11.76%) Assembly Language
9 3 (8.824%) TELNET
9 3 (8.824%) Wireless
9 3 (8.824%) HTTP
9 3 (8.824%) SNMP
9 3 (8.824%) LDAP
9 3 (8.824%) Windows XP
9 3 (8.824%) GPRS

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region citing Electronics 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 Electronics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (50.00%) Ajax
1 17 (50.00%) HTML
2 14 (41.18%) CSS
2 14 (41.18%) Flash
2 14 (41.18%) HTML5
3 3 (8.824%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 17 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 14 (41.18%) Internet
3 4 (11.76%) Bluetooth
3 4 (11.76%) Ethernet
4 3 (8.824%) TELNET
4 3 (8.824%) Wireless
4 3 (8.824%) HTTP
4 3 (8.824%) SNMP
4 3 (8.824%) LDAP
4 3 (8.824%) GPRS
4 3 (8.824%) UMTS
4 3 (8.824%) WAN
4 3 (8.824%) SSH
4 3 (8.824%) ZigBee
4 3 (8.824%) HSPA
5 1 (2.941%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (8.824%) Marketing
2 1 (2.941%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.941%) Aerospace
2 1 (2.941%) Automotive
2 1 (2.941%) Manufacturing
2 1 (2.941%) Games
Job Titles
1 29 (85.29%) Software Engineer
2 5 (14.71%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (8.824%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (8.824%) Development Engineer
3 3 (8.824%) Firmware Engineer
4 2 (5.882%) Sales Engineer
4 2 (5.882%) Senior Sales Engineer
4 2 (5.882%) Software Development Engineer
5 1 (2.941%) Architect
5 1 (2.941%) Hardware Architect
5 1 (2.941%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (2.941%) Systems Architect
5 1 (2.941%) Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (32.35%) Computer Science
2 6 (17.65%) Firmware
3 5 (14.71%) Mathematics
3 5 (14.71%) Physics
4 1 (2.941%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (50.00%) Windows
2 14 (41.18%) Linux
3 3 (8.824%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (35.29%) UML
2 4 (11.76%) Software Engineering
3 3 (8.824%) Multithreading
3 3 (8.824%) System Testing
4 2 (5.882%) Market Research
4 2 (5.882%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 16 (47.06%) C++
1 16 (47.06%) C
2 14 (41.18%) JavaScript
2 14 (41.18%) ActionScript
3 4 (11.76%) Assembly Language
4 3 (8.824%) SQL
4 3 (8.824%) C#
4 3 (8.824%) Java
5 2 (5.882%) Embedded C
6 1 (2.941%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 17 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (5.882%) HNC
2 2 (5.882%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.824%) JTAG
Vendors
1 3 (8.824%) Atmel
2 1 (2.941%) EMC
2 1 (2.941%) Twitter
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