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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware
Rank 89 93 85
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -8
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 6 8 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.482% 0.703% 0.096%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.829% 2.847% 0.282%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 1
Average salary £47,500 £32,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+48.43% -1.53%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
328 281 355
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 26.32% 24.69% 34.10%
Number of salaries quoted 298 220 333
Average salary £36,400 £35,000 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% -9.67%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £47,550
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Firmware
UK

Firmware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Firmware Jobs Demand Trend

Firmware
Salary Trend

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

Wales Firmware Salary Trend

Firmware
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firmware across the Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wales Firmware Salary Histogram

Firmware
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware 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
South Wales -4 1 £47,500 +48.43%
North Wales -7 1 £52,500 +75.00%
Firmware
UK

Firmware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 9 (69.23%) C++
1 9 (69.23%) C
2 7 (53.85%) Assembly Language
2 7 (53.85%) Software Engineering
2 7 (53.85%) Degree
3 6 (46.15%) Physics
3 6 (46.15%) System Testing
3 6 (46.15%) JTAG
3 6 (46.15%) Embedded C
3 6 (46.15%) TCP/IP
3 6 (46.15%) Electronics
4 5 (38.46%) WAN
4 5 (38.46%) Embedded C++
5 4 (30.77%) HTML
5 4 (30.77%) Bluetooth
5 4 (30.77%) Ajax
5 4 (30.77%) Wireless
5 4 (30.77%) Multithreading
6 3 (23.08%) ZigBee
6 3 (23.08%) Mathematics
6 3 (23.08%) HSPA
6 3 (23.08%) Atmel
6 3 (23.08%) HTTP
6 3 (23.08%) SNMP
6 3 (23.08%) TELNET
6 3 (23.08%) SSH
6 3 (23.08%) GPRS
6 3 (23.08%) LDAP
6 3 (23.08%) Windows XP
6 3 (23.08%) Windows

Firmware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (30.77%) HTML
1 4 (30.77%) Ajax
2 3 (23.08%) .NET
3 1 (7.692%) CSS
3 1 (7.692%) Middleware
3 1 (7.692%) GStreamer
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) TCP/IP
2 5 (38.46%) WAN
3 4 (30.77%) Bluetooth
3 4 (30.77%) Wireless
4 3 (23.08%) TELNET
4 3 (23.08%) SSH
4 3 (23.08%) UMTS
4 3 (23.08%) ZigBee
4 3 (23.08%) HSPA
4 3 (23.08%) GPRS
4 3 (23.08%) LDAP
4 3 (23.08%) HTTP
4 3 (23.08%) SNMP
5 2 (15.38%) ADSL
5 2 (15.38%) ISDN
5 2 (15.38%) VPN
5 2 (15.38%) OSPF
5 2 (15.38%) BGP
5 2 (15.38%) EIGRP
5 2 (15.38%) IGRP
General
1 6 (46.15%) Electronics
2 2 (15.38%) Marketing
3 1 (7.692%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.692%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.692%) Games
3 1 (7.692%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Software Engineer
1 6 (46.15%) Development Engineer
1 6 (46.15%) Firmware Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Software Development Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Network Support
3 2 (15.38%) Network Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Software Development Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Systems Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Development Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Electronics Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Hardware Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Software Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Physics
2 3 (23.08%) Mathematics
3 1 (7.692%) Device Driver
3 1 (7.692%) Streaming Video
3 1 (7.692%) STB
3 1 (7.692%) IPTV
3 1 (7.692%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
1 3 (23.08%) Windows XP
2 1 (7.692%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (7.692%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Software Engineering
2 6 (46.15%) System Testing
3 4 (30.77%) Multithreading
4 2 (15.38%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (15.38%) Load Balancing
4 2 (15.38%) UML
4 2 (15.38%) OO
5 1 (7.692%) OOD
5 1 (7.692%) Embedded Software Development
5 1 (7.692%) Build Automation
5 1 (7.692%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) C++
1 9 (69.23%) C
2 7 (53.85%) Assembly Language
3 6 (46.15%) Embedded C
4 5 (38.46%) Embedded C++
5 3 (23.08%) C#
5 3 (23.08%) Java
5 3 (23.08%) SQL
6 1 (7.692%) Ruby
6 1 (7.692%) JavaScript
6 1 (7.692%) Perl
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) CCNA
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) JTAG
2 2 (15.38%) SLA
3 1 (7.692%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Atmel
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco
2 2 (15.38%) Nokia
2 2 (15.38%) CheckPoint
3 1 (7.692%) EMC
3 1 (7.692%) Intel
3 1 (7.692%) Freescale