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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)
Rank - - 168
Permanent jobs citing ASIC 0 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands - - 0.048%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 0.201%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
Average salary - - £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+8.43% +3.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1245 1143 997
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 25.08% 25.38% 24.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1043 968 814
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
ASIC
England

ASIC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands ASIC Jobs Demand Trend

ASIC
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands ASIC Salary Trend

ASIC
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing ASIC 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 ASIC.

1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (100.00%) VHDL
1 2 (100.00%) Verilog
1 2 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 2 (100.00%) Degree

ASIC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) VHDL
1 2 (100.00%) Verilog
1 2 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree