Firmware Jobs in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Firmware in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firmware over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware
Rank 178 160 162
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +2
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 26 25 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.517% 0.548% 0.336%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.020% 2.170% 1.411%
Number of salaries quoted 26 23 11
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £31,400 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Search 10 Firmware jobs in the West Midlands
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 1287 1152 992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 25.60% 25.27% 23.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1064 982 809
Average salary £38,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £23,775
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Firmware
England

Firmware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Firmware Salary Trend

Firmware
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firmware across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Birmingham -1 20 £40,000 -11.11%
Worcestershire +2 2 £37,500 -11.76%
Wolverhampton - 2 £53,750 -
Warwickshire +2 1 £27,500 -45.00%
Firmware
England

Firmware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 18 (48.65%) Agile Software Development
2 17 (45.95%) Hibernate
2 17 (45.95%) MVC
2 17 (45.95%) JMX
2 17 (45.95%) Java
2 17 (45.95%) SQL Server
2 17 (45.95%) SOAP
2 17 (45.95%) JBoss
2 17 (45.95%) JMS
2 17 (45.95%) Eclipse
2 17 (45.95%) Tomcat
2 17 (45.95%) ActiveMQ
2 17 (45.95%) Subversion
2 17 (45.95%) Spring
2 17 (45.95%) Maven
2 17 (45.95%) JasperReports
2 17 (45.95%) Ajax
2 17 (45.95%) SQL Server 2005
2 17 (45.95%) Java EE
2 17 (45.95%) Spring MVC
2 17 (45.95%) Selenium
2 17 (45.95%) FitNesse
2 17 (45.95%) SQL Server 2008
2 17 (45.95%) TeamCity
2 17 (45.95%) Apache Continuum
3 13 (35.14%) QA
4 9 (24.32%) Unit Testing
4 9 (24.32%) Multithreading
4 9 (24.32%) Oracle Reports
4 9 (24.32%) OO

Firmware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 17 (45.95%) Hibernate
1 17 (45.95%) JMX
1 17 (45.95%) SOAP
1 17 (45.95%) JMS
1 17 (45.95%) Spring
1 17 (45.95%) Ajax
1 17 (45.95%) Java EE
1 17 (45.95%) Spring MVC
2 9 (24.32%) J2EE
3 7 (18.92%) Middleware
4 3 (8.108%) Web Services
5 2 (5.405%) .NET
5 2 (5.405%) XML
5 2 (5.405%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 17 (45.95%) Tomcat
1 17 (45.95%) ActiveMQ
2 3 (8.108%) IIS
2 3 (8.108%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (2.703%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.108%) IP Telephony
2 1 (2.703%) GPRS
2 1 (2.703%) GSM
2 1 (2.703%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (45.95%) SQL Server
1 17 (45.95%) JasperReports
1 17 (45.95%) SQL Server 2005
1 17 (45.95%) SQL Server 2008
2 9 (24.32%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (45.95%) Eclipse
1 17 (45.95%) Subversion
1 17 (45.95%) Maven
1 17 (45.95%) Selenium
1 17 (45.95%) FitNesse
1 17 (45.95%) TeamCity
1 17 (45.95%) Apache Continuum
General
1 5 (13.51%) Finance
2 3 (8.108%) Electronics
3 2 (5.405%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (51.35%) Developer
2 9 (24.32%) Java/J2EE Developer
2 9 (24.32%) Senior Java Developer
2 9 (24.32%) Senior Developer
2 9 (24.32%) Java Developer
3 8 (21.62%) QA Tester
3 8 (21.62%) Tester
4 5 (13.51%) Product Manager
4 5 (13.51%) Backup Specialist
5 3 (8.108%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (5.405%) Software Engineer
6 2 (5.405%) Technical Manager
6 2 (5.405%) C++ Developer
6 2 (5.405%) Technical Product Manager
7 1 (2.703%) Software Manager
7 1 (2.703%) Digital Design Engineer
7 1 (2.703%) Hardware Architect
7 1 (2.703%) Real Time Software Engineer
7 1 (2.703%) Real Time Embedded Engineer
7 1 (2.703%) Real Time Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 3 (8.108%) Blackberry
3 2 (5.405%) VHDL
3 2 (5.405%) Physics
3 2 (5.405%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.703%) Mathematics
4 1 (2.703%) Smart Meter
4 1 (2.703%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.62%) Windows
2 5 (13.51%) UNIX
3 3 (8.108%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) Agile Software Development
2 17 (45.95%) MVC
3 9 (24.32%) Unit Testing
3 9 (24.32%) Multithreading
3 9 (24.32%) OO
3 9 (24.32%) TDD
4 8 (21.62%) Automated Testing
4 8 (21.62%) Manual Testing
5 3 (8.108%) ITIL
5 3 (8.108%) Configuration Management
5 3 (8.108%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (5.405%) Web Development
6 2 (5.405%) Image Processing
7 1 (2.703%) Incident Management
7 1 (2.703%) Digital Signal Processing
7 1 (2.703%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 17 (45.95%) Java
2 5 (13.51%) C++
3 3 (8.108%) C
4 2 (5.405%) Embedded C
4 2 (5.405%) C#
5 1 (2.703%) Embedded C++
5 1 (2.703%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Degree
2 3 (8.108%) MCDST
2 3 (8.108%) MCP
2 3 (8.108%) Citrix Certification
2 3 (8.108%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.703%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (35.14%) QA
2 1 (2.703%) JTAG
System Software
1 3 (8.108%) XenApp
1 3 (8.108%) XenServer
1 3 (8.108%) XenDesktop
1 3 (8.108%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (13.51%) Tivoli
1 5 (13.51%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 17 (45.95%) JBoss
2 9 (24.32%) Oracle
3 5 (13.51%) NetApp
3 5 (13.51%) IBM
3 5 (13.51%) EMC
4 3 (8.108%) LANDesk
4 3 (8.108%) Citrix
Firmware Engineer
Worcestershire
Essen tail skills include: FPGA VHDL Coding Simulation (ModelSim or ISIM) Embedded processor design (ARM) Firmware C or C++ JTAG DSP Bachelors degree of equivalent qualifications This is...
Roc Search
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Graduate Electrical, Electronics Engineer
Stafford, Staffordshire
The Person We are looking for a diverse and disciplined engineer educated to degree level in electrical or electronics engineering with strong programming skills in C, C++. We...
Advantage XPO
Posted: 23 May 2013
Software Developer / C++ or C#
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
The Ideal Software Developer: Degree in a relevant discipline (Computer Science, Physics or Engineering) Must be competent in C++ or C# Excellent communication skills, flexible & self-motivated... Experience...
Hired Online
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Plus Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Firmware Design Engineer (Embedded C, Digital)
Rugeley, Staffordshire
This large international group requires a Firmware Design Engineer for its current expansion plans working in the company's centre of excellence... You… You'll be responsible for...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum + Pension, Shares & Flexible Hours
Posted: 21 May 2013
Senior Electronics Engineer
Stafford, Staffordshire
Purpose of the Job Reporting to the Systems R&D Hardware and Firmware Manager, the candidate will be part of a global hardware team and be responsible for...
Advantage XPO
Posted: 23 May 2013
Senior Software Developer - C#/.NET
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
The Ideal Senior Software Developer: Degree (2.1 minimum) in a relevant discipline (Computer Science, Physics or Engineering) Must have 5 year professional programming experience and at least...
Hired Online
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Plus Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Snr Electronic Design Engineer
Malvern, Worcestershire
Expansion has created this position for an experienced FPGA/VHDL/digital/firmware engineer to join their R&D team and work on the design of a NEW range...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: Very competitive plus bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Desktop Engineer
Birmingham, West Midlands
Knowledge of Citrix Xen Server, Xen App, Xen Desktop, or other related environments... Full Driving License Desirable skills and experience MCP/MCDST/ITIL/Citrix certifications would be desirable.
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Electronic Test Engineer - Worcestershire £35,000
Worcestershire, West Midlands
Skills & ExperienceTesting of existing and new circuits according to established standards and procedures.Diagnoses instruments and electrical and/or electronic systems problemsTest and debug firmware for Microprocssor/Micro-...
Computer Futures
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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