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The table below looks at the demand for Firmware skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firmware over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirmware
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank203217
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching permanent IT job ads1618
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.008 %
As % of the category below1.219 %1.560 %
Salaries quoted1611
Average minimum salary£31,313£30,909
Average salary£33,469£32,455
% change on same period last year+3.12 %
Average maximum salary£35,625£34,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,938£36,009
% change on same period last year-0.19 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads13131154
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.760 %0.497 %
Salaries quoted1093965
Average minimum salary£30,448£31,995
Average salary£33,499£34,456
% change on same period last year-2.77 %
Average maximum salary£36,550£36,917
UK excluding London average salary£37,701£39,528
% change on same period last year-4.62 %
Firmware EnglandFirmware
England

Firmware
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Firmware
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firmware across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WarwickshireUp+1110£37,500+7.14 %
HerefordshireNew entry-3£25,000-
BirminghamUp+82£25,250-
ShropshireNew entry-1£35,000-
Firmware EnglandFirmware
England

Firmware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

117 (54.84 %)SAN
216 (51.61 %)HP
39 (29.03 %)Windows
45 (16.13 %)Change Management
53 (9.677 %)Firewall
53 (9.677 %)Embedded C
53 (9.677 %)VxWorks
53 (9.677 %)C
53 (9.677 %)C++
53 (9.677 %)Linux
53 (9.677 %)Microsoft
62 (6.452 %)Cisco
62 (6.452 %)VC++
62 (6.452 %)MFC
62 (6.452 %)COM
62 (6.452 %)MSI
62 (6.452 %)EMC
62 (6.452 %)Business Development
62 (6.452 %)QA
62 (6.452 %)Software Packaging
62 (6.452 %)Risk Analysis
62 (6.452 %)Finance
71 (3.226 %)SUSE
71 (3.226 %)Slackware
71 (3.226 %)Symmetrix
71 (3.226 %)Clustering
71 (3.226 %)Electronics
71 (3.226 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
71 (3.226 %)Software Testing
71 (3.226 %)Brocade

Firmware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (6.452 %)MFC
12 (6.452 %)COM
12 (6.452 %)Software Packaging
21 (3.226 %).NET
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
117 (54.84 %)SAN
23 (9.677 %)Firewall
31 (3.226 %)LDAP
31 (3.226 %)DNS
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (6.452 %)MSI
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (6.452 %)Finance
21 (3.226 %)Electronics
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (25.81 %)Storage Specialist
27 (22.58 %)Storage Engineer
36 (19.35 %)Software Engineer
45 (16.13 %)Analyst
45 (16.13 %)Senior Software Engineer
53 (9.677 %)Design Engineer
53 (9.677 %)Support Analyst
53 (9.677 %)Software Design Engineer
53 (9.677 %)Team Leader
62 (6.452 %)Technical Support
62 (6.452 %)Technical Analyst
62 (6.452 %)Server Analyst
62 (6.452 %)C++ Team Leader
62 (6.452 %)Lead Software Engineer
62 (6.452 %)Software Team Leader
71 (3.226 %)Network Support Analyst
71 (3.226 %)Senior Analyst
71 (3.226 %)Network Analyst
71 (3.226 %)Technical Support Analyst
71 (3.226 %)Embedded Software Engineer
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.226 %)HACMP
11 (3.226 %)ASIC
11 (3.226 %)Symmetrix
11 (3.226 %)Clustering
11 (3.226 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (29.03 %)Windows
23 (9.677 %)Linux
23 (9.677 %)VxWorks
31 (3.226 %)SUSE
31 (3.226 %)Slackware
31 (3.226 %)UNIX
31 (3.226 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (3.226 %)HPUX
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (16.13 %)Change Management
22 (6.452 %)Business Development
22 (6.452 %)Risk Analysis
31 (3.226 %)QMS
31 (3.226 %)Software Testing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (9.677 %)C
13 (9.677 %)C++
13 (9.677 %)Embedded C
22 (6.452 %)VC++
31 (3.226 %)C#
31 (3.226 %)Assembly Language
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (6.452 %)QA
21 (3.226 %)SLA
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (3.226 %)Legato
11 (3.226 %)Nagios
11 (3.226 %)EMC NetWorker
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (51.61 %)HP
23 (9.677 %)Microsoft
32 (6.452 %)Cisco
32 (6.452 %)EMC
41 (3.226 %)Symantec
41 (3.226 %)Remedy
41 (3.226 %)Brocade
41 (3.226 %)IBM
41 (3.226 %)Sun