The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Firmware in IT jobs advertised for the West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware
Rank 111 104 106
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +2
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 6 1 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 0.400% 0.070% 0.414%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.496% 0.245% 1.705%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 6
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
401 408 352
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 26.75% 28.73% 24.26%
Number of salaries quoted 307 328 287
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 £24,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Firmware
South East

Firmware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex Firmware Salary Trend

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 Sussex 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
Chichester - 4 £40,000 -
Gatwick +19 1 £37,500 -16.66%
Worthing - 1 £40,000 -
Firmware
South East

Firmware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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 7 (53.85%) Electronics
2 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
2 6 (46.15%) Aerospace
2 6 (46.15%) CAD
2 6 (46.15%) Avionics
2 6 (46.15%) DO-254
2 6 (46.15%) Digital Signal Processing
2 6 (46.15%) Signal Processing
2 6 (46.15%) Chip and PIN
2 6 (46.15%) Military
2 6 (46.15%) VHDL
2 6 (46.15%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 5 (38.46%) C
4 4 (30.77%) Embedded C
5 3 (23.08%) Windows
5 3 (23.08%) Project Management
5 3 (23.08%) Manufacturing
5 3 (23.08%) Embedded Software Development
6 2 (15.38%) IaaS
6 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
6 2 (15.38%) ITIL
6 2 (15.38%) CMDB
6 2 (15.38%) SCCM
6 2 (15.38%) MPLS
6 2 (15.38%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (15.38%) SaaS
7 1 (7.692%) QMS
7 1 (7.692%) ISO 9001
7 1 (7.692%) EMC
7 1 (7.692%) Assembly Language

Firmware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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.

Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) MPLS
2 1 (7.692%) Wireless
General
1 7 (53.85%) Electronics
2 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
2 6 (46.15%) Aerospace
2 6 (46.15%) Avionics
2 6 (46.15%) Military
3 3 (23.08%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Hardware Engineer
2 6 (46.15%) Digital Hardware Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Software Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) C Software Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Embedded C Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Chip and PIN
1 6 (46.15%) VHDL
1 6 (46.15%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 2 (15.38%) IaaS
2 2 (15.38%) CMDB
2 2 (15.38%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (15.38%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) CAD
1 6 (46.15%) Digital Signal Processing
1 6 (46.15%) Signal Processing
2 3 (23.08%) Project Management
2 3 (23.08%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (15.38%) ITIL
4 1 (7.692%) QMS
4 1 (7.692%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) C
2 4 (30.77%) Embedded C
3 1 (7.692%) Assembly Language
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) DO-254
2 1 (7.692%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (7.692%) EMC
1 1 (7.692%) Motorola
Littlehampton, West Sussex
Embedded C Microcontrollers Firmware Engineer - Worthing/Brighton Area required for global leader in the design and manufacture of High Voltage Power Supplies providing complete solutions UK wide.
Real Time Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Littlehampton, West Sussex
Suitable Embedded Firmware Engineers will have firmware development experience for embedded systems, PIC micros familiarity and a hardware background... - C programming fluency... Desirables include Labview, Visual Basic, Assembler,...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £35000 to £42000 per annum - excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013