The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automotive over the 3 months to 20 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 General category for the West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automotive
Rank 171 165 147
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -18
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 1 4 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.027% 0.123% 0.239%
As % of the General category 0.087% 0.414% 0.676%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 7
Average salary - £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year
- -3.61%
All of the General Category
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1147 967 1036
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 31.40% 29.83% 35.41%
Number of salaries quoted 917 781 778
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,250 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Automotive
Yorkshire

Automotive
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Automotive Jobs Demand Trend

Automotive
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire Automotive Salary Trend

Automotive
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Bradford +7 1 - -
Dewsbury - 1 - -
Halifax - 1 - -
Huddersfield - 1 - -
Leeds - 1 - -
Wakefield - 1 - -
Automotive
Yorkshire

Automotive
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Automotive 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 Automotive.

1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Internet
2 3 (75.00%) Electronics
2 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 3 (75.00%) MS Visio
2 3 (75.00%) GPRS
2 3 (75.00%) GSM
2 3 (75.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) Telematics
4 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (25.00%) C
4 1 (25.00%) C#
4 1 (25.00%) .NET
4 1 (25.00%) MySQL
4 1 (25.00%) MS Office
4 1 (25.00%) CAN bus
4 1 (25.00%) Degree

Automotive
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (75.00%) MS Visio
2 3 (75.00%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) GPRS
1 3 (75.00%) GSM
1 3 (75.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MySQL
General
1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Software Test Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Validation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Telematics
2 1 (25.00%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C
1 1 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
West Yorkshire
My client require an all-round Embedded Software/Firmware Engineer to play a key role in the development of the next generation of their product line. Main Purpose...
Computer Futures
Salary: £28000 - £39000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Yorkshire
The successful candidate will ideally possess a degree in a relevant engineering discipline and have at least 5 years' industry experience, preferably in instrumentation... Ideally the successful candidate...
Computer Futures
Salary: £28000 - £39000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013