The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Electronics in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Electronics 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
Electronics
Rank 152 160 134
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -26
Permanent jobs citing Electronics 20 9 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.547% 0.278% 0.684%
As % of the General category 1.744% 0.931% 1.931%
Number of salaries quoted 10 9 15
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +6.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £37,500 £34,800
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £35,750 £37,250
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -4.02%
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%
Electronics
Yorkshire

Electronics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Electronics Jobs Demand Trend

Electronics
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire Electronics Salary Trend

Electronics
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Electronics across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Yorkshire Electronics Salary Histogram

Electronics
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronics 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
Leeds -2 18 £41,250 +17.85%
Wakefield -4 2 £35,000 +6.06%
Castleford - 2 £35,000 -
Pontefract - 2 £35,000 -
Electronics
Yorkshire

Electronics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 34 (85.00%) C++
2 31 (77.50%) C
3 25 (62.50%) Embedded C
3 25 (62.50%) Embedded C++
4 22 (55.00%) Linux
5 18 (45.00%) TCP/IP
6 13 (32.50%) Telecoms
6 13 (32.50%) Embedded Linux
7 11 (27.50%) HTML
7 11 (27.50%) JavaScript
8 10 (25.00%) Software Engineering
9 7 (17.50%) Embedded Software Development
10 6 (15.00%) Degree
10 6 (15.00%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (12.50%) Computer Science
11 5 (12.50%) DHCP
11 5 (12.50%) HTTP
12 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
12 4 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
12 4 (10.00%) Open Source
13 3 (7.500%) MS PowerPoint
13 3 (7.500%) Internet
13 3 (7.500%) Automotive
13 3 (7.500%) Windows
13 3 (7.500%) Validation
13 3 (7.500%) MS Excel
13 3 (7.500%) MS Visio
13 3 (7.500%) GPRS
13 3 (7.500%) GSM
14 2 (5.000%) Software Testing

Electronics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 11 (27.50%) HTML
2 1 (2.500%) CSS
2 1 (2.500%) jQuery
Applications
1 3 (7.500%) MS Excel
1 3 (7.500%) MS Visio
1 3 (7.500%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 18 (45.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (12.50%) DHCP
2 5 (12.50%) HTTP
3 3 (7.500%) GPRS
3 3 (7.500%) GSM
3 3 (7.500%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.500%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.500%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (32.50%) Telecoms
2 3 (7.500%) Automotive
3 1 (2.500%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.500%) Marketing
3 1 (2.500%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 30 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 22 (55.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 10 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 7 (17.50%) Team Leader
4 7 (17.50%) Software Team Leader
5 5 (12.50%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Real Time Software Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Real Time Engineer
7 3 (7.500%) Software Test Engineer
7 3 (7.500%) Test Engineer
8 2 (5.000%) Developer
9 1 (2.500%) Web Developer
9 1 (2.500%) Embedded Software Developer
9 1 (2.500%) Software Developer
9 1 (2.500%) Development Engineer
9 1 (2.500%) Validation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.00%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 4 (10.00%) Open Source
4 2 (5.000%) Telematics
5 1 (2.500%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 22 (55.00%) Linux
2 13 (32.50%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (7.500%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (17.50%) Embedded Software Development
3 4 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (7.500%) Validation
5 2 (5.000%) Software Testing
6 1 (2.500%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (2.500%) Manual Testing
6 1 (2.500%) Test Automation
6 1 (2.500%) OOP
6 1 (2.500%) OO
6 1 (2.500%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (85.00%) C++
2 31 (77.50%) C
3 25 (62.50%) Embedded C
3 25 (62.50%) Embedded C++
4 11 (27.50%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.500%) PHP
5 1 (2.500%) SQL
5 1 (2.500%) PHP5
5 1 (2.500%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (15.00%) Degree
2 1 (2.500%) HND
2 1 (2.500%) ISEB
2 1 (2.500%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.500%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Embedded Software Engineer - Essentials: - Excellent technical knowledge and understanding of Embedded Systems and Embedded Software - Low level embedded software knowledge down to driver level - Embedded C/C++ - RTOS...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
High calibre Embedded Software Engineers will find this role represents a rewarding, challenging and stimulating opportunity to expand your skillset and play a key role within a compact...
JAM
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 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
Leeds, West Yorkshire
A split role offering a blend of Team Leading and embedded software development duties in this new role with one of the area's leading tech employers... - Ability...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £900000 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
A split role offering a blend of Team Leading and embedded software development duties in this new role with one of the area's leading tech employers.
JAM
Salary: £900000 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Operating systems: Windows 2003, Unix or Linux -SQL and PL/SQL Programming and best practises... People Source specialise in niche technology markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Hardware / Manufacturing Test Role - Essential skills: - Ability to develop and implement test strategy - Perform testing of hardware on manufacturing systems - Electronics knowledge such as ability to understand schematics -...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £33000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013