The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Firmware in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firmware over the 3 months to 17 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware
Rank 168 168 139
Rank change year-on-year
0 -29
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 5 4 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.135% 0.124% 0.474%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.583% 0.422% 1.722%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 13
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
858 947 813
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 23.23% 29.36% 27.52%
Number of salaries quoted 693 823 677
Average salary £36,000 £34,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Firmware
Yorkshire

Firmware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Firmware Salary Trend

Firmware
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firmware across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Wakefield -2 2 £35,000 +6.06%
Leeds - 2 £21,000 -
Firmware
Yorkshire

Firmware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 6 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (62.50%) C++
3 4 (50.00%) Atmel
3 4 (50.00%) Wireless
3 4 (50.00%) Embedded C
3 4 (50.00%) 3G
3 4 (50.00%) ZigBee
3 4 (50.00%) C
3 4 (50.00%) GPRS
3 4 (50.00%) GSM
3 4 (50.00%) Ethernet
4 3 (37.50%) Windows
4 3 (37.50%) Linux
5 2 (25.00%) MCSE
5 2 (25.00%) Apache
5 2 (25.00%) PHP
5 2 (25.00%) .NET
5 2 (25.00%) IIS
5 2 (25.00%) FTP
5 2 (25.00%) HTTP
5 2 (25.00%) MCP
5 2 (25.00%) SMTP
5 2 (25.00%) DHCP
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (25.00%) DNS
5 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 2 (25.00%) SSH
5 2 (25.00%) Red Hat
5 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification

Firmware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 2 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) STL
Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) IIS
1 2 (25.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 4 (50.00%) GPRS
2 4 (50.00%) GSM
2 4 (50.00%) Wireless
2 4 (50.00%) 3G
2 4 (50.00%) ZigBee
3 2 (25.00%) SSH
3 2 (25.00%) SMTP
3 2 (25.00%) DHCP
3 2 (25.00%) FTP
3 2 (25.00%) HTTP
3 2 (25.00%) DNS
4 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (12.50%) BIG-IP
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (12.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Data Mining
General
1 1 (12.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Software Engineer
1 5 (62.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Firmware Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Operations Team Leader
3 1 (12.50%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Team Leader
3 1 (12.50%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded C++ Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (25.00%) Debian
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (25.00%) CentOS
2 2 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (12.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL
1 1 (12.50%) UML
1 1 (12.50%) OOP
1 1 (12.50%) OO
1 1 (12.50%) OOD
1 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
1 1 (12.50%) Information Security
1 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Security
1 1 (12.50%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C++
2 4 (50.00%) Embedded C
2 4 (50.00%) C
3 2 (25.00%) PHP
4 1 (12.50%) SQL
4 1 (12.50%) Python
4 1 (12.50%) Perl
4 1 (12.50%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (25.00%) MCP
1 2 (25.00%) MCSE
2 1 (12.50%) PhD
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) SSCP
2 1 (12.50%) CISM
2 1 (12.50%) GCIA
2 1 (12.50%) GCIH
2 1 (12.50%) GCFA
2 1 (12.50%) CEH
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) GCED
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) XenServer
2 1 (12.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) PureDisk
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Atmel
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (12.50%) Symantec
3 1 (12.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Tripwire
3 1 (12.50%) Brocade
3 1 (12.50%) Syncsort
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) EMC
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) Juniper
3 1 (12.50%) Novell
3 1 (12.50%) F5
3 1 (12.50%) ArcSight
3 1 (12.50%) LogLogic
3 1 (12.50%) Q1 Labs
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
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