The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Handset 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Handsets
Rank 178 191 185
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -6
Permanent jobs citing Handset 37 32 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.719% 0.522% 0.214%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.395% 1.888% 0.725%
Number of salaries quoted 28 27 7
Average salary £38,500 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.44% -
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £28,500 £39,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,750 £57,500 £54,300
UK excluding London average salary £39,250 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.08% +1.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1545 1695 1517
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 30.03% 27.64% 29.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1227 1410 1344
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £30,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Handset
South East

Handset
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Handset Jobs Demand Trend

Handset
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Handset Salary Trend

Handset
Salary Histogram

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

Berkshire Handset Salary Histogram

Handset
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Handset within the Berkshire 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
Reading +31 32 £38,500 +35.08%
Maidenhead +10 4 - -
Handset
South East

Handset
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Handset 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 Handset.

1 37 (51.39%) Service Delivery
2 34 (47.22%) Telecoms
3 27 (37.50%) HTTP
4 25 (34.72%) Wireless
4 25 (34.72%) 3G
4 25 (34.72%) Degree
5 24 (33.33%) Softswitch
5 24 (33.33%) Acme Packet
5 24 (33.33%) ISUP
5 24 (33.33%) TCP/IP
5 24 (33.33%) DNS
5 24 (33.33%) VoIP
5 24 (33.33%) DHCP
5 24 (33.33%) FTP
5 24 (33.33%) ISDN
5 24 (33.33%) PBX
5 24 (33.33%) Linux
6 23 (31.94%) Smartphone
7 21 (29.17%) Polycom
7 21 (29.17%) PSTN
8 17 (23.61%) BroadSoft
9 16 (22.22%) Sonus
9 16 (22.22%) HSPA
10 14 (19.44%) Broadband
11 12 (16.67%) GSM
11 12 (16.67%) Oracle
11 12 (16.67%) Electronics
11 12 (16.67%) Performance Testing
12 11 (15.28%) Bash shell
12 11 (15.28%) Cisco

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Handset 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 Handset. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (5.556%) Servlets
1 4 (5.556%) RESTful
1 4 (5.556%) HTML5
2 3 (4.167%) SOAP
2 3 (4.167%) XML
2 3 (4.167%) REST
3 2 (2.778%) WebSphere
3 2 (2.778%) Web Services
3 2 (2.778%) soapUI
4 1 (1.389%) WebCenter
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.556%) Lotus Notes
2 2 (2.778%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (5.556%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 27 (37.50%) HTTP
2 25 (34.72%) 3G
2 25 (34.72%) Wireless
3 24 (33.33%) Softswitch
3 24 (33.33%) ISUP
3 24 (33.33%) DHCP
3 24 (33.33%) FTP
3 24 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 24 (33.33%) DNS
3 24 (33.33%) ISDN
3 24 (33.33%) PBX
3 24 (33.33%) VoIP
4 21 (29.17%) PSTN
5 16 (22.22%) HSPA
6 14 (19.44%) Broadband
7 12 (16.67%) GSM
8 9 (12.50%) Internet
8 9 (12.50%) 4G
9 8 (11.11%) LTE
10 7 (9.722%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 3 (4.167%) Git (software)
1 3 (4.167%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.389%) JDeveloper
General
1 34 (47.22%) Telecoms
2 12 (16.67%) Electronics
3 8 (11.11%) Marketing
4 7 (9.722%) Finance
5 5 (6.944%) Retail
6 4 (5.556%) Advertising
7 1 (1.389%) Banking
7 1 (1.389%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.389%) Legal
7 1 (1.389%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 19 (26.39%) Voice Engineer
2 16 (22.22%) Systems Engineer
3 12 (16.67%) Project Engineer
4 10 (13.89%) Support Engineer
5 7 (9.722%) Field Engineer
5 7 (9.722%) Test Engineer
6 5 (6.944%) Junior
6 5 (6.944%) VoIP Engineer
7 4 (5.556%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (5.556%) Desktop Engineer
7 4 (5.556%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 4 (5.556%) Project Manager
7 4 (5.556%) Desktop Support
7 4 (5.556%) Cisco Voice Engineer
8 3 (4.167%) Technical Product Manager
8 3 (4.167%) Voice Support Engineer
8 3 (4.167%) Developer
8 3 (4.167%) Analyst
8 3 (4.167%) Test Analyst
8 3 (4.167%) Project Leader
Miscellaneous
1 23 (31.94%) Smartphone
2 11 (15.28%) Mobile App
3 5 (6.944%) Mobile Computing
4 4 (5.556%) iPhone
5 1 (1.389%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 24 (33.33%) Linux
2 11 (15.28%) Solaris
3 8 (11.11%) Windows
4 7 (9.722%) Android
5 4 (5.556%) Windows Phone 7
5 4 (5.556%) Windows Phone
6 3 (4.167%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (51.39%) Service Delivery
2 12 (16.67%) Performance Testing
3 10 (13.89%) Validation
4 7 (9.722%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (9.722%) Logistics
5 5 (6.944%) Data Analysis
6 4 (5.556%) Project Management
6 4 (5.556%) E-Commerce
6 4 (5.556%) Product Management
6 4 (5.556%) Rapid Prototyping
6 4 (5.556%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (5.556%) Business Transformation
6 4 (5.556%) Analytics
7 3 (4.167%) Mobile Application Development
7 3 (4.167%) Waterfall
7 3 (4.167%) Web Testing
7 3 (4.167%) V-Model
7 3 (4.167%) Scrum
7 3 (4.167%) TDD
8 2 (2.778%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.28%) Perl
1 11 (15.28%) PHP
1 11 (15.28%) SQL
1 11 (15.28%) Python
1 11 (15.28%) Bash shell
2 3 (4.167%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (34.72%) Degree
2 4 (5.556%) PhD
3 3 (4.167%) ISEB
3 3 (4.167%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.389%) EnCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.556%) SLA
1 4 (5.556%) QA
2 2 (2.778%) ISO 8583
Systems Management
1 3 (4.167%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 24 (33.33%) Acme Packet
2 21 (29.17%) Polycom
3 17 (23.61%) BroadSoft
4 16 (22.22%) Sonus
5 12 (16.67%) Oracle
6 11 (15.28%) Cisco
7 4 (5.556%) Microsoft
7 4 (5.556%) Citrix
7 4 (5.556%) Lotus
8 3 (4.167%) Twitter
Reading, Berkshire
oCustomer SIP PBX Trunking oVOIP handsets provisioning and boot process oTelsis Intelligent Network (IN) Platform or similar oSonus Softswitch Platforms EMS, PSX, GSX, DSI Experience gained in the...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Overtime + Oncall
Posted: 13 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
oCustomer SIP PBX Trunking oVOIP handsets provisioning and boot process oTelsis Intelligent Network (IN) Platform or similar oSonus Softswitch Platforms EMS, PSX, GSX, DSI Experience gained in the...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Overtime + Oncall
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Junior Project Engineer - Handsets / Devices / Quality of Service / Drive Test / Field Test - Telecoms... Key Skills: Previous experience in field test / drive test / mobile handset testing would be advantageous.....
Prosper Consulting
Salary: From £18,000 to £25,000 per annum DOE + Excellent Corporate Package
Posted: 17 May 2013