The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Handset over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Handsets
Rank 120 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Handset 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.056% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.235% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £25,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +1.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
425 395 278
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 23.61% 23.90% 20.17%
Number of salaries quoted 379 351 247
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +28.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £105,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Handset
West Midlands

Handset
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Handset Salary Trend

Handset
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Avaya
1 3 (100.00%) Blackberry

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows XP
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Avaya
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