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The table below looks at the demand for Handsets skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Handset over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Handsets
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank128120
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching permanent IT job ads913
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.006 %
As % of the category below1.978 %2.605 %
Salaries quoted88
Average minimum salary£31,750£41,875
Average salary£32,250£47,188
% change on same period last year-31.65 %
Average maximum salary£32,750£52,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,139£35,450
% change on same period last year+4.76 %
Bristol IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Bristol
Matching permanent IT job ads455499
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.263 %0.215 %
Salaries quoted400381
Average minimum salary£31,859£30,936
Average salary£36,458£34,089
% change on same period last year+6.95 %
Average maximum salary£41,057£37,241
UK excluding London average salary£37,701£39,528
% change on same period last year-4.62 %
Handset South WestHandset
South West

Handset
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Handset across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Bristol Handset Demand Trend

Handset
Salary Trend

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

Bristol Handset Salary Trend

Handset
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Handset across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Bristol Handset Salary Histogram

Handset
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

117 (85.00 %)Validation
216 (80.00 %)UMTS
216 (80.00 %)GPRS
216 (80.00 %)GSM
310 (50.00 %)Nokia
49 (45.00 %)NetHawk
57 (35.00 %)3G
66 (30.00 %)UTRAN
72 (10.00 %)Electronics
72 (10.00 %)Assembly Language
72 (10.00 %)Insurance
72 (10.00 %)Pensions
72 (10.00 %)C
81 (5.000 %)MS Office
81 (5.000 %)Windows
81 (5.000 %)MCSE
81 (5.000 %)MCSA
81 (5.000 %)PhD
81 (5.000 %)ERP
81 (5.000 %)Windows XP
81 (5.000 %)Windows Server 2003
81 (5.000 %)3GPP
81 (5.000 %)Microsoft
81 (5.000 %)Embedded C
81 (5.000 %)Microsoft Certification
81 (5.000 %)Avaya
81 (5.000 %)Degree
81 (5.000 %)Software Engineering
81 (5.000 %)Telecoms
81 (5.000 %)HSDPA

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.000 %)MS Office
Bristol IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (80.00 %)UMTS
116 (80.00 %)GPRS
116 (80.00 %)GSM
27 (35.00 %)3G
36 (30.00 %)UTRAN
41 (5.000 %)HSDPA
41 (5.000 %)3GPP
Bristol IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (10.00 %)Electronics
12 (10.00 %)Insurance
12 (10.00 %)Pensions
21 (5.000 %)Telecoms
Bristol IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
117 (85.00 %)Radio Engineer
216 (80.00 %)Hardware Engineer
32 (10.00 %)Software Engineer
Bristol IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (5.000 %)Windows
11 (5.000 %)Windows XP
11 (5.000 %)Windows Server 2003
Bristol IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (85.00 %)Validation
21 (5.000 %)Software Engineering
21 (5.000 %)ERP
Bristol IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (10.00 %)C
12 (10.00 %)Assembly Language
21 (5.000 %)Embedded C
Bristol IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.000 %)MCSE
11 (5.000 %)MCSA
11 (5.000 %)PhD
11 (5.000 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (5.000 %)Degree
Bristol IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (50.00 %)Nokia
29 (45.00 %)NetHawk
31 (5.000 %)Microsoft
31 (5.000 %)Avaya