The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Handset over the 3 months to 24 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Handsets
Rank 114 109 111
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +2
Permanent jobs citing Handset 9 14 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.496% 0.697% 0.607%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.463% 1.777% 1.593%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 11
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -27.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £34,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £41,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.12%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
615 788 816
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 33.88% 39.20% 38.08%
Number of salaries quoted 528 616 731
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Handset
Cambridgeshire

Handset
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Handset Salary Trend

Handset
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Handset across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridge Handset Salary Histogram

Handset
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 10 (58.82%) HTML
1 10 (58.82%) Java
1 10 (58.82%) JavaScript
1 10 (58.82%) PHP
1 10 (58.82%) Photoshop
1 10 (58.82%) CSS
1 10 (58.82%) XML
1 10 (58.82%) Adobe
1 10 (58.82%) Agile Software Development
1 10 (58.82%) Ruby
1 10 (58.82%) Ajax
1 10 (58.82%) jQuery
1 10 (58.82%) Mobile App
2 7 (41.18%) C
3 4 (23.53%) Bluetooth
3 4 (23.53%) GSM
3 4 (23.53%) TETRA
3 4 (23.53%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (17.65%) Degree
4 3 (17.65%) C++
4 3 (17.65%) Symbian OS
4 3 (17.65%) Windows
4 3 (17.65%) Linux
4 3 (17.65%) Apple iOS
5 2 (11.76%) DECT
5 2 (11.76%) Wireless

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 10 (58.82%) HTML
1 10 (58.82%) CSS
1 10 (58.82%) XML
1 10 (58.82%) Ajax
1 10 (58.82%) jQuery
Applications
1 10 (58.82%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Bluetooth
1 4 (23.53%) GSM
1 4 (23.53%) TETRA
1 4 (23.53%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (11.76%) DECT
2 2 (11.76%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Developer
1 10 (58.82%) Web Developer
1 10 (58.82%) Applications Developer
1 10 (58.82%) Web Applications Developer
1 10 (58.82%) UI Developer
1 10 (58.82%) UI Programmer
2 4 (23.53%) RF Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Software Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Senior RF Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Development Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Design Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) RF Design Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (58.82%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Symbian OS
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
1 3 (17.65%) Linux
1 3 (17.65%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (58.82%) Java
1 10 (58.82%) JavaScript
1 10 (58.82%) PHP
1 10 (58.82%) Ruby
2 7 (41.18%) C
3 3 (17.65%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Adobe
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