The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Phone 8 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Phone 8 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 of the Operating Systems category for the Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Phone 8 (WinPhone8, WP8)
Rank 126 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows Phone 8 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.053% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.142% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 - -
All Operating Systems
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
706 759 785
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 37.51% 38.35% 35.99%
Number of salaries quoted 606 632 713
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +9.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £29,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,050 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Phone 8
Cambridgeshire

Windows Phone 8
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows Phone 8 across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Cambridge Windows Phone 8 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Phone 8
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Phone 8 across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Windows Phone 8 Salary Trend

Windows Phone 8
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing Windows Phone 8 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 Windows Phone 8.

1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Android
1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Phone
2 5 (83.33%) OpenGL ES
2 5 (83.33%) GStreamer
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Phone 7
2 5 (83.33%) iPhone
2 5 (83.33%) Qt
2 5 (83.33%) OpenVG
2 5 (83.33%) QNX
2 5 (83.33%) 3D Graphics
2 5 (83.33%) Linux
2 5 (83.33%) Mac OS X
3 1 (16.67%) Internet
3 1 (16.67%) OO
3 1 (16.67%) OOD
3 1 (16.67%) HTTP
3 1 (16.67%) Objective-C
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
3 1 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
3 1 (16.67%) C#

Windows Phone 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing Windows Phone 8 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 Windows Phone 8. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (83.33%) Qt
1 5 (83.33%) OpenVG
1 5 (83.33%) GStreamer
1 5 (83.33%) OpenGL ES
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) HTTP
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Developer
1 1 (16.67%) Applications Developer
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile Applications Developer
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) 3D Graphics
1 5 (83.33%) iPhone
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Android
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Phone
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Phone 7
2 5 (83.33%) Linux
2 5 (83.33%) Mac OS X
3 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) OO
1 1 (16.67%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) Objective-C
2 1 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) QNX