The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symbian products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Symbian 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 Vendors for the City of London region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Symbian Ltd.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symbian
Rank 317 290 313
Rank change year-on-year
-27 +23
Permanent jobs citing Symbian 4 33 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.034% 0.253% 0.117%
As % of the Vendors category 0.075% 0.543% 0.270%
Number of salaries quoted 4 27 17
Average salary £52,500 £65,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.23% +36.84%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £43,750 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +18.24%
All Vendors
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
5351 6073 6657
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 45.87% 46.48% 43.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4587 5538 5995
Average salary £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.54% -4.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Symbian
London

Symbian
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Symbian across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

City of London Symbian Jobs Demand Trend

Symbian
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Symbian across the City of London region.

City of London Symbian Salary Trend

Symbian
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Symbian 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 Symbian.

1 18 (100.00%) Android
2 16 (88.89%) iPhone
3 14 (77.78%) Java
4 9 (50.00%) J2ME
4 9 (50.00%) Finance
4 9 (50.00%) Banking
4 9 (50.00%) BREW
4 9 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
4 9 (50.00%) Mobile Banking
5 8 (44.44%) Telecoms
6 7 (38.89%) Blackberry
7 5 (27.78%) HTTP
7 5 (27.78%) Windows
8 4 (22.22%) CSS
8 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
8 4 (22.22%) E-Commerce
8 4 (22.22%) B2C
8 4 (22.22%) C++
8 4 (22.22%) Web Development
8 4 (22.22%) Windows Mobile
8 4 (22.22%) Ajax
8 4 (22.22%) CSS3
8 4 (22.22%) Mobile App
8 4 (22.22%) HTML5
8 4 (22.22%) iPad
8 4 (22.22%) Open Source
9 3 (16.67%) User Stories
9 3 (16.67%) Mobile Application Development
9 3 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
9 3 (16.67%) Git (software)

Symbian
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Symbian 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 Symbian. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (50.00%) J2ME
1 9 (50.00%) BREW
2 4 (22.22%) CSS
2 4 (22.22%) Ajax
2 4 (22.22%) CSS3
2 4 (22.22%) HTML5
3 3 (16.67%) JNI
3 3 (16.67%) Web Services
4 1 (5.556%) iOS SDK
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) HTTP
2 3 (16.67%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Git (software)
2 1 (5.556%) Cucumber
2 1 (5.556%) Selenium
General
1 9 (50.00%) Finance
1 9 (50.00%) Banking
2 8 (44.44%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.556%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Architect
1 9 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
2 8 (44.44%) Technical Solutions Architect
2 8 (44.44%) Technical Architect
3 7 (38.89%) Developer
4 4 (22.22%) Web Developer
4 4 (22.22%) Mobile Developer
5 3 (16.67%) Android Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Mobile Tester
6 1 (5.556%) Test Specialist
6 1 (5.556%) QA Tester
6 1 (5.556%) QA Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Test Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Tester
6 1 (5.556%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (88.89%) iPhone
2 9 (50.00%) Mobile Banking
3 7 (38.89%) Blackberry
4 4 (22.22%) Mobile App
4 4 (22.22%) iPad
4 4 (22.22%) Open Source
5 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 3 (16.67%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Android
2 5 (27.78%) Windows
3 4 (22.22%) Windows Mobile
4 2 (11.11%) Apple iOS
5 1 (5.556%) Windows Phone
5 1 (5.556%) Symbian OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
2 4 (22.22%) E-Commerce
2 4 (22.22%) B2C
2 4 (22.22%) Web Development
3 3 (16.67%) User Stories
3 3 (16.67%) Mobile Application Development
3 3 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (16.67%) Scrum
3 3 (16.67%) DRM
4 1 (5.556%) Automated Testing
4 1 (5.556%) OOP
4 1 (5.556%) Mobile Commerce
4 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (5.556%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 14 (77.78%) Java
2 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
2 4 (22.22%) C++
3 3 (16.67%) Objective-C
3 3 (16.67%) SQL
3 3 (16.67%) C#
4 1 (5.556%) Clojure
4 1 (5.556%) Ruby
4 1 (5.556%) Scala
4 1 (5.556%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) QA