The first table below looks at the demand for BREW skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BREW 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 of the Application Development category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW)
Rank 837 855 818
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -37
Permanent jobs citing BREW 4 11 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.004% 0.010% 0.027%
As % of the Application Development category 0.010% 0.023% 0.067%
Number of salaries quoted 1 10 30
Average salary £70,000 £50,000 £53,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+40.00% -6.54%
UK excluding London average salary - £38,750 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
All Application Development
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
41278 47846 47649
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 40.81% 42.21% 40.45%
Number of salaries quoted 36239 42684 42303
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
BREW
UK

BREW
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing BREW across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

England BREW Jobs Demand Trend

BREW
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing BREW across the England region.

England BREW Salary Trend

BREW
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BREW within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +47 4 £70,000 +40.00%
BREW
UK

BREW
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing BREW 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 BREW.

1 28 (77.78%) Java
1 28 (77.78%) iPhone
2 22 (61.11%) Windows
2 22 (61.11%) Windows Mobile
3 19 (52.78%) Android
4 18 (50.00%) Flash
4 18 (50.00%) J2ME
5 17 (47.22%) Blackberry
6 16 (44.44%) Mobile App
7 13 (36.11%) REST
7 13 (36.11%) Flash Lite
7 13 (36.11%) SQLite
7 13 (36.11%) Git (software)
7 13 (36.11%) Eclipse
7 13 (36.11%) OOP
7 13 (36.11%) OO
7 13 (36.11%) Ant
7 13 (36.11%) JUnit
7 13 (36.11%) Java ME
7 13 (36.11%) Maven
7 13 (36.11%) Agile Software Development
7 13 (36.11%) MVC
8 12 (33.33%) JSON
8 12 (33.33%) Telecoms
8 12 (33.33%) Scrum
8 12 (33.33%) WML
8 12 (33.33%) XHTML
8 12 (33.33%) Data Modelling
9 11 (30.56%) Symbian
10 10 (27.78%) Finance

BREW
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing BREW 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 BREW. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (50.00%) Flash
1 18 (50.00%) J2ME
2 13 (36.11%) REST
2 13 (36.11%) Java ME
3 12 (33.33%) JSON
3 12 (33.33%) WML
3 12 (33.33%) XHTML
4 5 (13.89%) OpenGL
4 5 (13.89%) Middleware
4 5 (13.89%) SVG
4 5 (13.89%) Qt
4 5 (13.89%) OpenAL
5 1 (2.778%) J2EE
Business Applications
1 4 (11.11%) SAP PP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.89%) DVB
1 5 (13.89%) UMTS
1 5 (13.89%) VoIP
1 5 (13.89%) WLAN
1 5 (13.89%) Bluetooth
1 5 (13.89%) GPRS
1 5 (13.89%) GSM
1 5 (13.89%) Wi-Fi
1 5 (13.89%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (36.11%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 13 (36.11%) Git (software)
1 13 (36.11%) Eclipse
1 13 (36.11%) Ant
1 13 (36.11%) JUnit
1 13 (36.11%) Maven
General
1 12 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 10 (27.78%) Finance
2 10 (27.78%) Banking
3 9 (25.00%) Multimedia
4 6 (16.67%) Electronics
5 3 (8.333%) Music
6 1 (2.778%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 18 (50.00%) Developer
2 13 (36.11%) Blackberry Developer
3 10 (27.78%) Architect
3 10 (27.78%) Solutions Architect
4 8 (22.22%) Technical Solutions Architect
4 8 (22.22%) Technical Architect
5 5 (13.89%) Software Developer
6 4 (11.11%) Designer
6 4 (11.11%) Senior Designer
6 4 (11.11%) Solutions Designer
7 3 (8.333%) Chief Technology Officer
7 3 (8.333%) Technical Director
8 1 (2.778%) Senior Project Manager
8 1 (2.778%) Senior Programme Manager
8 1 (2.778%) Senior Manager
8 1 (2.778%) Senior Developer
8 1 (2.778%) Project Manager
8 1 (2.778%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 28 (77.78%) iPhone
2 17 (47.22%) Blackberry
3 16 (44.44%) Mobile App
4 13 (36.11%) Flash Lite
5 10 (27.78%) Mobile Banking
6 5 (13.89%) MPEG
6 5 (13.89%) Speech Recognition
6 5 (13.89%) Device Driver
7 3 (8.333%) Handset
7 3 (8.333%) Digital Media
8 1 (2.778%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 22 (61.11%) Windows
1 22 (61.11%) Windows Mobile
2 19 (52.78%) Android
3 6 (16.67%) Linux
4 5 (13.89%) Nucleus RTOS
4 5 (13.89%) Windows 7
4 5 (13.89%) Windows Phone 7
4 5 (13.89%) Windows Phone
4 5 (13.89%) Windows 8
4 5 (13.89%) Windows Phone 8
5 3 (8.333%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.778%) Maemo
6 1 (2.778%) MeeGo
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (36.11%) OOP
1 13 (36.11%) OO
1 13 (36.11%) Agile Software Development
1 13 (36.11%) MVC
2 12 (33.33%) Scrum
2 12 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 9 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
4 6 (16.67%) Mobile Commerce
5 5 (13.89%) E-Commerce
5 5 (13.89%) DRM
6 4 (11.11%) Waterfall
7 3 (8.333%) RUP
7 3 (8.333%) Mobile Application Development
8 1 (2.778%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (2.778%) Software Engineering
8 1 (2.778%) Programme Management
8 1 (2.778%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 28 (77.78%) Java
2 5 (13.89%) C
2 5 (13.89%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (2.778%) PMP
1 1 (2.778%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 11 (30.56%) Symbian
2 4 (11.11%) SAP