England NFC Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Near Field Communication (NFC) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited NFC over the 3 months to 9 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Near Field Communication (NFC)
Location England Guildford Manchester North West South East Surrey UK	3 months to 9 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	900	952
Rank change on same period last year	+52
Matching permanent IT job ads	12	10
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.006 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	0.037 %	0.027 %
Salaries quoted	7	3
Average minimum salary	£39,429	£48,333
Average salary	£43,000	£50,000
% change on same period last year	-14.00 %
Average maximum salary	£46,571	£51,667
UK excluding London average salary	£43,000	£50,000
% change on same period last year	-14.00 %
Communications & Networking England
Matching permanent IT job ads	32729	37491
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	16.82 %	15.62 %
Salaries quoted	27873	30463
Average minimum salary	£37,435	£39,232
Average salary	£40,326	£42,221
% change on same period last year	-4.48 %
Average maximum salary	£43,218	£45,211
UK excluding London average salary	£37,383	£39,724
% change on same period last year	-5.89 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing NFC across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing NFC across the England region over the 3 months to 9 July 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT job ads citing NFC within the England region over the 3 months to 9 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
South East	-	11	£43,000	-
North West	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 July 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing NFC 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 NFC.

1 20 (90.91 %) Smartcard 2 14 (63.64 %) Identity Management 3 12 (54.55 %) EMV 4 9 (40.91 %) Chip and PIN 5 8 (36.36 %) Telecoms 5 8 (36.36 %) Banking 6 7 (31.82 %) Cryptography 6 7 (31.82 %) Degree 7 6 (27.27 %) Computer Science 8 5 (22.73 %) C++ 8 5 (22.73 %) Java 8 5 (22.73 %) J2ME 9 4 (18.18 %) Bluetooth 9 4 (18.18 %) C 9 4 (18.18 %) RFID

9 4 (18.18 %) Electronics 9 4 (18.18 %) Risk Analysis 9 4 (18.18 %) Java Card 9 4 (18.18 %) Technical Architecture 10 3 (13.64 %) Finance 10 3 (13.64 %) Biometrics 10 3 (13.64 %) XML 11 2 (9.091 %) C# 11 2 (9.091 %) VB 11 2 (9.091 %) .NET 11 2 (9.091 %) Windows 11 2 (9.091 %) OOD 11 2 (9.091 %) Symbian 11 2 (9.091 %) DRM 11 2 (9.091 %) Agile Software Development

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 July 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing NFC 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 NFC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 5 (22.73 %) J2ME 2 3 (13.64 %) XML 3 2 (9.091 %) .NET 4 1 (4.545 %) SVG 4 1 (4.545 %) UIQ 4 1 (4.545 %) Series 60 4 1 (4.545 %) BREW	Applications 1 1 (4.545 %) MS Visio
Communications & Networking 1 4 (18.18 %) Bluetooth 1 4 (18.18 %) RFID 2 2 (9.091 %) Wi-Fi 3 1 (4.545 %) Wireless 3 1 (4.545 %) GPRS 3 1 (4.545 %) GSM 3 1 (4.545 %) UMTS 3 1 (4.545 %) VoIP 3 1 (4.545 %) WLAN 3 1 (4.545 %) Internet 3 1 (4.545 %) DVB	Development Applications 1 1 (4.545 %) Flash
General 1 8 (36.36 %) Banking 1 8 (36.36 %) Telecoms 2 4 (18.18 %) Electronics 3 3 (13.64 %) Finance 4 1 (4.545 %) Government 4 1 (4.545 %) Multimedia 4 1 (4.545 %) Marketing 4 1 (4.545 %) Auditing	Job Titles 1 15 (68.18 %) Consultant 2 9 (40.91 %) Technical Consultant 3 5 (22.73 %) Senior Consultant 4 4 (18.18 %) Software Engineer 5 3 (13.64 %) Developer 6 2 (9.091 %) Systems Manager 6 2 (9.091 %) Senior Technical Consultant 6 2 (9.091 %) Support Manager 6 2 (9.091 %) Systems Support Manager 6 2 (9.091 %) Systems Support 7 1 (4.545 %) Applications Consultant 7 1 (4.545 %) Graduate Software Developer 7 1 (4.545 %) Graduate Developer 7 1 (4.545 %) Graduate 7 1 (4.545 %) Software Developer
Miscellaneous 1 20 (90.91 %) Smartcard 2 12 (54.55 %) EMV 3 9 (40.91 %) Chip and PIN 4 7 (31.82 %) Cryptography 5 6 (27.27 %) Computer Science 6 4 (18.18 %) Java Card 7 3 (13.64 %) Biometrics 8 1 (4.545 %) Device Driver 8 1 (4.545 %) Speech Recognition 8 1 (4.545 %) Interactive TV 8 1 (4.545 %) Smartphone 8 1 (4.545 %) Pocket PC 8 1 (4.545 %) PDA 8 1 (4.545 %) Physics 8 1 (4.545 %) MPEG	Operating Systems 1 2 (9.091 %) Windows 2 1 (4.545 %) Linux 2 1 (4.545 %) Windows CE 2 1 (4.545 %) Windows Mobile 2 1 (4.545 %) Nucleus RTOS
Processes & Methodologies 1 14 (63.64 %) Identity Management 2 4 (18.18 %) Technical Architecture 2 4 (18.18 %) Risk Analysis 3 2 (9.091 %) Agile Software Development 3 2 (9.091 %) OOD 3 2 (9.091 %) DRM 4 1 (4.545 %) B2C 4 1 (4.545 %) Mobile Commerce 4 1 (4.545 %) Requirements Analysis 4 1 (4.545 %) Integration Testing 4 1 (4.545 %) Time Management	Programming Languages 1 5 (22.73 %) C++ 1 5 (22.73 %) Java 2 4 (18.18 %) C 3 2 (9.091 %) C# 3 2 (9.091 %) VB
Qualifications 1 7 (31.82 %) Degree	Vendors 1 2 (9.091 %) Symbian