England Smartcard Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Smart Card skills within the England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Smartcard over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Ascot Aylesbury Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Buckinghamshire Camberley Cheadle Cheshire Chippenham City of London County Antrim Derby Derbyshire Durham East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire Knaresborough Leeds Leicestershire London Lutterworth Manchester Middlesex Milton Keynes Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Scotland Sheffield South East South West South Yorkshire Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Surrey UK Warrington West Yorkshire Wiltshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	789	753
Rank change on same period last year	-36
Matching permanent IT job ads	79	240
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.044 %	0.101 %
As % of the category below	0.215 %	0.465 %
Salaries quoted	65	193
Average minimum salary	£39,863	£38,934
Average salary	£44,373	£44,133
% change on same period last year	+0.54 %
Average maximum salary	£48,884	£49,332
UK excluding London average salary	£41,058	£48,691
% change on same period last year	-15.67 %
Miscellaneous England
Matching permanent IT job ads	36767	51618
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	20.41 %	21.74 %
Salaries quoted	30307	39251
Average minimum salary	£44,344	£48,017
Average salary	£49,231	£53,027
% change on same period last year	-7.15 %
Average maximum salary	£54,117	£58,038
UK excluding London average salary	£37,744	£39,030
% change on same period last year	-3.29 %
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Demand Trend

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

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Smartcard across the England region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008.

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Smartcard within the England region over the 3 months to 8 September 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	+5	33	£44,300	-6.80 %
East Midlands	+13	12	£37,750	-54.24 %
London	+5	12	£56,250	+51.03 %
Yorkshire	+20	8	£34,594	+28.12 %
North West	+19	7	£50,818	+47.29 %
East of England	+3	6	£43,833	+62.04 %
South West	+3	3	£23,167	-21.46 %
North East	-	1	£31,000	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing Smartcard 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 Smartcard.

1 54 (22.98 %) Degree 2 51 (21.70 %) Cryptography 3 46 (19.57 %) Finance 4 40 (17.02 %) Windows 4 40 (17.02 %) EMV 5 39 (16.60 %) PKI 6 37 (15.74 %) Java 7 36 (15.32 %) C++ 8 35 (14.89 %) Banking 8 35 (14.89 %) Retail 9 31 (13.19 %) UNIX 10 30 (12.77 %) Identity Management 11 26 (11.06 %) Project Management 11 26 (11.06 %) Oracle 12 25 (10.64 %) Chip and PIN

12 25 (10.64 %) Health 13 24 (10.21 %) Telecoms 14 23 (9.787 %) Pensions 15 22 (9.362 %) C 16 20 (8.511 %) Microsoft 16 20 (8.511 %) NFC 17 19 (8.085 %) Internet 18 18 (7.660 %) SQL Server 19 17 (7.234 %) Biometrics 19 17 (7.234 %) Business Development 20 15 (6.383 %) Electronics 20 15 (6.383 %) Government 20 15 (6.383 %) Insurance 20 15 (6.383 %) IBM 20 15 (6.383 %) CISSP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing Smartcard 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 Smartcard. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 15 (6.383 %) HTML 2 14 (5.957 %) .NET 2 14 (5.957 %) XML 3 8 (3.404 %) WebServices 3 8 (3.404 %) J2EE 4 7 (2.979 %) Servlets 4 7 (2.979 %) J2ME 5 5 (2.128 %) JNI 6 4 (1.702 %) Swing 6 4 (1.702 %) .NET Framework 6 4 (1.702 %) J2SE 6 4 (1.702 %) Java RMI 6 4 (1.702 %) AWT 6 4 (1.702 %) JavaBeans 6 4 (1.702 %) JSP 6 4 (1.702 %) ASP.NET 7 3 (1.277 %) MFC 7 3 (1.277 %) Middleware 8 2 (0.851 %) SOAP 9 1 (0.426 %) COM+	Application Platforms 1 7 (2.979 %) IIS 2 3 (1.277 %) Apache
Applications 1 8 (3.404 %) MS Excel 2 7 (2.979 %) MS Visio 3 3 (1.277 %) MS Office 3 3 (1.277 %) Spreadsheet 4 2 (0.851 %) MS PowerPoint 5 1 (0.426 %) Photoshop 5 1 (0.426 %) MS Project 5 1 (0.426 %) MATLAB 5 1 (0.426 %) Adobe Illustrator	Communications & Networking 1 20 (8.511 %) NFC 2 19 (8.085 %) Internet 3 13 (5.532 %) RFID 4 12 (5.106 %) X.509 5 11 (4.681 %) GSM 6 9 (3.830 %) LAN 6 9 (3.830 %) UMTS 7 7 (2.979 %) WAN 7 7 (2.979 %) Firewall 8 6 (2.553 %) DNS 9 5 (2.128 %) Intranet 9 5 (2.128 %) VPN 10 3 (1.277 %) X.400 10 3 (1.277 %) X.500 10 3 (1.277 %) HTTP 10 3 (1.277 %) Bluetooth 10 3 (1.277 %) Wireless 10 3 (1.277 %) Network Security 11 2 (0.851 %) 3GPP 11 2 (0.851 %) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 18 (7.660 %) SQL Server 2 8 (3.404 %) Oracle 9i 3 5 (2.128 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 4 (1.702 %) MS Access 4 4 (1.702 %) DB2 4 4 (1.702 %) Oracle 10g 4 4 (1.702 %) SQL Server 2000 4 4 (1.702 %) SQL Server 2005 5 2 (0.851 %) Informix 6 1 (0.426 %) DTS 6 1 (0.426 %) SQL Server Integration Services	Development Applications 1 5 (2.128 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (0.426 %) Dreamweaver
General 1 46 (19.57 %) Finance 2 35 (14.89 %) Banking 2 35 (14.89 %) Retail 3 25 (10.64 %) Health 4 24 (10.21 %) Telecoms 5 23 (9.787 %) Pensions 6 15 (6.383 %) Insurance 6 15 (6.383 %) Electronics 6 15 (6.383 %) Government 7 6 (2.553 %) Manufacturing 8 4 (1.702 %) Retail Banking 8 4 (1.702 %) Aerospace 9 3 (1.277 %) Education 10 2 (0.851 %) Financial Institution 10 2 (0.851 %) Military 11 1 (0.426 %) Multimedia 11 1 (0.426 %) Marketing 11 1 (0.426 %) Local Government 11 1 (0.426 %) Back Office 11 1 (0.426 %) Automotive	Job Titles 1 45 (19.15 %) Consultant 2 23 (9.787 %) Project Manager 3 21 (8.936 %) Developer 3 21 (8.936 %) Technical Consultant 4 19 (8.085 %) Analyst 5 17 (7.234 %) Principal Engineer 6 16 (6.809 %) Principal Security Engineer 6 16 (6.809 %) Security Engineer 7 12 (5.106 %) Software Engineer 7 12 (5.106 %) Architect 8 11 (4.681 %) Development Manager 8 11 (4.681 %) Operations Manager 9 10 (4.255 %) EMV Consultant 10 9 (3.830 %) Technical Manager 10 9 (3.830 %) Business Manager 10 9 (3.830 %) Business Development Manager 11 8 (3.404 %) Sales Consultant 11 8 (3.404 %) Programmer 11 8 (3.404 %) Presales Consultant 12 7 (2.979 %) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous 1 51 (21.70 %) Cryptography 2 40 (17.02 %) EMV 3 39 (16.60 %) PKI 4 25 (10.64 %) Chip and PIN 5 17 (7.234 %) Biometrics 6 13 (5.532 %) NHS 6 13 (5.532 %) Computer Science 7 12 (5.106 %) EFT 8 10 (4.255 %) EFTPOS 9 7 (2.979 %) EPoS 10 6 (2.553 %) DTV 11 5 (2.128 %) NPfIT 12 4 (1.702 %) CCTV 12 4 (1.702 %) SCADA 12 4 (1.702 %) Java Card 13 3 (1.277 %) APACS 13 3 (1.277 %) Interactive TV 13 3 (1.277 %) Blackberry 14 1 (0.426 %) Management Information System 14 1 (0.426 %) Photography	Operating Systems 1 40 (17.02 %) Windows 2 31 (13.19 %) UNIX 3 13 (5.532 %) Linux 4 7 (2.979 %) Windows Server 2003 5 4 (1.702 %) Windows 2000 5 4 (1.702 %) Windows XP 5 4 (1.702 %) AIX 6 3 (1.277 %) Windows Vista 7 1 (0.426 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 1 (0.426 %) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies 1 30 (12.77 %) Identity Management 2 26 (11.06 %) Project Management 3 17 (7.234 %) Business Development 4 15 (6.383 %) PRINCE2 5 14 (5.957 %) Logistics 6 9 (3.830 %) Migration 7 6 (2.553 %) ITIL 7 6 (2.553 %) PRINCE 7 6 (2.553 %) GAP Analysis 8 5 (2.128 %) E-Commerce 8 5 (2.128 %) Information Security 8 5 (2.128 %) Risk Analysis 9 4 (1.702 %) Technical Architecture 9 4 (1.702 %) Web Development 9 4 (1.702 %) ERP 9 4 (1.702 %) Service Management 10 3 (1.277 %) Change Management 10 3 (1.277 %) Data Security 10 3 (1.277 %) Software Engineering 10 3 (1.277 %) Incident Management	Programming Languages 1 37 (15.74 %) Java 2 36 (15.32 %) C++ 3 22 (9.362 %) C 4 14 (5.957 %) SQL 5 9 (3.830 %) C# 6 6 (2.553 %) VB 6 6 (2.553 %) VC++ 7 4 (1.702 %) PHP 8 3 (1.277 %) Embedded C++ 8 3 (1.277 %) JavaScript 8 3 (1.277 %) Perl 9 2 (0.851 %) Embedded C 10 1 (0.426 %) Shell Script 10 1 (0.426 %) PL/SQL
Qualifications 1 54 (22.98 %) Degree 2 15 (6.383 %) CISSP 3 8 (3.404 %) Microsoft Certification 4 6 (2.553 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 5 (2.128 %) MCSE 6 2 (0.851 %) MCP 6 2 (0.851 %) HND 7 1 (0.426 %) HNC 7 1 (0.426 %) ISEB 7 1 (0.426 %) Sun Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (0.851 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 1 2 (0.851 %) ISO27001 1 2 (0.851 %) QA 1 2 (0.851 %) ISO7816 2 1 (0.426 %) SLA
System Software 1 9 (3.830 %) Active Directory 2 6 (2.553 %) Terminal Services 3 4 (1.702 %) Oracle RMAN 4 3 (1.277 %) Oracle RAC	Vendors 1 26 (11.06 %) Oracle 2 20 (8.511 %) Microsoft 3 15 (6.383 %) IBM 4 9 (3.830 %) Sun 4 9 (3.830 %) Citrix 5 7 (2.979 %) Pegasus 5 7 (2.979 %) Sage 6 5 (2.128 %) Exchequer 6 5 (2.128 %) NCR 7 4 (1.702 %) SAP 8 3 (1.277 %) Cisco 8 3 (1.277 %) HP 8 3 (1.277 %) Novell 8 3 (1.277 %) VMware 9 2 (0.851 %) Remedy 9 2 (0.851 %) Siemens 10 1 (0.426 %) SeeBeyond