England Symbian OS Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Symbian OS skills within the England region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Symbian OS over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Belfast Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London County Antrim East of England Edinburgh England Hertfordshire London Manchester Middlesex North West Northern Ireland Northwich Scotland South East South West UK Warrington	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	744	703
Rank change on same period last year	-41
Matching permanent IT job ads	168	286
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.088 %	0.117 %
As % of the category below	0.376 %	0.494 %
Salaries quoted	165	265
Average minimum salary	£41,236	£33,554
Average salary	£45,930	£37,432
% change on same period last year	+22.70 %
Average maximum salary	£50,624	£41,309
UK excluding London average salary	£37,817	£34,508
% change on same period last year	+9.58 %
Operating Systems England
Matching permanent IT job ads	44636	57925
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	23.51 %	23.76 %
Salaries quoted	37709	45916
Average minimum salary	£36,451	£37,911
Average salary	£39,447	£41,079
% change on same period last year	-3.97 %
Average maximum salary	£42,442	£44,247
UK excluding London average salary	£34,479	£34,989
% change on same period last year	-1.45 %
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Demand Trend

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

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Symbian OS across the England region over the 3 months to 24 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 jobs citing Symbian OS within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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
London	+29	105	£53,064	+34.07 %
North West	-16	31	£29,468	-5.93 %
South East	+16	15	£34,667	-14.09 %
East of England	+4	13	£42,500	+14.86 %
South West	-	4	£45,000	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing Symbian OS 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 OS.

1 383 (100.00 %) Symbian 2 276 (72.06 %) C++ 3 126 (32.90 %) OO 3 126 (32.90 %) OOD 4 80 (20.89 %) Degree 5 74 (19.32 %) Java 5 74 (19.32 %) Telecoms 6 73 (19.06 %) Embedded C++ 7 61 (15.93 %) C 8 56 (14.62 %) Windows 9 51 (13.32 %) UML 10 46 (12.01 %) Software Engineering 11 43 (11.23 %) GPRS 11 43 (11.23 %) GSM 11 43 (11.23 %) Series 60

12 42 (10.97 %) Perl 13 40 (10.44 %) Python 13 40 (10.44 %) UIQ 14 38 (9.922 %) Windows Mobile 15 36 (9.399 %) Multimedia 15 36 (9.399 %) Project Management 16 35 (9.138 %) Device Driver 17 32 (8.355 %) 3D Graphics 17 32 (8.355 %) Linux 18 30 (7.833 %) Requirements Analysis 19 27 (7.050 %) Wireless 19 27 (7.050 %) Windows CE 20 26 (6.789 %) Handset 21 20 (5.222 %) UMTS 21 20 (5.222 %) Computer Science

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing Symbian OS 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 OS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 43 (11.23 %) Series 60 2 40 (10.44 %) UIQ 3 17 (4.439 %) WAP 4 8 (2.089 %) J2ME 5 6 (1.567 %) HTML 6 5 (1.305 %) MIDP 7 4 (1.044 %) XML 7 4 (1.044 %) OpenGL 8 3 (0.783 %) SWT 9 1 (0.261 %) RSS 9 1 (0.261 %) .NET 9 1 (0.261 %) J2EE 9 1 (0.261 %) ATL 9 1 (0.261 %) COM 9 1 (0.261 %) STL	Application Platforms 1 1 (0.261 %) Lotus Notes 1 1 (0.261 %) Apache
Applications 1 19 (4.961 %) MS Visio 2 18 (4.700 %) MS Excel 3 7 (1.828 %) MS Project 3 7 (1.828 %) MS PowerPoint	Communications & Networking 1 43 (11.23 %) GPRS 1 43 (11.23 %) GSM 2 27 (7.050 %) Wireless 3 20 (5.222 %) UMTS 4 18 (4.700 %) Bluetooth 5 11 (2.872 %) TCP/IP 6 10 (2.611 %) VoIP 7 6 (1.567 %) WLAN 7 6 (1.567 %) LAN 8 4 (1.044 %) Wi-Fi 9 2 (0.522 %) WiMAX 9 2 (0.522 %) 3G 9 2 (0.522 %) WCDMA
Development Applications 1 19 (4.961 %) ClearCase 2 17 (4.439 %) Rational Rose 3 10 (2.611 %) Eclipse 4 6 (1.567 %) CodeWarrior 4 6 (1.567 %) TeamTrack 4 6 (1.567 %) Visual Studio 5 5 (1.305 %) Ant 6 3 (0.783 %) JUnit	General 1 74 (19.32 %) Telecoms 2 36 (9.399 %) Multimedia 3 32 (8.355 %) 3D Graphics 4 19 (4.961 %) Electronics 5 15 (3.916 %) Marketing 6 7 (1.828 %) Pensions 7 6 (1.567 %) Games 8 1 (0.261 %) Education
Job Titles 1 143 (37.34 %) Software Engineer 2 64 (16.71 %) Developer 3 61 (15.93 %) C++ Software Engineer 4 33 (8.616 %) Senior Software Engineer 5 32 (8.355 %) Consultant 6 28 (7.311 %) Architect 7 26 (6.789 %) Symbian Developer 8 23 (6.005 %) C++ Developer 9 20 (5.222 %) Project Manager 9 20 (5.222 %) Senior Developer 10 19 (4.961 %) DSP Engineer 11 18 (4.700 %) Technical Consultant 12 15 (3.916 %) Senior Manager 12 15 (3.916 %) Software Developer 13 14 (3.655 %) Symbian Software Engineer 14 13 (3.394 %) Senior Consultant 15 12 (3.133 %) Test Manager 15 12 (3.133 %) Support Engineer 15 12 (3.133 %) Senior Test Manager 16 11 (2.872 %) Technical Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 35 (9.138 %) Device Driver 2 26 (6.789 %) Handset 3 20 (5.222 %) Computer Science 4 16 (4.178 %) Pocket PC 5 8 (2.089 %) Smartphone 6 4 (1.044 %) Blackberry 7 3 (0.783 %) Multithreading 8 2 (0.522 %) PKI 8 2 (0.522 %) MPEG 9 1 (0.261 %) Client/Server
Operating Systems 1 56 (14.62 %) Windows 2 38 (9.922 %) Windows Mobile 3 32 (8.355 %) Linux 4 27 (7.050 %) Windows CE 5 11 (2.872 %) Windows NT 6 7 (1.828 %) UNIX 7 4 (1.044 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 126 (32.90 %) OO 1 126 (32.90 %) OOD 2 51 (13.32 %) UML 3 46 (12.01 %) Software Engineering 4 36 (9.399 %) Project Management 5 30 (7.833 %) Requirements Analysis 6 19 (4.961 %) Validation 7 14 (3.655 %) PRINCE2 7 14 (3.655 %) Product Marketing 8 8 (2.089 %) OOA/OOD 8 8 (2.089 %) Agile Software Development 9 7 (1.828 %) Statistical Analysis 10 6 (1.567 %) Supplier Management 11 4 (1.044 %) Programme Management 11 4 (1.044 %) DRM 12 3 (0.783 %) TDD 12 3 (0.783 %) Scrum 12 3 (0.783 %) Project Planning 13 2 (0.522 %) Integration Testing 14 1 (0.261 %) Business Development
Programming Languages 1 276 (72.06 %) C++ 2 74 (19.32 %) Java 3 73 (19.06 %) Embedded C++ 4 61 (15.93 %) C 5 42 (10.97 %) Perl 6 40 (10.44 %) Python 7 11 (2.872 %) VC++ 8 9 (2.350 %) Embedded C 9 7 (1.828 %) VB 10 5 (1.305 %) Assembly Language 11 4 (1.044 %) SQL 12 3 (0.783 %) C# 12 3 (0.783 %) Ruby 13 1 (0.261 %) Smalltalk	Qualifications 1 80 (20.89 %) Degree 2 1 (0.261 %) MCP 2 1 (0.261 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (0.261 %) PMP 2 1 (0.261 %) PMI Certification
Vendors 1 383 (100.00 %) Symbian 2 18 (4.700 %) Ericsson 2 18 (4.700 %) Nokia 2 18 (4.700 %) Sony 3 16 (4.178 %) Microsoft 4 6 (1.567 %) Perforce 5 1 (0.261 %) Intel 5 1 (0.261 %) Lotus