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The table below looks at the demand for Handsets skills within the Home Counties region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Handset over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Handsets
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank24-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads40
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below7.843 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted20
Average minimum salary£60,000-
Average salary£60,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£60,000-
UK excluding London average salary£37,206£35,458
% change on same period last year+4.92 %
Home Counties IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Home Counties
Matching permanent IT job ads5153
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.030 %0.023 %
Salaries quoted4847
Average minimum salary£43,860£42,420
Average salary£45,096£47,833
% change on same period last year-5.72 %
Average maximum salary£46,333£53,246
UK excluding London average salary£37,660£39,569
% change on same period last year-4.82 %
Handset South EastHandset
South East

Handset
Demand Trend

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

Home Counties Handset Demand Trend

Handset
Salary Trend

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

Home Counties Handset Salary Trend

Handset
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Handset across the Home Counties region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Home Counties Handset Salary Histogram

Handset
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Home Counties region citing Handset 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 Handset.

12 (50.00 %)Windows
12 (50.00 %)OO
12 (50.00 %)J2ME
12 (50.00 %)Symbian
12 (50.00 %)WLAN
12 (50.00 %)Blackberry
12 (50.00 %)Wireless
12 (50.00 %)TDD
12 (50.00 %)Windows Mobile
12 (50.00 %)Statistical Analysis
12 (50.00 %)Degree
12 (50.00 %)Social Network
12 (50.00 %)iPhone

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Home Counties region citing Handset 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 Handset. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Home Counties IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %)J2ME
Home Counties IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)WLAN
12 (50.00 %)Wireless
Home Counties IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Graduate
12 (50.00 %)RF Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Developer
Home Counties IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (50.00 %)Blackberry
12 (50.00 %)Social Network
12 (50.00 %)iPhone
Home Counties IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (50.00 %)Windows
12 (50.00 %)Windows Mobile
Home Counties IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)OO
12 (50.00 %)TDD
12 (50.00 %)Statistical Analysis
Home Counties IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (50.00 %)Degree
Home Counties IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Symbian