The first table below looks at the demand for NFC skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leicester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited NFC over the 3 months to 22 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 Communications & Networking category for the Leicester region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Near Field Communication (NFC)
Rank 61 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing NFC 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 0.763% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.778% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £26,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £44,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year
+19.31% -23.47%
All Communications & Networking
Leicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
108 49 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 27.48% 13.50% 9.818%
Number of salaries quoted 102 41 27
Average salary £28,000 £32,250 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.17% +11.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £23,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £41,316 £45,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
NFC
Leicestershire

NFC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing NFC across the Leicester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Leicester NFC Jobs Demand Trend

NFC
Salary Trend

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

Leicester NFC Salary Trend

NFC
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) Web Services
1 4 (100.00%) PhD
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) Biometrics
1 4 (100.00%) Smartcard
1 4 (100.00%) XAML
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 4 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 4 (100.00%) Web Development
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) Mobile Payment
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Security

NFC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Graduate
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Biometrics
1 4 (100.00%) Smartcard
1 4 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 4 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) Mobile Payment
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Web Development
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) XAML
1 4 (100.00%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) PhD
1 4 (100.00%) Degree