The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartcard in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Smartcard over the 3 months to 17 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Leicestershire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Smart Card
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Smartcard 56 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 8.211% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 25.81% - -
Number of salaries quoted 54 0 0
Average salary £50,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £47,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +26.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
217 188 158
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 31.82% 26.59% 28.57%
Number of salaries quoted 188 164 143
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,500 £23,350
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £51,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Smartcard
East Midlands

Smartcard
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Smartcard across the Leicestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Leicestershire Smartcard Jobs Demand Trend

Smartcard
Salary Trend

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

Leicestershire Smartcard Salary Trend

Smartcard
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Smartcard across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Leicestershire Smartcard Salary Histogram

Smartcard
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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leicester - 15 £50,000 -
Smartcard
East Midlands

Smartcard
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

1 103 (100.00%) Finance
1 103 (100.00%) Cyber Security
2 71 (68.93%) Biometrics
3 62 (60.19%) Degree
4 61 (59.22%) Computer Science
4 61 (59.22%) Identity Management
5 43 (41.75%) Windows
6 42 (40.78%) Web Development
7 39 (37.86%) JavaScript
8 37 (35.92%) C#
8 37 (35.92%) .NET
9 36 (34.95%) SQL
10 27 (26.21%) Java
10 27 (26.21%) C++
10 27 (26.21%) XML
10 27 (26.21%) LDAP
11 25 (24.27%) SQL Server
12 24 (23.30%) Security Cleared
13 23 (22.33%) Test Scripting
13 23 (22.33%) Windows Vista
13 23 (22.33%) Agile Software Development
13 23 (22.33%) Windows Server 2008
13 23 (22.33%) Enterprise Software
13 23 (22.33%) IIS
13 23 (22.33%) Windows XP
13 23 (22.33%) Windows Server 2003
14 21 (20.39%) Mathematics
15 16 (15.53%) TickIT
15 16 (15.53%) ISO 9001
15 16 (15.53%) XSLT

Smartcard
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 37 (35.92%) .NET
2 27 (26.21%) XML
3 16 (15.53%) XSLT
3 16 (15.53%) ASP
3 16 (15.53%) DHTML
4 13 (12.62%) HTML
5 10 (9.709%) Web Services
6 6 (5.825%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 23 (22.33%) IIS
2 5 (4.854%) CMS
2 5 (4.854%) Joomla!
2 5 (4.854%) WordPress
3 1 (0.971%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 8 (7.767%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.971%) Office 365
2 1 (0.971%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 27 (26.21%) LDAP
2 11 (10.68%) VPN
3 10 (9.709%) NFC
4 1 (0.971%) Firewall
4 1 (0.971%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (24.27%) SQL Server
General
1 103 (100.00%) Finance
2 15 (14.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 32 (31.07%) Developer
2 23 (22.33%) Tester
2 23 (22.33%) Software Tester
3 17 (16.50%) Consultant
4 16 (15.53%) C# Developer
4 16 (15.53%) C# .NET Developer
5 15 (14.56%) Pre Sales Engineer
6 14 (13.59%) Support Manager
7 11 (10.68%) C++ Developer
8 10 (9.709%) Software Engineer
8 10 (9.709%) Graduate
8 10 (9.709%) Software Developer
8 10 (9.709%) C++ Software Developer
9 9 (8.738%) Sales Consultant
9 9 (8.738%) Pre Sales Consultant
10 8 (7.767%) Technical Consultant
11 6 (5.825%) Security Specialist
11 6 (5.825%) .NET Developer
12 5 (4.854%) Web Developer
13 1 (0.971%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 71 (68.93%) Biometrics
2 61 (59.22%) Computer Science
3 23 (22.33%) Enterprise Software
4 21 (20.39%) Mathematics
5 12 (11.65%) Blackberry
6 11 (10.68%) PKI
7 10 (9.709%) Cryptography
7 10 (9.709%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 43 (41.75%) Windows
2 23 (22.33%) Windows XP
2 23 (22.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 23 (22.33%) Windows Vista
2 23 (22.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (11.65%) Android
4 11 (10.68%) Apple iOS
4 11 (10.68%) BlackBerry OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (100.00%) Cyber Security
2 61 (59.22%) Identity Management
3 42 (40.78%) Web Development
4 23 (22.33%) Test Scripting
4 23 (22.33%) Agile Software Development
5 15 (14.56%) Product Marketing
6 13 (12.62%) Workflow
7 11 (10.68%) Software Engineering
8 10 (9.709%) Information Security
9 1 (0.971%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 39 (37.86%) JavaScript
2 37 (35.92%) C#
3 36 (34.95%) SQL
4 27 (26.21%) C++
4 27 (26.21%) Java
5 10 (9.709%) XAML
5 10 (9.709%) Objective-C
6 5 (4.854%) PHP
Qualifications
1 62 (60.19%) Degree
2 24 (23.30%) Security Cleared
3 10 (9.709%) PhD
4 8 (7.767%) CISSP
5 1 (0.971%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.971%) MCTS
5 1 (0.971%) MCITP
5 1 (0.971%) MCP
5 1 (0.971%) MCSE
5 1 (0.971%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (15.53%) ISO 9001
1 16 (15.53%) TickIT
System Software
1 8 (7.767%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (10.68%) Oracle
2 1 (0.971%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.971%) Apple