The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Handset over the 3 months to 23 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Handsets
Rank 565 589 498
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -91
Permanent jobs citing Handset 39 52 146
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.090% 0.097% 0.249%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.225% 0.245% 0.588%
Number of salaries quoted 35 46 132
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,500 £28,050
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £55,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-4.93% +1.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
17358 21267 24836
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 39.86% 39.67% 42.30%
Number of salaries quoted 14309 18236 20702
Average salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.76% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £32,500 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Handset
England

Handset
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Handset Jobs Demand Trend

Handset
Salary Trend

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

London Handset Salary Trend

Handset
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Handset across the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London Handset Salary Histogram

Handset
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Handset within the London region over the 3 months to 23 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
City of London +6 16 £60,000 +50.00%
Croydon - 1 £31,000 -
Handset
England

Handset
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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.

1 70 (49.30%) Android
2 58 (40.85%) Windows
3 53 (37.32%) Java
3 53 (37.32%) Agile Software Development
4 47 (33.10%) Blackberry
5 32 (22.54%) iPhone
6 31 (21.83%) Mobile App
6 31 (21.83%) Microsoft
6 31 (21.83%) Degree
7 26 (18.31%) Computer Science
7 26 (18.31%) Telecoms
7 26 (18.31%) Linux
8 22 (15.49%) Banking
9 21 (14.79%) Scrum
9 21 (14.79%) VB
10 20 (14.08%) C++
10 20 (14.08%) XML
10 20 (14.08%) Windows XP
10 20 (14.08%) HP
10 20 (14.08%) VMware
11 19 (13.38%) TDD
11 19 (13.38%) Wireless
11 19 (13.38%) XSLT
11 19 (13.38%) SQL
11 19 (13.38%) HTML5
12 18 (12.68%) RESTful
12 18 (12.68%) QA
13 17 (11.97%) J2EE
13 17 (11.97%) Web Services
13 17 (11.97%) Python

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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.

Application Development
1 20 (14.08%) XML
2 19 (13.38%) XSLT
2 19 (13.38%) HTML5
3 18 (12.68%) RESTful
4 17 (11.97%) J2EE
4 17 (11.97%) Web Services
5 16 (11.27%) XMPP
6 15 (10.56%) SOAP
7 13 (9.155%) Application Packaging
7 13 (9.155%) CSS
8 12 (8.451%) Middleware
9 11 (7.746%) JNI
9 11 (7.746%) Swing
10 10 (7.042%) HTML
11 9 (6.338%) JSON
11 9 (6.338%) COM
12 8 (5.634%) Hibernate
12 8 (5.634%) JPA
12 8 (5.634%) Spring
12 8 (5.634%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 15 (10.56%) MS Exchange
2 11 (7.746%) Lync
2 11 (7.746%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 9 (6.338%) Exchange Server 2010
4 7 (4.930%) Office Communications Server
4 7 (4.930%) Exchange Server 2007
5 5 (3.521%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (3.521%) SharePoint
6 4 (2.817%) Apache
7 2 (1.408%) IIS
8 1 (0.704%) Amazon AWS
8 1 (0.704%) CMS
Applications
1 15 (10.56%) MS Excel
2 6 (4.225%) MS Office
3 1 (0.704%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.113%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.38%) Wireless
2 17 (11.97%) VoIP
2 17 (11.97%) PBX
3 14 (9.859%) TCP/IP
3 14 (9.859%) Firewall
4 11 (7.746%) RTP
5 9 (6.338%) ISDN
6 8 (5.634%) SMS
7 7 (4.930%) WAN
7 7 (4.930%) DHCP
7 7 (4.930%) DNS
7 7 (4.930%) LAN
8 6 (4.225%) HTTP
9 5 (3.521%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (3.521%) Unified Communications
9 5 (3.521%) IP Telephony
9 5 (3.521%) GSM
9 5 (3.521%) Ethernet
10 4 (2.817%) VPN
10 4 (2.817%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.225%) MySQL
2 5 (3.521%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.704%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.704%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (11.27%) Jenkins
2 12 (8.451%) Git (software)
3 9 (6.338%) Selenium
4 8 (5.634%) PhoneGap
5 4 (2.817%) Maven
5 4 (2.817%) JIRA
5 4 (2.817%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.704%) Xcode
6 1 (0.704%) FitNesse
6 1 (0.704%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.704%) JUnit
General
1 26 (18.31%) Telecoms
2 22 (15.49%) Banking
3 13 (9.155%) Finance
3 13 (9.155%) Retail
4 10 (7.042%) Marketing
5 8 (5.634%) Games
6 6 (4.225%) Advertising
7 5 (3.521%) Multimedia
8 4 (2.817%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.113%) Music
10 2 (1.408%) Law
11 1 (0.704%) Legal
11 1 (0.704%) Military
11 1 (0.704%) Electronics
11 1 (0.704%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 45 (31.69%) Developer
2 30 (21.13%) Android Developer
3 19 (13.38%) Support Engineer
4 16 (11.27%) Java Developer
5 14 (9.859%) Senior Developer
6 12 (8.451%) Applications Packager
6 12 (8.451%) Analyst
6 12 (8.451%) Tester
6 12 (8.451%) Mobile Tester
7 9 (6.338%) Telephony Engineer
8 8 (5.634%) IT Support
9 7 (4.930%) Software Engineer
9 7 (4.930%) Technical Support
10 6 (4.225%) Lead Developer
10 6 (4.225%) Administrator
10 6 (4.225%) Test Analyst
10 6 (4.225%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (4.225%) Senior Test Analyst
10 6 (4.225%) Mitel Engineer
11 5 (3.521%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 47 (33.10%) Blackberry
2 32 (22.54%) iPhone
3 31 (21.83%) Mobile App
4 26 (18.31%) Computer Science
5 13 (9.155%) Mobile Banking
6 9 (6.338%) iPad
6 9 (6.338%) Hedge funds
7 6 (4.225%) Spread Betting
8 5 (3.521%) Mobile Games
8 5 (3.521%) Smartphone
8 5 (3.521%) Blog
9 4 (2.817%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (2.113%) Digital Media
11 2 (1.408%) Thin Client
11 2 (1.408%) Fat Client
11 2 (1.408%) STB
11 2 (1.408%) IPTV
11 2 (1.408%) PDA
11 2 (1.408%) Management Information System
11 2 (1.408%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 70 (49.30%) Android
2 58 (40.85%) Windows
3 26 (18.31%) Linux
4 20 (14.08%) Windows XP
5 16 (11.27%) Windows 7
5 16 (11.27%) Windows Phone
5 16 (11.27%) Apple iOS
6 14 (9.859%) Windows Phone 7
7 8 (5.634%) Windows Server 2003
7 8 (5.634%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (2.817%) Windows Mobile
9 2 (1.408%) Mac OS X
9 2 (1.408%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.704%) Tizen
10 1 (0.704%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.704%) Symbian OS
10 1 (0.704%) UNIX
10 1 (0.704%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (37.32%) Agile Software Development
2 21 (14.79%) Scrum
3 19 (13.38%) TDD
4 14 (9.859%) SOA
5 11 (7.746%) BDD
6 10 (7.042%) Test Automation
7 9 (6.338%) Analytics
7 9 (6.338%) OO
8 8 (5.634%) Project Management
8 8 (5.634%) Regression Testing
8 8 (5.634%) Use Case
9 7 (4.930%) Mobile Application Development
9 7 (4.930%) Web Testing
9 7 (4.930%) ITIL
10 6 (4.225%) E-Commerce
10 6 (4.225%) Rapid Prototyping
11 5 (3.521%) Automation Testing
11 5 (3.521%) Software Engineering
11 5 (3.521%) Mobile Commerce
12 4 (2.817%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 53 (37.32%) Java
2 21 (14.79%) VB
3 20 (14.08%) C++
4 19 (13.38%) SQL
5 17 (11.97%) Python
6 14 (9.859%) C#
7 13 (9.155%) C
8 12 (8.451%) XPath
9 6 (4.225%) Bash shell
10 5 (3.521%) PHP
11 4 (2.817%) PHP5
12 2 (1.408%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.704%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.704%) Ruby
13 1 (0.704%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.704%) VBA
13 1 (0.704%) Perl
Qualifications
1 31 (21.83%) Degree
2 13 (9.155%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (4.930%) CCNA
3 7 (4.930%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (4.930%) HND
3 7 (4.930%) MCSE
4 6 (4.225%) PhD
4 6 (4.225%) ISEB
4 6 (4.225%) ISTQB
5 4 (2.817%) MCSA
6 3 (2.113%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.408%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.408%) MCDST
8 1 (0.704%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.704%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.68%) QA
2 1 (0.704%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (9.155%) VMware Workstation
1 13 (9.155%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.521%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.817%) XenServer
4 3 (2.113%) XenApp
5 2 (1.408%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 2 (1.408%) VMware ESX
6 1 (0.704%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 15 (10.56%) SCCM
2 7 (4.930%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 4 (2.817%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (2.113%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.704%) Puppet
5 1 (0.704%) SCOM
5 1 (0.704%) OpenView
5 1 (0.704%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 31 (21.83%) Microsoft
2 20 (14.08%) HP
2 20 (14.08%) VMware
3 15 (10.56%) Cisco
4 12 (8.451%) Mitel
5 10 (7.042%) Apple
6 9 (6.338%) Google
6 9 (6.338%) CA
7 8 (5.634%) Sencha
8 7 (4.930%) Facebook
8 7 (4.930%) Citrix
9 5 (3.521%) CheckPoint
10 4 (2.817%) Oracle
10 4 (2.817%) Sun
10 4 (2.817%) Avaya
11 3 (2.113%) Polycom
11 3 (2.113%) Nokia
11 3 (2.113%) Dell
11 3 (2.113%) Remedy
11 3 (2.113%) McAfee
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