The first table below looks at the demand for NFC skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited NFC over the 3 months to 21 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Near Field Communication (NFC)
Rank 547 606 617
Rank change year-on-year
+59 +11
Permanent jobs citing NFC 60 32 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.136% 0.059% 0.012%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.748% 0.358% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 42 26 5
Average salary £66,250 £50,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+32.50% -13.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £52,750 £32,500 £53,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £80,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £44,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year
+19.31% -23.47%
All Communications & Networking
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
8022 8939 7757
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 18.25% 16.59% 13.64%
Number of salaries quoted 6603 7586 6554
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £30,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
NFC
England

NFC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London NFC Salary Trend

NFC
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing NFC across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London NFC Salary Histogram

NFC
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NFC within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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 +32 36 £62,500 +25.00%
NFC
England

NFC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 60 (63.16%) Scrum
2 50 (52.63%) Java
2 50 (52.63%) Android
3 48 (50.53%) Mobile App
4 45 (47.37%) Java Card
5 36 (37.89%) XML
5 36 (37.89%) Maven
5 36 (37.89%) JSON
6 35 (36.84%) Google
6 35 (36.84%) MVC
6 35 (36.84%) OOP
6 35 (36.84%) OO
6 35 (36.84%) JUnit
6 35 (36.84%) Multithreading
7 34 (35.79%) Ant
7 34 (35.79%) Data Modelling
7 34 (35.79%) Agile Software Development
7 34 (35.79%) Subversion
8 33 (34.74%) Git (software)
9 32 (33.68%) Mercurial
9 32 (33.68%) Google Maps API
9 32 (33.68%) REST
9 32 (33.68%) XHTML
9 32 (33.68%) WML
9 32 (33.68%) SQLite
10 26 (27.37%) Retail
11 22 (23.16%) Apple iOS
11 22 (23.16%) Windows
11 22 (23.16%) Blackberry
12 19 (20.00%) E-Commerce

NFC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 36 (37.89%) XML
1 36 (37.89%) JSON
2 32 (33.68%) Google Maps API
2 32 (33.68%) REST
2 32 (33.68%) XHTML
2 32 (33.68%) WML
3 17 (17.89%) jQuery
4 16 (16.84%) iOS SDK
5 13 (13.68%) Cocoa
5 13 (13.68%) Django
5 13 (13.68%) Cocoa Touch
6 11 (11.58%) Java ME
7 10 (10.53%) Sencha Touch
7 10 (10.53%) MonoTouch
8 8 (8.421%) CSS
9 6 (6.316%) HTML
9 6 (6.316%) Web Services
10 4 (4.211%) .NET
10 4 (4.211%) Flash
11 3 (3.158%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.105%) IIS
2 1 (1.053%) Google App Engine
2 1 (1.053%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.053%) MS Project
1 1 (1.053%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.053%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.474%) HTTP
2 3 (3.158%) HTTPS
3 2 (2.105%) Internet
4 1 (1.053%) Firewall
4 1 (1.053%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.053%) GPRS
4 1 (1.053%) GSM
4 1 (1.053%) SMS
4 1 (1.053%) 3GPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (33.68%) SQLite
2 3 (3.158%) CouchDB
3 1 (1.053%) MySQL
3 1 (1.053%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 36 (37.89%) Maven
2 35 (36.84%) JUnit
3 34 (35.79%) Ant
3 34 (35.79%) Subversion
4 33 (34.74%) Git (software)
5 32 (33.68%) Mercurial
6 14 (14.74%) Eclipse
7 12 (12.63%) Xcode
8 9 (9.474%) Hudson
8 9 (9.474%) Jenkins
9 6 (6.316%) Gerrit
10 3 (3.158%) PhoneGap
11 2 (2.105%) MSBuild
12 1 (1.053%) MonkeyTalk
12 1 (1.053%) Appcelerator Titanium
12 1 (1.053%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (1.053%) JIRA
General
1 26 (27.37%) Retail
2 12 (12.63%) Finance
3 5 (5.263%) Telecoms
4 4 (4.211%) Banking
4 4 (4.211%) Games
4 4 (4.211%) Marketing
5 2 (2.105%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.053%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 53 (55.79%) Developer
2 33 (34.74%) Senior Developer
3 26 (27.37%) Android Developer
4 10 (10.53%) iOS Developer
4 10 (10.53%) Senior iOS Developer
4 10 (10.53%) PHP Developer
5 9 (9.474%) Programme Manager
5 9 (9.474%) Java Developer
6 4 (4.211%) Project Manager
7 3 (3.158%) Senior PHP Developer
7 3 (3.158%) Programme Director
7 3 (3.158%) Architect
7 3 (3.158%) Analyst
8 2 (2.105%) Business Analyst
8 2 (2.105%) Software Developer
8 2 (2.105%) Development Manager
8 2 (2.105%) Senior Java Developer
8 2 (2.105%) Senior Software Developer
8 2 (2.105%) Enterprise Architect
8 2 (2.105%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 48 (50.53%) Mobile App
2 45 (47.37%) Java Card
3 22 (23.16%) Blackberry
4 13 (13.68%) iPhone
5 10 (10.53%) Cryptography
5 10 (10.53%) EMV
5 10 (10.53%) Smartcard
5 10 (10.53%) N-Tier
6 6 (6.316%) Computer Science
6 6 (6.316%) Mobile Payment
7 5 (5.263%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (4.211%) Digital Media
9 3 (3.158%) Mobile Banking
9 3 (3.158%) Biometrics
9 3 (3.158%) PMI
10 2 (2.105%) Online Banking
11 1 (1.053%) Open Source
11 1 (1.053%) PKI
11 1 (1.053%) Wiki
11 1 (1.053%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 50 (52.63%) Android
2 22 (23.16%) Apple iOS
2 22 (23.16%) Windows
3 18 (18.95%) Windows Phone
4 2 (2.105%) Windows Mobile
4 2 (2.105%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (63.16%) Scrum
2 35 (36.84%) MVC
2 35 (36.84%) OOP
2 35 (36.84%) OO
2 35 (36.84%) Multithreading
3 34 (35.79%) Data Modelling
3 34 (35.79%) Agile Software Development
4 19 (20.00%) E-Commerce
5 14 (14.74%) TDD
6 12 (12.63%) SOA
7 11 (11.58%) Mobile Application Development
8 9 (9.474%) Code Coverage
8 9 (9.474%) Continuous Integration
9 7 (7.368%) Project Management
10 6 (6.316%) Software Engineering
10 6 (6.316%) Kanban
10 6 (6.316%) OWASP
11 5 (5.263%) UML
12 3 (3.158%) Security Architecture
12 3 (3.158%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 50 (52.63%) Java
2 19 (20.00%) Objective-C
3 16 (16.84%) PHP
4 15 (15.79%) Bash shell
4 15 (15.79%) Python
5 9 (9.474%) JavaScript
6 5 (5.263%) C#
7 4 (4.211%) C++
7 4 (4.211%) ActionScript
8 3 (3.158%) C
8 3 (3.158%) SQL
9 2 (2.105%) XAML
10 1 (1.053%) GLSL
10 1 (1.053%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 8 (8.421%) Degree
2 3 (3.158%) CISA
2 3 (3.158%) CISM
2 3 (3.158%) CISSP
2 3 (3.158%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (18.95%) QA
2 2 (2.105%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.105%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.053%) ISO/IEC 14443
3 1 (1.053%) ISO/IEC 7816
Vendors
1 35 (36.84%) Google
2 16 (16.84%) Facebook
3 10 (10.53%) Sencha
4 9 (9.474%) Apple
5 2 (2.105%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.105%) Endeca
5 2 (2.105%) VocaLink
5 2 (2.105%) hybris
6 1 (1.053%) Appcelerator
6 1 (1.053%) Twitter
6 1 (1.053%) Omniture
6 1 (1.053%) TIBCO
6 1 (1.053%) Adobe
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