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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symbian products and/or services in IT jobs within the London region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Symbian over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSymbian
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank417359
Rank change on same period last yearDown-58
Matching permanent IT job ads191412
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.111 %0.177 %
As % of the category below0.651 %0.913 %
Salaries quoted152336
Average minimum salary£46,671£38,726
Average salary£50,263£42,375
% change on same period last year+18.61 %
Average maximum salary£53,855£46,024
UK excluding London average salary£43,953£36,744
% change on same period last year+19.61 %
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
London
Matching permanent IT job ads2935845130
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled17.05 %19.42 %
Salaries quoted2437834185
Average minimum salary£46,418£46,895
Average salary£50,466£50,991
% change on same period last year-1.03 %
Average maximum salary£54,514£55,087
UK excluding London average salary£40,485£41,845
% change on same period last year-3.25 %
Symbian EnglandSymbian
England

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Symbian Ltd.

Symbian
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Symbian across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

London Symbian Demand Trend

Symbian
Salary Trend

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

London Symbian Salary Trend

Symbian
Salary Histogram

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

London Symbian Salary Histogram

Symbian
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Symbian within the London region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-5712£49,542+9.06 %
Symbian EnglandSymbian
England

Symbian
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the London region citing Symbian 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 Symbian.

1225 (47.87 %)C++
2168 (35.74 %)Symbian OS
3127 (27.02 %)Windows
4112 (23.83 %)Java
5101 (21.49 %)Windows Mobile
688 (18.72 %)Telecoms
787 (18.51 %)J2ME
885 (18.09 %)Project Management
983 (17.66 %)C
1079 (16.81 %)Embedded C++
1169 (14.68 %)BREW
1267 (14.26 %)OO
1366 (14.04 %)OOD
1465 (13.83 %)Linux
1562 (13.19 %)Series 60
1652 (11.06 %)Software Engineering
1745 (9.574 %)UML
1843 (9.149 %)Device Driver
1941 (8.723 %)UIQ
2039 (8.298 %)Python
2039 (8.298 %)Handset
2039 (8.298 %)Flash Lite
2137 (7.872 %)Multimedia
2137 (7.872 %)3D Graphics
2137 (7.872 %)Perl
2137 (7.872 %)Microsoft
2234 (7.234 %)Games
2234 (7.234 %)Agile Software Development
2330 (6.383 %)Degree
2429 (6.170 %)J2EE

Symbian
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
187 (18.51 %)J2ME
269 (14.68 %)BREW
362 (13.19 %)Series 60
441 (8.723 %)UIQ
529 (6.170 %)J2EE
625 (5.319 %)XML
716 (3.404 %)OpenGL
813 (2.766 %)J2SE
911 (2.340 %)Java ME
911 (2.340 %)Adobe Flex
1010 (2.128 %)MIDP
119 (1.915 %)SyncML
119 (1.915 %)SOAP
126 (1.277 %)XSL
126 (1.277 %)WebServices
126 (1.277 %)Dojo
135 (1.064 %)CSS
135 (1.064 %)HTML
143 (0.638 %)WAP
143 (0.638 %)SWT
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (0.851 %)Tomcat
22 (0.426 %)JBoss
22 (0.426 %)Apache
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
113 (2.766 %)MS Visio
29 (1.915 %)MS Project
36 (1.277 %)Doxygen
42 (0.426 %)Quicktime
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
123 (4.894 %)3G
218 (3.830 %)GSM
317 (3.617 %)GPRS
416 (3.404 %)TCP/IP
515 (3.191 %)2G
515 (3.191 %)SMS
611 (2.340 %)UMTS
710 (2.128 %)Bluetooth
710 (2.128 %)2.5G
710 (2.128 %)Internet
710 (2.128 %)Wireless
83 (0.638 %)HTTP
83 (0.638 %)WCDMA
91 (0.213 %)POP3
91 (0.213 %)WLAN
91 (0.213 %)LAN
91 (0.213 %)HTTPS
91 (0.213 %)WiMAX
91 (0.213 %)Intrusion Detection
91 (0.213 %)IMAP
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (1.489 %)Oracle 11g
24 (0.851 %)MySQL
31 (0.213 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (0.213 %)RDBMS
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
122 (4.681 %)Flash
212 (2.553 %)Eclipse
39 (1.915 %)ClearCase
39 (1.915 %)Ant
45 (1.064 %)Bugzilla
53 (0.638 %)JUnit
53 (0.638 %)Visual Studio
62 (0.426 %)Carbide.c++
71 (0.213 %)Subversion
71 (0.213 %)Oracle Forms
71 (0.213 %)Dreamweaver
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
188 (18.72 %)Telecoms
237 (7.872 %)3D Graphics
237 (7.872 %)Multimedia
334 (7.234 %)Games
421 (4.468 %)Mobile Games
519 (4.043 %)Music
611 (2.340 %)Marketing
710 (2.128 %)Finance
89 (1.915 %)Law
98 (1.702 %)Electronics
105 (1.064 %)Music Industry
111 (0.213 %)Animation
111 (0.213 %)Publishing
111 (0.213 %)Education
111 (0.213 %)Banking
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1109 (23.19 %)Software Engineer
292 (19.57 %)Developer
340 (8.511 %)Project Manager
439 (8.298 %)Architect
538 (8.085 %)Technical Manager
631 (6.596 %)Procurement Manager
730 (6.383 %)Senior Software Engineer
827 (5.745 %)Symbian Developer
922 (4.681 %)Consultant
1020 (4.255 %)C++ Software Engineer
1020 (4.255 %)Engineering Manager
1118 (3.830 %)C++ Developer
1217 (3.617 %)Technical Architect
1314 (2.979 %)Software Manager
1412 (2.553 %)Senior Manager
1412 (2.553 %)Senior Developer
1511 (2.340 %)Symbian Software Engineer
1511 (2.340 %)Telecoms Project Manager
1610 (2.128 %)Buyer
1610 (2.128 %)Embedded Software Engineer
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
143 (9.149 %)Device Driver
239 (8.298 %)Handset
239 (8.298 %)Flash Lite
326 (5.532 %)iPhone
418 (3.830 %)Blackberry
514 (2.979 %)Computer Science
610 (2.128 %)Client/Server
77 (1.489 %)Streaming Video
85 (1.064 %)Smartphone
94 (0.851 %)Pocket PC
94 (0.851 %)MPEG
102 (0.426 %)Interactive TV
102 (0.426 %)PDA
102 (0.426 %)Social Network
111 (0.213 %)RIA
111 (0.213 %)Physics
111 (0.213 %)Ergonomics
111 (0.213 %)PKI
111 (0.213 %)Cryptography
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1168 (35.74 %)Symbian OS
2127 (27.02 %)Windows
3101 (21.49 %)Windows Mobile
465 (13.83 %)Linux
523 (4.894 %)Windows CE
617 (3.617 %)Embedded Linux
714 (2.979 %)Android
83 (0.638 %)UNIX
83 (0.638 %)Windows NT
92 (0.426 %)Mac OS X
101 (0.213 %)Windows XP
101 (0.213 %)Windows Vista
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
185 (18.09 %)Project Management
267 (14.26 %)OO
366 (14.04 %)OOD
452 (11.06 %)Software Engineering
545 (9.574 %)UML
634 (7.234 %)Agile Software Development
725 (5.319 %)V-Model
824 (5.106 %)Requirements Analysis
916 (3.404 %)OOA/OOD
1014 (2.979 %)OOP
1112 (2.553 %)Configuration Management
1211 (2.340 %)Change Management
139 (1.915 %)Validation
139 (1.915 %)PRINCE2
139 (1.915 %)Project Planning
148 (1.702 %)Programme Management
157 (1.489 %)Scrum
166 (1.277 %)Release Management
166 (1.277 %)Load Testing
166 (1.277 %)Stress Testing
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1225 (47.87 %)C++
2112 (23.83 %)Java
383 (17.66 %)C
479 (16.81 %)Embedded C++
539 (8.298 %)Python
637 (7.872 %)Perl
720 (4.255 %)Assembly Language
814 (2.979 %)Embedded C
912 (2.553 %)JavaScript
108 (1.702 %)PHP
117 (1.489 %)PHP5
126 (1.277 %)C#
135 (1.064 %)SQL
135 (1.064 %)Ruby
144 (0.851 %)Smalltalk
144 (0.851 %)Objective-C
152 (0.426 %)Jython
161 (0.213 %)DHTML
161 (0.213 %)PL/SQL
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
130 (6.383 %)Degree
21 (0.213 %)ISEB
21 (0.213 %)PMP
21 (0.213 %)PMI Certification
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
118 (3.830 %)QA
21 (0.213 %)SLA
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (1.277 %)VMware Infrastructure
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
137 (7.872 %)Microsoft
216 (3.404 %)Oracle
314 (2.979 %)Google
48 (1.702 %)Nokia
57 (1.489 %)Sony
57 (1.489 %)Ericsson
66 (1.277 %)VMware
66 (1.277 %)Sun
66 (1.277 %)HP
66 (1.277 %)IBM
72 (0.426 %)Adobe