The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Handset over the 3 months to 18 June 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Handsets
Rank 226 244 217
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -27
Permanent jobs citing Handset 17 7 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.229% 0.096% 0.185%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.824% 0.353% 0.716%
Number of salaries quoted 16 6 13
Average salary £38,500 £36,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.20% +3.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £29,250 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £65,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +1.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
2063 1983 1816
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 27.81% 27.30% 25.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1732 1674 1574
Average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,250 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,500 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Handset
England

Handset
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Handset Salary Trend

Handset
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Handset across the North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Cheshire - 11 £36,750 -
Manchester -18 5 £50,000 +37.93% 1
Lancashire - 1 £30,000 -
Handset
England

Handset
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 14 (60.87%) Java
2 12 (52.17%) HTTP
2 12 (52.17%) Telecoms
3 11 (47.83%) C
3 11 (47.83%) Linux
3 11 (47.83%) UNIX
3 11 (47.83%) Shell Script
3 11 (47.83%) QA
4 8 (34.78%) iPhone
4 8 (34.78%) Objective-C
4 8 (34.78%) Apple iOS
5 6 (26.09%) Bash shell
5 6 (26.09%) Red Hat
5 6 (26.09%) Solaris
5 6 (26.09%) Fedora
5 6 (26.09%) CentOS
5 6 (26.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (26.09%) Ubuntu
6 5 (21.74%) Degree
6 5 (21.74%) Computer Science
6 5 (21.74%) Subversion
6 5 (21.74%) UML
6 5 (21.74%) OO
6 5 (21.74%) TCP/IP
6 5 (21.74%) LDAP
6 5 (21.74%) UIKit
6 5 (21.74%) Mobile Payment
7 4 (17.39%) Internet
7 4 (17.39%) SMTP
7 4 (17.39%) IMAP

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 5 (21.74%) UIKit
2 3 (13.04%) iOS SDK
2 3 (13.04%) Cocoa Touch
2 3 (13.04%) J2EE
2 3 (13.04%) Cocoa
3 2 (8.696%) Java EE
3 2 (8.696%) J2SE
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 12 (52.17%) HTTP
2 5 (21.74%) TCP/IP
2 5 (21.74%) LDAP
3 4 (17.39%) Internet
3 4 (17.39%) IMAP
3 4 (17.39%) SMTP
4 3 (13.04%) VPN
5 2 (8.696%) Firewall
5 2 (8.696%) IP Telephony
6 1 (4.348%) Network Security
6 1 (4.348%) LAN
6 1 (4.348%) SMS
Development Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Subversion
General
1 12 (52.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Support Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) Senior Support Engineer
3 8 (34.78%) Developer
4 7 (30.43%) iOS Developer
5 5 (21.74%) Technical Support
5 5 (21.74%) Senior Technical Engineer
5 5 (21.74%) Technical Engineer
5 5 (21.74%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
5 5 (21.74%) Technical Support Engineer
5 5 (21.74%) Senior Technical Support
6 4 (17.39%) Applications Support
6 4 (17.39%) Applications Support Engineer
7 3 (13.04%) UNIX Engineer
7 3 (13.04%) UNIX Support Engineer
7 3 (13.04%) Linux Support Engineer
7 3 (13.04%) Lead Developer
7 3 (13.04%) UNIX Support
7 3 (13.04%) Senior UNIX Engineer
7 3 (13.04%) Senior UNIX Support
7 3 (13.04%) Senior UNIX Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) iPhone
2 5 (21.74%) Computer Science
2 5 (21.74%) Mobile Payment
3 3 (13.04%) Mobile App
3 3 (13.04%) Blackberry
3 3 (13.04%) iPad
4 1 (4.348%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 11 (47.83%) Linux
1 11 (47.83%) UNIX
2 8 (34.78%) Apple iOS
3 6 (26.09%) Solaris
3 6 (26.09%) CentOS
3 6 (26.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (26.09%) Fedora
3 6 (26.09%) Ubuntu
4 3 (13.04%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) UML
1 5 (21.74%) OO
2 1 (4.348%) Change Management
2 1 (4.348%) Product Management
2 1 (4.348%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (60.87%) Java
2 11 (47.83%) Shell Script
2 11 (47.83%) C
3 8 (34.78%) Objective-C
4 6 (26.09%) Bash shell
5 3 (13.04%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (47.83%) QA
2 1 (4.348%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.348%) NetCrunch
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Red Hat
2 3 (13.04%) Citrix
2 3 (13.04%) Juniper
3 1 (4.348%) VMware
3 1 (4.348%) Microsoft
Manchester, Lancashire
ESSENTIAL SKILLS: - Proven iPhone development experience - Excellent understanding of iOS (iPhone/iPad) - Handset Experience including Objective C, Cocoa & UI Kit - Strong knowledge of software libraries and protocols - Advanced...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum Plus benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
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