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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Handsets
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Handset 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £39,250 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.08% +1.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
438 202 266
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 43.20% 31.46% 33.29%
Number of salaries quoted 369 166 241
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,150 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Handset
Oxfordshire

Handset
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Handset Salary Trend

Handset
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 7 (100.00%) Music
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
2 6 (85.71%) Legal
2 6 (85.71%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (71.43%) HTTP
4 4 (57.14%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (42.86%) Android
5 3 (42.86%) Amazon AWS
5 3 (42.86%) Apple iOS
5 3 (42.86%) Mobile App
5 3 (42.86%) Web Services
5 3 (42.86%) MySQL
5 3 (42.86%) Linux
5 3 (42.86%) Automated Testing
6 2 (28.57%) Windows
6 2 (28.57%) Blackberry
6 2 (28.57%) Windows Phone
6 2 (28.57%) Route 53
6 2 (28.57%) Cucumber
6 2 (28.57%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (28.57%) CloudFront
6 2 (28.57%) nginx
6 2 (28.57%) RESTful
6 2 (28.57%) Amazon S3
6 2 (28.57%) Selenium
7 1 (14.29%) Use Case
7 1 (14.29%) Load Testing
7 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
7 1 (14.29%) QA
7 1 (14.29%) WebDriver

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 3 (42.86%) Web Services
2 2 (28.57%) RESTful
3 1 (14.29%) HTML5
3 1 (14.29%) REST
3 1 (14.29%) CSS3
3 1 (14.29%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) Amazon AWS
2 2 (28.57%) CloudFront
2 2 (28.57%) Route 53
2 2 (28.57%) nginx
2 2 (28.57%) Amazon S3
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) MySQL
2 2 (28.57%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Selenium
1 2 (28.57%) Cucumber
2 1 (14.29%) Capybara
2 1 (14.29%) WebDriver
General
1 7 (100.00%) Music
2 6 (85.71%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Junior
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Administrator
2 2 (28.57%) Administrator
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Systems Administrator
2 2 (28.57%) Mobile Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Junior Systems Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) QA Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Python Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Front-End Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Front-End Web Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Mobile Applications Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Applications Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Web Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Mobile App
2 2 (28.57%) Blackberry
3 1 (14.29%) Economics
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
1 3 (42.86%) Android
1 3 (42.86%) Apple iOS
2 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Phone
3 1 (14.29%) UNIX
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (57.14%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (42.86%) Automated Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Web Development
4 1 (14.29%) Use Case
4 1 (14.29%) Load Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Automation Testing
4 1 (14.29%) OO
4 1 (14.29%) SOA
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA