The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Handset over the 3 months to 20 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Handsets
Rank 86 131 119
Rank change year-on-year
+45 -12
Permanent jobs citing Handset 48 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 2.126% 0.130% 0.104%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.048% 0.524% 0.380%
Number of salaries quoted 44 3 2
Average salary £37,500 £28,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.57% -24.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,550 £28,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £28,500 £43,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +1.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
681 572 526
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 30.16% 24.87% 27.31%
Number of salaries quoted 567 516 469
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £62,500 £63,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Handset
Berkshire

Handset
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Handset Salary Trend

Handset
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Handset across the Reading region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Reading Handset Salary Histogram

Handset
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 44 (65.67%) Service Delivery
2 40 (59.70%) HTTP
3 39 (58.21%) TCP/IP
3 39 (58.21%) DNS
3 39 (58.21%) ISDN
3 39 (58.21%) PBX
3 39 (58.21%) VoIP
3 39 (58.21%) DHCP
3 39 (58.21%) FTP
3 39 (58.21%) ISUP
3 39 (58.21%) Linux
3 39 (58.21%) Softswitch
3 39 (58.21%) Acme Packet
4 36 (53.73%) Polycom
4 36 (53.73%) PSTN
5 27 (40.30%) BroadSoft
6 25 (37.31%) Sonus
7 21 (31.34%) Bash shell
7 21 (31.34%) Cisco
7 21 (31.34%) Python
7 21 (31.34%) Solaris
7 21 (31.34%) Perl
7 21 (31.34%) PHP
7 21 (31.34%) SQL
7 21 (31.34%) Oracle
8 18 (26.87%) Telecoms
9 17 (25.37%) Wireless
9 17 (25.37%) 3G
9 17 (25.37%) Degree
10 16 (23.88%) HSPA

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 4 (5.970%) Servlets
1 4 (5.970%) HTML5
1 4 (5.970%) RESTful
2 2 (2.985%) SOAP
2 2 (2.985%) Web Services
2 2 (2.985%) XML
2 2 (2.985%) REST
2 2 (2.985%) soapUI
2 2 (2.985%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.985%) WebSphere Application Server
Communications & Networking
1 40 (59.70%) HTTP
2 39 (58.21%) TCP/IP
2 39 (58.21%) DNS
2 39 (58.21%) ISDN
2 39 (58.21%) PBX
2 39 (58.21%) VoIP
2 39 (58.21%) DHCP
2 39 (58.21%) FTP
2 39 (58.21%) ISUP
2 39 (58.21%) Softswitch
3 36 (53.73%) PSTN
4 17 (25.37%) Wireless
4 17 (25.37%) 3G
5 16 (23.88%) HSPA
6 12 (17.91%) GSM
7 9 (13.43%) Broadband
8 5 (7.463%) 4G
9 4 (5.970%) Bluetooth
9 4 (5.970%) LTE
10 1 (1.493%) NGN
Development Applications
1 3 (4.478%) Jenkins
1 3 (4.478%) Git (software)
General
1 18 (26.87%) Telecoms
2 12 (17.91%) Electronics
3 5 (7.463%) Marketing
4 4 (5.970%) Advertising
5 2 (2.985%) Finance
6 1 (1.493%) Legal
6 1 (1.493%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 30 (44.78%) Voice Engineer
2 26 (38.81%) Systems Engineer
3 12 (17.91%) Project Engineer
4 9 (13.43%) VoIP Engineer
5 8 (11.94%) Junior
5 8 (11.94%) Support Engineer
6 6 (8.955%) Cisco Engineer
6 6 (8.955%) Cisco Voice Engineer
7 5 (7.463%) Voice Consultant
7 5 (7.463%) Consultant
8 4 (5.970%) Field Engineer
8 4 (5.970%) Test Engineer
8 4 (5.970%) Voice Support Engineer
9 3 (4.478%) Cisco Voice Consultant
9 3 (4.478%) Android Developer
9 3 (4.478%) Cisco Support Engineer
9 3 (4.478%) Developer
9 3 (4.478%) Cisco Consultant
9 3 (4.478%) Cisco Support
9 3 (4.478%) Technical Project Leader
Miscellaneous
1 15 (22.39%) Smartphone
2 8 (11.94%) Mobile Computing
3 7 (10.45%) Mobile App
4 4 (5.970%) iPhone
5 1 (1.493%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 39 (58.21%) Linux
2 21 (31.34%) Solaris
3 7 (10.45%) Android
4 4 (5.970%) Windows
4 4 (5.970%) Windows Phone 7
4 4 (5.970%) Windows Phone
5 2 (2.985%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (65.67%) Service Delivery
2 12 (17.91%) Performance Testing
3 7 (10.45%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (5.970%) Logistics
4 4 (5.970%) Project Management
4 4 (5.970%) E-Commerce
4 4 (5.970%) Rapid Prototyping
4 4 (5.970%) Product Management
4 4 (5.970%) Analytics
5 3 (4.478%) Mobile Application Development
5 3 (4.478%) TDD
5 3 (4.478%) Scrum
6 2 (2.985%) Validation
6 2 (2.985%) Waterfall
6 2 (2.985%) V-Model
6 2 (2.985%) Web Testing
7 1 (1.493%) Security Testing
7 1 (1.493%) B2B
7 1 (1.493%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 21 (31.34%) Bash shell
1 21 (31.34%) Python
1 21 (31.34%) Perl
1 21 (31.34%) PHP
1 21 (31.34%) SQL
2 3 (4.478%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (25.37%) Degree
2 4 (5.970%) PhD
3 2 (2.985%) ISEB
3 2 (2.985%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.493%) ISO 8583
Systems Management
1 2 (2.985%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 39 (58.21%) Acme Packet
2 36 (53.73%) Polycom
3 27 (40.30%) BroadSoft
4 25 (37.31%) Sonus
5 21 (31.34%) Cisco
5 21 (31.34%) Oracle
6 3 (4.478%) Twitter
7 1 (1.493%) Huawei