The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Handset over the 3 months to 23 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Handsets
Rank - 146 154
Permanent jobs citing Handset 0 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland - 0.058% 0.085%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.220% 0.324%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 3
Average salary - £32,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-4.93% +1.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
911 909 925
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 29.15% 26.40% 26.26%
Number of salaries quoted 534 633 655
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,300
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Handset
UK

Handset
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Handset Salary Trend

Handset
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) MS Office
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Apple
2 1 (33.33%) Device Driver
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Games
2 1 (33.33%) Games

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
General
1 1 (33.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) C Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Device Driver
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Java
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Apple