The first table below looks at the demand for NFC skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited NFC over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the South East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Near Field Communication (NFC)
Rank 422 427 422
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -5
Permanent jobs citing NFC 11 12 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.050% 0.050% 0.009%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.210% 0.231% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 8 11 2
Average salary £56,250 £55,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.27% -4.34%
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £45,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -21.73%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5238 5199 4346
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 23.67% 21.86% 18.94%
Number of salaries quoted 4207 4409 3625
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
NFC
England

NFC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing NFC across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South East NFC Jobs Demand Trend

NFC
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing NFC across the South East region.

South East NFC Salary Trend

NFC
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing NFC across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East NFC Salary Histogram

NFC
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NFC within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Surrey +5 4 £60,000 +26.31%
East Sussex +5 3 - -
Hampshire -4 1 £37,500 -16.66%
NFC
England

NFC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing NFC 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 NFC.

1 34 (85.00%) Technical Architecture
2 32 (80.00%) Smartcard
3 30 (75.00%) EMV
4 26 (65.00%) Mobile Payment
5 23 (57.50%) Degree
6 22 (55.00%) Cryptography
6 22 (55.00%) Banking
6 22 (55.00%) Telecoms
7 21 (52.50%) Identity Management
7 21 (52.50%) Risk Analysis
8 20 (50.00%) Integration Testing
9 18 (45.00%) Chip and PIN
10 16 (40.00%) Finance
11 13 (32.50%) Chip Card
11 13 (32.50%) Computer Science
11 13 (32.50%) Electronics
12 10 (25.00%) ISO 8583
12 10 (25.00%) Retail
12 10 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
12 10 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
12 10 (25.00%) DTV
12 10 (25.00%) Hyperion
12 10 (25.00%) Internet
12 10 (25.00%) Wireless
13 9 (22.50%) Management Information System
13 9 (22.50%) E-Commerce
13 9 (22.50%) Systems Analysis
13 9 (22.50%) Risk Management
14 4 (10.00%) Project Management
15 3 (7.500%) Marketing

NFC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing NFC 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 NFC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 10 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (2.500%) MS Office
2 1 (2.500%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (25.00%) Internet
1 10 (25.00%) Wireless
2 1 (2.500%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.500%) LTE
General
1 22 (55.00%) Banking
1 22 (55.00%) Telecoms
2 16 (40.00%) Finance
3 13 (32.50%) Electronics
4 10 (25.00%) Retail
5 3 (7.500%) Marketing
6 2 (5.000%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.500%) Back Office
7 1 (2.500%) Legal
Job Titles
1 31 (77.50%) Consultant
2 18 (45.00%) Senior Consultant
3 17 (42.50%) Technical Consultant
4 13 (32.50%) Technical Architect
4 13 (32.50%) Architect
4 13 (32.50%) EMV Consultant
5 7 (17.50%) Senior Technical Consultant
6 2 (5.000%) Project Manager
7 1 (2.500%) Senior Manager
7 1 (2.500%) Analyst
7 1 (2.500%) Marketing Manager
7 1 (2.500%) Product Manager
7 1 (2.500%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 32 (80.00%) Smartcard
2 30 (75.00%) EMV
3 26 (65.00%) Mobile Payment
4 22 (55.00%) Cryptography
5 18 (45.00%) Chip and PIN
6 13 (32.50%) Chip Card
6 13 (32.50%) Computer Science
7 10 (25.00%) DTV
8 9 (22.50%) Management Information System
9 1 (2.500%) W3C
9 1 (2.500%) Copywriting
9 1 (2.500%) Mobile App
9 1 (2.500%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (85.00%) Technical Architecture
2 21 (52.50%) Identity Management
2 21 (52.50%) Risk Analysis
3 20 (50.00%) Integration Testing
4 10 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
5 9 (22.50%) E-Commerce
5 9 (22.50%) Systems Analysis
5 9 (22.50%) Risk Management
6 4 (10.00%) Project Management
7 2 (5.000%) Time Management
8 1 (2.500%) GAP Analysis
8 1 (2.500%) Service Delivery
8 1 (2.500%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (2.500%) Mobile Commerce
8 1 (2.500%) B2B
8 1 (2.500%) PRINCE2
8 1 (2.500%) Market Research
8 1 (2.500%) Marketing Strategy
8 1 (2.500%) Business Development
8 1 (2.500%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 23 (57.50%) Degree
2 1 (2.500%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (25.00%) ISO 8583
2 1 (2.500%) SLA
2 1 (2.500%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (25.00%) Hyperion
2 1 (2.500%) Microsoft