The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symbian products and/or services in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Symbian 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 Vendors currently tracked.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Symbian Ltd.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symbian
Rank 831 679 607
Rank change year-on-year
-152 -72
Permanent jobs citing Symbian 27 223 273
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.025% 0.184% 0.221%
As % of the Vendors category 0.052% 0.387% 0.472%
Number of salaries quoted 25 197 242
Average salary £55,000 £60,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% +33.33%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £43,750 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +18.24%
All Vendors
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
51873 57633 57889
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 48.12% 47.65% 46.89%
Number of salaries quoted 42427 48577 48007
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000

Symbian
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Symbian within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Symbian Jobs Demand Trend

Symbian
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Symbian within the UK.

Symbian Salary Trend

Symbian
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Symbian over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

Symbian Salary Histogram

Symbian
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Symbian within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England -161 27 £55,000 -8.33%
London -134 20 £55,000 -8.33%
Cambridgeshire -5 3 £40,000 -5.88%
East of England -14 3 £40,000 -33.33%
City of London -22 3 £52,500 -19.23%
North West +1 2 £32,500 -23.52%
South West +5 1 - -
South East 0 1 - -
Hampshire 0 1 - -
Cambridge -8 1 £40,000 -5.88%
Manchester -21 1 £30,000 -
Lancashire - 1 £35,000 -
Gloucestershire - 1 - -
Lancaster - 1 £35,000 -
Basingstoke - 1 - -

Symbian
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Symbian 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 Symbian.

1 148 (99.33%) Android
2 111 (74.50%) iPhone
3 101 (67.79%) Java
4 92 (61.74%) Blackberry
5 78 (52.35%) Windows
6 66 (44.30%) C#
7 64 (42.95%) C++
7 64 (42.95%) Mobile App
8 55 (36.91%) HTML5
8 55 (36.91%) Apple iOS
9 51 (34.23%) Objective-C
10 44 (29.53%) SQL
11 39 (26.17%) JavaScript
11 39 (26.17%) CSS
12 38 (25.50%) CSS3
13 35 (23.49%) XML
13 35 (23.49%) .NET
14 34 (22.82%) Web Services
14 34 (22.82%) Scrum
15 33 (22.15%) jQuery
16 32 (21.48%) Windows Mobile
17 31 (20.81%) Ajax
17 31 (20.81%) Games
18 29 (19.46%) Degree
18 29 (19.46%) Mobile Application Development
19 27 (18.12%) iPad
19 27 (18.12%) JSON
20 25 (16.78%) J2ME
21 24 (16.11%) Cocoa
22 23 (15.44%) C

Symbian
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Symbian 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 Symbian. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 55 (36.91%) HTML5
2 39 (26.17%) CSS
3 38 (25.50%) CSS3
4 35 (23.49%) .NET
4 35 (23.49%) XML
5 34 (22.82%) Web Services
6 33 (22.15%) jQuery
7 31 (20.81%) Ajax
8 27 (18.12%) JSON
9 25 (16.78%) J2ME
10 24 (16.11%) Cocoa
11 22 (14.77%) HTML
11 22 (14.77%) Cocoa Touch
12 19 (12.75%) Qt
13 17 (11.41%) XSLT
14 15 (10.07%) BREW
15 13 (8.725%) OpenGL
15 13 (8.725%) J2EE
16 11 (7.383%) ASP.NET
16 11 (7.383%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 9 (6.040%) CMS
2 8 (5.369%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.342%) IIS
4 1 (0.671%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.671%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (0.671%) DotNetNuke
Applications
1 13 (8.725%) Photoshop
1 13 (8.725%) MS Excel
2 7 (4.698%) Adobe Illustrator
3 6 (4.027%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.342%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.342%) MS Office
5 1 (0.671%) Fireworks
5 1 (0.671%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.671%) InDesign
5 1 (0.671%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 3 (2.013%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.725%) SMS
2 6 (4.027%) TCP/IP
3 5 (3.356%) HTTP
3 5 (3.356%) Internet
3 5 (3.356%) Wireless
4 4 (2.685%) WLAN
4 4 (2.685%) VPN
5 3 (2.013%) Bluetooth
5 3 (2.013%) GPRS
5 3 (2.013%) GSM
5 3 (2.013%) ZigBee
5 3 (2.013%) 3G
6 2 (1.342%) NFC
6 2 (1.342%) DNS
7 1 (0.671%) Network Security
7 1 (0.671%) Firewall
7 1 (0.671%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.671%) LAN
7 1 (0.671%) WAN
7 1 (0.671%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (12.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (6.711%) Selenium
2 8 (5.369%) Visual Studio
2 8 (5.369%) Xcode
3 7 (4.698%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (4.027%) Git (software)
5 3 (2.013%) Appcelerator Titanium
6 2 (1.342%) GitHub
6 2 (1.342%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.342%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.671%) Subversion
7 1 (0.671%) Maven
7 1 (0.671%) JIRA
General
1 31 (20.81%) Games
2 20 (13.42%) Telecoms
3 17 (11.41%) Finance
3 17 (11.41%) Banking
4 13 (8.725%) Law
5 11 (7.383%) Marketing
6 8 (5.369%) Retail
7 5 (3.356%) Multimedia
7 5 (3.356%) German Language
7 5 (3.356%) Legal
8 4 (2.685%) Electronics
8 4 (2.685%) Italian Language
8 4 (2.685%) French Language
9 3 (2.013%) Advertising
9 3 (2.013%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.013%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.671%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.671%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.671%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 82 (55.03%) Developer
2 29 (19.46%) Mobile Developer
2 29 (19.46%) Android Developer
3 19 (12.75%) Senior Developer
4 17 (11.41%) Architect
5 16 (10.74%) Web Developer
6 15 (10.07%) Analyst
7 14 (9.396%) Solutions Architect
8 11 (7.383%) Tester
8 11 (7.383%) C# Developer
9 10 (6.711%) Software Engineer
9 10 (6.711%) Technical Architect
9 10 (6.711%) Technical Solutions Architect
10 9 (6.040%) Test Analyst
10 9 (6.040%) Applications Developer
11 8 (5.369%) Mobile Applications Developer
12 6 (4.027%) UI Developer
12 6 (4.027%) C# .NET Developer
12 6 (4.027%) iOS Developer
12 6 (4.027%) UI Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 111 (74.50%) iPhone
2 92 (61.74%) Blackberry
3 64 (42.95%) Mobile App
4 27 (18.12%) iPad
5 16 (10.74%) Mobile Banking
6 15 (10.07%) Cryptography
6 15 (10.07%) Computer Science
7 13 (8.725%) Handset
8 11 (7.383%) Online Games
8 11 (7.383%) Spread Betting
8 11 (7.383%) Open Source
9 8 (5.369%) Web 2.0
10 6 (4.027%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (2.685%) Digital Media
12 3 (2.013%) Embedded Systems
13 2 (1.342%) SaaS
13 2 (1.342%) Graphic Design
13 2 (1.342%) Java Card
14 1 (0.671%) Social Media
14 1 (0.671%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 148 (99.33%) Android
2 78 (52.35%) Windows
3 55 (36.91%) Apple iOS
4 32 (21.48%) Windows Mobile
5 17 (11.41%) Linux
6 13 (8.725%) Windows Phone
7 9 (6.040%) UNIX
8 8 (5.369%) bada
9 4 (2.685%) BlackBerry OS
10 3 (2.013%) Windows CE
11 2 (1.342%) Symbian OS
12 1 (0.671%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.671%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.671%) Solaris
12 1 (0.671%) Maemo
12 1 (0.671%) MeeGo
12 1 (0.671%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.671%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.671%) webOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (22.82%) Scrum
2 29 (19.46%) Mobile Application Development
3 22 (14.77%) MVC
4 21 (14.09%) Agile Software Development
4 21 (14.09%) Web Development
5 15 (10.07%) DRM
6 14 (9.396%) E-Commerce
7 13 (8.725%) Ethical Hacking
7 13 (8.725%) Reverse Engineering
8 11 (7.383%) Technical Architecture
8 11 (7.383%) OO
9 10 (6.711%) UML
9 10 (6.711%) Project Management
9 10 (6.711%) Configuration Management
9 10 (6.711%) Software Engineering
10 9 (6.040%) OOP
10 9 (6.040%) Requirements Analysis
11 8 (5.369%) Software Testing
11 8 (5.369%) Kanban
12 7 (4.698%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 101 (67.79%) Java
2 66 (44.30%) C#
3 64 (42.95%) C++
4 51 (34.23%) Objective-C
5 44 (29.53%) SQL
6 39 (26.17%) JavaScript
7 23 (15.44%) C
8 20 (13.42%) Ruby
9 16 (10.74%) XPath
10 13 (8.725%) PHP
11 10 (6.711%) ActionScript
12 9 (6.040%) ActionScript 3.0
13 8 (5.369%) VB.NET
14 2 (1.342%) Perl
14 2 (1.342%) Clojure
14 2 (1.342%) Scala
14 2 (1.342%) Python
15 1 (0.671%) GLSL
15 1 (0.671%) VC++
Qualifications
1 29 (19.46%) Degree
2 13 (8.725%) DV Cleared
2 13 (8.725%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.013%) MCTS
3 3 (2.013%) CCNA
3 3 (2.013%) ISEB
3 3 (2.013%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.671%) PMP
4 1 (0.671%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.671%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (0.671%) MCITP
4 1 (0.671%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.671%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.74%) QA
2 13 (8.725%) JTAG
3 1 (0.671%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.671%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (2.013%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.671%) Terminal Services
2 1 (0.671%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 16 (10.74%) Apple
2 13 (8.725%) Microsoft
3 11 (7.383%) Oracle
4 10 (6.711%) Nokia
5 8 (5.369%) JBoss
6 6 (4.027%) Intel
6 6 (4.027%) ATG
7 5 (3.356%) Adobe
8 3 (2.013%) Sybase
8 3 (2.013%) SAP
8 3 (2.013%) Google
8 3 (2.013%) Infor
8 3 (2.013%) Sencha
8 3 (2.013%) Syclo
8 3 (2.013%) Appcelerator
9 2 (1.342%) Twitter
10 1 (0.671%) Sun
10 1 (0.671%) VMware
10 1 (0.671%) Mitel
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