The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Handset over the 3 months to 19 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Handsets
Rank 93 96 68
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -28
Permanent jobs citing Handset 1 1 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.080% 0.088% 1.821%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.278% 0.338% 5.276%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 21
Average salary £24,500 £19,500 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.64% -50.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +1.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
360 296 398
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 28.64% 26.06% 34.52%
Number of salaries quoted 333 250 386
Average salary £37,500 £35,500 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.63% -8.97%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £56,500 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Handset
UK

Handset
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Handset Salary Trend

Handset
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Handset within the Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
North Wales - 1 £24,500 -
Handset
UK

Handset
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 5 (83.33%) Blackberry
2 4 (66.67%) SOAP
2 4 (66.67%) Web Services
2 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (66.67%) Selenium
2 4 (66.67%) Android
2 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 4 (66.67%) Apple iOS
2 4 (66.67%) soapUI
2 4 (66.67%) REST
3 3 (50.00%) Jenkins
3 3 (50.00%) BDD
3 3 (50.00%) Mobile Banking
3 3 (50.00%) Banking
3 3 (50.00%) Maven
3 3 (50.00%) Scrum
3 3 (50.00%) SQL
3 3 (50.00%) J2EE
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle
4 1 (16.67%) Firewall
4 1 (16.67%) Legal
4 1 (16.67%) Java
4 1 (16.67%) PDA
4 1 (16.67%) TDD
4 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
4 1 (16.67%) System Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Network Security
4 1 (16.67%) Client/Server

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 (66.67%) SOAP
1 4 (66.67%) Web Services
1 4 (66.67%) soapUI
1 4 (66.67%) REST
2 3 (50.00%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) WLAN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Selenium
2 3 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (50.00%) Maven
3 1 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (16.67%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Test Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Senior Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) IT Trainer
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Support
2 1 (16.67%) Support Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Blackberry
2 3 (50.00%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (16.67%) PDA
3 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
3 1 (16.67%) Learning Management System
3 1 (16.67%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Android
1 4 (66.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Regression Testing
1 4 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 3 (50.00%) BDD
2 3 (50.00%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) TDD
3 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
3 1 (16.67%) System Testing
3 1 (16.67%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Java
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
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