The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Handsets
Rank 193 187 180
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -7
Permanent jobs citing Handset 17 2 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.317% 0.042% 0.091%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.159% 0.164% 0.396%
Number of salaries quoted 15 2 4
Average salary £45,500 £35,000 £20,917
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.00% +67.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,800 £33,000 £16,833
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £37,000 £32,350
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +1.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1467 1223 1009
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 27.36% 25.92% 22.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1223 1048 833
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Handset
England

Handset
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Handset Salary Trend

Handset
Salary Histogram

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

West Midlands Handset Salary Histogram

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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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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Vacancies
Coventry - 13 £47,000 -
Warwickshire - 2 £26,000 -
Birmingham - 1 £25,000 -
Handset
England

Handset
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 15 (78.95%) Microsoft
2 12 (63.16%) VB
2 12 (63.16%) VMware
2 12 (63.16%) VMware Workstation
2 12 (63.16%) Application Packaging
2 12 (63.16%) SCCM
3 10 (52.63%) HP
4 5 (26.32%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
5 3 (15.79%) Avaya
5 3 (15.79%) CA
5 3 (15.79%) Windows
5 3 (15.79%) Windows XP
5 3 (15.79%) GSM
5 3 (15.79%) 3G
5 3 (15.79%) Blackberry
6 2 (10.53%) LTE
6 2 (10.53%) Digital Forensics
6 2 (10.53%) Degree
6 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
6 2 (10.53%) Data Mining
7 1 (5.263%) MS Office
7 1 (5.263%) ITIL
7 1 (5.263%) WAN
7 1 (5.263%) Ethernet
7 1 (5.263%) SLA
7 1 (5.263%) Cisco
7 1 (5.263%) Mac OS X
7 1 (5.263%) Apple
7 1 (5.263%) Internet

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 12 (63.16%) Application Packaging
2 1 (5.263%) iOS SDK
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) GSM
1 3 (15.79%) 3G
2 2 (10.53%) LTE
3 1 (5.263%) WAN
3 1 (5.263%) Ethernet
3 1 (5.263%) Internet
3 1 (5.263%) IP Telephony
3 1 (5.263%) DWDM
3 1 (5.263%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (5.263%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Xcode
General
1 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.263%) Automotive
2 1 (5.263%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Applications Packager
2 3 (15.79%) Technical Support Officer
2 3 (15.79%) Technical Support
3 1 (5.263%) Network Technician
3 1 (5.263%) Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Service Desk Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Windows
1 3 (15.79%) Windows XP
2 1 (5.263%) Mac OS X
2 1 (5.263%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.263%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (10.53%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (5.263%) ITIL
2 1 (5.263%) Six Sigma
2 1 (5.263%) Data Management
2 1 (5.263%) Network Planning
2 1 (5.263%) Data Analysis
2 1 (5.263%) Service Delivery
2 1 (5.263%) E-Discovery
2 1 (5.263%) ITIL V3
2 1 (5.263%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (5.263%) Cyber Security
2 1 (5.263%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (63.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) SLA
1 1 (5.263%) QA
System Software
1 12 (63.16%) VMware Workstation
2 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (63.16%) SCCM
2 5 (26.32%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 15 (78.95%) Microsoft
2 12 (63.16%) VMware
3 10 (52.63%) HP
4 3 (15.79%) Avaya
4 3 (15.79%) CA
5 1 (5.263%) Cisco
5 1 (5.263%) Apple
5 1 (5.263%) Remedy
5 1 (5.263%) BT
5 1 (5.263%) Fujitsu
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