The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartcard in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Smartcard 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Smart Card
Rank 162 182 172
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -10
Permanent jobs citing Smartcard 42 3 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.835% 0.066% 0.096%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.263% 0.260% 0.403%
Number of salaries quoted 42 3 4
Average salary £50,000 £80,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-37.50% +113.33%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +33.33%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1287 1152 992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 25.60% 25.27% 23.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1064 982 809
Average salary £38,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £23,775
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Smartcard
England

Smartcard
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Smartcard Jobs Demand Trend

Smartcard
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Smartcard across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Smartcard Salary Trend

Smartcard
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Smartcard across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands Smartcard Salary Histogram

Smartcard
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Smartcard within the West Midlands 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
Warwickshire +47 42 £50,000 +29.87%
Smartcard
England

Smartcard
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Smartcard 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 Smartcard.

1 70 (98.59%) Finance
1 70 (98.59%) Cyber Security
2 49 (69.01%) Identity Management
2 49 (69.01%) Biometrics
3 44 (61.97%) Degree
4 35 (49.30%) SQL
5 32 (45.07%) Windows
5 32 (45.07%) Computer Science
6 28 (39.44%) JavaScript
7 23 (32.39%) IIS
7 23 (32.39%) Windows XP
7 23 (32.39%) Test Scripting
7 23 (32.39%) Windows Vista
7 23 (32.39%) Agile Software Development
7 23 (32.39%) Windows Server 2003
7 23 (32.39%) Windows Server 2008
8 21 (29.58%) Web Development
9 16 (22.54%) TickIT
9 16 (22.54%) LDAP
9 16 (22.54%) ISO 9001
9 16 (22.54%) ASP
9 16 (22.54%) XML
9 16 (22.54%) XSLT
9 16 (22.54%) .NET
9 16 (22.54%) C#
9 16 (22.54%) DHTML
9 16 (22.54%) Security Cleared
10 14 (19.72%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (19.72%) SQL Server
11 12 (16.90%) HTML

Smartcard
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Smartcard 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 Smartcard. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (22.54%) ASP
1 16 (22.54%) XML
1 16 (22.54%) XSLT
1 16 (22.54%) .NET
1 16 (22.54%) DHTML
2 12 (16.90%) HTML
3 7 (9.859%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 23 (32.39%) IIS
2 5 (7.042%) WordPress
2 5 (7.042%) Joomla!
2 5 (7.042%) CMS
3 2 (2.817%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 7 (9.859%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.817%) MS Office
2 2 (2.817%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (22.54%) LDAP
2 2 (2.817%) Firewall
2 2 (2.817%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.817%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (19.72%) SQL Server
General
1 70 (98.59%) Finance
2 7 (9.859%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 23 (32.39%) Tester
1 23 (32.39%) Software Tester
2 21 (29.58%) Developer
3 16 (22.54%) C# Developer
3 16 (22.54%) C# .NET Developer
4 10 (14.08%) Support Manager
5 7 (9.859%) .NET Developer
5 7 (9.859%) Consultant
5 7 (9.859%) Technical Consultant
5 7 (9.859%) Security Specialist
5 7 (9.859%) Pre Sales Engineer
6 5 (7.042%) Web Developer
7 2 (2.817%) Analyst
7 2 (2.817%) Business Analyst
8 1 (1.408%) Software Engineer
8 1 (1.408%) Test Engineer
8 1 (1.408%) Software Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 49 (69.01%) Biometrics
2 32 (45.07%) Computer Science
3 14 (19.72%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.817%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.408%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 32 (45.07%) Windows
2 23 (32.39%) Windows XP
2 23 (32.39%) Windows Vista
2 23 (32.39%) Windows Server 2003
2 23 (32.39%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (2.817%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (98.59%) Cyber Security
2 49 (69.01%) Identity Management
3 23 (32.39%) Test Scripting
3 23 (32.39%) Agile Software Development
4 21 (29.58%) Web Development
5 8 (11.27%) Workflow
6 7 (9.859%) Product Marketing
7 2 (2.817%) Business Analysis
8 1 (1.408%) E-Commerce
8 1 (1.408%) Software Testing
8 1 (1.408%) Software Engineering
8 1 (1.408%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 35 (49.30%) SQL
2 28 (39.44%) JavaScript
3 16 (22.54%) C#
4 7 (9.859%) Java
4 7 (9.859%) C++
5 5 (7.042%) PHP
Qualifications
1 44 (61.97%) Degree
2 16 (22.54%) Security Cleared
3 7 (9.859%) CISSP
4 2 (2.817%) MCTS
4 2 (2.817%) MCITP
4 2 (2.817%) MCP
4 2 (2.817%) MCSE
4 2 (2.817%) MCSA
4 2 (2.817%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (22.54%) TickIT
1 16 (22.54%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 7 (9.859%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (2.817%) Apple
1 2 (2.817%) Microsoft