Handsets
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Handset over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 810 841 1211
Rank change year-on-year +31 +370 -211
Permanent jobs citing Handset 32 46 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.057% 0.037%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.14% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 16 28 48
10th Percentile - £31,425 £31,175
25th Percentile £22,044 - £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,250 £35,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.86% -44.00% +108.33%
75th Percentile £38,000 £42,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £43,875 £88,750 £67,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,000 £38,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -16.88% -38.40% +108.33%

All Generic Skills
UK

Handset falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 30,081 33,205 84,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.28% 41.15% 48.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 20,787 36,075
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,416 £34,500
25th Percentile £40,013 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Handset
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Handset as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Handset in the UK

Handset
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Handset.

Salary trend for Handset in the UK

Handset
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Handset over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Handset in the UK

Handset
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Handset within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +24 30 £32,000 -8.57% 11
UK excluding London -25 28 £32,000 -16.88% 8
South East +20 20 £27,306 -53.32% 3
Work from Home +44 8 £32,500 -59.38% 2
North of England +11 6 - - 4
Yorkshire +57 3 - - 1
London +60 2 - - 3
East of England -4 2 £38,500 -51.88%
North East - 2 - -
North West - 1 - - 3

Handset
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.25%) WordPress
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (15.63%) Azure
3 2 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.13%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.63%) VoIP
2 4 (12.50%) PBX
3 3 (9.38%) Firewall
3 3 (9.38%) Unified Communications
3 3 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (6.25%) DKIM
4 2 (6.25%) DMARC
4 2 (6.25%) DNS
4 2 (6.25%) Internet
4 2 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (6.25%) VLAN
General
1 14 (43.75%) Telecoms
2 10 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 6 (18.75%) Aviation
4 3 (9.38%) Finance
5 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Automotive
5 2 (6.25%) Law
5 2 (6.25%) Marketing
5 2 (6.25%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 8 (25.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 8 (25.00%) Telecoms Engineer
2 6 (18.75%) Administrator
2 6 (18.75%) IT Administrator
2 6 (18.75%) Service Desk Administrator
3 4 (12.50%) IT Support
4 3 (9.38%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Audio Visual Technician
5 2 (6.25%) IT Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Senior
5 2 (6.25%) Senior IT Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Senior IT Support
5 2 (6.25%) Senior Support Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Support Technician
6 1 (3.13%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) CSS
1 2 (6.25%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Xbox
2 4 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 4 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (6.25%) CCTV
3 2 (6.25%) Interactive Media
3 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 11 (34.38%) Windows
2 9 (28.13%) Windows Server
3 6 (18.75%) Windows 10
3 6 (18.75%) Windows Server 2012
3 6 (18.75%) Windows Server 2016
3 6 (18.75%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (6.25%) Mac OS X
5 1 (3.13%) Android
5 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.75%) ERP
2 5 (15.63%) Customer Service
3 4 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (9.38%) Coaching
4 3 (9.38%) Data Engineering
4 3 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (9.38%) Mentoring
4 3 (9.38%) Operational Stability
4 3 (9.38%) SEO
5 2 (6.25%) Business Development
5 2 (6.25%) Compliance Audit
5 2 (6.25%) Customer Experience
5 2 (6.25%) Email Filtering
5 2 (6.25%) Incident Management
5 2 (6.25%) Information Security
5 2 (6.25%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (6.25%) Product Marketing
5 2 (6.25%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 2 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (6.25%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) Degree
2 3 (9.38%) Azure Certification
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (6.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (9.38%) Active Directory
1 3 (9.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (6.25%) Terminal Services
2 2 (6.25%) VMware Server
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.75%) Dell
2 6 (18.75%) Freshdesk
3 3 (9.38%) VMware
4 2 (6.25%) Citrix
4 2 (6.25%) ConnectWise
4 2 (6.25%) Mitel
4 2 (6.25%) Sage
5 1 (3.13%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.13%) Google
5 1 (3.13%) Palo Alto