The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 23 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 for the Belfast region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Cisco Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 13 14 22
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 31 29 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 12.76% 13.81% 7.853%
As % of the Vendors category 26.96% 26.85% 12.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1 12 3
Average salary £50,000 £30,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+62.60% -12.14%
UK excluding London average salary £40,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+1.25% -
All Vendors
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
115 108 119
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 47.33% 51.43% 62.30%
Number of salaries quoted 67 50 43
Average salary £42,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,700 £17,000 £28,700
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £50,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Cisco
County Antrim

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Cisco across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Belfast Cisco Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco
Salary Trend

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

Belfast Cisco Salary Trend

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing Cisco 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 Cisco.

1 28 (51.85%) Juniper
1 28 (51.85%) CheckPoint
1 28 (51.85%) Blue Coat
2 25 (46.30%) F5
3 24 (44.44%) Websense
4 21 (38.89%) TCP/IP
5 20 (37.04%) Internet
6 19 (35.19%) Windows
7 18 (33.33%) VPN
8 17 (31.48%) ADSL
8 17 (31.48%) PKI
8 17 (31.48%) Windows Vista
9 16 (29.63%) Firewall
10 12 (22.22%) Network Security
11 7 (12.96%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (11.11%) Danish Language
13 5 (9.259%) Finance
13 5 (9.259%) UNIX
14 4 (7.407%) CISSP
14 4 (7.407%) Microsoft
14 4 (7.407%) CCNA
14 4 (7.407%) CCSA
14 4 (7.407%) Information Security
14 4 (7.407%) Russian Language
14 4 (7.407%) Turkish Language
15 3 (5.556%) Problem Management
15 3 (5.556%) Cisco PIX
15 3 (5.556%) Dutch Language
15 3 (5.556%) Cisco IPT
15 3 (5.556%) CCVP

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing Cisco 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 Cisco. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.556%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (1.852%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (1.852%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.852%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 21 (38.89%) TCP/IP
2 20 (37.04%) Internet
3 18 (33.33%) VPN
4 17 (31.48%) ADSL
5 16 (29.63%) Firewall
6 12 (22.22%) Network Security
7 3 (5.556%) Cisco PIX
7 3 (5.556%) Cisco IPT
7 3 (5.556%) VoIP
7 3 (5.556%) NetScreen
7 3 (5.556%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (3.704%) SAN
9 1 (1.852%) VLAN
9 1 (1.852%) DNS
9 1 (1.852%) Wireless
9 1 (1.852%) IPsec
9 1 (1.852%) Wireless Security
General
1 6 (11.11%) Danish Language
2 5 (9.259%) Finance
3 4 (7.407%) Russian Language
3 4 (7.407%) Turkish Language
4 3 (5.556%) Dutch Language
5 1 (1.852%) Banking
5 1 (1.852%) Retail
5 1 (1.852%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (31.48%) Technical Support
2 16 (29.63%) Security Engineer
3 12 (22.22%) Firewall Engineer
4 2 (3.704%) Support Engineer
4 2 (3.704%) Senior Support Engineer
5 1 (1.852%) Senior Security Engineer
5 1 (1.852%) Storage Specialist
5 1 (1.852%) Analyst
5 1 (1.852%) Consultant
5 1 (1.852%) Virtualisation Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 17 (31.48%) PKI
2 1 (1.852%) CLARiiON
2 1 (1.852%) Symmetrix DMX
Operating Systems
1 19 (35.19%) Windows
2 17 (31.48%) Windows Vista
3 5 (9.259%) UNIX
4 1 (1.852%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (7.407%) Information Security
2 3 (5.556%) Problem Management
2 3 (5.556%) Network Management
3 2 (3.704%) Service Delivery
4 1 (1.852%) TOGAF
4 1 (1.852%) Migration
4 1 (1.852%) ITIL
4 1 (1.852%) Project Management
4 1 (1.852%) Time Management
4 1 (1.852%) Data Migration
Qualifications
1 7 (12.96%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (7.407%) CISSP
2 4 (7.407%) CCNA
2 4 (7.407%) CCSA
3 3 (5.556%) CCVP
3 3 (5.556%) CCSP
4 2 (3.704%) CCSE
4 2 (3.704%) JNCIA
System Software
1 1 (1.852%) VMware ESX
1 1 (1.852%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.852%) SRDF
1 1 (1.852%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.556%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.852%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 28 (51.85%) Juniper
1 28 (51.85%) CheckPoint
1 28 (51.85%) Blue Coat
2 25 (46.30%) F5
3 24 (44.44%) Websense
4 4 (7.407%) Microsoft
5 2 (3.704%) EMC
6 1 (1.852%) Brocade
6 1 (1.852%) Fujitsu
6 1 (1.852%) VMware
6 1 (1.852%) Citrix
6 1 (1.852%) Oracle
6 1 (1.852%) NetApp
6 1 (1.852%) StorageTek
6 1 (1.852%) Symantec