The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 22 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 Qualifications for the Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 3 7 3
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 57 38 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 22.27% 17.92% 27.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 72.15% 46.91% 67.57%
Number of salaries quoted 31 19 33
Average salary £40,000 £36,500 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.58% +23.72%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,800 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Qualifications
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
79 81 74
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 30.86% 38.21% 40.22%
Number of salaries quoted 40 39 40
Average salary £45,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+38.46% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,700 £15,390 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £45,500 £42,600
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Degree
County Antrim

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast Degree Jobs Demand Trend

Degree
Salary Trend

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

Belfast Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Belfast Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing Degree 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 Degree.

1 39 (52.00%) Linux
2 38 (50.67%) C++
3 36 (48.00%) Computer Science
4 34 (45.33%) C
5 31 (41.33%) Java
6 25 (33.33%) UNIX
7 24 (32.00%) Software Engineering
8 23 (30.67%) Agile Software Development
9 19 (25.33%) Finance
10 18 (24.00%) XML
10 18 (24.00%) SQL
10 18 (24.00%) Open Source
11 16 (21.33%) Windows
11 16 (21.33%) Web Services
12 15 (20.00%) Middleware
12 15 (20.00%) Servlets
13 14 (18.67%) Video on Demand
14 13 (17.33%) JSON
14 13 (17.33%) Oracle
14 13 (17.33%) PostgreSQL
15 12 (16.00%) OO
16 11 (14.67%) JavaScript
17 10 (13.33%) Telecoms
17 10 (13.33%) Tomcat
17 10 (13.33%) XMPP
17 10 (13.33%) New Media
18 9 (12.00%) Windows Server 2008
18 9 (12.00%) Apache
18 9 (12.00%) SharePoint
19 8 (10.67%) Microsoft

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing Degree 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 Degree. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (24.00%) XML
2 16 (21.33%) Web Services
3 15 (20.00%) Middleware
3 15 (20.00%) Servlets
4 13 (17.33%) JSON
5 10 (13.33%) XMPP
6 8 (10.67%) jQuery
7 7 (9.333%) HTML5
7 7 (9.333%) CSS
8 5 (6.667%) Ajax
8 5 (6.667%) CSS3
8 5 (6.667%) J2EE
9 4 (5.333%) Spring
10 3 (4.000%) HTML
11 2 (2.667%) .NET
11 2 (2.667%) JSP
11 2 (2.667%) KnockoutJS
11 2 (2.667%) WebSphere
12 1 (1.333%) .NET Framework
12 1 (1.333%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 10 (13.33%) Tomcat
2 9 (12.00%) Apache
2 9 (12.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (5.333%) Lync
4 2 (2.667%) WebLogic
5 1 (1.333%) GlassFish
5 1 (1.333%) Rendezvous
5 1 (1.333%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (5.333%) MS Office
1 4 (5.333%) Office 365
2 2 (2.667%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.333%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.333%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (1.333%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.67%) SAN
2 6 (8.000%) Broadband
3 4 (5.333%) WAN
3 4 (5.333%) LAN
3 4 (5.333%) Network Security
4 2 (2.667%) Internet
5 1 (1.333%) VoIP
5 1 (1.333%) ATM
5 1 (1.333%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (17.33%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (8.000%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.000%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (4.000%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (4.000%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (4.000%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (4.000%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.333%) KDB
4 1 (1.333%) QlikView
4 1 (1.333%) Big Data
4 1 (1.333%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.667%) Gradle
1 2 (2.667%) Selenium
2 1 (1.333%) Maven
2 1 (1.333%) Git (software)
2 1 (1.333%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.333%) JUnit
General
1 19 (25.33%) Finance
2 10 (13.33%) Telecoms
3 5 (6.667%) Marketing
4 3 (4.000%) Banking
5 1 (1.333%) Front Office
5 1 (1.333%) Electronics
5 1 (1.333%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.333%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 16 (21.33%) Developer
2 11 (14.67%) Junior
2 11 (14.67%) Software Engineer
3 8 (10.67%) Analyst
3 8 (10.67%) Java Developer
4 7 (9.333%) Architect
4 7 (9.333%) Software Architect
5 6 (8.000%) Senior Developer
6 5 (6.667%) Principal Engineer
6 5 (6.667%) JavaScript Developer
6 5 (6.667%) Server Engineer
6 5 (6.667%) Senior Java Developer
7 4 (5.333%) Graduate
7 4 (5.333%) Junior Developer
7 4 (5.333%) C++ Developer
7 4 (5.333%) Technical Design Authority
8 3 (4.000%) Junior C Programmer
8 3 (4.000%) C Programmer
8 3 (4.000%) Junior Programmer
8 3 (4.000%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 36 (48.00%) Computer Science
2 18 (24.00%) Open Source
3 14 (18.67%) Video on Demand
4 10 (13.33%) New Media
5 5 (6.667%) IPTV
6 4 (5.333%) Equities
6 4 (5.333%) EqualLogic
6 4 (5.333%) Derivative
6 4 (5.333%) STB
7 3 (4.000%) DTV
8 2 (2.667%) Client/Server
8 2 (2.667%) Firmware
8 2 (2.667%) RIA
8 2 (2.667%) Life Science
9 1 (1.333%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
9 1 (1.333%) Hedge funds
9 1 (1.333%) Mobile App
9 1 (1.333%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.333%) Management Information System
9 1 (1.333%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 39 (52.00%) Linux
2 25 (33.33%) UNIX
3 16 (21.33%) Windows
4 9 (12.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (5.333%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (2.667%) Solaris
7 2 (2.667%) Android
8 1 (1.333%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (32.00%) Software Engineering
2 23 (30.67%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (16.00%) OO
4 7 (9.333%) Data Modelling
5 4 (5.333%) Validation
5 4 (5.333%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (5.333%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (5.333%) Unit Testing
5 4 (5.333%) Multithreading
6 3 (4.000%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (4.000%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (4.000%) ITIL
7 2 (2.667%) E-Commerce
7 2 (2.667%) Software Testing
7 2 (2.667%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (1.333%) Electronic Trading
8 1 (1.333%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (1.333%) Web Development
8 1 (1.333%) Problem Management
8 1 (1.333%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 38 (50.67%) C++
2 34 (45.33%) C
3 31 (41.33%) Java
4 18 (24.00%) SQL
5 11 (14.67%) JavaScript
6 8 (10.67%) Embedded C
7 4 (5.333%) T-SQL
7 4 (5.333%) C#
7 4 (5.333%) Python
8 3 (4.000%) Perl
9 2 (2.667%) Bash shell
9 2 (2.667%) Groovy
10 1 (1.333%) Scala
10 1 (1.333%) XAML
10 1 (1.333%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.333%) Objective-C
10 1 (1.333%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (5.333%) SC Cleared
1 4 (5.333%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.000%) Postgraduate
2 3 (4.000%) OCP
2 3 (4.000%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (1.333%) Sun Certification
3 1 (1.333%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.000%) QA
2 1 (1.333%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (10.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 8 (10.67%) vSphere
2 5 (6.667%) Active Directory
3 4 (5.333%) XenServer
3 4 (5.333%) XenDesktop
3 4 (5.333%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.000%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (4.000%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 13 (17.33%) Oracle
2 8 (10.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.67%) VMware
3 4 (5.333%) EMC
3 4 (5.333%) Citrix
3 4 (5.333%) 3PAR
4 3 (4.000%) Sybase
5 2 (2.667%) JBoss
6 1 (1.333%) Confirmit
6 1 (1.333%) TIBCO
6 1 (1.333%) Apple
6 1 (1.333%) BEA
6 1 (1.333%) IBM
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