The first table below looks at the demand for Internet skills in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet
Rank 35 23 27
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +4
Permanent jobs citing Internet 7 14 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 2.767% 6.699% 4.444%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.77% 29.79% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 1
Average salary £47,500 £15,500 £45,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+206.45% -65.93%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Communications & Networking
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
65 47 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 25.69% 22.49% 22.22%
Number of salaries quoted 25 21 7
Average salary £40,000 £30,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Internet
County Antrim

Internet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast Internet Jobs Demand Trend

Internet
Salary Trend

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

Belfast Internet Salary Trend

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing Internet 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 Internet.

1 24 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 23 (63.89%) VPN
2 23 (63.89%) ADSL
2 23 (63.89%) Windows
2 23 (63.89%) PKI
2 23 (63.89%) Windows Vista
3 20 (55.56%) Cisco
4 12 (33.33%) Danish Language
5 10 (27.78%) Russian Language
5 10 (27.78%) Turkish Language
6 9 (25.00%) Dutch Language
7 6 (16.67%) German Language
7 6 (16.67%) Hungarian Language
7 6 (16.67%) Norwegian Language
7 6 (16.67%) Polish Language
7 6 (16.67%) Automotive
7 6 (16.67%) Swedish Language
7 6 (16.67%) Microsoft
7 6 (16.67%) MS Office
8 4 (11.11%) Information Security
9 3 (8.333%) SQL
10 2 (5.556%) OO
10 2 (5.556%) CSS
10 2 (5.556%) Java
10 2 (5.556%) JavaScript
10 2 (5.556%) E-Commerce
10 2 (5.556%) Finance
10 2 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
10 2 (5.556%) Banking
10 2 (5.556%) Computer Science

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (5.556%) CSS
1 2 (5.556%) jQuery
1 2 (5.556%) HTML5
1 2 (5.556%) KnockoutJS
2 1 (2.778%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.778%) WebSphere
2 1 (2.778%) Middleware
2 1 (2.778%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.778%) Tomcat
1 1 (2.778%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (16.67%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.778%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (2.778%) Oracle iProcurement
1 1 (2.778%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (2.778%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 24 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 23 (63.89%) VPN
2 23 (63.89%) ADSL
3 1 (2.778%) DNS
3 1 (2.778%) LAN
3 1 (2.778%) WAN
3 1 (2.778%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.778%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (5.556%) Gradle
2 1 (2.778%) Oracle APEX
General
1 12 (33.33%) Danish Language
2 10 (27.78%) Russian Language
2 10 (27.78%) Turkish Language
3 9 (25.00%) Dutch Language
4 6 (16.67%) German Language
4 6 (16.67%) Hungarian Language
4 6 (16.67%) Norwegian Language
4 6 (16.67%) Polish Language
4 6 (16.67%) Automotive
4 6 (16.67%) Swedish Language
5 2 (5.556%) Finance
5 2 (5.556%) Banking
6 1 (2.778%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (63.89%) Technical Support
2 2 (5.556%) Developer
3 1 (2.778%) Information Specialist
3 1 (2.778%) Linux Specialist
3 1 (2.778%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (2.778%) Security Specialist
3 1 (2.778%) Oracle Financials Developer
3 1 (2.778%) Information Security Specialist
3 1 (2.778%) JavaScript Developer
Miscellaneous
1 23 (63.89%) PKI
2 2 (5.556%) Computer Science
2 2 (5.556%) Life Science
2 2 (5.556%) RIA
Operating Systems
1 23 (63.89%) Windows
1 23 (63.89%) Windows Vista
2 1 (2.778%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (11.11%) Information Security
2 2 (5.556%) OO
2 2 (5.556%) E-Commerce
2 2 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (5.556%) Unit Testing
3 1 (2.778%) Cash Management
3 1 (2.778%) Release Management
3 1 (2.778%) SOA
3 1 (2.778%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.333%) SQL
2 2 (5.556%) Java
2 2 (5.556%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.556%) Groovy
3 1 (2.778%) Perl
3 1 (2.778%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.556%) Degree
2 1 (2.778%) GCIA
2 1 (2.778%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.556%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.778%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 20 (55.56%) Cisco
2 6 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.778%) ArcSight
3 1 (2.778%) HP
3 1 (2.778%) BEA
3 1 (2.778%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.778%) IBM
3 1 (2.778%) JBoss
3 1 (2.778%) Cognos
3 1 (2.778%) Oracle