The first table below looks at the demand for the Junior role in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Junior in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Junior
Rank 33 35 36
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 10 3 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 4.115% 1.538% 0.529%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.854% 1.829% 0.549%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 1
Average salary £27,500 £20,000 £24,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.50% -18.36%
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
206 164 182
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 84.77% 84.10% 96.30%
Number of salaries quoted 133 85 86
Average salary £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.34% -9.37%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £20,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Junior
County Antrim

Junior
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast Junior Jobs Demand Trend

Junior
Salary Trend

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

Belfast Junior Salary Trend

Junior
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region that cited Junior in their job title 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 with Junior in their job title.

1 11 (68.75%) Degree
2 9 (56.25%) Finance
3 8 (50.00%) Linux
4 7 (43.75%) C++
5 6 (37.50%) C
5 6 (37.50%) Telecoms
6 5 (31.25%) OO
6 5 (31.25%) Embedded C
6 5 (31.25%) New Media
7 4 (25.00%) Java
8 3 (18.75%) UNIX
8 3 (18.75%) QA
8 3 (18.75%) jQuery
8 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
8 3 (18.75%) XML
8 3 (18.75%) Open Source
9 2 (12.50%) Test Management
9 2 (12.50%) HTML5
9 2 (12.50%) CSS3
9 2 (12.50%) Postgraduate
9 2 (12.50%) Apache
9 2 (12.50%) Tomcat
9 2 (12.50%) Python
9 2 (12.50%) CSS
9 2 (12.50%) JSP
9 2 (12.50%) Servlets
9 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
9 2 (12.50%) Ruby
9 2 (12.50%) Ajax
9 2 (12.50%) Software Testing

Junior
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region that cited Junior in their job title 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 with Junior in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (18.75%) jQuery
1 3 (18.75%) XML
2 2 (12.50%) HTML5
2 2 (12.50%) CSS3
2 2 (12.50%) CSS
2 2 (12.50%) JSP
2 2 (12.50%) Servlets
2 2 (12.50%) Ajax
3 1 (6.250%) Spring
3 1 (6.250%) XMPP
3 1 (6.250%) JSON
3 1 (6.250%) Web Services
3 1 (6.250%) J2EE
3 1 (6.250%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Apache
1 2 (12.50%) Tomcat
2 1 (6.250%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) Broadband
1 1 (6.250%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) PostgreSQL
General
1 9 (56.25%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.250%) Banking
3 1 (6.250%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.250%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) New Media
2 3 (18.75%) Open Source
3 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (6.250%) STB
4 1 (6.250%) Life Science
4 1 (6.250%) IPTV
4 1 (6.250%) Social Media
4 1 (6.250%) Video on Demand
4 1 (6.250%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Linux
2 3 (18.75%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) OO
2 2 (12.50%) Test Management
2 2 (12.50%) Software Testing
2 2 (12.50%) Software Engineering
2 2 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (6.250%) ITIL
3 1 (6.250%) ERP
3 1 (6.250%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (6.250%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) C++
2 6 (37.50%) C
3 5 (31.25%) Embedded C
4 4 (25.00%) Java
5 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
6 2 (12.50%) Python
6 2 (12.50%) Ruby
7 1 (6.250%) Perl
7 1 (6.250%) PHP
7 1 (6.250%) SQL
7 1 (6.250%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 11 (68.75%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) Postgraduate
3 1 (6.250%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The work will be highly technical and challenging and therefore experience with some of the following key skills are required: - Java, - C++ - C# - SQL - J2EE - Matlab - HTMLThe ideal...
Real Time Recruitment
Salary: £25,000 - £35,000 per year
Posted: 7 May 2013