The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Open Source in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Open Source over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Source
Rank 26 36 32
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -4
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 12 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 5.607% 0.568% 1.571%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 16.90% 1.250% 6.000%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 1
Average salary £45,000 £38,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.88% -3.75%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
71 80 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 33.18% 45.45% 26.18%
Number of salaries quoted 42 40 32
Average salary £45,000 £37,500 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% +27.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £21,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Open Source
County Antrim

Open Source
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast Open Source Jobs Demand Trend

Open Source
Salary Trend

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

Belfast Open Source Salary Trend

Open Source
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Open Source across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Belfast Open Source Salary Histogram

Open Source
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing Open Source 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 Open Source.

1 19 (67.86%) Linux
2 18 (64.29%) Degree
2 18 (64.29%) Computer Science
3 17 (60.71%) Web Services
4 16 (57.14%) C++
5 14 (50.00%) C
5 14 (50.00%) Java
5 14 (50.00%) XML
5 14 (50.00%) UNIX
5 14 (50.00%) Middleware
5 14 (50.00%) Servlets
5 14 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
5 14 (50.00%) Video on Demand
6 13 (46.43%) Software Engineering
7 12 (42.86%) JSON
8 10 (35.71%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (32.14%) XMPP
10 7 (25.00%) Apache
10 7 (25.00%) Tomcat
11 6 (21.43%) OO
12 5 (17.86%) GIS
12 5 (17.86%) ESRI
12 5 (17.86%) Finance
12 5 (17.86%) Marketing
13 4 (14.29%) Oracle
14 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
14 3 (10.71%) Visual Studio
14 3 (10.71%) ASP.NET
14 3 (10.71%) CSS
14 3 (10.71%) .NET

Open Source
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing Open Source 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 Open Source. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (60.71%) Web Services
2 14 (50.00%) XML
2 14 (50.00%) Middleware
2 14 (50.00%) Servlets
3 12 (42.86%) JSON
4 9 (32.14%) XMPP
5 3 (10.71%) .NET
5 3 (10.71%) ASP.NET
5 3 (10.71%) CSS
6 2 (7.143%) HTML
6 2 (7.143%) Silverlight
6 2 (7.143%) jQuery
7 1 (3.571%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (3.571%) WCF
7 1 (3.571%) WPF
7 1 (3.571%) WinForms
7 1 (3.571%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 7 (25.00%) Apache
1 7 (25.00%) Tomcat
2 2 (7.143%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.143%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (35.71%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (17.86%) GIS
3 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
4 2 (7.143%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.571%) WATIR
2 1 (3.571%) Selenium
General
1 5 (17.86%) Finance
1 5 (17.86%) Marketing
2 1 (3.571%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.571%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (32.14%) Software Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) Software Architect
2 5 (17.86%) Architect
2 5 (17.86%) Server Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) Developer
3 4 (14.29%) Principal Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) GIS Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Software Tester
4 3 (10.71%) Tester
4 3 (10.71%) Junior
4 3 (10.71%) Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Java Software Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Junior Tester
5 2 (7.143%) Principal Software Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Senior Microsoft Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Microsoft Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Junior Software Tester
6 1 (3.571%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Platform Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (64.29%) Computer Science
2 14 (50.00%) Video on Demand
3 1 (3.571%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.571%) DTV
3 1 (3.571%) STB
Operating Systems
1 19 (67.86%) Linux
2 14 (50.00%) UNIX
3 2 (7.143%) Windows
4 1 (3.571%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 13 (46.43%) Software Engineering
3 6 (21.43%) OO
4 3 (10.71%) Software Testing
4 3 (10.71%) Project Planning
4 3 (10.71%) Web Development
4 3 (10.71%) Change Management
4 3 (10.71%) MVC
4 3 (10.71%) Test Management
5 2 (7.143%) Unit Testing
5 2 (7.143%) Web Testing
5 2 (7.143%) SOA
5 2 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (3.571%) Data Modelling
6 1 (3.571%) Performance Testing
6 1 (3.571%) Stress Testing
6 1 (3.571%) Test Automation
6 1 (3.571%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (3.571%) MVVM
6 1 (3.571%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 16 (57.14%) C++
2 14 (50.00%) Java
2 14 (50.00%) C
3 3 (10.71%) C#
3 3 (10.71%) Python
3 3 (10.71%) Ruby
4 2 (7.143%) SQL
5 1 (3.571%) Bash shell
5 1 (3.571%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.571%) Perl
Qualifications
1 18 (64.29%) Degree
2 2 (7.143%) BC Cleared
2 2 (7.143%) CTC Cleared
2 2 (7.143%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.571%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) ESRI
2 4 (14.29%) Oracle
3 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.571%) Apple
4 1 (3.571%) Sybase
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