The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Reference Data 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Reference Data
Rank 41 37 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Permanent jobs citing Reference Data 2 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 0.823% 0.513% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.326% 1.389% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £82,500 £30,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year
+175.00% -28.57%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
86 72 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 35.39% 36.92% 28.57%
Number of salaries quoted 48 38 33
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 £31,000 £21,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £47,550
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Reference Data
County Antrim

Reference Data
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast Reference Data Jobs Demand Trend

Reference Data
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing Reference Data 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 Reference Data.

1 2 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Finance

Reference Data
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing Reference Data 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 Reference Data. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Business Analyst
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL