Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Service Level Agreement (SLA) skills within the Belfast region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SLA over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Level Agreement (SLA)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1623
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching permanent IT job ads96
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.003 %
As % of the category below69.23 %85.71 %
Salaries quoted56
Average minimum salary£22,000£25,833
Average salary£24,000£27,917
% change on same period last year-14.02 %
Average maximum salary£26,000£30,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,256£35,212
% change on same period last year+5.80 %
Belfast IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Belfast
Matching permanent IT job ads137
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.003 %
Salaries quoted96
Average minimum salary£22,222£25,833
Average salary£24,111£27,917
% change on same period last year-13.63 %
Average maximum salary£26,000£30,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,184£39,930
% change on same period last year+0.63 %
SLA County AntrimSLA
County Antrim

SLA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SLA across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Belfast SLA Demand Trend

SLA
Salary Trend

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

Belfast SLA Salary Trend

SLA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SLA across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Belfast SLA Salary Histogram

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing SLA 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 SLA.

13 (33.33 %)C#
13 (33.33 %).NET
13 (33.33 %)SQL Server
13 (33.33 %)BizTalk Server
13 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
22 (22.22 %)BCP
22 (22.22 %)Service Delivery
22 (22.22 %)ASP.NET
22 (22.22 %)VPN
31 (11.11 %)DNS
31 (11.11 %)Cisco
31 (11.11 %)Microsoft
31 (11.11 %)CCNP
31 (11.11 %)CCNA
31 (11.11 %)Active Directory
31 (11.11 %)OpenView
31 (11.11 %)HP
31 (11.11 %)CiscoWorks
31 (11.11 %)Citrix
31 (11.11 %)MetaFrame
31 (11.11 %)Cisco Certification
31 (11.11 %)Terminal Services
31 (11.11 %)ODBC
31 (11.11 %)ITIL
31 (11.11 %)HND
31 (11.11 %)Windows
31 (11.11 %)Client/Server
31 (11.11 %)FoxPro (VFP)
31 (11.11 %)SMTP
31 (11.11 %)DHCP

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing SLA 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 SLA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Belfast IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (33.33 %).NET
22 (22.22 %)ASP.NET
31 (11.11 %)ODBC
31 (11.11 %).NET Framework
31 (11.11 %)WCF
Belfast IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (33.33 %)BizTalk Server
Belfast IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (11.11 %)MS Office
Belfast IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (22.22 %)VPN
21 (11.11 %)DNS
21 (11.11 %)VLAN
21 (11.11 %)SMTP
21 (11.11 %)DHCP
21 (11.11 %)TCP/IP
Belfast IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (33.33 %)SQL Server
Belfast IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (11.11 %)Education
11 (11.11 %)Government
11 (11.11 %)Police
11 (11.11 %)Pensions
Belfast IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (44.44 %)Analyst
14 (44.44 %)Support Analyst
23 (33.33 %)Desktop Analyst
23 (33.33 %)Desktop Support Analyst
23 (33.33 %)Desktop Support
32 (22.22 %)Desktop Engineer
32 (22.22 %)Support Engineer
41 (11.11 %)Support Specialist
41 (11.11 %)Applications Support
41 (11.11 %)Senior Analyst
41 (11.11 %)Service Manager
41 (11.11 %)Systems Manager
41 (11.11 %)IT Manager
41 (11.11 %)Consultant
41 (11.11 %)Network Engineer
41 (11.11 %)Senior Support Analyst
41 (11.11 %)Technical Manager
41 (11.11 %)Network Support
41 (11.11 %)Technical Services Manager
41 (11.11 %).NET Consultant
Belfast IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (11.11 %)Client/Server
Belfast IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (11.11 %)Windows
Belfast IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
22 (22.22 %)BCP
22 (22.22 %)Service Delivery
31 (11.11 %)Incident Management
31 (11.11 %)Configuration Management
31 (11.11 %)ITIL
Belfast IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (33.33 %)C#
21 (11.11 %)SQL
21 (11.11 %)Transact-SQL
21 (11.11 %)FoxPro (VFP)
Belfast IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (11.11 %)HND
11 (11.11 %)CCNP
11 (11.11 %)CCNA
11 (11.11 %)Cisco Certification
Belfast IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (11.11 %)Active Directory
11 (11.11 %)MetaFrame
11 (11.11 %)Terminal Services
Belfast IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (11.11 %)OpenView
11 (11.11 %)CiscoWorks
Belfast IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (11.11 %)Cisco
11 (11.11 %)Microsoft
11 (11.11 %)HP
11 (11.11 %)Citrix