Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Spring Framework skills within the Belfast region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Spring over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSpring Framework
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1115
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads1415
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.007 %
As % of the category below30.43 %42.86 %
Salaries quoted415
Average minimum salary£32,500£35,000
Average salary£35,000£40,000
% change on same period last year-12.50 %
Average maximum salary£37,500£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£39,982£40,954
% change on same period last year-2.37 %
Belfast IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Belfast
Matching permanent IT job ads4635
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.031 %0.016 %
Salaries quoted2831
Average minimum salary£30,260£31,421
Average salary£33,349£35,976
% change on same period last year-7.30 %
Average maximum salary£36,438£40,532
UK excluding London average salary£36,052£36,567
% change on same period last year-1.40 %
Spring County AntrimSpring
County Antrim

Spring
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Spring across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Belfast Spring Demand Trend

Spring
Salary Trend

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

Belfast Spring Salary Trend

Spring
Salary Histogram

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

Belfast Spring Salary Histogram

Spring
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

120 (100.00 %)Java
218 (90.00 %)Sybase
218 (90.00 %)UNIX
314 (70.00 %)Finance
413 (65.00 %)Perl
512 (60.00 %)SQL Server
611 (55.00 %)Struts
611 (55.00 %)Python
611 (55.00 %)RDBMS
76 (30.00 %)SOA
76 (30.00 %)J2EE
76 (30.00 %)JUnit
85 (25.00 %)Swing
85 (25.00 %)jMock
93 (15.00 %)Agile Software Development
102 (10.00 %)Configuration Management
102 (10.00 %)Solaris
102 (10.00 %)Linux
111 (5.000 %)UML
111 (5.000 %)ASP.NET
111 (5.000 %)EJB
111 (5.000 %)CSS
111 (5.000 %)JSP
111 (5.000 %)Oracle
111 (5.000 %).NET
111 (5.000 %)JavaScript
111 (5.000 %)C#
111 (5.000 %)HTML
111 (5.000 %)Telecoms
111 (5.000 %)Government

Spring
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Belfast IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (55.00 %)Struts
26 (30.00 %)J2EE
35 (25.00 %)Swing
41 (5.000 %).NET Framework
41 (5.000 %)ASP.NET
41 (5.000 %)EJB
41 (5.000 %)CSS
41 (5.000 %)JSP
41 (5.000 %)WebServices
41 (5.000 %)XML
41 (5.000 %)HTML
41 (5.000 %).NET
Belfast IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.000 %)SharePoint
Belfast IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (60.00 %)SQL Server
211 (55.00 %)RDBMS
Belfast IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (30.00 %)JUnit
25 (25.00 %)jMock
31 (5.000 %)NUnit
Belfast IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (70.00 %)Finance
21 (5.000 %)Government
21 (5.000 %)Telecoms
Belfast IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (90.00 %)Developer
118 (90.00 %)Java Developer
211 (55.00 %)Senior Java Developer
211 (55.00 %)Senior Developer
35 (25.00 %)J2EE Developer
35 (25.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
41 (5.000 %)Java Technical Architect
41 (5.000 %)Java Architect
41 (5.000 %)Architect
41 (5.000 %)Technical Architect
Belfast IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (90.00 %)UNIX
22 (10.00 %)Solaris
22 (10.00 %)Linux
Belfast IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (30.00 %)SOA
23 (15.00 %)Agile Software Development
32 (10.00 %)Configuration Management
41 (5.000 %)UML
Belfast IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (100.00 %)Java
213 (65.00 %)Perl
311 (55.00 %)Python
41 (5.000 %)JavaScript
41 (5.000 %)C#
Belfast IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.000 %)Degree
Belfast IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (90.00 %)Sybase
21 (5.000 %)Microsoft
21 (5.000 %)Oracle