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The table below looks at the demand for the Support Specialist role in IT jobs within the Belfast region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Support Specialist
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank24-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads10
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.877 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted10
Average minimum salary£25,000-
Average salary£27,500-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£30,000-
UK excluding London average salary£34,749£31,381
% change on same period last year+10.73 %
Belfast IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Belfast
Matching permanent IT job ads114129
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.077 %0.059 %
Salaries quoted5991
Average minimum salary£28,862£33,614
Average salary£32,005£37,025
% change on same period last year-13.55 %
Average maximum salary£35,149£40,436
UK excluding London average salary£38,498£39,065
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
Support Specialist County AntrimSupport Specialist
County Antrim

Support Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Support Specialist across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Belfast Support Specialist Demand Trend

Support Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Belfast Support Specialist Salary Trend

Support Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Belfast region that cited Support Specialist 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 Support Specialist in their job title.

12 (66.67 %)MS Excel
12 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
12 (66.67 %)Terminal Services
21 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (33.33 %)MOM
21 (33.33 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (33.33 %)MPLS
21 (33.33 %)Configuration Management
21 (33.33 %)Change Management
21 (33.33 %)Clustering
21 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2000
21 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (33.33 %)Technical Architecture
21 (33.33 %)Network Security
21 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (33.33 %)VPN
21 (33.33 %)DNS
21 (33.33 %)SLA
21 (33.33 %)Cisco
21 (33.33 %)Active Directory
21 (33.33 %)OpenView
21 (33.33 %)HP
21 (33.33 %)CiscoWorks
21 (33.33 %)Citrix
21 (33.33 %)SAN
21 (33.33 %)CA
21 (33.33 %)Client/Server
21 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
21 (33.33 %)ISDN
21 (33.33 %)WAN

Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Belfast region that cited Support Specialist 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 Support Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Belfast IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (33.33 %)ODBC
Belfast IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
11 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2000
11 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
Belfast IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (66.67 %)MS Excel
Belfast IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
21 (33.33 %)VPN
21 (33.33 %)DNS
21 (33.33 %)SAN
21 (33.33 %)MPLS
21 (33.33 %)Network Security
21 (33.33 %)ISDN
21 (33.33 %)WAN
21 (33.33 %)DHCP
Belfast IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server
Belfast IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)Client/Server
11 (33.33 %)Clustering
Belfast IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (33.33 %)Windows
11 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
Belfast IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)ITIL
11 (33.33 %)Configuration Management
11 (33.33 %)Change Management
11 (33.33 %)Technical Architecture
Belfast IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (33.33 %)SQL
11 (33.33 %)Transact-SQL
11 (33.33 %)FoxPro (VFP)
Belfast IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (33.33 %)SLA
Belfast IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (66.67 %)Terminal Services
21 (33.33 %)Active Directory
Belfast IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (33.33 %)OpenView
11 (33.33 %)CiscoWorks
11 (33.33 %)MOM
11 (33.33 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Belfast IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Cisco
11 (33.33 %)HP
11 (33.33 %)Citrix
11 (33.33 %)CA