The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Specialist
Rank 42 - 36
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 1 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 0.412% - 0.529%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.485% - 0.549%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,309 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.20% +0.88%
All Job Titles
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
206 164 182
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 84.77% 84.10% 96.30%
Number of salaries quoted 133 85 86
Average salary £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.34% -9.37%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £20,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Specialist
County Antrim

Support Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Support Specialist
Salary Trend

This 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 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Demand Management

Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Demand Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft