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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Specialist
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-28
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads01
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.775 %
Salaries quoted01
Average minimum salary-£45,000
Average salary-£45,000
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,948£36,570
% change on same period last year+3.76 %
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 %
Technical Specialist County AntrimTechnical Specialist
County Antrim

Technical Specialist
Demand Trend

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

Belfast Technical Specialist Demand Trend

Technical Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Belfast Technical Specialist Salary Trend

Technical Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

12 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
12 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)MS Excel
12 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (50.00 %)UNIX
21 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
21 (50.00 %)DHCP
21 (50.00 %)VPN
21 (50.00 %)DNS
21 (50.00 %)Cisco
21 (50.00 %)Active Directory
21 (50.00 %)Citrix
21 (50.00 %)SAN
21 (50.00 %)CA
21 (50.00 %)Terminal Services
21 (50.00 %)CheckPoint
21 (50.00 %)MOM
21 (50.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (50.00 %)Websense
21 (50.00 %)Change Management
21 (50.00 %)Firewall
21 (50.00 %)SurfControl
21 (50.00 %)Clustering
21 (50.00 %)Blue Coat
21 (50.00 %)Intrusion Detection
21 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
21 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)Cisco PIX
21 (50.00 %)Network Security

Technical Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Belfast IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
11 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Belfast IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (100.00 %)MS Excel
Belfast IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (50.00 %)VPN
21 (50.00 %)DNS
21 (50.00 %)SAN
21 (50.00 %)Firewall
21 (50.00 %)Intrusion Detection
21 (50.00 %)Cisco PIX
21 (50.00 %)Network Security
21 (50.00 %)DHCP
Belfast IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Clustering
Belfast IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
12 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (50.00 %)UNIX
Belfast IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Change Management
Belfast IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (50.00 %)Active Directory
11 (50.00 %)Terminal Services
Belfast IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (50.00 %)MOM
11 (50.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Belfast IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Cisco
11 (50.00 %)Citrix
11 (50.00 %)CA
11 (50.00 %)CheckPoint
11 (50.00 %)Websense
11 (50.00 %)SurfControl
11 (50.00 %)Blue Coat