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This section looks at the demand for the Technical Support 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 Support in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Support
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-30
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads05
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.000 %2.262 %
Salaries quoted05
Average minimum salary-£16,200
Average salary-£16,200
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£16,200
UK excluding London average salary£29,924£29,184
% change on same period last year+2.53 %
Belfast IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Belfast
Matching permanent IT job ads120221
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.065 %0.092 %
Salaries quoted61126
Average minimum salary£35,129£42,280
Average salary£37,633£46,069
% change on same period last year-18.31 %
Average maximum salary£40,137£49,858
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Technical Support County AntrimTechnical Support
County Antrim

Technical Support
Demand Trend

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

Belfast Technical Support Demand Trend

Technical Support
Salary Trend

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

Belfast Technical Support Salary Trend

Technical Support
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Belfast region that cited Technical Support 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 Support in their job title.

11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
11 (100.00 %)DHCP
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)DNS
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server

Technical Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Belfast IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
Belfast IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)DHCP
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)DNS
Belfast IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
Belfast IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory