Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Telecoms' in IT jobs within the Belfast region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTelecommunications (Telecomms)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2124
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads45
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below5.634 %8.621 %
Salaries quoted12
Average minimum salary£20,000£16,750
Average salary£25,000£18,000
% change on same period last year+38.88 %
Average maximum salary£30,000£19,250
UK excluding London average salary£43,106£42,716
% change on same period last year+0.91 %
Belfast IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Belfast
Matching permanent IT job ads7158
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.048 %0.026 %
Salaries quoted3240
Average minimum salary£26,763£36,492
Average salary£30,501£39,856
% change on same period last year-23.47 %
Average maximum salary£34,239£43,220
UK excluding London average salary£41,420£41,997
% change on same period last year-1.37 %
Telecoms County AntrimTelecoms
County Antrim

Telecoms
Demand Trend

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

Belfast Telecoms Demand Trend

Telecoms
Salary Trend

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

Belfast Telecoms Salary Trend

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

113 (54.17 %)VoIP
211 (45.83 %)Cisco
211 (45.83 %)CCIE
211 (45.83 %)Cisco Certification
38 (33.33 %)Internet
45 (20.83 %)IP Telephony
45 (20.83 %)Network Design
45 (20.83 %)Lucent
45 (20.83 %)Alcatel
45 (20.83 %)Ericsson
45 (20.83 %)Siemens
54 (16.67 %)Degree
63 (12.50 %)Computer Science
63 (12.50 %)TCP/IP
72 (8.333 %)J2ME
72 (8.333 %)Symbian
72 (8.333 %)J2EE
72 (8.333 %)Oracle
72 (8.333 %)Java
72 (8.333 %)C++
72 (8.333 %)Windows
72 (8.333 %)Symbian OS
72 (8.333 %)Finance
72 (8.333 %)Windows Mobile
81 (4.167 %).NET Framework
81 (4.167 %)Spring
81 (4.167 %)Government
81 (4.167 %)NUnit
81 (4.167 %)UML
81 (4.167 %)JBoss

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Belfast IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (8.333 %)J2EE
12 (8.333 %)J2ME
21 (4.167 %)Spring
21 (4.167 %).NET Framework
21 (4.167 %)HTML
21 (4.167 %).NET
21 (4.167 %)ASP.NET
21 (4.167 %)CSS
21 (4.167 %)JSP
21 (4.167 %)WebServices
21 (4.167 %)XML
Belfast IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (4.167 %)WebLogic
11 (4.167 %)JBoss
11 (4.167 %)SharePoint
Belfast IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (54.17 %)VoIP
28 (33.33 %)Internet
35 (20.83 %)IP Telephony
43 (12.50 %)TCP/IP
Belfast IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (4.167 %)SQL Server
Belfast IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (4.167 %)JUnit
11 (4.167 %)NUnit
Belfast IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (8.333 %)Finance
21 (4.167 %)Government
Belfast IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (33.33 %)Telephony Engineer
25 (20.83 %)Network Consultant
25 (20.83 %)Consultant
33 (12.50 %)Network Engineer
33 (12.50 %)Coordinator
41 (4.167 %)Project Manager
41 (4.167 %)Software Engineer
41 (4.167 %)Senior Software Engineer
41 (4.167 %)Java Software Engineer
41 (4.167 %)J2EE Software Engineer
41 (4.167 %)Senior J2EE Software Engineer
41 (4.167 %)Senior Java Software Engineer
Belfast IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (12.50 %)Computer Science
Belfast IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (8.333 %)Windows
12 (8.333 %)Symbian OS
12 (8.333 %)Windows Mobile
Belfast IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (20.83 %)Network Design
21 (4.167 %)PRINCE2
21 (4.167 %)UML
Belfast IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (8.333 %)C++
12 (8.333 %)Java
21 (4.167 %)JavaScript
21 (4.167 %)PL/SQL
21 (4.167 %)SQL
21 (4.167 %)C#
Belfast IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (45.83 %)CCIE
111 (45.83 %)Cisco Certification
24 (16.67 %)Degree
Belfast IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (45.83 %)Cisco
25 (20.83 %)Lucent
25 (20.83 %)Alcatel
25 (20.83 %)Ericsson
25 (20.83 %)Siemens
32 (8.333 %)Oracle
32 (8.333 %)Symbian
41 (4.167 %)Microsoft