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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Belfast region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank313
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching permanent IT job ads2623
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.010 %
As % of the category below57.78 %41.82 %
Salaries quoted1111
Average minimum salary£28,636£24,182
Average salary£32,045£25,773
% change on same period last year+24.33 %
Average maximum salary£35,455£27,364
UK excluding London average salary£32,660£33,203
% change on same period last year-1.63 %
Belfast IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Belfast
Matching permanent IT job ads4555
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.023 %
Salaries quoted1925
Average minimum salary£28,492£30,239
Average salary£30,833£32,978
% change on same period last year-6.50 %
Average maximum salary£33,175£35,717
UK excluding London average salary£34,018£34,611
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
Windows County AntrimWindows
County Antrim

Windows
Demand Trend

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

Belfast Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

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

Belfast Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Belfast Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing Windows 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 Windows.

154 (58.06 %)Windows Server 2003
252 (55.91 %)MS Excel
342 (45.16 %)TCP/IP
437 (39.78 %)Windows 2000 Server
534 (36.56 %)Microsoft
625 (26.88 %)Windows 2000
724 (25.81 %)SQL Server
823 (24.73 %)Active Directory
919 (20.43 %)Microsoft Certification
1018 (19.35 %)DNS
1018 (19.35 %)DHCP
1117 (18.28 %)UNIX
1216 (17.20 %)SAN
1314 (15.05 %)MS Exchange
1314 (15.05 %)MCP
1314 (15.05 %)MS Office
1314 (15.05 %)MOM
1413 (13.98 %)Security Cleared
1413 (13.98 %)Windows XP
1512 (12.90 %)Cisco
1512 (12.90 %)Citrix
1512 (12.90 %)Change Management
1512 (12.90 %)Firewall
1512 (12.90 %)Cisco PIX
1512 (12.90 %)Network Security
1611 (11.83 %)VPN
1710 (10.75 %)SQL
1710 (10.75 %)Finance
1710 (10.75 %)CA
1710 (10.75 %)Banking

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing Windows 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 Windows. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Belfast IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (6.452 %)J2ME
24 (4.301 %).NET
33 (3.226 %)J2EE
33 (3.226 %)UIQ
33 (3.226 %)Series 60
42 (2.151 %)ASP.NET
51 (1.075 %)CSS
51 (1.075 %)WinForms
51 (1.075 %)Windows SharePoint Services
51 (1.075 %)ASP.NET 2.0
51 (1.075 %)Middleware
51 (1.075 %)HTML
Belfast IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (15.05 %)MS Exchange
24 (4.301 %)Exchange Server 2000
24 (4.301 %)Exchange Server 2003
24 (4.301 %)IIS
32 (2.151 %)SharePoint Server 2007
32 (2.151 %)SharePoint
41 (1.075 %)Exchange Server 2007
41 (1.075 %)Apache
41 (1.075 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Belfast IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
152 (55.91 %)MS Excel
214 (15.05 %)MS Office
35 (5.376 %)MS PowerPoint
Belfast IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
142 (45.16 %)TCP/IP
218 (19.35 %)DNS
218 (19.35 %)DHCP
316 (17.20 %)SAN
412 (12.90 %)Firewall
412 (12.90 %)Cisco PIX
412 (12.90 %)Network Security
511 (11.83 %)VPN
68 (8.602 %)Intrusion Detection
74 (4.301 %)Wireless
74 (4.301 %)WiMAX
74 (4.301 %)WCDMA
74 (4.301 %)GPRS
74 (4.301 %)GSM
83 (3.226 %)CDMA
83 (3.226 %)CTI
91 (1.075 %)802.11
91 (1.075 %)OSPF
91 (1.075 %)BGP
91 (1.075 %)RTP
Belfast IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
124 (25.81 %)SQL Server
23 (3.226 %)DTS
23 (3.226 %)SQL Server Integration Services
32 (2.151 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (2.151 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (1.075 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (1.075 %)DB2
Belfast IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (1.075 %)Visual Studio
Belfast IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (10.75 %)Finance
110 (10.75 %)Banking
27 (7.527 %)Investment Banking
32 (2.151 %)Insurance
32 (2.151 %)Pensions
32 (2.151 %)Health
32 (2.151 %)Telecoms
41 (1.075 %)Games
41 (1.075 %)Construction
41 (1.075 %)Government
Belfast IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (15.05 %)Technical Specialist
210 (10.75 %)Analyst
39 (9.677 %)Desktop Support
39 (9.677 %)Administrator
48 (8.602 %)Security Specialist
57 (7.527 %)Server Administrator
57 (7.527 %)IT Security Specialist
66 (6.452 %)Senior Consultant
66 (6.452 %)Consultant
75 (5.376 %)Server Support
75 (5.376 %)Support Analyst
75 (5.376 %)Support Engineer
75 (5.376 %)Senior Support Analyst
75 (5.376 %)Senior Analyst
75 (5.376 %)Technical Analyst
84 (4.301 %)Technical Consultant
84 (4.301 %)Server Engineer
84 (4.301 %)Senior Technical Consultant
84 (4.301 %)Desktop Engineer
84 (4.301 %)Systems Support
Belfast IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (8.602 %)Clustering
24 (4.301 %)Mainframe
33 (3.226 %)SecurID
33 (3.226 %)Replication
42 (2.151 %)Wiki
42 (2.151 %)Blog
42 (2.151 %)IBM Mainframe
51 (1.075 %)Equities
51 (1.075 %)Pocket PC
51 (1.075 %)PDA
51 (1.075 %)Spread Betting
51 (1.075 %)Handset
51 (1.075 %)Client/Server
51 (1.075 %)Smartcard
51 (1.075 %)Blackberry
Belfast IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
154 (58.06 %)Windows Server 2003
237 (39.78 %)Windows 2000 Server
325 (26.88 %)Windows 2000
417 (18.28 %)UNIX
513 (13.98 %)Windows XP
69 (9.677 %)Windows Vista
76 (6.452 %)Windows Mobile
76 (6.452 %)Linux
85 (5.376 %)Symbian OS
93 (3.226 %)Windows NT
101 (1.075 %)Windows CE
101 (1.075 %)Palm OS
101 (1.075 %)CentOS
101 (1.075 %)Red Hat Linux
Belfast IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (13.98 %)Security Cleared
212 (12.90 %)Change Management
39 (9.677 %)Project Management
48 (8.602 %)Service Delivery
57 (7.527 %)ITIL
65 (5.376 %)Disaster Recovery
73 (3.226 %)ITSM
73 (3.226 %)Workflow
73 (3.226 %)Migration
73 (3.226 %)Information Security
73 (3.226 %)Service Management
73 (3.226 %)Network Load Balancing
73 (3.226 %)Problem Management
73 (3.226 %)Time Management
73 (3.226 %)Data Migration
82 (2.151 %)OO
82 (2.151 %)Software Engineering
82 (2.151 %)Software Testing
91 (1.075 %)Configuration Management
91 (1.075 %)UML
Belfast IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (10.75 %)SQL
28 (8.602 %)VBScript
36 (6.452 %)C++
43 (3.226 %)Java
43 (3.226 %)C
52 (2.151 %)C#
61 (1.075 %)VB
61 (1.075 %)JavaScript
61 (1.075 %)Perl
Belfast IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
119 (20.43 %)Microsoft Certification
214 (15.05 %)MCP
37 (7.527 %)MCSE
45 (5.376 %)A+ Certification
54 (4.301 %)Degree
61 (1.075 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
61 (1.075 %)MCDBA
61 (1.075 %)CCA
61 (1.075 %)Citrix Certification
61 (1.075 %)CCEA
Belfast IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
123 (24.73 %)Active Directory
26 (6.452 %)NetBackup
34 (4.301 %)MetaFrame
43 (3.226 %)Terminal Services
52 (2.151 %)Terminal Server
52 (2.151 %)Backup Exec
52 (2.151 %)Citrix Presentation Server
61 (1.075 %)VMware Infrastructure
61 (1.075 %)VMware ESX
Belfast IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
114 (15.05 %)MOM
28 (8.602 %)Unicenter
28 (8.602 %)BMC PATROL
36 (6.452 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
44 (4.301 %)Tivoli
44 (4.301 %)SCOM
52 (2.151 %)ARCserve
Belfast IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
134 (36.56 %)Microsoft
212 (12.90 %)Citrix
212 (12.90 %)Cisco
310 (10.75 %)CA
49 (9.677 %)VMware
58 (8.602 %)Blue Coat
58 (8.602 %)BMC
58 (8.602 %)VERITAS
58 (8.602 %)CheckPoint
58 (8.602 %)Websense
58 (8.602 %)SurfControl
67 (7.527 %)Peregrine
76 (6.452 %)Symbian
85 (5.376 %)HP
94 (4.301 %)Oracle
102 (2.151 %)IBM
102 (2.151 %)Actuate
111 (1.075 %)Compaq
111 (1.075 %)Red Hat
111 (1.075 %)Symantec