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The table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills within the Belfast region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-23
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads06
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.000 %13.04 %
Salaries quoted05
Average minimum salary-£25,000
Average salary-£27,000
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£29,000
UK excluding London average salary£39,533£38,424
% change on same period last year+2.88 %
Belfast IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Belfast
Matching permanent IT job ads3346
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.021 %
Salaries quoted941
Average minimum salary£25,909£39,991
Average salary£29,273£41,542
% change on same period last year-29.53 %
Average maximum salary£32,636£43,093
UK excluding London average salary£37,747£38,108
% change on same period last year-0.94 %
Wireless County AntrimWireless
County Antrim

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Demand Trend

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

Belfast Wireless Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

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

Belfast Wireless Salary Trend

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Top 28 Related IT Skills

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

18 (88.89 %)Java
25 (55.56 %)QA
34 (44.44 %)WiMAX
34 (44.44 %)Windows Mobile
34 (44.44 %)Windows
34 (44.44 %)J2ME
34 (44.44 %)C++
34 (44.44 %)GPRS
34 (44.44 %)GSM
34 (44.44 %)Symbian
34 (44.44 %)WCDMA
43 (33.33 %)C
43 (33.33 %)J2EE
43 (33.33 %)Symbian OS
43 (33.33 %)UIQ
43 (33.33 %)Series 60
43 (33.33 %)CDMA
52 (22.22 %)Software Engineering
52 (22.22 %)Software Testing
52 (22.22 %)Wiki
52 (22.22 %)Blog
52 (22.22 %)Degree
61 (11.11 %)Pocket PC
61 (11.11 %)PDA
61 (11.11 %)Windows CE
61 (11.11 %)Palm OS
61 (11.11 %)Smartcard
61 (11.11 %)Blackberry

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Belfast IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (44.44 %)J2ME
23 (33.33 %)UIQ
23 (33.33 %)Series 60
23 (33.33 %)J2EE
Belfast IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (44.44 %)GPRS
14 (44.44 %)GSM
14 (44.44 %)WCDMA
14 (44.44 %)WiMAX
23 (33.33 %)CDMA
Belfast IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (55.56 %)Developer
15 (55.56 %)Senior Developer
15 (55.56 %)Java Developer
15 (55.56 %)Senior Java Developer
24 (44.44 %)Software Engineer
33 (33.33 %)Symbian Software Engineer
42 (22.22 %)J2EE Software Engineer
42 (22.22 %)C++ Software Engineer
42 (22.22 %)Java Software Engineer
Belfast IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (22.22 %)Wiki
12 (22.22 %)Blog
21 (11.11 %)Smartcard
21 (11.11 %)Blackberry
21 (11.11 %)Pocket PC
21 (11.11 %)PDA
Belfast IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (44.44 %)Windows
14 (44.44 %)Windows Mobile
23 (33.33 %)Symbian OS
31 (11.11 %)Windows CE
31 (11.11 %)Palm OS
Belfast IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)Software Engineering
12 (22.22 %)Software Testing
Belfast IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (88.89 %)Java
24 (44.44 %)C++
33 (33.33 %)C
Belfast IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (22.22 %)Degree
Belfast IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (55.56 %)QA
Belfast IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (44.44 %)Symbian