The first table below looks at the demand for XMPP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XMPP over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) (Jabber)
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing XMPP 11 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 4.472% - -
As % of the Application Development category 10.38% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £40,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £56,750 £43,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+31.97% -14.00%
All Application Development
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
106 91 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 43.09% 43.96% 31.84%
Number of salaries quoted 76 41 41
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £25,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
XMPP
County Antrim

XMPP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing XMPP across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Belfast XMPP Jobs Demand Trend

XMPP
Salary Trend

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

Belfast XMPP Salary Trend

XMPP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XMPP across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Belfast XMPP Salary Histogram

XMPP
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing XMPP 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 XMPP.

1 11 (100.00%) Java
1 11 (100.00%) Web Services
1 11 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (90.91%) C++
2 10 (90.91%) Degree
3 9 (81.82%) JSON
3 9 (81.82%) Computer Science
3 9 (81.82%) Software Engineering
3 9 (81.82%) Open Source
3 9 (81.82%) Video on Demand
3 9 (81.82%) Agile Software Development
3 9 (81.82%) C
3 9 (81.82%) Servlets
3 9 (81.82%) Apache
3 9 (81.82%) Tomcat
3 9 (81.82%) Middleware
4 8 (72.73%) Linux
4 8 (72.73%) XML
5 6 (54.55%) UNIX
6 2 (18.18%) Broadband
7 1 (9.091%) DTV
7 1 (9.091%) JavaScript

XMPP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing XMPP 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 XMPP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (100.00%) Web Services
2 9 (81.82%) Middleware
2 9 (81.82%) JSON
2 9 (81.82%) Servlets
3 8 (72.73%) XML
Application Platforms
1 9 (81.82%) Apache
1 9 (81.82%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Software Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Java Software Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Server Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Principal Software Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Senior Java Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Junior Software Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Lead Software Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) C Software Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Senior Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Java Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 9 (81.82%) Computer Science
1 9 (81.82%) Open Source
1 9 (81.82%) Video on Demand
2 1 (9.091%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Linux
2 6 (54.55%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Agile Software Development
1 9 (81.82%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) Java
2 10 (90.91%) C++
3 9 (81.82%) C
4 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) Degree