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The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT jobs within the County Antrim 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 Applications Support in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Support
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2423
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads36
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.003 %
As % of the category below2.655 %3.488 %
Salaries quoted05
Average minimum salary-£24,800
Average salary-£27,900
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£31,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,215£31,970
% change on same period last year+3.89 %
County Antrim IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
County Antrim
Matching permanent IT job ads113172
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.065 %0.074 %
Salaries quoted52100
Average minimum salary£28,675£37,244
Average salary£31,060£39,758
% change on same period last year-21.87 %
Average maximum salary£33,446£42,272
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Applications Support Northern IrelandApplications Support
Northern Ireland

Applications Support
Demand Trend

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

County Antrim Applications Support Demand Trend

Applications Support
Salary Trend

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

County Antrim Applications Support Salary Trend

Applications Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BelfastDown-13--
Applications Support Northern IrelandApplications Support
Northern Ireland

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the County Antrim region that cited Applications 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 Applications Support in their job title.

16 (60.00 %)SQL
16 (60.00 %)UNIX
25 (50.00 %)Banking
34 (40.00 %)Risk Management
34 (40.00 %)Reference Data
43 (30.00 %)Back Office
43 (30.00 %)Finance
43 (30.00 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
43 (30.00 %)Java
43 (30.00 %)Oracle
43 (30.00 %)SQL Server
52 (20.00 %)Sybase
52 (20.00 %)Perl
52 (20.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
52 (20.00 %)MQSeries
52 (20.00 %)IBM
52 (20.00 %)DataStage
52 (20.00 %)WebLogic
52 (20.00 %)BEA
52 (20.00 %)Problem Management
61 (10.00 %)Credit Risk
61 (10.00 %)Management Information System
61 (10.00 %)Shell Script
61 (10.00 %)Mainframe
61 (10.00 %)Korn
61 (10.00 %)Microsoft
61 (10.00 %)Windows
61 (10.00 %)AIX
61 (10.00 %)Solaris
61 (10.00 %)J2EE

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the County Antrim region that cited Applications 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 Applications Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

County Antrim IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (10.00 %)J2EE
County Antrim IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)WebLogic
12 (20.00 %)MQSeries
County Antrim IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (40.00 %)Reference Data
23 (30.00 %)SQL Server
32 (20.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
32 (20.00 %)DataStage
41 (10.00 %)DB2
County Antrim IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (50.00 %)Banking
23 (30.00 %)Back Office
23 (30.00 %)Finance
County Antrim IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (30.00 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
21 (10.00 %)Mainframe
21 (10.00 %)Management Information System
21 (10.00 %)Credit Risk
County Antrim IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (60.00 %)UNIX
21 (10.00 %)Windows
21 (10.00 %)AIX
21 (10.00 %)Solaris
County Antrim IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)Risk Management
22 (20.00 %)Problem Management
County Antrim IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (60.00 %)SQL
23 (30.00 %)Java
32 (20.00 %)Perl
41 (10.00 %)Shell Script
41 (10.00 %)Korn
County Antrim IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (30.00 %)Oracle
22 (20.00 %)Sybase
22 (20.00 %)IBM
22 (20.00 %)BEA
31 (10.00 %)Microsoft