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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Specialist 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 Technical Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Specialist
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2627
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads12
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.885 %1.163 %
Salaries quoted11
Average minimum salary£25,000£23,000
Average salary£26,500£24,000
% change on same period last year+10.41 %
Average maximum salary£28,000£25,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,698£36,704
% change on same period last year+2.70 %
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 %
Technical Specialist Northern IrelandTechnical Specialist
Northern Ireland

Technical Specialist
Demand Trend

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

County Antrim Technical Specialist Demand Trend

Technical Specialist
Salary Trend

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

County Antrim Technical Specialist Salary Trend

Technical Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Specialist 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
BelfastUp+11£26,500+10.41 %
Technical Specialist Northern IrelandTechnical Specialist
Northern Ireland

Technical Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

113 (100.00 %)Windows
29 (69.23 %)UNIX
29 (69.23 %)VPN
29 (69.23 %)Cisco
29 (69.23 %)Firewall
29 (69.23 %)Cisco PIX
37 (53.85 %)TCP/IP
37 (53.85 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (53.85 %)MS Excel
37 (53.85 %)Windows 2000 Server
46 (46.15 %)CheckPoint
46 (46.15 %)Network Security
46 (46.15 %)Intrusion Detection
46 (46.15 %)SurfControl
46 (46.15 %)VMware
46 (46.15 %)Websense
46 (46.15 %)Blue Coat
54 (30.77 %)Active Directory
54 (30.77 %)SAN
63 (23.08 %)SQL
63 (23.08 %)Linux
63 (23.08 %)Service Delivery
63 (23.08 %)SecurID
63 (23.08 %)Problem Management
63 (23.08 %)Project Management
71 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 2000
71 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 2003
71 (7.692 %)Change Management
71 (7.692 %)Clustering
71 (7.692 %)MS Exchange

Technical Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

County Antrim IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (7.692 %)MS Exchange
11 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 2000
11 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 2003
County Antrim IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (53.85 %)MS Excel
County Antrim IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (69.23 %)VPN
19 (69.23 %)Firewall
19 (69.23 %)Cisco PIX
27 (53.85 %)TCP/IP
36 (46.15 %)Network Security
36 (46.15 %)Intrusion Detection
44 (30.77 %)SAN
51 (7.692 %)DHCP
51 (7.692 %)DNS
County Antrim IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (23.08 %)SecurID
21 (7.692 %)Clustering
County Antrim IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (100.00 %)Windows
29 (69.23 %)UNIX
37 (53.85 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (53.85 %)Windows 2000 Server
43 (23.08 %)Linux
County Antrim IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (23.08 %)Project Management
13 (23.08 %)Service Delivery
13 (23.08 %)Problem Management
21 (7.692 %)Change Management
County Antrim IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (23.08 %)SQL
County Antrim IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (30.77 %)Active Directory
21 (7.692 %)Terminal Services
County Antrim IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (7.692 %)MOM
11 (7.692 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
County Antrim IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (69.23 %)Cisco
26 (46.15 %)CheckPoint
26 (46.15 %)Websense
26 (46.15 %)SurfControl
26 (46.15 %)VMware
26 (46.15 %)Blue Coat
31 (7.692 %)Citrix
31 (7.692 %)CA