The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Support role in IT jobs advertised for the County Antrim region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Support in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the County Antrim region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Support
Rank 33 26 -
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support 6 11 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 2.857% 6.433% -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.488% 7.586% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 8 0
Average salary £15,000 £15,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.22% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £30,000 £28,500
% change year-on-year
+1.66% +5.26%
All Job Titles
County Antrim
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
172 145 204
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 81.90% 84.80% 96.68%
Number of salaries quoted 116 79 89
Average salary £40,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.00% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £20,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Technical Support
Northern Ireland

Technical Support
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Technical Support across the County Antrim region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

County Antrim Technical Support Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Support
Salary Trend

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

County Antrim Technical Support Salary Trend

Technical Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Belfast -7 6 £15,000 -3.22%
Technical Support
Northern Ireland

Technical Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title.

1 33 (73.33%) Windows
2 32 (71.11%) Windows Vista
3 23 (51.11%) PKI
3 23 (51.11%) Internet
3 23 (51.11%) ADSL
3 23 (51.11%) TCP/IP
3 23 (51.11%) VPN
4 17 (37.78%) Cisco
4 17 (37.78%) Norwegian Language
5 12 (26.67%) Danish Language
5 12 (26.67%) Dutch Language
6 10 (22.22%) Russian Language
6 10 (22.22%) Turkish Language
7 9 (20.00%) Windows XP
7 9 (20.00%) Android
7 9 (20.00%) iPhone
7 9 (20.00%) Mac OS
7 9 (20.00%) Windows 7
7 9 (20.00%) Apple iOS
7 9 (20.00%) Blackberry
8 6 (13.33%) Electronics
8 6 (13.33%) Games
8 6 (13.33%) Swedish Language
8 6 (13.33%) Polish Language
8 6 (13.33%) French Language
8 6 (13.33%) Hungarian Language
8 6 (13.33%) QA
9 1 (2.222%) Derivative
9 1 (2.222%) Degree
9 1 (2.222%) Czech Language

Technical Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 23 (51.11%) Internet
1 23 (51.11%) ADSL
1 23 (51.11%) TCP/IP
1 23 (51.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.222%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (37.78%) Norwegian Language
2 12 (26.67%) Danish Language
2 12 (26.67%) Dutch Language
3 10 (22.22%) Russian Language
3 10 (22.22%) Turkish Language
4 6 (13.33%) Electronics
4 6 (13.33%) Games
4 6 (13.33%) Swedish Language
4 6 (13.33%) Polish Language
4 6 (13.33%) French Language
4 6 (13.33%) Hungarian Language
5 1 (2.222%) Czech Language
5 1 (2.222%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 23 (51.11%) PKI
2 9 (20.00%) iPhone
2 9 (20.00%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.222%) Derivative
3 1 (2.222%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 33 (73.33%) Windows
2 32 (71.11%) Windows Vista
3 9 (20.00%) Windows XP
3 9 (20.00%) Android
3 9 (20.00%) Mac OS
3 9 (20.00%) Windows 7
3 9 (20.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.222%) Solaris
4 1 (2.222%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (2.222%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.222%) Perl
1 1 (2.222%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.222%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.33%) QA
Vendors
1 17 (37.78%) Cisco
2 1 (2.222%) Oracle
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