Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of OPNET products and/or services in IT jobs within the Northern Ireland region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OPNET over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOPNET
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank25-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads10
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.351 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted00
Average minimum salary--
Average salary--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary--
UK excluding London average salary£43,125£45,077
% change on same period last year-4.33 %
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Northern Ireland
Matching permanent IT job ads74116
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.064 %0.059 %
Salaries quoted2876
Average minimum salary£35,581£31,718
Average salary£37,371£34,887
% change on same period last year+7.12 %
Average maximum salary£39,161£38,055
UK excluding London average salary£40,904£41,890
% change on same period last year-2.35 %
OPNET UKOPNET
UK

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within OPNET Technologies, Inc.

OPNET
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing OPNET across the Northern Ireland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Northern Ireland OPNET Demand Trend

OPNET
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OPNET within the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
County AntrimNew entry-1--
OPNET UKOPNET
UK

OPNET
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland region citing OPNET 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 OPNET.

13 (100.00 %)CCNA
13 (100.00 %)OpenView
13 (100.00 %)HP
13 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
13 (100.00 %)Health
13 (100.00 %)LAN
13 (100.00 %)WAN
13 (100.00 %)Concord
13 (100.00 %)Fault Management
22 (66.67 %)Cisco
22 (66.67 %)3Com

OPNET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland region citing OPNET 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 OPNET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (100.00 %)LAN
13 (100.00 %)WAN
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (100.00 %)Health
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Network Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Network Support
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (100.00 %)Fault Management
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (100.00 %)CCNA
13 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (100.00 %)OpenView
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)HP
13 (100.00 %)Concord
22 (66.67 %)Cisco
22 (66.67 %)3Com