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The table below looks at the demand for Security Clearance skills within the Northern Ireland region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Cleared over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecurity Clearance
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2626
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads126
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.003 %
As % of the category below9.160 %5.825 %
Salaries quoted16
Average minimum salary£20,000£18,000
Average salary£22,000£18,750
% change on same period last year+17.33 %
Average maximum salary£24,000£19,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,753£41,932
% change on same period last year-2.81 %
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Northern Ireland
Matching permanent IT job ads131103
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.075 %0.045 %
Salaries quoted6957
Average minimum salary£34,185£44,763
Average salary£36,750£47,299
% change on same period last year-22.30 %
Average maximum salary£39,315£49,835
UK excluding London average salary£42,662£44,191
% change on same period last year-3.45 %
Security Cleared UKSecurity Cleared
UK

Security Cleared
Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland Security Cleared Demand Trend

Security Cleared
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Security Cleared Salary Trend

Security Cleared
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 8 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
County AntrimUp+27--
County LondonderryNew entry-4--
Security Cleared UKSecurity Cleared
UK

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland region citing Security Cleared 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 Security Cleared.

121 (87.50 %)Windows
121 (87.50 %)TCP/IP
121 (87.50 %)Windows Server 2003
121 (87.50 %)Windows 2000 Server
218 (75.00 %)MS Excel
312 (50.00 %)Change Management
411 (45.83 %)DNS
411 (45.83 %)DHCP
411 (45.83 %)Active Directory
510 (41.67 %)VERITAS
510 (41.67 %)Windows 2000
510 (41.67 %)SQL Server
510 (41.67 %)Clustering
510 (41.67 %)NetBackup
69 (37.50 %)ITIL
77 (29.17 %)VBScript
77 (29.17 %)Unicenter
77 (29.17 %)MOM
77 (29.17 %)BMC PATROL
77 (29.17 %)SAN
77 (29.17 %)BMC
77 (29.17 %)CA
77 (29.17 %)Disaster Recovery
86 (25.00 %)Service Delivery
93 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2000
93 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
93 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2000
93 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2003
93 (12.50 %)Peregrine
93 (12.50 %)Project Management

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland region citing Security Cleared 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 Security Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (12.50 %)MS Exchange
13 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2000
13 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2003
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
118 (75.00 %)MS Excel
23 (12.50 %)MS Office
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (8.333 %)Oracle Applications
12 (8.333 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
12 (8.333 %)Oracle General Ledger
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
121 (87.50 %)TCP/IP
211 (45.83 %)DNS
211 (45.83 %)DHCP
37 (29.17 %)SAN
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (41.67 %)SQL Server
23 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2000
23 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (4.167 %)Oracle Reports
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (8.333 %)Finance
12 (8.333 %)General Ledger
21 (4.167 %)Government
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (20.83 %)Server Support
23 (12.50 %)Support Technician
23 (12.50 %)Support Analyst
23 (12.50 %)Analyst
23 (12.50 %)Senior Analyst
23 (12.50 %)Senior Support Analyst
23 (12.50 %)Wintel Support
31 (4.167 %)Server Support Technician
31 (4.167 %)Cognos Developer
31 (4.167 %)Cognos Support
31 (4.167 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
31 (4.167 %)Technical Specialist
31 (4.167 %)Developer
31 (4.167 %)Support Engineer
31 (4.167 %)2nd Line Support
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
110 (41.67 %)Clustering
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
121 (87.50 %)Windows
121 (87.50 %)Windows Server 2003
121 (87.50 %)Windows 2000 Server
210 (41.67 %)Windows 2000
33 (12.50 %)Windows XP
41 (4.167 %)AIX
41 (4.167 %)HPUX
41 (4.167 %)Solaris
41 (4.167 %)Linux
41 (4.167 %)UNIX
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (50.00 %)Change Management
29 (37.50 %)ITIL
37 (29.17 %)Disaster Recovery
46 (25.00 %)Service Delivery
53 (12.50 %)Project Management
62 (8.333 %)Data Modelling
62 (8.333 %)Business Intelligence
62 (8.333 %)E-business
71 (4.167 %)SC Cleared
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (29.17 %)VBScript
21 (4.167 %)VB
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (45.83 %)Active Directory
210 (41.67 %)NetBackup
33 (12.50 %)Terminal Services
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (29.17 %)Unicenter
17 (29.17 %)MOM
17 (29.17 %)BMC PATROL
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (41.67 %)VERITAS
27 (29.17 %)BMC
27 (29.17 %)CA
33 (12.50 %)Peregrine
33 (12.50 %)HP
33 (12.50 %)Citrix
42 (8.333 %)Oracle
42 (8.333 %)Cognos