The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Northern Ireland region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Analyst
Rank 41 39 31
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Analyst 2 1 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 0.766% 0.403% 3.111%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.889% 0.465% 3.271%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
Average salary £38,750 - £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £29,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year
-6.77% +7.27%
All Job Titles
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
225 215 214
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 86.21% 86.69% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 138 111 86
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £20,800 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Analyst
UK

Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Support Analyst
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Support Analyst across the Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Support Analyst Salary Trend

Support Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Analyst within the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
County Antrim -6 1 £40,000 -
Support Analyst
UK

Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland region that cited Support Analyst 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 Support Analyst in their job title.

1 5 (50.00%) ERP
1 5 (50.00%) JD Edwards
2 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle
3 3 (30.00%) Windows
3 3 (30.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (20.00%) SAP
4 2 (20.00%) XML
4 2 (20.00%) ITIL
4 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (20.00%) .NET
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (10.00%) Local Government
5 1 (10.00%) Northgate
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
5 1 (10.00%) Derivative
5 1 (10.00%) MS Office
5 1 (10.00%) C#
5 1 (10.00%) Java
5 1 (10.00%) Perl
5 1 (10.00%) PL/SQL
5 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
5 1 (10.00%) Solaris
5 1 (10.00%) Linux
5 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
5 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
5 1 (10.00%) Equities

Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland region that cited Support Analyst 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 Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (20.00%) .NET
1 2 (20.00%) XML
2 1 (10.00%) WCF
2 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JDE World
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
1 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Equities
1 1 (10.00%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Solaris
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) ERP
2 2 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (10.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) C#
2 1 (10.00%) Java
2 1 (10.00%) Perl
2 1 (10.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) JD Edwards
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle
3 2 (20.00%) SAP
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (10.00%) Northgate