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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Specialist role in IT jobs within the Northern Ireland 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Specialist
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3329
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads32
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.657 %1.053 %
Salaries quoted31
Average minimum salary£23,333£23,000
Average salary£25,000£24,000
% change on same period last year+4.16 %
Average maximum salary£26,667£25,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,665£36,706
% change on same period last year+2.61 %
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Northern Ireland
Matching permanent IT job ads181190
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.106 %0.081 %
Salaries quoted88107
Average minimum salary£31,165£36,427
Average salary£33,625£39,184
% change on same period last year-14.18 %
Average maximum salary£36,085£41,942
UK excluding London average salary£38,201£39,267
% change on same period last year-2.71 %
Technical Specialist UKTechnical Specialist
UK

Technical Specialist
Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Technical Specialist Salary Trend

Technical Specialist
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Specialist across the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Northern Ireland Technical Specialist Salary Histogram

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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 7 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+11£26,500+10.41 %
Technical Specialist UKTechnical Specialist
UK

Technical Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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.

115 (93.75 %)Windows
211 (68.75 %)UNIX
310 (62.50 %)TCP/IP
310 (62.50 %)VPN
310 (62.50 %)Cisco
310 (62.50 %)Firewall
310 (62.50 %)Cisco PIX
49 (56.25 %)Windows 2000 Server
49 (56.25 %)Windows Server 2003
49 (56.25 %)MS Excel
57 (43.75 %)SurfControl
57 (43.75 %)CheckPoint
57 (43.75 %)Websense
57 (43.75 %)Network Security
57 (43.75 %)Blue Coat
57 (43.75 %)Intrusion Detection
66 (37.50 %)VMware
75 (31.25 %)SAN
75 (31.25 %)Active Directory
84 (25.00 %)Linux
84 (25.00 %)Service Delivery
93 (18.75 %)Project Management
93 (18.75 %)SQL
93 (18.75 %)Problem Management
93 (18.75 %)SecurID
102 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2000
102 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2003
102 (12.50 %)MS Exchange
102 (12.50 %)DHCP
102 (12.50 %)Citrix

Technical Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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.

Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (12.50 %)MS Exchange
12 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2000
12 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (6.250 %)BizTalk Server
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (56.25 %)MS Excel
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (62.50 %)TCP/IP
110 (62.50 %)VPN
110 (62.50 %)Firewall
110 (62.50 %)Cisco PIX
27 (43.75 %)Network Security
27 (43.75 %)Intrusion Detection
35 (31.25 %)SAN
42 (12.50 %)DHCP
42 (12.50 %)DNS
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (6.250 %)SQL Server
11 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2005
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (18.75 %)SecurID
22 (12.50 %)Clustering
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (93.75 %)Windows
211 (68.75 %)UNIX
39 (56.25 %)Windows Server 2003
39 (56.25 %)Windows 2000 Server
44 (25.00 %)Linux
51 (6.250 %)AIX
51 (6.250 %)HPUX
51 (6.250 %)Solaris
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (25.00 %)Service Delivery
23 (18.75 %)Project Management
23 (18.75 %)Problem Management
32 (12.50 %)Change Management
41 (6.250 %)ITIL
41 (6.250 %)Security Cleared
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (18.75 %)SQL
21 (6.250 %)VBScript
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (31.25 %)Active Directory
22 (12.50 %)Terminal Services
31 (6.250 %)NetBackup
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (12.50 %)MOM
12 (12.50 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (62.50 %)Cisco
27 (43.75 %)CheckPoint
27 (43.75 %)Websense
27 (43.75 %)SurfControl
27 (43.75 %)Blue Coat
36 (37.50 %)VMware
42 (12.50 %)Citrix
42 (12.50 %)CA
51 (6.250 %)VERITAS