Digital & IT Job Statistics in Northern Ireland

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Tester	11	Up 19 places+19	-	-	127 11.31%	6
Games Tester	12	New entry-	-	-	125 11.13%	6
Consultant	14	Up 8 places+8	£27,500	-60.71%	111 9.88%	65
Senior	18	Down -10 places-10	£61,750	-14.82%	105 9.35%	77
Lead	19	No change0	£80,000	-	104 9.26%	49
Analyst	27	Down -13 places-13	£45,000	+44.00%	82 7.30%	45
Recruitment Consultant	31	New entry-	£27,500	-	77 6.86%	16
Architect	35	Down -21 places-21	£74,830	-13.24%	69 6.14%	13
Developer	36	Down -22 places-22	£75,000	+25.00%	66 5.88%	20
Sales Representative	39	New entry-	-	-	61 5.43%	4
Technical Engineer	43	Down -11 places-11	£41,250	-	55 4.90%	3
Senior Manager	44	Down -13 places-13	£63,750	+6.25%	53 4.72%	7
Support Engineer	46	Down -15 places-15	£41,000	-25.45%	51 4.54%	8
Design Engineer	48	Down -16 places-16	-	-	49 4.36%
Project Engineer	50	New entry-	-	-	46 4.10%
Security Manager	51	New entry-	£35,000	-	45 4.01%
Junior	52	Down -19 places-19	£27,500	-8.33%	44 3.92%	11
Service Manager	55	Down -27 places-27	£35,500	-	41 3.65%	1
Mobile Engineer	56	New entry-	£40,000	-	40 3.56%
Infrastructure Manager	57	New entry-	-	-	39 3.47%	2
IT Services Manager	60	Down -27 places-27	-	-	35 3.12%	1
Radio Engineer	60	New entry-	-	-	35 3.12%
IT Manager	60	Down -30 places-30	-	-	35 3.12%	7
Senior Developer	61	Down -34 places-34	£75,000	+25.00%	34 3.03%	11
Trainee	62	Down -30 places-30	£27,500	-	33 2.94%	27
Junior Analyst	63	New entry-	-	-	32 2.85%	2
Technical Design Engineer	63	New entry-	-	-	32 2.85%
Deployment Engineer	65	New entry-	-	-	30 2.67%	2
Systems Architect	65	New entry-	-	-	30 2.67%	1
Trainee Consultant	66	New entry-	£27,500	-	29 2.58%	7
Trainee Recruitment Consultant	66	New entry-	£27,500	-	29 2.58%	6
Resilience Manager	67	New entry-	-	-	28 2.49%	1
Data Analyst	70	Down -40 places-40	£40,000	-	25 2.23%	12
Testing Manager	72	New entry-	-	-	23 2.05%	1
Technical Leader	73	New entry-	£80,000	-	22 1.96%	3
Development Manager	74	Down -56 places-56	£50,000	-	21 1.87%	2
Technical Support Engineer	75	New entry-	£41,250	-	20 1.78%	3
Technical Support	75	Down -42 places-42	£41,250	-	20 1.78%	6
Account Manager	75	New entry-	£35,000	-	20 1.78%
Technical Architect	75	New entry-	£95,000	-	20 1.78%	3
Full-Stack Engineer	75	New entry-	£70,000	-	20 1.78%	1
Audio Visual Engineer	76	New entry-	£37,500	-	19 1.69%
Service Desk Analyst	76	Down -43 places-43	£29,000	-	19 1.69%	2
Service Analyst	76	Down -44 places-44	£29,000	-	19 1.69%	3
Software Developer	78	Down -49 places-49	£80,000	+33.33%	17 1.51%	5
RF Design Engineer	78	New entry-	-	-	17 1.51%
RF Engineer	78	New entry-	-	-	17 1.51%
Junior Data Analyst	79	New entry-	-	-	16 1.42%
Security Analyst	79	New entry-	-	-	16 1.42%	2
Junior Security Analyst	79	New entry-	-	-	16 1.42%