Data Sovereignty Job Trends in Belfast

Data Sovereignty
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Sovereignty in permanent job vacancies in Belfast. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Sovereignty over the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	61	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Data Sovereignty	3	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast	0.52%	-	-
As % of the General category	1.12%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	3	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£71,349	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£74,830	-	-
75^th Percentile	£78,312	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
County Antrim median annual salary	£74,830	-	-

All General Skills
Belfast

Data Sovereignty falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Belfast.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	268	138	218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast	46.05%	60.26%	56.77%
Number of salaries quoted	66	68	97
10^th Percentile	£35,250	£30,000	£33,500
25^th Percentile	£41,563	£36,250	£46,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£57,500	£46,250	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+24.32%	-22.92%	+20.00%
75^th Percentile	£78,224	£65,938	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£95,000	£85,750	£95,000
County Antrim median annual salary	£50,000	£45,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	-25.00%	+20.00%

Data Sovereignty Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, job vacancies citing Data Sovereignty also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Belfast region with a requirement for Data Sovereignty.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	100.0%	3
1	AI	100.0%	3
1	Cybersecurity	100.0%	3
1	Data Protection	100.0%	3
1	dbt	100.0%	3
1	LLM	100.0%	3
1	Microsoft	100.0%	3
1	Open Source	100.0%	3
1	OpenAI	100.0%	3
1	Prototyping	100.0%	3
1	Rapid Prototyping	100.0%	3
1	SC Cleared	100.0%	3
1	Security Cleared	100.0%	3
1	Service Design	100.0%	3
1	Stakeholder Engagement	100.0%	3
1	Technical Architecture	100.0%	3

Data Sovereignty Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Inclusion and Diversity	100.0%	3
1	Social Skills	100.0%	3