Senior Software Developer Jobs in Belfast

Senior Software Developer
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Senior Software Developer salary in Belfast is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 91 62
Rank change year-on-year +40 -29 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 9 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 1.78% 0.56% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 0.59% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9 3 2
10th Percentile £47,500 £49,800 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +10.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £58,000 - -
County Antrim median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +10.91% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Belfast. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Belfast with a recognized job title 482 683 465
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 94.86% 96.47%
Number of salaries quoted 247 391 252
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £37,125 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,276 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.55% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £69,800 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £88,500 £70,000 £71,125
County Antrim median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% +5.88%

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Job postings that featured Senior Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Developer in Belfast

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend in Belfast

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Developer in Belfast.

Salary trend for Senior Software Developer in Belfast

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, Senior Software Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Belfast region featuring Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) C#
2 7 (77.78%) React
2 7 (77.78%) SQL Server
2 7 (77.78%) Music Industry
3 5 (55.56%) .NET Framework
3 5 (55.56%) Azure
3 5 (55.56%) AWS
3 5 (55.56%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (55.56%) Entity Framework
3 5 (55.56%) Mentoring
3 5 (55.56%) SQL
3 5 (55.56%) .NET
3 5 (55.56%) Front End Development
3 5 (55.56%) Blazor
3 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
3 5 (55.56%) End-to-End Testing
3 5 (55.56%) .NET Core
3 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Observability
4 2 (22.22%) TypeScript
4 2 (22.22%) DevOps
4 2 (22.22%) Degree

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) AWS
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) SQL Server
2 5 (55.56%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 7 (77.78%) Music Industry
2 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (77.78%) React
2 5 (55.56%) .NET
2 5 (55.56%) .NET Core
2 5 (55.56%) .NET Framework
2 5 (55.56%) Blazor
2 5 (55.56%) Entity Framework
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) End-to-End Testing
1 5 (55.56%) Front End Development
1 5 (55.56%) Mentoring
1 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) DevOps
2 2 (22.22%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) C#
2 5 (55.56%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree