Software Developer
County Antrim > Belfast
The median Software Developer salary in Belfast is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
30 |
23 |
16 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-7 |
-7 |
+11 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer |
2 |
41 |
131 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast |
1.10% |
7.62% |
17.28% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.24% |
7.98% |
18.32% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1 |
38 |
128 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
£30,000 |
£29,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£42,500 |
£45,000 |
£32,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£45,000 |
£50,000 |
£40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-10.00% |
+25.00% |
+6.67% |
| 75th Percentile |
£47,500 |
£63,500 |
£52,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£67,500 |
£57,375 |
| County Antrim median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£50,500 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-10.89% |
+26.25% |
+3.23% |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 |
161 |
514 |
715 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
88.95% |
95.54% |
94.33% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
38 |
262 |
400 |
| 10th Percentile |
£41,750 |
£30,000 |
£31,250 |
| 25th Percentile |
£50,000 |
£38,000 |
£37,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£58,750 |
£56,138 |
£50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+4.65% |
+12.28% |
+5.26% |
| 75th Percentile |
£73,819 |
£68,438 |
£62,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£93,750 |
£87,500 |
£70,250 |
| County Antrim median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
£50,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+10.00% |
+5.26% |
