Software Engineer
County Antrim > Belfast
The median Software Engineer salary in Belfast is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 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 6 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 25 | 14 | 30 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -11 | +16 | +20 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer | 6 | 63 | 81 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast | 3.31% | 12.33% | 10.73% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 3.59% | 12.91% | 11.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £58,750 | - | £43,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £75,625 | £82,500 | £53,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £90,000 | £87,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.86% | +45.83% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £95,000 | £91,250 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £97,250 | £66,125 |
| County Antrim median annual salary | £90,000 | £85,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.88% | +41.67% | -4.00% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Belfast
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 | 167 | 488 | 714 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 92.27% | 95.50% | 94.57% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 43 | 248 | 402 |
| 10th Percentile | £43,000 | £30,000 | £31,325 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,750 | £35,000 | £37,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £56,138 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.43% | +12.28% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £87,500 | £69,013 | £62,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £99,000 | £87,500 | £68,625 |
| County Antrim median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +10.00% | +9.29% |
Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast
Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Belfast.
Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Belfast
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Belfast.
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Salary Histogram in Belfast
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Belfast over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.
Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast
For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in the job title.
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Software Engineer 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: