Software Engineer
County Antrim > Belfast
The median Software Engineer salary in Belfast is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
28 |
14 |
31 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-14 |
+17 |
+21 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer |
2 |
60 |
83 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast |
1.16% |
11.79% |
10.99% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.27% |
12.32% |
11.64% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
2 |
13 |
19 |
| 10th Percentile |
£51,250 |
- |
£43,250 |
| 25th Percentile |
£56,875 |
£82,500 |
£50,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£70,000 |
£90,000 |
£60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-22.22% |
+50.00% |
-4.00% |
| 75th Percentile |
£84,375 |
£95,000 |
£65,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£90,750 |
£97,500 |
£65,750 |
| County Antrim median annual salary |
£70,000 |
£87,500 |
£60,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-20.00% |
+45.83% |
-4.00% |
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 |
158 |
487 |
713 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
91.33% |
95.68% |
94.44% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
39 |
244 |
397 |
| 10th Percentile |
£42,000 |
£30,000 |
£32,038 |
| 25th Percentile |
£48,750 |
£35,000 |
£37,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£57,500 |
£55,000 |
£50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+4.55% |
+10.00% |
+5.26% |
| 75th Percentile |
£75,879 |
£68,750 |
£62,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£94,000 |
£87,500 |
£68,850 |
| County Antrim median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
£50,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+10.00% |
+5.26% |
