Software Engineering Jobs in Belfast

Software Engineering
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Belfast requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 7 11
Rank change year-on-year -11 +4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 14 91 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 7.95% 17.98% 20.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.43% 20.36% 21.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3 33 83
10th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £66,250 £53,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £60,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +48.76% +27.37% -9.52%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £62,500
90th Percentile - £97,000 £65,000
County Antrim median annual salary £90,000 £60,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year +50.00% +23.08% -7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Belfast

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Belfast.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 166 447 722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 94.32% 88.34% 97.57%
Number of salaries quoted 40 227 395
10th Percentile £45,875 £30,000 £32,200
25th Percentile £50,000 £33,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £87,500 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £95,500 £87,500 £68,900
County Antrim median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +11.11%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Belfast

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Belfast

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Belfast

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Belfast

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Belfast over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Belfast

Software Engineering
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (28.57%) Apache
1 4 (28.57%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Simulink
2 2 (14.29%) Adobe XD
2 2 (14.29%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Figma
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) DNS
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) IPv6
1 1 (7.14%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) Apache Hive
1 4 (28.57%) Big Data
1 4 (28.57%) Hadoop
1 4 (28.57%) MySQL
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (7.14%) Electronics
3 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Apache Spark Developer
1 4 (28.57%) Developer
1 4 (28.57%) Java Developer
1 4 (28.57%) Software Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Design Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Product Design Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Product Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) UX Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) Hibernate
1 4 (28.57%) J2EE
1 4 (28.57%) Java EE
1 4 (28.57%) Kafka
1 4 (28.57%) Spring
1 4 (28.57%) Spring Boot
2 2 (14.29%) AngularJS
2 2 (14.29%) HTML
3 1 (7.14%) HTML5
3 1 (7.14%) Node.js
3 1 (7.14%) Sass
3 1 (7.14%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 2 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (7.14%) IoT
3 1 (7.14%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (14.29%) Unix
3 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Low Latency
1 6 (42.86%) Multithreading
2 5 (35.71%) Scrum
3 4 (28.57%) Agile
3 4 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 4 (28.57%) Concurrent Programming
3 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (28.57%) Design Patterns
3 4 (28.57%) OO
3 4 (28.57%) OOA/OOD
3 4 (28.57%) OOD
3 4 (28.57%) OOP
4 3 (21.43%) Digital Twin
4 3 (21.43%) Mathematics
4 3 (21.43%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 3 (21.43%) SysML
4 3 (21.43%) Systems Engineering
4 3 (21.43%) Validation
4 3 (21.43%) Verification and Validation
5 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Java
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 3 (21.43%) C++
2 3 (21.43%) MATLAB
3 2 (14.29%) C
4 1 (7.14%) C#
4 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.14%) PHP
4 1 (7.14%) Python
4 1 (7.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (21.43%) HNC
2 3 (21.43%) HND
3 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
3 1 (7.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Sybase
2 2 (14.29%) Adobe
3 1 (7.14%) Veracode