Technical Developer Job Trends in Belfast

Technical Developer
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Technical Developer salary in Belfast is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Developer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast 0.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £76,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - -
75th Percentile £78,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median annual salary £77,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 476 182 345
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.89% 94.79% 93.75%
Number of salaries quoted 257 58 231
10th Percentile - £45,875 £30,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £51,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £63,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +10.87% +15.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £94,688 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
County Antrim median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% +10.00%

Technical Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Technical Developer job vacancy trend in Belfast

Technical Developer
Salary Trend in Belfast

Salary distribution trend for Technical Developer job vacancies in Belfast.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Developer job vacancies in Belfast

Technical Developer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 30 March 2026, Technical Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Belfast region featuring Technical Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Technical Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA