IT Strategy Job Trends in County Antrim

IT/Technology Strategy
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 28 -
Rank change year-on-year -22 - -
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 34 7 0
As % of all permanent jobs in County Antrim 3.81% 2.78% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.56% 3.20% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £47,500 £130,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -63.46% +246.67% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
County Antrim

IT Strategy 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 County Antrim.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 612 219 343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim 68.61% 86.90% 79.03%
Number of salaries quoted 243 102 194
10th Percentile £28,800 £30,000 £29,125
25th Percentile £45,250 £36,250 £43,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £79,500 £92,500
Northern Ireland median annual salary £65,000 £53,500 £58,800
% change year-on-year +21.50% -9.01% +17.60%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IT Strategy relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in County Antrim

IT Strategy
Salary Trend in County Antrim

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing IT Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Strategy within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 20 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Belfast -22 12 £47,500 - 10
Larne - 4 - -
Newtownabbey - 4 - -
Carrickfergus - 3 - -
Ballyclare - 1 - -
Ballymena - 1 - -
IT Strategy
Northern Ireland

IT Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim 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 12 (35.29%) SaaS
2 11 (32.35%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (29.41%) Azure
3 10 (29.41%) Cloud Computing
3 10 (29.41%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (29.41%) LAN
1 10 (29.41%) WAN
General
1 33 (97.06%) Law
2 23 (67.65%) Legal
3 22 (64.71%) Social Skills
4 12 (35.29%) Legal Technology
5 11 (32.35%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (29.41%) Finance
7 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (67.65%) Senior
2 12 (35.29%) Developer
2 12 (35.29%) Senior Developer
3 11 (32.35%) Senior Manager
3 11 (32.35%) Testing Manager
4 10 (29.41%) Architect
4 10 (29.41%) Systems Architect
5 1 (2.94%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (35.29%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 11 (32.35%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.94%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (97.06%) Business Strategy
1 33 (97.06%) Enterprise Architecture
1 33 (97.06%) Technology Strategy
2 23 (67.65%) Continuous Improvement
2 23 (67.65%) Information Security
2 23 (67.65%) Software Engineering
2 23 (67.65%) Software Testing
2 23 (67.65%) Strategic Planning
3 21 (61.76%) Project Delivery
4 12 (35.29%) Acceptance Criteria
4 12 (35.29%) API Development
4 12 (35.29%) Architectural Patterns
4 12 (35.29%) CI/CD
4 12 (35.29%) Data Governance
4 12 (35.29%) Mentoring
4 12 (35.29%) Microservices
4 12 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (35.29%) Software Architecture
4 12 (35.29%) Sprint Planning
4 12 (35.29%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 23 (67.65%) C#
2 11 (32.35%) JavaScript
2 11 (32.35%) PowerShell
2 11 (32.35%) Python
2 11 (32.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (2.94%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (67.65%) QA
2 10 (29.41%) GRC
3 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.94%) GDPR
3 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (32.35%) Microsoft