Master's Degree Job Trends in County Antrim

Master's Degree
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in County Antrim with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 22 42
Rank change year-on-year -21 +20 +45
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 4 19 8
As % of all permanent jobs in County Antrim 0.87% 7.22% 2.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.10% 22.62% 8.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £52,375
25th Percentile £61,250 £87,500 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £95,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -34.21% +61.70% -9.62%
75th Percentile £63,750 £102,500 £64,063
90th Percentile - - £66,125
Northern Ireland median annual salary £62,500 £95,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year -34.21% +61.70% -9.62%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
County Antrim

Master's Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in County Antrim.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 129 84 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim 27.98% 31.94% 26.36%
Number of salaries quoted 52 19 67
10th Percentile £32,905 £34,112 £29,994
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £59,430 £57,291
Median % change year-on-year -18.39% +3.73% +34.80%
75th Percentile £64,063 £74,144 £69,650
90th Percentile £78,790 £90,500 £79,090
Northern Ireland median annual salary £48,500 £40,221 £57,500
% change year-on-year +20.58% -30.05% +35.29%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Master's Degree job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in County Antrim

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Master's Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Master's Degree

Master's Degree
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 Master's Degree within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 8 February 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 -17 4 £62,500 -34.21% 2
Master's Degree
Northern Ireland

Master's Degree
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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) GitHub
1 1 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Legal
3 1 (25.00%) Advertising
3 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Automotive
3 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (25.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Business Project Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Project Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Agentic Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Information Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Procurement Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) LangChain
1 1 (25.00%) LlamaIndex
1 1 (25.00%) Next.js
1 1 (25.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) AI Agents
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (25.00%) Information Management
2 1 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) User Stories
2 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (50.00%) PMP
3 1 (25.00%) CAPM
3 1 (25.00%) CBAP
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) MBA
3 1 (25.00%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Basel III
1 1 (25.00%) EMIR
1 1 (25.00%) MiFID
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) IBM
1 1 (25.00%) SAP