Network Optimisation Job Trends in County Antrim

Network Optimisation
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring Network Optimisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Network Optimisation 8 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in County Antrim 1.63% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.01% - -
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 - -
75th Percentile £33,094 - -
90th Percentile £35,625 - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £31,500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
County Antrim

Network Optimisation 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 398 222 325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim 81.06% 90.98% 89.53%
Number of salaries quoted 214 67 233
10th Percentile £26,250 £45,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,188 £51,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £92,500 £69,800
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £87,000
Northern Ireland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - +10.00%

Network Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Network Optimisation job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Network Optimisation
Salary Trend in County Antrim

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Network Optimisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Network Optimisation

Network Optimisation
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 Network Optimisation within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 18 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 - 8 £31,500 - 1
Network Optimisation
Northern Ireland

Network Optimisation
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:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
1 8 (100.00%) LAN
1 8 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) NOC Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) High Availability
1 8 (100.00%) ITIL
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
1 8 (100.00%) Juniper