NOC Engineer Job Trends in County Antrim

Network Operations Centre Engineer
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The median Network Operations Centre Engineer salary in County Antrim is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 October 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a NOC Engineer 9 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in County Antrim 3.59% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.88% - -
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £30,750 - -
25th Percentile £32,700 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - -
75th Percentile £38,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £37,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
County Antrim

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in County Antrim. 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 County Antrim with a recognized job title 232 397 332
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 97.54% 96.79%
Number of salaries quoted 119 212 256
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +20.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,792 £90,000 £76,250
Northern Ireland median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%

NOC Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'NOC Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

NOC Engineer job vacancy trend in County Antrim

NOC Engineer
Salary Trend in County Antrim

Salary distribution trend for NOC Engineer job vacancies in County Antrim.

Salary distribution trend for NOC Engineer job vacancies in County Antrim

NOC Engineer
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 NOC Engineer within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 14 October 2025. 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 - 9 £37,500 - 1
NOC Engineer
Northern Ireland

NOC Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim

For the 6 months to 14 October 2025, NOC Engineer 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 County Antrim region featuring NOC Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
1 9 (100.00%) Juniper
2 8 (88.89%) ITIL
3 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
3 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
3 7 (77.78%) SolarWinds
3 7 (77.78%) CCNA
3 7 (77.78%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (66.67%) Ethernet
4 6 (66.67%) SLA
4 6 (66.67%) ADSL
4 6 (66.67%) Remedy
4 6 (66.67%) Service Delivery
4 6 (66.67%) Customer Service
4 6 (66.67%) Law
5 2 (22.22%) Firewall
5 2 (22.22%) High Availability
5 2 (22.22%) Network Optimisation
5 2 (22.22%) LAN
5 2 (22.22%) WAN

NOC Engineer Skill Set
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 6 (66.67%) ADSL
1 6 (66.67%) Ethernet
2 2 (22.22%) Firewall
2 2 (22.22%) LAN
2 2 (22.22%) WAN
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Law
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) ITIL
2 6 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 6 (66.67%) Service Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) High Availability
3 2 (22.22%) Network Optimisation
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) CCNA
1 7 (77.78%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
1 9 (100.00%) Juniper
2 7 (77.78%) SolarWinds
3 6 (66.67%) Remedy