Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Northern Ireland > County Antrim
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring SDLC skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 30 | 39 | 31 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +9 | -8 | +28 |
| Permanent jobs citing SDLC | 3 | 13 | 22 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim | 1.22% | 2.91% | 5.68% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.41% | 3.66% | 6.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £47,250 | £45,500 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £48,750 | £53,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £100,000 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +90.48% | -8.70% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £62,500 | £61,250 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £67,750 | £66,500 |
| Northern Ireland median annual salary | £100,000 | £50,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +100.00% | -13.04% | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
County Antrim
SDLC 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 | 213 | 355 | 359 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim | 86.59% | 79.42% | 92.76% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 97 | 203 | 277 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £29,000 | £30,350 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | £42,250 | £37,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £60,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.33% | +20.00% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | £71,250 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,896 | £91,000 | £76,250 |
| Northern Ireland median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +10.00% | +5.26% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim
Job postings citing SDLC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.
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Salary Trend in County Antrim
Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing SDLC.
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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 SDLC within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 9 September 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 | +11 | 3 | £100,000 | +90.48% | 3 |
| SDLC Northern Ireland |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: