Computer Science Jobs in Northern Ireland

Computer Science
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 61 43
Rank change year-on-year +27 -18 -33
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 41 43 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 5.94% 4.97% 5.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.58% 5.11% 5.89%
Number of salaries quoted 15 23 20
10th Percentile £30,250 - £27,500
25th Percentile £34,375 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £46,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -5.64% +14.71%
75th Percentile £56,750 £63,000 £61,438
90th Percentile £60,000 £73,750 £79,625
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 623 842 611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 90.29% 97.23% 91.06%
Number of salaries quoted 294 451 334
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,063 £36,250 £32,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £68,750 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Northern Ireland

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for Computer Science in Northern Ireland

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Northern Ireland

Computer Science
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
County Antrim +20 32 £40,500 -11.96% 23
County Down - 9 £37,500 -
Computer Science
UK

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (17.07%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (17.07%) InfoPath
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (31.71%) AWS
2 9 (21.95%) Azure
2 9 (21.95%) Cloud Computing
2 9 (21.95%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (17.07%) OneDrive
4 3 (7.32%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (7.32%) Amazon EKS
4 3 (7.32%) Amazon ElastiCache
4 3 (7.32%) Amazon S3
4 3 (7.32%) AWS CloudFormation
4 3 (7.32%) Azure AKS
4 3 (7.32%) GCP
4 3 (7.32%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 3 (7.32%) Route 53
4 3 (7.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (41.46%) TCP/IP
2 13 (31.71%) HTTP
3 8 (19.51%) Firewall
4 7 (17.07%) FTP
5 6 (14.63%) MQTT
5 6 (14.63%) Wireshark
6 5 (12.20%) LAN
7 3 (7.32%) Internet
7 3 (7.32%) Network Security
7 3 (7.32%) VPN
7 3 (7.32%) WAN
7 3 (7.32%) Wireless
8 2 (4.88%) Unified Communications
8 2 (4.88%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.63%) NoSQL
1 6 (14.63%) Relational Database
2 3 (7.32%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Jenkins
General
1 30 (73.17%) Social Skills
2 11 (26.83%) Finance
3 10 (24.39%) Electronics
4 7 (17.07%) Telecoms
5 6 (14.63%) Manufacturing
6 4 (9.76%) Marketing
6 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
7 3 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (7.32%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (26.83%) Software Engineer
2 7 (17.07%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 6 (14.63%) Architect
3 6 (14.63%) Embedded Engineer
3 6 (14.63%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 6 (14.63%) Senior
3 6 (14.63%) Software Architect
4 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Senior Software Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Cloud Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Test Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Development Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) IT Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Kubernetes Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Exchange Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Head of IT
7 2 (4.88%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (29.27%) Node.js
2 11 (26.83%) Web Services
3 7 (17.07%) COM
3 7 (17.07%) HTML
3 7 (17.07%) HTML5
4 6 (14.63%) AngularJS
4 6 (14.63%) Kafka
4 6 (14.63%) RabbitMQ
4 6 (14.63%) RESTful
5 5 (12.20%) FFmpeg
5 5 (12.20%) GStreamer
5 5 (12.20%) OpenCV
5 5 (12.20%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.83%) Video\Live Streaming
2 6 (14.63%) IoT
3 5 (12.20%) Management Information System
4 3 (7.32%) Cloud Native
4 3 (7.32%) Onboarding
5 2 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 15 (36.59%) Linux
2 13 (31.71%) Windows
3 11 (26.83%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (9.76%) Unix
5 3 (7.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (41.46%) Software Engineering
2 16 (39.02%) OO
2 16 (39.02%) OOP
3 14 (34.15%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (31.71%) Threat Analysis
5 11 (26.83%) Analytics
5 11 (26.83%) Artificial Intelligence
5 11 (26.83%) Asynchronous Programming
5 11 (26.83%) Computer Vision
5 11 (26.83%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (26.83%) Deep Learning
5 11 (26.83%) Multithreading
5 11 (26.83%) Open Source
6 9 (21.95%) Microservices
7 7 (17.07%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (17.07%) Containerisation
7 7 (17.07%) Infrastructure as Code
7 7 (17.07%) Process Improvement
8 6 (14.63%) Agile
8 6 (14.63%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 20 (48.78%) Python
2 14 (34.15%) Bash
3 8 (19.51%) SQL
4 7 (17.07%) JavaScript
4 7 (17.07%) PowerShell
5 6 (14.63%) C
5 6 (14.63%) Perl
6 5 (12.20%) C++
7 4 (9.76%) Bicep
7 4 (9.76%) R
Qualifications
1 41 (100.00%) Degree
2 18 (43.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (26.83%) Master's Degree
3 11 (26.83%) PhD
4 7 (17.07%) AWS Certification
4 7 (17.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 3 (7.32%) Azure Certification
5 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.44%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (41.46%) QA
2 6 (14.63%) JTAG
System Software
1 11 (26.83%) Firmware
2 8 (19.51%) Docker
3 3 (7.32%) Active Directory
3 3 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (19.51%) Kubernetes
2 7 (17.07%) Terraform
3 1 (2.44%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 13 (31.71%) Google
2 12 (29.27%) Microsoft
3 4 (9.76%) SAP
4 3 (7.32%) VMware
5 2 (4.88%) Cisco
5 2 (4.88%) Fortinet
5 2 (4.88%) Meraki