Computer Science Jobs in Northern Ireland

Computer Science
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 47 13
Rank change year-on-year +20 -34 0
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 49 44 161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 7.08% 5.71% 19.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.46% 5.99% 19.54%
Number of salaries quoted 23 16 19
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £32,100
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,563 £37,293
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -1.96% +20.00%
75th Percentile £53,625 £55,750 £60,125
90th Percentile £60,000 £85,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Computer Science 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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 579 735 824
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 83.67% 95.45% 97.28%
Number of salaries quoted 288 342 366
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £37,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% +6.74%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £85,750 £76,250 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +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 26 July 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 26 July 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 +19 41 £40,000 -20.00% 40
County Down - 7 £37,500 - 2
County Armagh - 1 £45,000 - 1
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 10 (20.41%) SharePoint
2 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.04%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 10 (20.41%) InfoPath
1 10 (20.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (20.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (30.61%) AWS
2 11 (22.45%) Azure
2 11 (22.45%) Cloud Computing
3 10 (20.41%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (20.41%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (44.90%) TCP/IP
2 21 (42.86%) HTTP
3 11 (22.45%) MQTT
4 10 (20.41%) FTP
5 6 (12.24%) Wireshark
6 3 (6.12%) Firewall
6 3 (6.12%) Internet
6 3 (6.12%) LAN
6 3 (6.12%) Network Security
6 3 (6.12%) VPN
6 3 (6.12%) WAN
6 3 (6.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (22.45%) NoSQL
2 7 (14.29%) Relational Database
3 2 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (4.08%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.04%) GIS
4 1 (2.04%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (2.04%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 6 (12.24%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.08%) GitLab
General
1 36 (73.47%) Social Skills
2 13 (26.53%) Electronics
2 13 (26.53%) Finance
3 10 (20.41%) Telecoms
4 7 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 7 (14.29%) Marketing
4 7 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Local Government
5 1 (2.04%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 13 (26.53%) Software Engineer
2 11 (22.45%) Architect
2 11 (22.45%) Software Architect
3 10 (20.41%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 7 (14.29%) Senior
5 6 (12.24%) Embedded Engineer
5 6 (12.24%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 6 (12.24%) Senior Software Engineer
6 5 (10.20%) Exchange Engineer
6 5 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (8.16%) Cloud Engineer
7 4 (8.16%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (8.16%) Test Engineer
8 3 (6.12%) IT Manager
8 3 (6.12%) Support Engineer
9 2 (4.08%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 2 (4.08%) Developer
9 2 (4.08%) Systems Engineer
10 1 (2.04%) Junior Software Engineer
10 1 (2.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (34.69%) Node.js
2 16 (32.65%) Web Services
3 12 (24.49%) Kafka
4 11 (22.45%) AngularJS
4 11 (22.45%) RabbitMQ
4 11 (22.45%) RESTful
5 10 (20.41%) COM
5 10 (20.41%) HTML
5 10 (20.41%) HTML5
6 5 (10.20%) FFmpeg
6 5 (10.20%) GStreamer
6 5 (10.20%) OpenCV
6 5 (10.20%) REST
7 2 (4.08%) Spring
8 1 (2.04%) FIX Protocol
8 1 (2.04%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.45%) IoT
1 11 (22.45%) Video\Live Streaming
2 3 (6.12%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.12%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 14 (28.57%) Windows
2 12 (24.49%) Linux
3 11 (22.45%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (6.12%) Mac OS
5 2 (4.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (48.98%) Software Engineering
2 19 (38.78%) OO
2 19 (38.78%) OOP
3 16 (32.65%) Analytics
3 16 (32.65%) Artificial Intelligence
3 16 (32.65%) Computer Vision
3 16 (32.65%) Deep Learning
3 16 (32.65%) Threat Analysis
4 15 (30.61%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (22.45%) Asynchronous Programming
6 11 (22.45%) Customer Requirements
6 11 (22.45%) Data Analytics
6 11 (22.45%) Microservices
6 11 (22.45%) Multithreading
6 11 (22.45%) Open Source
6 11 (22.45%) Product Management
7 8 (16.33%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
8 7 (14.29%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (44.90%) Python
2 12 (24.49%) SQL
3 11 (22.45%) Bash
4 10 (20.41%) JavaScript
4 10 (20.41%) PowerShell
5 6 (12.24%) C
5 6 (12.24%) Perl
6 5 (10.20%) C++
7 4 (8.16%) Bicep
7 4 (8.16%) R
8 2 (4.08%) C#
8 2 (4.08%) Java
9 1 (2.04%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 49 (100.00%) Degree
2 22 (44.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (32.65%) Master's Degree
3 16 (32.65%) PhD
4 4 (8.16%) AWS Certification
4 4 (8.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.04%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (44.90%) QA
2 6 (12.24%) JTAG
3 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
System Software
1 11 (22.45%) Firmware
2 7 (14.29%) Docker
3 3 (6.12%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (10.20%) Kubernetes
2 4 (8.16%) Terraform
3 1 (2.04%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 15 (30.61%) Google
2 10 (20.41%) Microsoft
3 7 (14.29%) SAP
4 1 (2.04%) ESRI
4 1 (2.04%) Solace
4 1 (2.04%) Sybase
4 1 (2.04%) VMware