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 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 43 20 17
Rank change year-on-year -23 -3 +12
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 28 145 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 5.20% 14.01% 14.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.42% 14.22% 15.18%
Number of salaries quoted 10 15 59
10th Percentile £31,350 £36,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,668 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £68,438 £63,000 £61,875
90th Percentile £85,000 £70,620 £77,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +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 517 1,020 784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 96.10% 98.55% 98.62%
Number of salaries quoted 205 450 451
10th Percentile £29,993 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £64,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,250 £75,125 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +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 1 December 2023.

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 1 December 2023. 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 -17 27 £55,000 +29.41% 17
County Londonderry - 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:

Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.14%) ArcView
2 2 (7.14%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 12 (42.86%) AWS
2 11 (39.29%) Azure
3 8 (28.57%) GCP
4 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.57%) GitHub
4 1 (3.57%) IaaS
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.57%) Mimecast
4 1 (3.57%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.71%) Firewall
1 3 (10.71%) Network Security
2 1 (3.57%) LAN
2 1 (3.57%) PBX
2 1 (3.57%) VoIP
2 1 (3.57%) Wireless
2 1 (3.57%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (7.14%) Big Data
2 2 (7.14%) GIS
2 2 (7.14%) NoSQL
3 1 (3.57%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 9 (32.14%) Telecoms
3 7 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 6 (21.43%) Finance
5 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (7.14%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.57%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Architect
1 10 (35.71%) Solutions Architect
2 7 (25.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 7 (25.00%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
3 4 (14.29%) Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Software Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) GIS Technician
5 2 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Python Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 1 (3.57%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) ERP Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) IT Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) FastAPI
1 2 (7.14%) Kafka
1 2 (7.14%) Middleware
1 2 (7.14%) Pandas
2 1 (3.57%) GeoJSON
2 1 (3.57%) JRuby
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Linux
2 2 (7.14%) Ubuntu
3 1 (3.57%) Windows
3 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 11 (39.29%) Agile
2 11 (39.29%) DevOps
2 11 (39.29%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 7 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 7 (25.00%) Model Validation
4 7 (25.00%) Network Architecture
4 7 (25.00%) Physics
4 7 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 7 (25.00%) Requirements Management
4 7 (25.00%) Software Architecture
4 7 (25.00%) Technical Analysis
4 7 (25.00%) TOGAF
4 7 (25.00%) Validation
5 5 (17.86%) Software Engineering
6 4 (14.29%) Business Analysis
7 3 (10.71%) Microservices
7 3 (10.71%) OO
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) Python
2 5 (17.86%) PowerShell
3 4 (14.29%) Bash
4 2 (7.14%) C
4 2 (7.14%) Java
4 2 (7.14%) SQL
5 1 (3.57%) Go
5 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.57%) Perl
5 1 (3.57%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 26 (92.86%) Degree
2 15 (53.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (39.29%) Security Cleared
4 8 (28.57%) SC Cleared
5 7 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (7.14%) PMI Certification
6 2 (7.14%) PMP
6 2 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (3.57%) CCNA
7 1 (3.57%) CEH
7 1 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (3.57%) CISM
7 1 (3.57%) CISSP
7 1 (3.57%) HND
7 1 (3.57%) MCSA
7 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (3.57%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) ISO 9001
1 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.57%) Docker
2 1 (3.57%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Ansible
1 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) VMware
3 1 (3.57%) ESRI
3 1 (3.57%) Oracle
3 1 (3.57%) SAP