Degree Jobs in Northern Ireland

Academic Degree
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 16 6
Rank change year-on-year +14 -10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 102 92 250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 20.36% 14.70% 26.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 68.92% 35.52% 81.97%
Number of salaries quoted 28 30 62
10th Percentile £31,754 £24,875 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,112 £33,438 £31,986
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +2.94% -2.86%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,438 £65,750
90th Percentile £77,250 £65,625 £87,338
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +2.80%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 148 259 305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 29.54% 41.37% 31.77%
Number of salaries quoted 52 76 98
10th Percentile £34,112 £29,994 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,028 £38,830 £31,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,309 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.53% +29.41% -5.56%
75th Percentile £69,800 £68,938 £60,000
90th Percentile £86,673 £76,910 £77,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Northern Ireland

Degree
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for Degree in Northern Ireland

Degree
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 26 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in Northern Ireland

Degree
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 Degree within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 26 October 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 +12 73 £42,500 -2.86% 59
County Tyrone -1 10 £45,000 - 2
County Londonderry +3 9 £36,149 - 6
County Armagh -1 4 £36,149 - 2
County Down - 3 £57,500 - 1
Degree
UK

Degree
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 9 (8.82%) Confluence
1 9 (8.82%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.96%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 13 (12.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (10.78%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (8.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (3.92%) Adobe XD
5 3 (2.94%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.98%) CATIA
6 1 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.94%) Dynamics AX
1 3 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.96%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.98%) Q-Pulse
3 1 (0.98%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 27 (26.47%) Azure
2 18 (17.65%) AWS
3 10 (9.80%) Cloud Computing
4 7 (6.86%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (6.86%) Power Platform
5 6 (5.88%) OneDrive
6 4 (3.92%) Figma
7 3 (2.94%) SaaS
8 1 (0.98%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.98%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.80%) Firewall
1 10 (9.80%) TCP/IP
2 9 (8.82%) DNS
2 9 (8.82%) IPv6
2 9 (8.82%) Reverse Proxy
3 8 (7.84%) HTTP
4 5 (4.90%) MQTT
5 3 (2.94%) FTP
6 1 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.98%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.86%) Power BI
2 5 (4.90%) NoSQL
2 5 (4.90%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.96%) GIS
3 2 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.96%) RDBMS
3 2 (1.96%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.98%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 9 (8.82%) JIRA
2 8 (7.84%) Git
3 4 (3.92%) Zephyr
4 3 (2.94%) GitLab
5 1 (0.98%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.98%) Jenkins
General
1 43 (42.16%) Social Skills
2 27 (26.47%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (19.61%) Manufacturing
4 18 (17.65%) Pharmaceutical
5 14 (13.73%) Retail
6 13 (12.75%) Finance
7 11 (10.78%) Banking
8 8 (7.84%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (6.86%) Wholesale Banking
10 6 (5.88%) Electronics
10 6 (5.88%) Marketing
10 6 (5.88%) Public Sector
11 5 (4.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (2.94%) Law
12 3 (2.94%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.96%) Legal
13 2 (1.96%) Local Government
13 2 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.96%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 26 (25.49%) Project Manager
2 18 (17.65%) Senior
3 15 (14.71%) Software Engineer
4 8 (7.84%) Senior Software Engineer
5 7 (6.86%) Architect
5 7 (6.86%) Developer
5 7 (6.86%) Risk Manager
6 6 (5.88%) Consultant
6 6 (5.88%) QA Specialist
6 6 (5.88%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 6 (5.88%) Technology Consultant
6 6 (5.88%) Trainee
6 6 (5.88%) Trainee Consultant
7 5 (4.90%) Credit Risk Manager
7 5 (4.90%) Delivery Project Manager
7 5 (4.90%) Software Architect
8 4 (3.92%) Analyst
8 4 (3.92%) Project Engineer
8 4 (3.92%) QA Engineer
9 3 (2.94%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.80%) AngularJS
1 10 (9.80%) Node.js
2 9 (8.82%) RESTful
2 9 (8.82%) Web Services
3 8 (7.84%) HTML
3 8 (7.84%) HTML5
3 8 (7.84%) WebdriverIO
4 6 (5.88%) Kafka
5 5 (4.90%) GStreamer
5 5 (4.90%) RabbitMQ
5 5 (4.90%) Sass
6 4 (3.92%) Jest
7 3 (2.94%) COM
7 3 (2.94%) WebRTC
8 2 (1.96%) PySpark
8 2 (1.96%) REST
8 2 (1.96%) Spring
9 1 (0.98%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.98%) FIX Protocol
9 1 (0.98%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.84%) Credit Risk
1 8 (7.84%) Video\Live Streaming
2 5 (4.90%) IoT
2 5 (4.90%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.94%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Licensing
3 3 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.96%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.98%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.82%) Windows
2 5 (4.90%) Linux
3 3 (2.94%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.98%) Unix
4 1 (0.98%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (41.18%) Computer Science
2 39 (38.24%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (20.59%) Artificial Intelligence
3 21 (20.59%) Project Management
4 20 (19.61%) Software Engineering
5 17 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (15.69%) Coaching
7 15 (14.71%) Agile
8 14 (13.73%) Scrum
9 13 (12.75%) Test Automation
10 12 (11.76%) SDLC
11 11 (10.78%) Analytics
11 11 (10.78%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (10.78%) Project Delivery
12 10 (9.80%) Threat Analysis
12 10 (9.80%) User Stories
13 9 (8.82%) Information Security
13 9 (8.82%) Software Testing
14 8 (7.84%) Data Analytics
14 8 (7.84%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (19.61%) Python
2 14 (13.73%) SQL
3 7 (6.86%) TypeScript
4 6 (5.88%) Bash
5 5 (4.90%) C#
5 5 (4.90%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.94%) C
6 3 (2.94%) C++
6 3 (2.94%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.94%) VBA
7 2 (1.96%) Java
8 1 (0.98%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (22.55%) Computer Science Degree
2 22 (21.57%) Master's Degree
3 11 (10.78%) PhD
4 4 (3.92%) HNC
4 4 (3.92%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.92%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.94%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (2.94%) HND
5 3 (2.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (2.94%) MAPM
5 3 (2.94%) MRICS
6 2 (1.96%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.98%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.98%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.98%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.98%) CEH
7 1 (0.98%) CISSP
7 1 (0.98%) MBA
7 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (28.43%) QA
2 6 (5.88%) GMP
3 4 (3.92%) Software Quality Assurance
4 2 (1.96%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.96%) IFRS
4 2 (1.96%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.98%) GDPR
5 1 (0.98%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (7.84%) Docker
2 5 (4.90%) Firmware
3 2 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (4.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.94%) AirWatch
2 3 (2.94%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 2 (1.96%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.96%) SCCM
4 1 (0.98%) Ansible
4 1 (0.98%) Grafana
4 1 (0.98%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.98%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.98%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.98%) Puppet
4 1 (0.98%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (18.63%) Microsoft
2 15 (14.71%) Google
3 5 (4.90%) NEC
4 4 (3.92%) SAP
5 3 (2.94%) Citrix
5 3 (2.94%) iManage
5 3 (2.94%) Symantec
6 2 (1.96%) ESRI
7 1 (0.98%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.98%) Minitab
7 1 (0.98%) Solace
7 1 (0.98%) Sybase
7 1 (0.98%) Veracode