Degree Job Trends 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 11 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -59 +1 +9
Permanent jobs citing Degree 32 42 96
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 2.83% 14.29% 15.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.61% 66.67% 59.26%
Number of salaries quoted 12 8 34
10th Percentile - £29,975 £22,000
25th Percentile £24,000 £43,438 £29,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £62,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -55.20% +56.25% -13.04%
75th Percentile £40,000 £69,688 £56,563
90th Percentile - £85,250 £60,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,350
% change year-on-year - +7.11% -14.42%

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 205 63 162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 18.11% 21.43% 26.96%
Number of salaries quoted 36 20 75
10th Percentile £24,000 £44,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £55,313 £32,996
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £69,692 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -42.60% +54.87% -1.10%
75th Percentile £65,344 £80,208 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,312 £94,375 £69,800
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Degree job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Degree
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Degree

Degree
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

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 11 July 2026. 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 -33 27 £28,000 -58.52% 33
County Down -33 3 - - 3
County Londonderry +4 1 - - 3
Newry -15 1 - - 1
County Armagh -23 1 - - 4
Degree
UK

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (9.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (34.38%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (18.75%) AWS
2 6 (18.75%) Smartsheet
3 2 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.13%) Azure
4 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Functions
4 1 (3.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.75%) Network Security
2 1 (3.13%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (3.13%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) JIRA
2 1 (3.13%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (50.00%) Finance
2 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
3 6 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (18.75%) French Language
4 4 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (12.50%) Legal
5 2 (6.25%) Games
6 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (25.00%) Analyst
2 6 (18.75%) Associate Consultant
2 6 (18.75%) Associate Technology Consultant
2 6 (18.75%) Consultant
2 6 (18.75%) Service Analyst
2 6 (18.75%) Service Desk Analyst
2 6 (18.75%) Technology Consultant
3 4 (12.50%) Applications Support
3 4 (12.50%) Commercial Manager
3 4 (12.50%) Graduate
3 4 (12.50%) Graduate Applications Support
4 3 (9.38%) Coordinator
4 3 (9.38%) Project Coordinator
5 2 (6.25%) Deskside Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Deskside Support
5 2 (6.25%) Deskside Support Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Desktop Support
5 2 (6.25%) Quantity Surveyor
5 2 (6.25%) Support Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.50%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (3.13%) .NET
2 1 (3.13%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.13%) ASP.NET
2 1 (3.13%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (3.13%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (3.13%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 1 (3.13%) Entity Framework
2 1 (3.13%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) Data Centre
2 6 (18.75%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (9.38%) FMCG
4 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 2 (6.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.63%) Linux
2 4 (12.50%) Unix
3 2 (6.25%) Windows
4 1 (3.13%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (37.50%) ITIL
2 11 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (28.13%) Decision-Making
3 9 (28.13%) Logistics
4 8 (25.00%) Customer Service
5 7 (21.88%) Agile
6 6 (18.75%) Change Control
6 6 (18.75%) Computer Science
6 6 (18.75%) Customer-Centricity
6 6 (18.75%) Data Centre Operations
6 6 (18.75%) ITSM
6 6 (18.75%) Performance Metrics
6 6 (18.75%) PRINCE2
6 6 (18.75%) Project Management
7 5 (15.63%) Budgeting
8 4 (12.50%) AI
8 4 (12.50%) Contract Negotiation
8 4 (12.50%) Financial Modelling
8 4 (12.50%) Fintech
8 4 (12.50%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.63%) SQL
2 1 (3.13%) C#
2 1 (3.13%) Shell Script
2 1 (3.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) AWS Certification
1 6 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (18.75%) MCSE
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (9.38%) CAPM
2 3 (9.38%) PMI Certification
2 3 (9.38%) PMP
2 3 (9.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (6.25%) A+ Certification
3 2 (6.25%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (3.13%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (28.13%) QA
2 3 (9.38%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.13%) Ansible
2 1 (3.13%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (3.13%) Grafana
2 1 (3.13%) Graylog
2 1 (3.13%) Nagios
Vendors
1 12 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.75%) ServiceNow
3 3 (9.38%) Planview
3 3 (9.38%) SAP
4 1 (3.13%) Commvault
4 1 (3.13%) Oracle
4 1 (3.13%) VMware
4 1 (3.13%) Zerto