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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 9 18
Rank change year-on-year +6 +9 -1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 57 109 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 21.92% 15.59% 15.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 77.03% 45.04% 50.19%
Number of salaries quoted 13 38 45
10th Percentile £31,822 £22,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,112 £31,563 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,221 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.62% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £69,750 £63,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £52,600 £52,084 £58,000
% change year-on-year +0.99% -10.20% +5.45%

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 74 242 263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 28.46% 34.62% 30.51%
Number of salaries quoted 18 76 72
10th Percentile £33,254 £27,500 £27,800
25th Percentile £34,112 £32,500 £31,859
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,111 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.25% +5.88% -4.49%
75th Percentile £85,624 £60,000 £58,125
90th Percentile £95,625 £68,125 £78,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,600
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.40% +8.36%

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 16 May 2025.

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 16 May 2025. 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 +9 32 £63,750 +34.21% 134
County Down -1 10 - - 11
County Londonderry -1 7 £36,149 - 9
County Armagh +1 6 £40,221 -19.56% 4
County Tyrone +5 1 £50,000 +11.11% 3
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 4 (7.02%) SAS
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.26%) Simulink
3 2 (3.51%) Adobe XD
3 2 (3.51%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (12.28%) NEC Housing
2 2 (3.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.75%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.26%) Entra ID
1 3 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.51%) Figma
2 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (3.51%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.75%) AWS
3 1 (1.75%) Azure
3 1 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.75%) GCP
3 1 (1.75%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.02%) Network Security
2 3 (5.26%) Wireshark
3 1 (1.75%) VLAN
3 1 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.51%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.75%) GIS
2 1 (1.75%) Power BI
2 1 (1.75%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.75%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.75%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.26%) AppScan
1 3 (5.26%) Burp Suite
1 3 (5.26%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.75%) JIRA
General
1 8 (14.04%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.28%) Marketing
3 6 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.02%) Aerospace
4 4 (7.02%) Banking
4 4 (7.02%) Law
4 4 (7.02%) Legal
4 4 (7.02%) Retail
4 4 (7.02%) Wholesale Banking
5 3 (5.26%) Electronics
5 3 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.51%) Automotive
6 2 (3.51%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (35.09%) Project Manager
2 9 (15.79%) Senior
3 6 (10.53%) Analyst
4 5 (8.77%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (7.02%) Consultant
5 4 (7.02%) Risk Analyst
5 4 (7.02%) Senior Risk Analyst
6 3 (5.26%) Architect
6 3 (5.26%) Security Architect
6 3 (5.26%) ServiceNow Consultant
6 3 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Asset Management Project Manager
7 2 (3.51%) Cloud Architect
7 2 (3.51%) Information Specialist
7 2 (3.51%) Network Architect
7 2 (3.51%) Network Security Architect
7 2 (3.51%) Procurement Specialist
7 2 (3.51%) Product Design Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Product Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) UX Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) AngularJS
1 1 (1.75%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.02%) Management Information System
1 4 (7.02%) Security Posture
2 2 (3.51%) Cloud Native
2 2 (3.51%) Credit Risk
2 2 (3.51%) Enterprise Cloud
2 2 (3.51%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (1.75%) Biopharmaceutical
3 1 (1.75%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.75%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.26%) Kali Linux
2 2 (3.51%) Windows
3 1 (1.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (29.82%) Computer Science
2 11 (19.30%) Project Management
3 9 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (14.04%) Customer Service
5 7 (12.28%) Analytics
5 7 (12.28%) Marketing Strategy
5 7 (12.28%) Mathematics
5 7 (12.28%) Process Management
5 7 (12.28%) Risk Management
5 7 (12.28%) Software Engineering
6 6 (10.53%) Asset Management
7 5 (8.77%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (8.77%) Process Improvement
7 5 (8.77%) Project Delivery
7 5 (8.77%) Validation
8 4 (7.02%) Cloud Security
8 4 (7.02%) Innovative Thinking
8 4 (7.02%) ITSM
8 4 (7.02%) Mathematical Modelling
8 4 (7.02%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.53%) SQL
2 5 (8.77%) Python
3 4 (7.02%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.26%) MATLAB
5 2 (3.51%) C#
6 1 (1.75%) C
6 1 (1.75%) PHP
Qualifications
1 11 (19.30%) Computer Science Degree
2 8 (14.04%) HND
3 6 (10.53%) CISSP
3 6 (10.53%) HNC
4 3 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (5.26%) GIAC
4 3 (5.26%) GPEN
4 3 (5.26%) GWAPT
4 3 (5.26%) OSCP
5 2 (3.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (3.51%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.75%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.75%) CCNA
6 1 (1.75%) CCNP
6 1 (1.75%) CCSP
6 1 (1.75%) PMP
6 1 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.75%) GDPR
1 1 (1.75%) GMP
1 1 (1.75%) HIPAA
1 1 (1.75%) ISO 9001
1 1 (1.75%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (5.26%) Nessus
2 2 (3.51%) CASB
Vendors
1 11 (19.30%) NEC
2 6 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.26%) SAP
3 3 (5.26%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.26%) Trustwave
4 2 (3.51%) Adobe
4 2 (3.51%) Google
4 2 (3.51%) IBM
5 1 (1.75%) BMC
5 1 (1.75%) Cisco
5 1 (1.75%) Proofpoint
5 1 (1.75%) Remedy