Developer Jobs in Northern Ireland

Developer
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Developer salary in Northern Ireland is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 3 10
Rank change year-on-year 0 +7 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 128 246 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 18.50% 31.95% 21.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.25% 33.74% 22.52%
Number of salaries quoted 96 189 113
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £34,400
25th Percentile £45,938 £37,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +31.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 665 729 808
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.10% 94.68% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 338 361 384
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,188 £36,250 £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 £67,425
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Northern Ireland

Developer
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for Developer in Northern Ireland

Developer
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

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

Salary histogram for Developer in Northern Ireland

Developer
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 Developer 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 -1 110 £60,000 +20.00% 55
County Tyrone -1 9 £33,500 - 1
County Armagh 0 4 £50,000 +75.44% 1
County Down -6 1 £45,000 - 1
Developer
UK

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Northern Ireland region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 40 (31.25%) .NET
2 37 (28.91%) C#
3 35 (27.34%) Azure
4 33 (25.78%) JavaScript
5 30 (23.44%) HTML
5 30 (23.44%) CSS
6 27 (21.09%) Social Skills
6 27 (21.09%) Full Stack Development
7 26 (20.31%) AWS
8 23 (17.97%) .NET Framework
8 23 (17.97%) SQL
8 23 (17.97%) Entity Framework
9 21 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (16.41%) jQuery
10 20 (15.63%) Web Development
11 18 (14.06%) SQL Server
11 18 (14.06%) React
12 17 (13.28%) Front End Development
13 16 (12.50%) .NET Core
13 16 (12.50%) Software Engineering
14 15 (11.72%) Microsoft
15 14 (10.94%) E-Commerce
16 13 (10.16%) Java
16 13 (10.16%) ASP.NET Web API
16 13 (10.16%) Mentoring
17 12 (9.38%) Technical Leadership
17 12 (9.38%) CMS
17 12 (9.38%) Music Industry
18 11 (8.59%) Ruby
18 11 (8.59%) Ruby on Rails

Developer Skill Set
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 12 (9.38%) CMS
2 7 (5.47%) WordPress
3 2 (1.56%) SAS
4 1 (0.78%) Appian
4 1 (0.78%) Mendix
4 1 (0.78%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.78%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (2.34%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (2.34%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 35 (27.34%) Azure
2 26 (20.31%) AWS
3 7 (5.47%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (3.91%) SaaS
5 3 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.56%) dbt
6 2 (1.56%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.78%) GitHub
7 1 (0.78%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.78%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.78%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.78%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.34%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (14.06%) SQL Server
2 11 (8.59%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (3.13%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.56%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.56%) Oracle Database 11g
4 2 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.56%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.78%) GIS
5 1 (0.78%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.78%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (3.13%) Git
1 4 (3.13%) JUnit
1 4 (3.13%) Maven
2 3 (2.34%) Cypress.io
2 3 (2.34%) Jasmine
3 1 (0.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (21.09%) Social Skills
2 12 (9.38%) Music Industry
3 7 (5.47%) Tech for Good
4 5 (3.91%) Banking
4 5 (3.91%) Manufacturing
4 5 (3.91%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.13%) Finance
5 4 (3.13%) Retail
6 3 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.56%) Games
8 1 (0.78%) Law
8 1 (0.78%) Marketing
8 1 (0.78%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (31.25%) .NET
2 30 (23.44%) CSS
2 30 (23.44%) HTML
3 23 (17.97%) .NET Framework
3 23 (17.97%) Entity Framework
4 21 (16.41%) jQuery
5 18 (14.06%) React
6 16 (12.50%) .NET Core
7 13 (10.16%) ASP.NET Web API
8 11 (8.59%) AngularJS
8 11 (8.59%) Ruby on Rails
9 10 (7.81%) Blazor
9 10 (7.81%) HTML5
10 9 (7.03%) REST
11 8 (6.25%) Web Services
12 7 (5.47%) Spring Boot
13 6 (4.69%) Spring
14 5 (3.91%) Hibernate
14 5 (3.91%) J2EE
14 5 (3.91%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.59%) Social Network
2 5 (3.91%) Media Streaming
3 2 (1.56%) Blockchain
3 2 (1.56%) CMDB
3 2 (1.56%) IoT
3 2 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.56%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.56%) Web3
4 1 (0.78%) Apple TV
4 1 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.78%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.56%) Linux
1 2 (1.56%) Oracle Linux
2 1 (0.78%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.78%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (21.09%) Full Stack Development
2 21 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (15.63%) Web Development
4 17 (13.28%) Front End Development
5 16 (12.50%) Software Engineering
6 14 (10.94%) E-Commerce
7 13 (10.16%) Mentoring
8 12 (9.38%) Technical Leadership
9 11 (8.59%) Microservices
10 10 (7.81%) Code Quality
10 10 (7.81%) End-to-End Testing
11 8 (6.25%) Analytics
11 8 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (6.25%) MVC
11 8 (6.25%) User Experience
12 7 (5.47%) Actionable Insight
12 7 (5.47%) SDLC
12 7 (5.47%) Test Automation
13 5 (3.91%) Artificial Intelligence
13 5 (3.91%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 37 (28.91%) C#
2 33 (25.78%) JavaScript
3 23 (17.97%) SQL
4 13 (10.16%) Java
5 11 (8.59%) Ruby
6 8 (6.25%) PHP
7 6 (4.69%) TypeScript
8 5 (3.91%) C
9 3 (2.34%) Python
10 2 (1.56%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.78%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.78%) Perl
11 1 (0.78%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.78%) Swift
Qualifications
1 9 (7.03%) Security Cleared
2 8 (6.25%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.34%) Degree
5 2 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.78%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.78%) Ansible
1 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (11.72%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.91%) Oracle
3 3 (2.34%) Adobe
4 2 (1.56%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.78%) Apple
5 1 (0.78%) Quadient
5 1 (0.78%) Xamarin