Network Optimisation Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Network Optimisation
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Network Optimisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Network Optimisation 6 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 1.18% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% - -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 - -
75th Percentile £34,781 - -
90th Percentile £35,625 - -
UK median annual salary £37,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -42.31% +18.18% -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Network Optimisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 398 356 264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 78.04% 82.03% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 182 131 192
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,112 £29,994
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £68,938
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.60%

Network Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Network Optimisation job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Network Optimisation
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Network Optimisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Network Optimisation

Network Optimisation
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 Network Optimisation within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 19 December 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 - 6 £31,500 -
Network Optimisation
UK

Network Optimisation
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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
1 6 (100.00%) LAN
1 6 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) NOC Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) High Availability
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
1 6 (100.00%) Juniper