Senior Developer Jobs in Northern Ireland

Senior Developer
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Senior 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 38 64 87
Rank change year-on-year +26 +23 -38
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 33 27 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 4.77% 3.51% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.96% 3.70% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 26 4 11
10th Percentile - - £46,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £66,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -33.33% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £54,313 £77,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £57,575 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

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%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in Northern Ireland

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for Senior Developer in Northern Ireland

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

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

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in Northern Ireland

Senior 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 Senior 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 +21 25 £55,000 +10.00% 17
County Tyrone - 4 £47,500 - 1
Senior Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Senior 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 Senior Developer in the job title.

1 18 (54.55%) C#
2 17 (51.52%) AWS
3 16 (48.48%) .NET
4 15 (45.45%) SQL Server
4 15 (45.45%) Azure
5 14 (42.42%) Social Skills
6 12 (36.36%) Music Industry
7 11 (33.33%) .NET Framework
7 11 (33.33%) Entity Framework
7 11 (33.33%) SQL
7 11 (33.33%) JavaScript
7 11 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (30.30%) End-to-End Testing
8 10 (30.30%) Blazor
8 10 (30.30%) React
8 10 (30.30%) Front End Development
8 10 (30.30%) .NET Core
8 10 (30.30%) HTML
8 10 (30.30%) CSS
8 10 (30.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (30.30%) Mentoring
9 8 (24.24%) Full Stack Development
10 6 (18.18%) MVC
10 6 (18.18%) jQuery
11 5 (15.15%) HTML5
11 5 (15.15%) User Experience
11 5 (15.15%) Analytics
11 5 (15.15%) Media Streaming
11 5 (15.15%) Time Management
11 5 (15.15%) CMS

Senior 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 5 (15.15%) CMS
2 1 (3.03%) Appian
Cloud Services
1 17 (51.52%) AWS
2 15 (45.45%) Azure
3 1 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (45.45%) SQL Server
2 10 (30.30%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle Database
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle Database 11g
3 1 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
General
1 14 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 12 (36.36%) Music Industry
3 4 (12.12%) Tech for Good
4 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (48.48%) .NET
2 11 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 11 (33.33%) Entity Framework
3 10 (30.30%) .NET Core
3 10 (30.30%) Blazor
3 10 (30.30%) CSS
3 10 (30.30%) HTML
3 10 (30.30%) React
4 6 (18.18%) jQuery
5 5 (15.15%) HTML5
5 5 (15.15%) J2EE
5 5 (15.15%) JSP
5 5 (15.15%) Web Services
6 4 (12.12%) AngularJS
6 4 (12.12%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (3.03%) ASP.NET
7 1 (3.03%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (3.03%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (3.03%) Laravel
7 1 (3.03%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Media Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (30.30%) End-to-End Testing
2 10 (30.30%) Front End Development
2 10 (30.30%) Mentoring
3 8 (24.24%) Full Stack Development
4 6 (18.18%) MVC
5 5 (15.15%) Analytics
5 5 (15.15%) Content Management
5 5 (15.15%) E-Commerce
5 5 (15.15%) Project Management
5 5 (15.15%) SDLC
5 5 (15.15%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (15.15%) Time Management
5 5 (15.15%) User Experience
6 3 (9.09%) Coaching
7 2 (6.06%) Actionable Insight
7 2 (6.06%) Secure Coding
7 2 (6.06%) Unit Testing
7 2 (6.06%) Web Development
8 1 (3.03%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 18 (54.55%) C#
2 11 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 11 (33.33%) SQL
3 5 (15.15%) C
3 5 (15.15%) Java
4 4 (12.12%) Ruby
5 1 (3.03%) PHP
5 1 (3.03%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) Quadient