Senior Developer Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Senior Developer
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Senior Developer salary in Northern Ireland is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 33 37
Rank change year-on-year -9 +4 +50
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 3 18 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.84% 3.75% 3.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 3.83% 4.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 12
10th Percentile £56,250 £46,250 £38,500
25th Percentile £58,125 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year - +17.37% -23.66%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £71,000 -
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -7.14% -

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 327 470 340
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.60% 97.92% 96.87%
Number of salaries quoted 152 243 262
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,600 £29,300
25th Percentile £37,563 £45,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £74,444 £74,144 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.89% -5.00% -

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Northern Ireland.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies 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 29 October 2025.

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 29 October 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 -1 1 £60,000 -5.88% 5
Senior Developer
UK

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 29 October 2025, Senior Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Northern Ireland region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Functions
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (33.33%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (33.33%) Infor
2 1 (33.33%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (33.33%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 1 (33.33%) Laravel
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI

Senior Developer Skill Set
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 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Infor CloudSuite
1 1 (33.33%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Functions
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
1 1 (33.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (33.33%) Advertising
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (33.33%) Laravel
2 1 (33.33%) Vue
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Infor