Senior Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Senior
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Senior salary in Northern Ireland is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 June 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 11 5
Rank change year-on-year -32 -6 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 28 28 101
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 2.93% 11.91% 16.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.13% 14.29% 16.97%
Number of salaries quoted 24 4 58
10th Percentile £44,500 £60,250 £32,472
25th Percentile £55,000 £68,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £80,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +45.45% +12.82%
75th Percentile £75,000 £90,625 £68,750
90th Percentile - £96,250 £82,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% +8.00% -10.71%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 894 196 595
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.42% 83.40% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 328 61 381
10th Percentile - £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £41,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,188 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Senior job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Senior
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Northern Ireland.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Northern Ireland

Senior
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior in Northern Ireland

Senior
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 within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 16 June 2026. 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 -22 26 £60,000 -25.00% 102
County Londonderry +5 1 - -
County Down -20 1 £60,000 - 2
Newry - 1 £60,000 - 1
Senior
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 June 2026, Senior 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 in the job title.

1 11 (39.29%) Microsoft
2 8 (28.57%) Python
3 7 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 6 (21.43%) Generative AI
5 4 (14.29%) Decision-Making
6 3 (10.71%) AWS
6 3 (10.71%) Azure
6 3 (10.71%) CI/CD
6 3 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (10.71%) ITIL
6 3 (10.71%) Linux
6 3 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (10.71%) Problem Management
6 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
6 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
6 3 (10.71%) SharePoint
6 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (7.14%) Analytical Thinking
7 2 (7.14%) Ansible
7 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (7.14%) DevOps
7 2 (7.14%) Firewall
7 2 (7.14%) GCP
7 2 (7.14%) Incident Management
7 2 (7.14%) ITSM
7 2 (7.14%) Major Incident Management
7 2 (7.14%) Mentoring
7 2 (7.14%) Migration
7 2 (7.14%) People Management
7 2 (7.14%) Process Improvement

Senior 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 3 (10.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.57%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.71%) AWS
1 3 (10.71%) Azure
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (7.14%) GCP
3 1 (3.57%) Amazon ECR
3 1 (3.57%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (3.57%) Amazon ElastiCache
3 1 (3.57%) Amazon OpenSearch
3 1 (3.57%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (3.57%) AWS CodeBuild
3 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.57%) dbt
3 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.57%) OpenShift
3 1 (3.57%) Power Automate
3 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.57%) PowerApps
3 1 (3.57%) Pulumi
3 1 (3.57%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) Firewall
2 1 (3.57%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (3.57%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (3.57%) Internet
2 1 (3.57%) LAN
2 1 (3.57%) MPLS
2 1 (3.57%) SAN
2 1 (3.57%) SD-WAN
2 1 (3.57%) SNA
2 1 (3.57%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.57%) VLAN
2 1 (3.57%) VoIP
2 1 (3.57%) VPN
2 1 (3.57%) WAN
2 1 (3.57%) Wireless
2 1 (3.57%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (3.57%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (3.57%) MongoDB
1 1 (3.57%) Pinecone
1 1 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
1 1 (3.57%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) GitLab
1 1 (3.57%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (10.71%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.14%) Finance
3 2 (7.14%) Law
3 2 (7.14%) Retail
4 1 (3.57%) Advertising
4 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) D3.js
1 1 (3.57%) Django
1 1 (3.57%) FastAPI
1 1 (3.57%) LangChain
1 1 (3.57%) LlamaIndex
1 1 (3.57%) NumPy
1 1 (3.57%) Pandas
1 1 (3.57%) pgvector
1 1 (3.57%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (7.14%) Digital Signage
2 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.57%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (3.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Linux
2 2 (7.14%) Windows
3 1 (3.57%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (3.57%) Unix
3 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 6 (21.43%) Generative AI
3 4 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 3 (10.71%) CI/CD
4 3 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (10.71%) ITIL
4 3 (10.71%) Problem Management
4 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (7.14%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (7.14%) DevOps
5 2 (7.14%) Incident Management
5 2 (7.14%) ITSM
5 2 (7.14%) Major Incident Management
5 2 (7.14%) Mentoring
5 2 (7.14%) Migration
5 2 (7.14%) People Management
5 2 (7.14%) Process Improvement
5 2 (7.14%) Task Automation
5 2 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (28.57%) Python
2 1 (3.57%) C
2 1 (3.57%) C#
2 1 (3.57%) C++
2 1 (3.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (3.57%) Java
2 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.57%) Shell Script
2 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
1 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.57%) ACCA
2 1 (3.57%) CCNP
2 1 (3.57%) CCSP
2 1 (3.57%) CIMA
2 1 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.57%) Docker
1 1 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Ansible
2 1 (3.57%) AWS Copilot
2 1 (3.57%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (3.57%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.57%) Grafana
2 1 (3.57%) Graylog
2 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.57%) Nagios
2 1 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (39.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) Cisco
2 1 (3.57%) Commvault
2 1 (3.57%) Fortinet
2 1 (3.57%) Google
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle
2 1 (3.57%) VMware
2 1 (3.57%) Zerto