Senior Jobs 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 26 October 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 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 18 34
Rank change year-on-year +12 +16 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 76 88 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 15.17% 14.06% 10.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.48% 14.40% 10.70%
Number of salaries quoted 33 32 78
10th Percentile £46,250 £36,375 £38,386
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,250 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +13.66% -6.82%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £68,063
90th Percentile £80,000 £91,375 £77,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +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 491 611 916
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.00% 97.60% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 243 265 447
10th Percentile £33,600 £29,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £74,144 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £76,250 £76,750
UK median annual salary £56,250 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - +4.35%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Northern Ireland

Senior
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for Senior in Northern Ireland

Senior
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

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

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 26 October 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 +14 65 £62,500 +25.00% 33
County Down +2 5 £52,500 - 1
County Tyrone - 4 £47,500 -
Newry - 2 £52,500 - 1
Senior
UK

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

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

1 25 (32.89%) AWS
2 22 (28.95%) Azure
3 18 (23.68%) Degree
3 18 (23.68%) Social Skills
4 17 (22.37%) Mentoring
4 17 (22.37%) Coaching
5 15 (19.74%) Finance
5 15 (19.74%) Roadmaps
6 14 (18.42%) QA
7 13 (17.11%) Python
8 12 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (14.47%) Analytics
9 11 (14.47%) User Experience
9 11 (14.47%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (14.47%) Security Cleared
9 11 (14.47%) Microsoft
9 11 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (13.16%) Java
10 10 (13.16%) Agile
10 10 (13.16%) Artificial Intelligence
10 10 (13.16%) Software Engineering
10 10 (13.16%) Line Management
10 10 (13.16%) Node.js
11 9 (11.84%) Docker
11 9 (11.84%) SQL
12 8 (10.53%) HTML
12 8 (10.53%) Project Management
12 8 (10.53%) React
12 8 (10.53%) SDLC
12 8 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement

Senior 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 (6.58%) CMS
2 2 (2.63%) Confluence
3 1 (1.32%) Appian
Applications
1 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.63%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.32%) Sketch
3 1 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (5.26%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (5.26%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (5.26%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 25 (32.89%) AWS
2 22 (28.95%) Azure
3 6 (7.89%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (5.26%) GCP
4 4 (5.26%) OCI
5 3 (3.95%) dbt
5 3 (3.95%) Figma
5 3 (3.95%) PaaS
5 3 (3.95%) SaaS
6 2 (2.63%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.63%) IaaS
7 1 (1.32%) Amazon ECR
7 1 (1.32%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.32%) Amazon ElastiCache
7 1 (1.32%) Amazon OpenSearch
7 1 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.32%) AWS CodeBuild
7 1 (1.32%) Pulumi
7 1 (1.32%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.89%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.63%) DNS
2 2 (2.63%) Firewall
2 2 (2.63%) IPv6
2 2 (2.63%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (2.63%) SD-WAN
2 2 (2.63%) WAN
3 1 (1.32%) Internet
3 1 (1.32%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.89%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (7.89%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.63%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.63%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.32%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (6.58%) Git
2 3 (3.95%) JIRA
3 1 (1.32%) Axure RP
3 1 (1.32%) GitLab
3 1 (1.32%) JetBrains Rider
3 1 (1.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (23.68%) Social Skills
2 15 (19.74%) Finance
3 11 (14.47%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (9.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (9.21%) Manufacturing
5 6 (7.89%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (7.89%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.26%) Legal
7 2 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.32%) Back Office
8 1 (1.32%) Banking
8 1 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.32%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (13.16%) Node.js
2 8 (10.53%) HTML
2 8 (10.53%) React
3 7 (9.21%) AngularJS
3 7 (9.21%) Django
3 7 (9.21%) HTML5
3 7 (9.21%) Web Services
4 6 (7.89%) .NET
4 6 (7.89%) CSS
5 5 (6.58%) GStreamer
5 5 (6.58%) J2EE
5 5 (6.58%) jQuery
5 5 (6.58%) JSP
6 4 (5.26%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (5.26%) Spring Boot
7 3 (3.95%) Middleware
8 2 (2.63%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (2.63%) RESTful
8 2 (2.63%) Sass
8 2 (2.63%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.21%) Video\Live Streaming
2 5 (6.58%) Media Streaming
3 4 (5.26%) Cloud Native
3 4 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.95%) Public Cloud
5 2 (2.63%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.63%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.32%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.32%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.32%) Derivative
6 1 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.32%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.32%) EPoS
6 1 (1.32%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.32%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.89%) Linux
2 3 (3.95%) Windows
3 2 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.32%) Android
4 1 (1.32%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (22.37%) Coaching
1 17 (22.37%) Mentoring
2 15 (19.74%) Roadmaps
3 12 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (14.47%) Analytics
4 11 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (14.47%) User Experience
5 10 (13.16%) Agile
5 10 (13.16%) Artificial Intelligence
5 10 (13.16%) Line Management
5 10 (13.16%) Software Engineering
6 8 (10.53%) Computer Science
6 8 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (10.53%) Project Management
6 8 (10.53%) SDLC
6 8 (10.53%) Time Management
7 7 (9.21%) Full-Stack Development
7 7 (9.21%) User Stories
8 6 (7.89%) Strategic Roadmap
8 6 (7.89%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 13 (17.11%) Python
2 10 (13.16%) Java
3 9 (11.84%) SQL
4 7 (9.21%) C#
5 6 (7.89%) JavaScript
6 5 (6.58%) Bash
7 3 (3.95%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (23.68%) Degree
2 11 (14.47%) Security Cleared
3 7 (9.21%) Master's Degree
3 7 (9.21%) SC Cleared
4 5 (6.58%) PhD
5 3 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.95%) MAPM
5 3 (3.95%) MRICS
6 2 (2.63%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.63%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.63%) CCNA
6 2 (2.63%) CCNP
6 2 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.32%) CHECK Team Leader
7 1 (1.32%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.32%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (18.42%) QA
2 6 (7.89%) GMP
3 1 (1.32%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.32%) PMO
3 1 (1.32%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (11.84%) Docker
2 6 (7.89%) Firmware
3 2 (2.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.95%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (14.47%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.89%) Google
2 6 (7.89%) NEC
3 4 (5.26%) Hyperion
3 4 (5.26%) JD Edwards
3 4 (5.26%) Oracle
3 4 (5.26%) PeopleSoft
4 2 (2.63%) Cisco
5 1 (1.32%) Dell
5 1 (1.32%) HP
5 1 (1.32%) IBM
5 1 (1.32%) Minitab
5 1 (1.32%) NetApp
5 1 (1.32%) Quadient