Software Developer Jobs in Northern Ireland

Software Developer
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Software Developer salary in Northern Ireland is £50,000 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 32 19 56
Rank change year-on-year -13 +37 -37
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 40 110 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 5.78% 14.29% 5.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.02% 15.09% 5.32%
Number of salaries quoted 34 104 21
10th Percentile £42,500 £29,575 £31,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £52,750
90th Percentile £66,750 £58,500 £58,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +15.79%

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%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Northern Ireland

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Northern Ireland

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

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

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Northern Ireland

Software 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 Software 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 -18 31 £55,000 +37.50% 8
County Tyrone -5 4 £45,000 -
County Armagh - 4 £50,000 -
County Down -5 1 £45,000 -
Software Developer
UK

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

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

1 24 (60.00%) C#
2 21 (52.50%) .NET
3 18 (45.00%) AWS
4 17 (42.50%) Social Skills
5 16 (40.00%) Azure
5 16 (40.00%) SQL Server
6 13 (32.50%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (30.00%) Mentoring
7 12 (30.00%) SQL
7 12 (30.00%) Entity Framework
7 12 (30.00%) .NET Framework
7 12 (30.00%) Music Industry
8 11 (27.50%) React
9 10 (25.00%) Front End Development
9 10 (25.00%) .NET Core
9 10 (25.00%) Blazor
9 10 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
9 10 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (17.50%) jQuery
11 6 (15.00%) MVC
11 6 (15.00%) HTML
11 6 (15.00%) JavaScript
11 6 (15.00%) CSS
12 5 (12.50%) C
12 5 (12.50%) Web Development
12 5 (12.50%) Software Engineering
12 5 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
12 5 (12.50%) SDLC
12 5 (12.50%) Coaching
13 4 (10.00%) User Experience

Software 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 4 (10.00%) CMS
2 1 (2.50%) Mendix
2 1 (2.50%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 18 (45.00%) AWS
2 16 (40.00%) Azure
3 2 (5.00%) dbt
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.50%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (42.50%) Social Skills
2 12 (30.00%) Music Industry
3 2 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (5.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.50%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (52.50%) .NET
2 12 (30.00%) .NET Framework
2 12 (30.00%) Entity Framework
3 11 (27.50%) React
4 10 (25.00%) .NET Core
4 10 (25.00%) Blazor
5 7 (17.50%) jQuery
6 6 (15.00%) CSS
6 6 (15.00%) HTML
7 4 (10.00%) HTML5
7 4 (10.00%) Web Services
8 3 (7.50%) AngularJS
8 3 (7.50%) J2EE
8 3 (7.50%) JSP
9 2 (5.00%) ASP.NET
9 2 (5.00%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (5.00%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (5.00%) Django
9 2 (5.00%) Node.js
9 2 (5.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) Media Streaming
2 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (32.50%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (30.00%) Mentoring
3 10 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 10 (25.00%) Front End Development
4 6 (15.00%) MVC
5 5 (12.50%) Coaching
5 5 (12.50%) SDLC
5 5 (12.50%) Software Engineering
5 5 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (12.50%) Web Development
6 4 (10.00%) Code Quality
6 4 (10.00%) User Experience
7 3 (7.50%) Analytics
7 3 (7.50%) Containerisation
7 3 (7.50%) Content Management
7 3 (7.50%) E-Commerce
7 3 (7.50%) Project Management
7 3 (7.50%) Time Management
8 2 (5.00%) Agile
8 2 (5.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (60.00%) C#
2 12 (30.00%) SQL
3 6 (15.00%) JavaScript
4 5 (12.50%) C
5 3 (7.50%) Java
6 2 (5.00%) Python
7 1 (2.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (5.00%) Degree
1 2 (5.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (5.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.50%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft