Software Engineering Director Jobs in Northern Ireland

Director of Software Engineering
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Director of Software Engineering salary in Northern Ireland is £130,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineering Director 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.51% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £127,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 - -
75th Percentile £132,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £130,000 £117,500 £130,000
% change year-on-year +10.64% -9.62% +8.33%

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 223 736 765
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 84.15% 95.58% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 79 372 421
10th Percentile £25,501 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,500 £38,750 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Software Engineering Director
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering Director in Northern Ireland

Software Engineering Director Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 26 June 2025, Software Engineering Director 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 Engineering Director in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) QA
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 4 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (100.00%) Budgeting

Software Engineering Director 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:

Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) QA