Technical Engineer Jobs in Northern Ireland

Technical Engineer
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Technical Engineer salary in Northern Ireland is £29,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 63 82
Rank change year-on-year +31 +19 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 5 9 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.74% 1.30% 1.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 1.36% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 5
10th Percentile - - £28,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £34,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.94% -1.43% +21.74%
75th Percentile £29,500 £40,000 £38,750
90th Percentile - - £44,000
UK median annual salary £34,500 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.43% -22.22% +32.35%

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 267 661 826
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 95.52% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 72 321 450
10th Percentile £23,854 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,112 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £70,313 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £66,025
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Engineer in Northern Ireland

Technical Engineer
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for Technical Engineer in Northern Ireland

Technical Engineer
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 Technical Engineer within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +35 4 - - 3
County Armagh - 1 £29,000 -
Technical Engineer
UK

Technical Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Technical Engineer 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 Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) CCTV
2 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills

Technical Engineer 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) CCTV
2 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Degree