TETRA Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring TETRA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 48 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Permanent jobs citing TETRA 16 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 2.75% 0.26% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.28% 2.27% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% -15.15% +120.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northern Ireland

TETRA falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 83 44 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 14.29% 11.40% 18.39%
Number of salaries quoted 36 7 53
10th Percentile £30,750 £41,310 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,875 £53,125 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £69,308 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -44.09% +63.08% -1.16%
75th Percentile £65,000 £80,822 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £69,800
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

TETRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing TETRA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

TETRA job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

TETRA
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 TETRA within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 22 January 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 Down - 7 - -
County Armagh - 5 - -
County Antrim +1 4 - -
Newry - 2 - -
TETRA
UK

TETRA
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:

Applications
1 16 (100.00%) AutoCAD
General
1 7 (43.75%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (87.50%) Project Engineer
2 7 (43.75%) Lead
3 2 (12.50%) Design Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Design Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Logistics
2 9 (56.25%) Project Delivery
3 7 (43.75%) Mentoring
3 7 (43.75%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Motorola