Full-Stack Engineer Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Full-Stack Engineer
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Full-Stack Engineer salary in Northern Ireland is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 38 56
Rank change year-on-year -15 +18 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Engineer 17 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 2.05% 0.67% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.30% 0.70% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 17 1 1
10th Percentile £63,500 - -
25th Percentile - £57,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -33.33% +56.52%
75th Percentile - £62,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -13.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 739 285 443
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.25% 95.00% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 299 78 300
10th Percentile £26,250 £33,254 £30,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £36,305 £38,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,286 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Full-Stack Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Full-Stack Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Full-Stack Engineer job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Full-Stack Engineer
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for Full-Stack Engineer job vacancies in Northern Ireland.

Salary distribution trend for Full-Stack Engineer job vacancies in Northern Ireland

Full-Stack 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 Full-Stack Engineer within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 15 March 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 Antrim -14 8 £70,000 -
Newry - 5 £70,000 -
County Down - 5 £70,000 -
County Londonderry - 4 £70,000 -
Full-Stack Engineer
UK

Full-Stack Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 15 March 2026, Full-Stack Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Northern Ireland region featuring Full-Stack Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 14 (82.35%) Product Vision
3 3 (17.65%) Next.js
4 2 (11.76%) Agile
4 2 (11.76%) CI/CD
4 2 (11.76%) Containerisation
4 2 (11.76%) Docker
4 2 (11.76%) GitHub
4 2 (11.76%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (11.76%) Kubernetes
4 2 (11.76%) MongoDB
4 2 (11.76%) React
4 2 (11.76%) TypeScript
5 1 (5.88%) AI
5 1 (5.88%) Computer Science
5 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (5.88%) Dashboard Development
5 1 (5.88%) Degree
5 1 (5.88%) DevOps
5 1 (5.88%) Front End Development
5 1 (5.88%) Generative AI
5 1 (5.88%) GraphQL
5 1 (5.88%) ITSM
5 1 (5.88%) JIRA
5 1 (5.88%) LangChain
5 1 (5.88%) LlamaIndex
5 1 (5.88%) LLM
5 1 (5.88%) Machine Learning
5 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
5 1 (5.88%) Prompt Engineering

Full-Stack Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) GitHub
1 2 (11.76%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 2 (11.76%) Advertising
2 1 (5.88%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) Next.js
2 2 (11.76%) React
3 1 (5.88%) GraphQL
3 1 (5.88%) LangChain
3 1 (5.88%) LlamaIndex
3 1 (5.88%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 14 (82.35%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.88%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 14 (82.35%) Product Vision
3 2 (11.76%) Agile
3 2 (11.76%) CI/CD
3 2 (11.76%) Containerisation
4 1 (5.88%) AI
4 1 (5.88%) Computer Science
4 1 (5.88%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (5.88%) DevOps
4 1 (5.88%) Front End Development
4 1 (5.88%) Generative AI
4 1 (5.88%) ITSM
4 1 (5.88%) LLM
4 1 (5.88%) Machine Learning
4 1 (5.88%) Prompt Engineering
4 1 (5.88%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
4 1 (5.88%) Service Management
4 1 (5.88%) User Experience
4 1 (5.88%) UX Design
4 1 (5.88%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) TypeScript
2 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (5.88%) Degree
1 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Kubernetes