Senior Jobs in Northern Ireland

Senior
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Senior salary in Northern Ireland is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 25 45
Rank change year-on-year +18 +20 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 121 104 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 17.41% 12.21% 5.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.22% 12.86% 6.12%
Number of salaries quoted 44 30 30
10th Percentile £28,625 £32,375 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,750 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -8.45% +6.50%
75th Percentile £60,550 £62,500 £66,188
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,125 £71,700
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% - +12.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 664 809 637
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.54% 94.95% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 321 447 345
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £67,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Northern Ireland

Senior
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for Senior in Northern Ireland

Senior
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in Northern Ireland

Senior
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 Senior within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 10 May 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 +18 116 £55,000 +15.79% 39
County Tyrone - 1 - - 2
Senior
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior in the job title.

1 50 (41.32%) Actionable Insight
2 47 (38.84%) AWS
3 42 (34.71%) Azure
4 39 (32.23%) SC Cleared
4 39 (32.23%) Security Cleared
5 37 (30.58%) Agile
6 35 (28.93%) Software Engineering
7 32 (26.45%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (24.79%) React
9 28 (23.14%) DevOps
9 28 (23.14%) .NET
9 28 (23.14%) Social Skills
10 27 (22.31%) JavaScript
10 27 (22.31%) Python
11 26 (21.49%) PostgreSQL
11 26 (21.49%) Artificial Intelligence
12 25 (20.66%) .NET Core
13 24 (19.83%) C#
14 21 (17.36%) CSS
15 19 (15.70%) SQL
16 18 (14.88%) GIS
16 18 (14.88%) ESRI
16 18 (14.88%) ArcGIS
16 18 (14.88%) PostGIS
16 18 (14.88%) Leaflet
16 18 (14.88%) Web Development
16 18 (14.88%) Degree
16 18 (14.88%) QGIS
16 18 (14.88%) GeoServer
16 18 (14.88%) OpenLayers

Senior 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 18 (14.88%) ArcGIS
1 18 (14.88%) GeoServer
2 3 (2.48%) Confluence
2 3 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.65%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.83%) Apache
4 1 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.83%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.83%) CMS
4 1 (0.83%) JBoss
4 1 (0.83%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 4 (3.31%) Sketch
2 2 (1.65%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.83%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 47 (38.84%) AWS
2 42 (34.71%) Azure
3 6 (4.96%) Miro
4 4 (3.31%) Figma
4 4 (3.31%) Heroku
5 2 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.65%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.65%) SaaS
6 1 (0.83%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.83%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.83%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.13%) TCP/IP
2 4 (3.31%) Firewall
3 2 (1.65%) LAN
4 1 (0.83%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (21.49%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (14.88%) GIS
2 18 (14.88%) QGIS
3 13 (10.74%) SQL Server
4 10 (8.26%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (6.61%) Oracle Database
5 8 (6.61%) Oracle Database 11g
6 4 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.48%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.48%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.65%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.65%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.83%) Flink
9 1 (0.83%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (4.13%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.48%) JIRA
3 1 (0.83%) Git
3 1 (0.83%) IntelliJ
General
1 28 (23.14%) Social Skills
2 12 (9.92%) Music Industry
3 7 (5.79%) Finance
4 6 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.13%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (4.13%) Retail
6 4 (3.31%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.31%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (3.31%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.31%) Tech for Good
7 1 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.83%) Marketing
7 1 (0.83%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (24.79%) React
2 28 (23.14%) .NET
3 25 (20.66%) .NET Core
4 21 (17.36%) CSS
5 18 (14.88%) Leaflet
5 18 (14.88%) OpenLayers
5 18 (14.88%) PostGIS
6 12 (9.92%) .NET Framework
6 12 (9.92%) Entity Framework
7 11 (9.09%) HTML
8 10 (8.26%) Blazor
9 7 (5.79%) REST
9 7 (5.79%) Web Services
10 6 (4.96%) AngularJS
11 5 (4.13%) FFmpeg
11 5 (4.13%) GStreamer
11 5 (4.13%) OpenCV
12 4 (3.31%) Django
12 4 (3.31%) Express.js
12 4 (3.31%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.13%) Driving Licence
1 5 (4.13%) EPoS
1 5 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
1 5 (4.13%) Video\Live Streaming
2 4 (3.31%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.48%) Cyber Security Posture
3 3 (2.48%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.65%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.83%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.83%) Blockchain
5 1 (0.83%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.83%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.83%) Media Streaming
5 1 (0.83%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.83%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.09%) Linux
2 8 (6.61%) Windows
3 5 (4.13%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (3.31%) Ubuntu
4 4 (3.31%) Unix
5 3 (2.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (41.32%) Actionable Insight
2 37 (30.58%) Agile
3 35 (28.93%) Software Engineering
4 32 (26.45%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (23.14%) DevOps
6 26 (21.49%) Artificial Intelligence
7 18 (14.88%) Web Development
8 15 (12.40%) Front End Development
8 15 (12.40%) Mentoring
9 12 (9.92%) Analytics
10 10 (8.26%) Coaching
10 10 (8.26%) End-to-End Testing
10 10 (8.26%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (8.26%) Video Analytics
11 9 (7.44%) Migration
11 9 (7.44%) Secure Coding
11 9 (7.44%) Unit Testing
11 9 (7.44%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 8 (6.61%) Data Migration
12 8 (6.61%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 27 (22.31%) JavaScript
1 27 (22.31%) Python
2 24 (19.83%) C#
3 19 (15.70%) SQL
4 8 (6.61%) PL/SQL
5 6 (4.96%) Bash
6 5 (4.13%) C
7 4 (3.31%) Java
7 4 (3.31%) Ruby
8 2 (1.65%) Go
8 2 (1.65%) PHP
8 2 (1.65%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.83%) C++
Qualifications
1 39 (32.23%) SC Cleared
1 39 (32.23%) Security Cleared
2 18 (14.88%) Degree
3 5 (4.13%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (4.13%) Master's Degree
3 5 (4.13%) PhD
4 4 (3.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 3 (2.48%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.48%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.65%) HNC
6 2 (1.65%) HND
7 1 (0.83%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.83%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.44%) QA
2 7 (5.79%) Accessibility
3 5 (4.13%) SLA
4 4 (3.31%) GMP
4 4 (3.31%) WCAG
5 2 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (9.09%) Firmware
2 6 (4.96%) Docker
3 3 (2.48%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.65%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.65%) vSphere
5 1 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.96%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.31%) Terraform
3 1 (0.83%) Ansible
3 1 (0.83%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.83%) Puppet
3 1 (0.83%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 18 (14.88%) ESRI
2 9 (7.44%) Oracle
3 5 (4.13%) Dell
3 5 (4.13%) HP
3 5 (4.13%) IBM
3 5 (4.13%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.13%) NetApp
4 3 (2.48%) VMware
5 2 (1.65%) Apple
6 1 (0.83%) Infor