There has been a rise in permanent and contract IT jobs in Northern Ireland.
There is a wealth of job opportunities across the majority of disciplines including application development, ITsecurity, business analysis and project management.
Another big growth area that has come to the fore in 2016 is data science as companies are beginning to embrace data analytics and this trend will continue throughout 2017.
The job market is candidate led with increased competition for strong candidates and with many candidates enjoying multiple offers, the counter-offer has become much more of an issue.
There is stiff competition for qualified IT professionals within software engineering, systems administration, all data focused roles and systems networking.
Job Title |
NI |
NI |
IT Salary |
£K p/a |
£p/d |
Executive |
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Chief Technical Officer |
65K – 120K |
500 – 750 |
Operations Manager |
60K – 80K |
350 – 625 |
Head of IT Function |
65K – 95K |
400 – 700 |
Software Development |
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Development Manager |
55K – 75K |
400 – 550 |
Principal Developer / Technical Team Lead (J2EE / .NET) |
46K – 65K |
350 – 500 |
Software Development Architect |
55K – 70K |
350 – 500 |
Solutions Architect |
55K – 70K |
350 – 500 |
Oracle Applications Consultant (Technical / Functional) |
40K – 55K |
300 – 475 |
C/C++ Developer |
30K – 48K |
285 – 450 |
Java Developer |
26K – 50K |
250 – 450 |
.NET / C# Developer |
24K – 45K |
225 – 400 |
Web Developer |
20K – 38K |
200 – 350 |
Database Developer (Oracle / SQL Server / Sybase) |
30K – 48K |
300 – 400 |
Andriod Developer |
26K – 42K |
275K – 400 |
iOS Developer |
26K – 42K |
275 – 400 |
Creative Design |
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Creative Manager |
30K– 42K |
275 – 450 |
Multimedia / Graphic Designer |
20K – 30K |
200 – 300 |
Web Designer |
20K – 35K |
200 – 350 |
UX Designer |
25K – 45K |
225 – 400 |
System Analysis |
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Business Systems Analyst / Consultant |
30K – 55K |
285 – 425 |
Principal Engineer / Systems Architect |
50K – 70K |
400 – 500 |
Business Intelligence Consultant |
30K – 50K |
300 – 500 |
Data Warehouse Consultant |
35K – 55K |
300 – 400 |
Data Scientist |
45K – 75K |
350 – 550 |
| IT / Project Management | ||
Programme Manager |
55K – 85K |
400 – 650 |
Senior Project Manager |
45K – 70K |
350 – 500 |
Project Manager |
35K – 50K |
300 – 450 |
Product Manager |
40K – 60K |
350 – 600 |
Service Delivery Manager |
40K – 65K |
n/a |
Support / Network / Infrastructure |
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Database Administrator (Oracle / SQL Server / Sybase |
30K – 55K |
250 – 450 |
Unix / Linux Administrator |
30K- 55K |
250 – 450 |
Network Systems Administrator |
25K – 45K |
225 – 300 |
Network Engineer |
25K – 45K |
225 – 300 |
Help Desk Support |
15K – 28K |
100 – 185 |
Infrastructure Engineer |
25K – 45K |
225 – 300 |
Application Support Consultant |
24K – 40K |
200 – 285 |
Virtualisation Engineer |
30K – 50K |
250 – 300 |
Infrastructure Manager |
35K – 55K |
300 – 450 |
Technical Architect |
55K – 70K |
350 – 500 |
Cloud Engineer |
40K – 65K |
275 – 500 |
QA / Technical Writing |
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QA Manager |
45K – 60K |
300 – 500 |
QA Lead |
35K – 50K |
300 – 450 |
QA Automation Engineer |
30K – 50K |
250 – 300 |
QA Manual Engineer |
23K – 35K |
225 – 300 |
Technical Writer |
20K – 45K |
175 – 400 |
ERP Consultancy / Specialist Roles |
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SAP Consultant (Functional / Technical) |
40K – 60K |
300 – 475 |
SAP Basis Consultant |
40K – 65K |
300 – 500 |
Oracle App ( Functional / Technical) |
40K – 65K |
300 – 500 |
Security / Anti-Fraud |
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IT Security Consultant |
40K – 50K |
300 – 400 |
IT Auditor |
30K – 55K |
250 – 450 |
IT Security Architect |
55K – 75K |
450 – 600 |
Brightwater is Northern Ireland’s leading professional services recruitment consultancy. Established in Belfast in 2001, the company is part of the successful Brightwater Group. Our dedicated team of consultants successfully recruit for a wide variety of companies from small indigenous firms to large global organisations, placing professionals across a range of sectors. Our annual salary survey offers credible and accurate snapshots of salaries offered to professionals in the Northern Ireland marketplace.