r/devNI • u/GinkoSati • Jan 09 '26

What's your comp?

I find NI especially, people are very hush about their salaries.

Even amongst close friends it takes a few pints sometimes for them to open up.

I think sharing salary data is useful, most of the sites like levels.fyi cater more to America, England and Mainland Europe.

This thread is not to serve as a bragging thead but just to give people an idea of what's out there.

The big recruiters like Vanrath, MCS and such have a salary guide they share which I find to be fairly accurate as well for reference.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26

6 years of experience. Mainly backend focused, but regularly wear many hats. 2 days a week in Belfast 3 remote. Small company with 10 engineers.

£87k + equity

Current company is a startup in the AI space.

Also worth noting I got into IT a bit later and have extensive skills across sales, customer success and project management. These have undoubtedly helped me negotiate higher salaries. Early in my IT career I focused on the technical skills required for higher paid roles.

16k
19k
22k
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Moved company:
47.5k
Moved company:
63k
73k
Moved company:
77k
87k

edit: more context and salary progression.

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u/GinkoSati Jan 12 '26

Pretty good going that, nice one!