Computer Science Contracts in Northern Ireland

Computer Science
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 29 21
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 +6
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 5 4 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 3.38% 1.99% 4.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.46% 2.60% 5.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £510 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +14.29% -13.85%
75th Percentile £530 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £565
% change year-on-year -4.35% +1.84% +7.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.00
Median hourly rate - - £19.00
75th Percentile - - £21.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £53.87 £46.71
% change year-on-year +2.10% +15.33% +9.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 112 154 172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 75.68% 76.62% 81.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 81 89
10th Percentile £210 £171 £145
25th Percentile £331 £300 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £438
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -8.57% +6.71%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £500
90th Percentile £660 £623 £550
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 12 11
10th Percentile - £13.30 £10.22
25th Percentile £12.25 £13.87 £10.26
Median hourly rate £13.94 £15.50 £15.74
Median % change year-on-year -10.06% -1.52% +12.43%
75th Percentile £23.54 £17.00 £21.00
90th Percentile £31.88 £18.33 -
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Northern Ireland

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in Northern Ireland

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in Northern Ireland

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim +6 5 £520 +30.00% 22
Computer Science
UK

Computer Science
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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) InfoPath
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) BIG-IP
1 3 (60.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 3 (60.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (20.00%) FTP
2 1 (20.00%) HTTP
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (60.00%) Law
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Mainframe Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) COM
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Fintech
2 3 (60.00%) High Availability
2 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (20.00%) OO
3 1 (20.00%) OOP
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) CA
1 3 (60.00%) F5
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) SAP