Contract Job Market Index in Northern Ireland

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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionSort by Demand Rank 6 Months to 23 Oct 2026Rank
6 Months to
Rank
YoY Change
Median
Daily Rate
Median Daily Rate
YoY Change
Historical
Absolute & Relative
Jobs Vacancies
Live
Jobs
Social Skills1No change0£463+24.16%79 36.41%245
Finance2No change0£465-11.42%67 30.88%295
Stakeholder Management3Up 20 places+20£463-7.50%42 19.35%73
Microsoft4No change0£312-10.85%37 17.05%171
Customer Service5Up 10 places+10£203-57.36%36 16.59%30
Security Cleared6No change0£650+30.00%35 16.13%44
Developer7Up 16 places+16£650+23.80%34 15.67%69
Analyst8Down 5 places-5£390-2.50%33 15.21%84
Legal9Up 22 places+22£434-19.30%30 13.82%64
Problem-Solving9Down 4 places-4£463-5.12%30 13.82%236
Organisational Skills10Up 8 places+8£290-19.72%29 13.36%28
SQL11Down 3 places-3£463-11.90%26 11.98%110
CI/CD12Up 20 places+20£575-25 11.52%156
SC Cleared13Down 4 places-4£650+52.94%24 11.06%24
AWS14Up 5 places+5£575+43.75%23 10.60%161
Agile14Up 14 places+14£638+8.51%23 10.60%181
Salesforce14Up 22 places+22£650+100.00%23 10.60%19
DevOps14Up 21 places+21£600-23 10.60%100
Analytical Skills15Down 5 places-5£463-11.90%22 10.14%125
Analytics15Up 19 places+19£390-40.68%22 10.14%117
Python15Up 3 places+3£463-21.27%22 10.14%169
Migration16Down 4 places-4£413+17.85%21 9.68%40
Banking16Down 6 places-6£395-26.51%21 9.68%45
Podcast16New entry---21 9.68%
Web Conferencing16New entry---21 9.68%3
BPSS Clearance17Up 16 places+16--20 9.22%12
Project Delivery17Up 10 places+10£425+0.29%20 9.22%41
Cloud Native17New entry-£375-20 9.22%50
Virtual Team17Up 16 places+16--20 9.22%22
Continuous Improvement18Up 4 places+4£463+8.82%19 8.76%151
Public Sector19Down 8 places-8£650+30.00%18 8.29%51
Microsoft Office19Down 6 places-6£225-39.59%18 8.29%22
Business Analyst19Up 6 places+6£425-19.04%18 8.29%25
ERP20Up 12 places+12£450+28.57%17 7.83%50
User Acceptance Testing21Up 4 places+4£463-7.50%16 7.37%18
Data Protection21No change0£115-80.83%16 7.37%33
Salesforce Developer22New entry-£650-15 6.91%
Windows22Down 2 places-2£102-45.60%15 6.91%55
Business Intelligence23Down 2 places-2£334-41.91%14 6.45%70
Java23Up 14 places+14£375-11.76%14 6.45%118
Power Platform23Up 11 places+11£334-42.53%14 6.45%66
Power BI24Up 10 places+10£334-42.53%13 5.99%45
Project Manager24Up 5 places+5£500-9.09%13 5.99%25
Azure24Up 11 places+11£650-13 5.99%126
AI24Up 12 places+12£625-10.71%13 5.99%300
Degree24Down 17 places-17£252-55.69%13 5.99%220
Visualforce25New entry-£688-12 5.53%
Apex Code25New entry-£688-12 5.53%
Data Migration25Up 8 places+8£675+68.75%12 5.53%21
Data Analyst25Down 4 places-4£390-32.17%12 5.53%17