Backend Developer Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Backend Developer
County Antrim > Belfast

As of 11 September 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Backend Developer daily rate in Belfast.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Backend Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 0.68% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
County Antrim median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Belfast. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Belfast with a recognized job title 118 178 138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 79.73% 88.56% 89.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 99 74
10th Percentile £263 £246 £152
25th Percentile £384 £325 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £431
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +10.14% +7.81%
75th Percentile £656 £575 £575
90th Percentile £694 £625 £622
County Antrim median daily rate £450 £475 £431
% change year-on-year -5.26% +10.14% +7.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 20 11
10th Percentile £21.74 £12.31 £21.19
25th Percentile £27.50 £13.60 £22.68
Median hourly rate £33.50 £15.05 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +122.59% -37.76% +76.69%
75th Percentile £42.46 £18.44 -
90th Percentile £71.35 £24.81 -
County Antrim median hourly rate £42.61 £15.50 £24.18
% change year-on-year +174.87% -35.90% +73.83%

Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Backend Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Backend Developer job vacancy trend in Belfast

Backend Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Backend Developer job vacancies in Belfast.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Backend Developer job vacancies in Belfast

Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 11 September 2026, Backend Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Belfast region featuring Backend Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JMS
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Sybase
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Unix

Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (100.00%) JMS
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Sybase