Benchmarking Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Benchmarking
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Benchmarking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 29 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing Benchmarking 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 0.97% 0.67% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 0.78% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £655 - -
25th Percentile £663 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% - -
75th Percentile £688 £475 -
90th Percentile £695 - -
County Antrim median daily rate £675 £450 -
% change year-on-year +50.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Belfast

Benchmarking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 175 128 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 84.54% 85.91% 88.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 54 72
10th Percentile £301 £148 £210
25th Percentile £334 £194 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £444 £445
Median % change year-on-year +4.23% -0.28% -1.11%
75th Percentile £517 £538 £536
90th Percentile £638 £615 £625
County Antrim median daily rate £463 £444 £445
% change year-on-year +4.23% -0.28% -1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 17 8
10th Percentile £12.31 £22.50 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.57 - £11.96
Median hourly rate £16.00 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -33.83% +79.68% -5.13%
75th Percentile £17.30 £52.31 £14.27
90th Percentile £21.92 £78.47 £16.60
County Antrim median hourly rate £17.30 £29.00 £13.46
% change year-on-year -40.34% +115.45% -5.11%

Benchmarking
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Benchmarking relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Benchmarking job vacancy trend in Belfast

Benchmarking
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Benchmarking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Benchmarking

Benchmarking
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Mining
General
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 2 (100.00%) Pattern Recognition
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Predictive Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Predictive Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Records Management
2 1 (50.00%) Speech Recognition
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared