Big Data Developer Contracts in Belfast

Big Data Developer
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Big Data Developer daily rate in Belfast is £610, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 20 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Big Data Developer 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 1.36% 2.42% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% 2.56% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £601 £473 -
25th Percentile £603 £480 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £506 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.49% - -
75th Percentile £623 £530 -
90th Percentile £627 £534 -
County Antrim median daily rate £610 £506 -
% change year-on-year +20.49% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 135 117 147
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 94.35% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 72 72
10th Percentile £155 £173 £166
25th Percentile £273 £309 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £419
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +7.46% -
75th Percentile £530 £575 £504
90th Percentile £625 £650 £636
County Antrim median daily rate £410 £450 £419
% change year-on-year -8.89% +7.46% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 8
10th Percentile £22.50 - £13.29
25th Percentile £22.92 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £26.59 £14.19 £14.59
Median % change year-on-year +87.45% -2.79% +16.74%
75th Percentile £48.32 £16.12 £15.94
90th Percentile £78.47 - £16.87
County Antrim median hourly rate £24.18 £15.75 £14.59
% change year-on-year +53.52% +7.93% +5.06%

Big Data Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Job postings that featured Big Data Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Job vacancy trend for Big Data Developer in Belfast

Big Data Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Big Data Developer in Belfast.

Daily rate trend for Big Data Developer in Belfast

Big Data Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Big Data Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Belfast region featuring Big Data Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Scala
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Hive
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 2 (100.00%) Big Data
2 1 (50.00%) Cloudera
2 1 (50.00%) Kafka
2 1 (50.00%) Impala
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Hadoop YARN
2 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Tableau
2 1 (50.00%) HBase
2 1 (50.00%) Hadoop
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Unix
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Apache
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Electronic Trading

Big Data Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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 2 (100.00%) Apache Spark
2 1 (50.00%) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Hive
1 2 (100.00%) Big Data
2 1 (50.00%) Hadoop
2 1 (50.00%) HBase
2 1 (50.00%) Impala
2 1 (50.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Kafka
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Scala
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Hadoop YARN
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cloudera