Computer Science Degree Contracts in Belfast

Computer Science Degree
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Belfast with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 18 23
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 4 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 2.72% 4.03% 0.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.33% 13.89% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £520 £400
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +30.00% -
County Antrim median daily rate £600 £520 £400
% change year-on-year +15.38% +30.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Belfast

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Belfast.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 48 36 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 32.65% 29.03% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 26 11
10th Percentile £135 £205 £160
25th Percentile £200 £328 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £369 £516 £350
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +47.50% -19.08%
75th Percentile £523 £594 £438
90th Percentile £588 £663 £500
County Antrim median daily rate £369 £516 £350
% change year-on-year -28.57% +47.50% -19.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile £22.50 - -
25th Percentile £24.00 - -
Median hourly rate £32.13 - £13.91
75th Percentile £36.84 - £14.65
90th Percentile £44.65 - £15.99
County Antrim median hourly rate £32.13 £31.25 £13.91
% change year-on-year +2.80% +124.66% -26.79%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in Belfast

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Belfast.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science Degree in Belfast

Computer Science Degree
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 1 (25.00%) Apache
1 1 (25.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Amazon ECS
1 3 (75.00%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Flink
2 1 (25.00%) Apache Hive
2 1 (25.00%) Big Data
2 1 (25.00%) Hadoop
2 1 (25.00%) HBase
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (75.00%) Law
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Big Data Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Big Data Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Credit Risk
1 3 (75.00%) Equities
1 3 (75.00%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Clean Code
2 3 (75.00%) Data Management
2 3 (75.00%) High Availability
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (75.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Electronic Trading
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (25.00%) Hadoop YARN
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cloudera