Computer Science Contracts in Belfast

Computer Science
County Antrim > Belfast

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Belfast with a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 22 25
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 5 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 4.07% 1.22% 3.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.56% 1.50% 3.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £510 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £530 - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median daily rate £520 £400 £350
% change year-on-year +30.00% +14.29% -12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Belfast

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Belfast with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 90 133 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 73.17% 81.10% 84.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 69 82
10th Percentile £210 £164 £145
25th Percentile £328 £252 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £435
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -8.05% +7.41%
75th Percentile £575 £515 £500
90th Percentile £663 £638 £549
County Antrim median daily rate £500 £400 £435
% change year-on-year +25.00% -8.05% +7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 14 6
10th Percentile - £13.40 £10.06
25th Percentile £12.25 £13.91 £10.22
Median hourly rate £12.62 £15.25 £11.36
Median % change year-on-year -17.25% +34.24% -18.86%
75th Percentile £14.78 £16.78 £16.40
90th Percentile £19.19 £18.12 £20.93
County Antrim median hourly rate £14.19 £15.25 £15.74
% change year-on-year -6.98% -3.11% +21.08%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Belfast

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in Belfast

Computer Science
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 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) InfoPath
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) BIG-IP
1 3 (60.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 3 (60.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (20.00%) FTP
2 1 (20.00%) HTTP
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (60.00%) Law
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Mainframe Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) COM
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Fintech
2 3 (60.00%) High Availability
2 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (20.00%) OO
3 1 (20.00%) OOP
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) CA
1 3 (60.00%) F5
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) SAP