Data Structures Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Data Structures
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Structures in contract job vacancies in Belfast. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Structures over the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 26 19
Rank change year-on-year -6 -7 +9
Contract jobs citing Data Structures 1 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 0.47% 3.68% 5.88%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.41% 10.71% 18.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 5
10th Percentile - £238 -
25th Percentile £569 £427 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +30.56% -10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £606 £480 -
90th Percentile - £488 -
County Antrim median daily rate £588 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +30.56% -10.00% -16.67%

All Generic Skills
Belfast

Data Structures falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 71 56 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 33.18% 34.36% 31.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 20 31
10th Percentile £300 £150 £159
25th Percentile £361 £168 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £300 £450
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -33.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £578 £488 £523
90th Percentile £629 £541 £638
County Antrim median daily rate £500 £300 £450
% change year-on-year +66.67% -33.33% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 -
Median hourly rate £13.68 £22.56 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.36% - -
75th Percentile £15.33 £27.05 -
90th Percentile £19.00 £32.64 -
County Antrim median hourly rate £15.05 £22.56 -
% change year-on-year -33.29% - -

Data Structures
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Data Structures job vacancy trend in Belfast

Data Structures
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Data Structures.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Data Structures

Data Structures
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 PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Data Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Equities
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (100.00%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality