Degree Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Academic Degree
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Belfast with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 4 9
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 +10
Contract jobs citing Degree 22 41 20
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 10.84% 27.33% 15.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.43% 67.21% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 22 12
10th Percentile £228 £153 £210
25th Percentile £308 £184 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £481
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -1.30% -8.33%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £609
90th Percentile £560 £571 £638
County Antrim median daily rate £425 £475 £481
% change year-on-year -10.53% -1.30% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile £15.13 £29.63 -
25th Percentile £15.33 £31.31 -
Median hourly rate £24.00 £35.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.91% - -
75th Percentile £27.57 £44.34 -
90th Percentile £27.96 £49.12 -
County Antrim median hourly rate £21.55 £35.25 -
% change year-on-year -38.87% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Belfast

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 70 61 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 34.48% 40.67% 23.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 27 19
10th Percentile £336 £154 £208
25th Percentile £400 £275 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -8.65% +4.05%
75th Percentile £569 £583 £619
90th Percentile £650 £600 £640
County Antrim median daily rate £488 £475 £520
% change year-on-year +2.63% -8.65% +4.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 0
10th Percentile £13.57 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £13.60 - -
Median hourly rate £14.30 £24.18 -
Median % change year-on-year -40.86% - -
75th Percentile £22.58 £29.50 -
90th Percentile £27.63 £39.56 -
County Antrim median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 -
% change year-on-year +4.01% - -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Belfast

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Belfast over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Belfast

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Degree

Degree
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.55%) Amazon EventBridge
2 1 (4.55%) Amazon S3
2 1 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (4.55%) AWS Step Functions
2 1 (4.55%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) VoIP
2 2 (9.09%) Internet
2 2 (9.09%) Intranet
3 1 (4.55%) Firewall
3 1 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (45.45%) Finance
3 6 (27.27%) Banking
4 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (18.18%) Financial Institution
5 4 (18.18%) Investment Banking
6 3 (13.64%) Legal
6 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
7 2 (9.09%) Front Office
7 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
7 2 (9.09%) Telecoms
8 1 (4.55%) Back Office
8 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) ICT Technician
2 6 (27.27%) Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) ICT Support
2 6 (27.27%) ICT Support Technician
2 6 (27.27%) Support Technician
3 5 (22.73%) IT Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) IT Support
4 4 (18.18%) IT Support Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) Support Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Business Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.55%) ERP Specialist
6 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) IT Technician
6 1 (4.55%) Procurement Specialist
6 1 (4.55%) Risk Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Senior
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Smartphone
2 4 (18.18%) Blackberry
2 4 (18.18%) BYOD
3 3 (13.64%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.55%) Derivative
4 1 (4.55%) Equities
4 1 (4.55%) Fat Client
4 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.55%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 10 (45.45%) Windows
2 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (31.82%) Fault Analysis
1 7 (31.82%) IT Strategy
2 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (22.73%) Project Management
4 4 (18.18%) PRINCE2
5 3 (13.64%) Agile
5 3 (13.64%) ITIL
6 2 (9.09%) Business Analysis
6 2 (9.09%) Change Management
6 2 (9.09%) Contract Management
6 2 (9.09%) ERP
6 2 (9.09%) Inventory Management
6 2 (9.09%) ITSM
6 2 (9.09%) Project Delivery
6 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (9.09%) Waterfall
7 1 (4.55%) BDD
7 1 (4.55%) Business Case
7 1 (4.55%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) Java
1 1 (4.55%) Python
1 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) HND
1 2 (9.09%) PMI Certification
1 2 (9.09%) PMP
2 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) QA
2 1 (4.55%) MiFID
2 1 (4.55%) PMO
2 1 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (31.82%) Active Directory
1 7 (31.82%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (31.82%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 13 (59.09%) Microsoft
2 7 (31.82%) Avaya
2 7 (31.82%) Citrix
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) SAP
3 1 (4.55%) Workday