Developer Contracts in Belfast

Developer
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Developer daily rate in Belfast is £494 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 5 3
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 15 26 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 12.10% 15.85% 20.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.71% 17.69% 22.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 18
10th Percentile £413 - £416
25th Percentile £455 - £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +23.44% -15.79% +10.21%
75th Percentile £530 £500 £500
90th Percentile £538 £528 £544
County Antrim median daily rate £494 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +23.44% -15.79% +10.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 118 147 164
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.16% 89.63% 92.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 72 82
10th Percentile £173 £166 £145
25th Percentile £300 £293 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £419 £419
Median % change year-on-year +7.46% - +4.69%
75th Percentile £575 £504 £500
90th Percentile £650 £636 £549
County Antrim median daily rate £450 £419 £419
% change year-on-year +7.46% - +4.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 9
10th Percentile - £13.29 £10.16
25th Percentile £12.25 £13.91 £10.22
Median hourly rate £14.19 £14.59 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.79% +16.74% -10.71%
75th Percentile £16.12 £15.94 £17.88
90th Percentile - £16.87 £24.45
County Antrim median hourly rate £15.75 £14.59 £13.89
% change year-on-year +7.93% +5.06% +16.82%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Belfast

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in Belfast

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in Belfast.

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Belfast

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, 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 Developer in the job title.

1 9 (60.00%) SQL
2 6 (40.00%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (33.33%) Python
3 5 (33.33%) Java
4 4 (26.67%) Spring
4 4 (26.67%) Unix
4 4 (26.67%) Scala
4 4 (26.67%) Apache Hive
4 4 (26.67%) Big Data
4 4 (26.67%) Apache Spark
5 3 (20.00%) Impala
5 3 (20.00%) Azure
5 3 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
5 3 (20.00%) Tableau
5 3 (20.00%) Data Architecture
5 3 (20.00%) Banking
5 3 (20.00%) Linux
6 2 (13.33%) .NET
6 2 (13.33%) Investment Banking
6 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
6 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
6 2 (13.33%) Azure AKS
6 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
6 2 (13.33%) Docker
6 2 (13.33%) Insurtech
6 2 (13.33%) iOS SDK
6 2 (13.33%) iOS Development
6 2 (13.33%) Kubernetes
7 1 (6.67%) Spring Boot
7 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps

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 4 (26.67%) Apache Spark
2 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Azure AKS
3 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.67%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) Apache Hive
1 4 (26.67%) Big Data
2 3 (20.00%) Impala
2 3 (20.00%) Tableau
3 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Maven
General
1 3 (20.00%) Banking
2 2 (13.33%) Investment Banking
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) Spring
2 2 (13.33%) .NET
2 2 (13.33%) iOS SDK
3 1 (6.67%) REST
3 1 (6.67%) Software Packaging
3 1 (6.67%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (6.67%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Unix
2 3 (20.00%) Linux
3 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
4 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Data Architecture
1 3 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (13.33%) Insurtech
2 2 (13.33%) iOS Development
2 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (6.67%) Analytics
3 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis
3 1 (6.67%) Data Integration
3 1 (6.67%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (6.67%) DevOps
3 1 (6.67%) ETL
3 1 (6.67%) User Experience
3 1 (6.67%) UX Design
3 1 (6.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (60.00%) SQL
2 5 (33.33%) Java
2 5 (33.33%) Python
3 4 (26.67%) Scala
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Tableau Certification
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft