Developer Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Developer
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Developer daily rate in Belfast is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
20 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 6 12
Rank change year-on-year -8 +6 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 18 31 17
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 8.49% 18.45% 12.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.84% 20.26% 13.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 24 11
10th Percentile £403 £216 -
25th Percentile £425 £409 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +18.75% -20.00%
75th Percentile £638 £538 £522
90th Percentile £690 £601 £588
County Antrim median daily rate £500 £475 £400
% change year-on-year +5.26% +18.75% -20.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 183 153 124
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.32% 91.07% 91.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 76 78
10th Percentile £268 £148 £171
25th Percentile £325 £170 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £448 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.15% +11.88% -18.37%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £529
90th Percentile £618 £606 £608
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £448 £400
% change year-on-year +6.15% +11.88% -18.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 17 6
10th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.57 £22.50 £11.61
Median hourly rate £15.05 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -37.76% +79.64% +29.92%
75th Percentile £20.75 - £15.42
90th Percentile £25.51 £39.33 £17.00
County Antrim median hourly rate £15.50 £24.18 £13.46
% change year-on-year -35.90% +79.64% +29.92%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Developer job vacancy trend in Belfast

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Belfast.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Belfast

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

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

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Belfast

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Belfast.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Belfast

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 20 November 2025, Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Belfast region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 10 (55.56%) SQL
2 8 (44.44%) AWS
3 7 (38.89%) C#
4 6 (33.33%) Data Modelling
5 5 (27.78%) API Development
5 5 (27.78%) ETL
6 4 (22.22%) Front End Development
6 4 (22.22%) GraphQL
6 4 (22.22%) Python
6 4 (22.22%) SQL Optimisation
7 3 (16.67%) Data Lake
7 3 (16.67%) KDB
7 3 (16.67%) Kdb+
7 3 (16.67%) Microservices
7 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
8 2 (11.11%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (11.11%) B2B
8 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
8 2 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
8 2 (11.11%) Data Quality
8 2 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (11.11%) Impala
8 2 (11.11%) Java
8 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
8 2 (11.11%) Pandas
8 2 (11.11%) React
8 2 (11.11%) Relational Database
8 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
8 2 (11.11%) Serverless

Developer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (44.44%) AWS
2 2 (11.11%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (11.11%) Serverless
3 1 (5.56%) Amazon S3
3 1 (5.56%) npm
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Data Lake
1 3 (16.67%) KDB
1 3 (16.67%) Kdb+
2 2 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (11.11%) Impala
2 2 (11.11%) Relational Database
2 2 (11.11%) Tableau
3 1 (5.56%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (5.56%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (5.56%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (5.56%) Data Hub
3 1 (5.56%) DynamoDB
3 1 (5.56%) MySQL
3 1 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Git
1 1 (5.56%) Gradle
1 1 (5.56%) Maven
1 1 (5.56%) Vite
1 1 (5.56%) webpack
General
1 8 (44.44%) Finance
2 1 (5.56%) Banking
2 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
2 1 (5.56%) Investment Banking
2 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) GraphQL
2 2 (11.11%) Pandas
2 2 (11.11%) React
2 2 (11.11%) Spring
2 2 (11.11%) Spring Boot
3 1 (5.56%) CSS
3 1 (5.56%) RESTful
3 1 (5.56%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (5.56%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Equities
2 1 (5.56%) IVR
2 1 (5.56%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 5 (27.78%) API Development
2 5 (27.78%) ETL
3 4 (22.22%) Front End Development
3 4 (22.22%) SQL Optimisation
4 3 (16.67%) Microservices
5 2 (11.11%) B2B
5 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
5 2 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
5 2 (11.11%) Visualisation
6 1 (5.56%) Agile
6 1 (5.56%) API Design
6 1 (5.56%) Business Strategy
6 1 (5.56%) Data Engineering
6 1 (5.56%) Event-Driven
6 1 (5.56%) Full-Stack Development
6 1 (5.56%) People Management
6 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (5.56%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 10 (55.56%) SQL
2 7 (38.89%) C#
3 4 (22.22%) Python
4 2 (11.11%) Java
4 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 2 (11.11%) TypeScript
5 1 (5.56%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle
1 1 (5.56%) Salesforce
1 1 (5.56%) SAP
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