Finance Contracts in Belfast

Financial
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Belfast. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 81 31 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 55.10% 25.20% 21.34%
As % of the General category 63.78% 52.54% 37.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 17 22
10th Percentile £256 £156 £164
25th Percentile £306 £294 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £435 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.05% -3.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £488 £569 £532
90th Percentile £614 £650 £647
County Antrim median daily rate £400 £435 £450
% change year-on-year -8.05% -3.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £22.50 - -
25th Percentile £27.00 - -
Median hourly rate £42.41 - -
75th Percentile £78.47 - -
90th Percentile £83.20 - -
County Antrim median hourly rate £42.41 - -

All General Skills
Belfast

Finance falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 127 59 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 86.39% 47.97% 57.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 34 54
10th Percentile £153 £190 £161
25th Percentile £273 £284 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £418 £400
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% +4.38% -6.71%
75th Percentile £528 £538 £488
90th Percentile £625 £650 £609
County Antrim median daily rate £410 £418 £400
% change year-on-year -1.80% +4.38% -6.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 9
10th Percentile £22.67 - £13.88
25th Percentile £24.18 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £32.13 £15.38 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +108.88% -0.77% +34.78%
75th Percentile £58.85 £16.12 £16.88
90th Percentile £78.47 £17.50 £18.16
County Antrim median hourly rate £26.59 £16.12 £15.50
% change year-on-year +64.95% +4.00% +11.59%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Belfast

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Belfast

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Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Belfast over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Belfast

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Belfast

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Belfast

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in Belfast over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in Belfast

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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 5 (6.17%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.47%) Apache
2 2 (2.47%) GemFire
2 2 (2.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.23%) IIS
3 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (19.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (12.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.23%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.23%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (1.23%) BusinessWorks
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.11%) OpenShift
2 4 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.70%) Amazon ECS
3 3 (3.70%) Azure
3 3 (3.70%) OCI
4 2 (2.47%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.47%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.23%) AWS
5 1 (1.23%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.47%) DNS
1 2 (2.47%) TCP/IP
1 2 (2.47%) VPN
2 1 (1.23%) DHCP
2 1 (1.23%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.41%) NoSQL
2 5 (6.17%) Relational Database
3 3 (3.70%) Apache Hive
3 3 (3.70%) Big Data
3 3 (3.70%) Flink
3 3 (3.70%) Tableau
4 2 (2.47%) Apache Ignite
4 2 (2.47%) HBase
4 2 (2.47%) Impala
4 2 (2.47%) MySQL
4 2 (2.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (2.47%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.47%) Power BI
4 2 (2.47%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.23%) DB2
5 1 (1.23%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (1.23%) GIS
5 1 (1.23%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.23%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (12.35%) Git
2 5 (6.17%) JIRA
3 4 (4.94%) Ant
3 4 (4.94%) Jenkins
3 4 (4.94%) Maven
3 4 (4.94%) Subversion
General
1 37 (45.68%) Social Skills
2 26 (32.10%) Banking
3 20 (24.69%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (18.52%) Front Office
5 13 (16.05%) Financial Institution
6 7 (8.64%) Investment Banking
7 6 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (7.41%) Public Sector
7 6 (7.41%) Wholesale Banking
8 5 (6.17%) Law
9 4 (4.94%) Telecoms
10 3 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (2.47%) Electronics
11 2 (2.47%) General Ledger
11 2 (2.47%) Manufacturing
11 2 (2.47%) Marketing
12 1 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.23%) Legal
12 1 (1.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 25 (30.86%) Developer
2 20 (24.69%) Analyst
3 15 (18.52%) Java Developer
4 12 (14.81%) Business Analyst
4 12 (14.81%) Software Engineer
5 8 (9.88%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 8 (9.88%) Java Engineer
5 8 (9.88%) Java Software Engineer
6 7 (8.64%) Project Manager
7 6 (7.41%) Java Software Developer
7 6 (7.41%) Support Engineer
8 5 (6.17%) C# Developer
8 5 (6.17%) C# Software Developer
9 4 (4.94%) .NET Developer
9 4 (4.94%) .NET Software Engineer
9 4 (4.94%) C# .NET Developer
9 4 (4.94%) C# Software Engineer
9 4 (4.94%) Data Analyst
9 4 (4.94%) Senior
9 4 (4.94%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.88%) Apache Avro
1 8 (9.88%) JSON
1 8 (9.88%) Kafka
1 8 (9.88%) React
1 8 (9.88%) Spring Boot
1 8 (9.88%) Web Services
2 6 (7.41%) AngularJS
2 6 (7.41%) RESTful
2 6 (7.41%) Spring
2 6 (7.41%) XML
3 4 (4.94%) .NET
4 3 (3.70%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (2.47%) Hibernate
5 2 (2.47%) REST
5 2 (2.47%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (23.46%) Derivative
1 19 (23.46%) Equities
2 13 (16.05%) Equity Derivative
3 9 (11.11%) Product Ownership
4 8 (9.88%) Fixed Income
5 5 (6.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (3.70%) Credit Risk
6 3 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 3 (3.70%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (2.47%) BYOD
7 2 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.47%) Reference Data
8 1 (1.23%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.23%) Blockchain
8 1 (1.23%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.88%) Windows
2 6 (7.41%) Unix
3 4 (4.94%) Linux
4 3 (3.70%) Windows 10
4 3 (3.70%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (39.51%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (20.99%) Agile
3 16 (19.75%) Project Management
4 14 (17.28%) DevOps
5 13 (16.05%) Software Engineering
6 12 (14.81%) Clean Code
7 11 (13.58%) Change Management
8 9 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
8 9 (11.11%) Data Analysis
8 9 (11.11%) User Experience
9 8 (9.88%) CI/CD
9 8 (9.88%) Microservices
9 8 (9.88%) Process Improvement
9 8 (9.88%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (8.64%) Business Analysis
10 7 (8.64%) Continuous Delivery
10 7 (8.64%) High Availability
10 7 (8.64%) Migration
11 6 (7.41%) Mentoring
11 6 (7.41%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 23 (28.40%) SQL
2 20 (24.69%) Java
3 6 (7.41%) Python
4 5 (6.17%) C#
5 4 (4.94%) Kotlin
6 2 (2.47%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.47%) Scala
6 2 (2.47%) VBA
7 1 (1.23%) C++
7 1 (1.23%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (14.81%) Degree
2 3 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.47%) DBS Check
3 2 (2.47%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.23%) ACCA
4 1 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.23%) CIMA
4 1 (1.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.64%) PMO
2 6 (7.41%) QA
3 2 (2.47%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.47%) MiFID
4 1 (1.23%) Dodd-Frank
4 1 (1.23%) EMIR
System Software
1 3 (3.70%) Active Directory
1 3 (3.70%) Docker
2 2 (2.47%) HDFS
3 1 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (17.28%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.11%) Oracle
3 3 (3.70%) SAP
4 2 (2.47%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.23%) Apple
5 1 (1.23%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.23%) Citrix
5 1 (1.23%) Google
5 1 (1.23%) Qualtrics
5 1 (1.23%) Sun
5 1 (1.23%) Sybase
5 1 (1.23%) TIBCO
5 1 (1.23%) Zscaler