The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Jest skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
25 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
27 |
- |
- |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Contract jobs citing Jest |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Belfast |
0.52% |
- |
- |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category |
2.33% |
- |
- |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
- |
- |
- |
| County Antrim median daily rate |
- |
- |
- |
Jest falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Belfast.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills |
43 |
22 |
23 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast |
22.28% |
16.67% |
16.79% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
18 |
15 |
7 |
| 10th Percentile |
£390 |
£235 |
£520 |
| 25th Percentile |
£400 |
£299 |
£613 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£413 |
£325 |
£650 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+26.92% |
-50.00% |
+31.31% |
| 75th Percentile |
£522 |
£384 |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
£629 |
£615 |
£690 |
| County Antrim median daily rate |
£413 |
£325 |
£650 |
| % change year-on-year |
+26.92% |
-50.00% |
+31.31% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Median hourly rate |
- |
£73.23 |
£16.12 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
+354.25% |
- |
| County Antrim median hourly rate |
- |
£73.23 |
£16.12 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+354.25% |
- |
