Senior Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Senior
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Senior daily rate in Belfast is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 21 20
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 16 8 11
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 8.12% 5.23% 6.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.25% 5.84% 7.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 7
10th Percentile £315 £424 £435
25th Percentile £425 £489 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £571 £625
Median % change year-on-year -16.85% -8.53% +15.65%
75th Percentile £606 £617 £638
90th Percentile £631 £624 £650
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £571 £625
% change year-on-year -16.85% -8.53% +15.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £13.91
County Antrim median hourly rate - - £13.91

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 173 137 141
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.82% 89.54% 88.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 74 79
10th Percentile £244 £148 £158
25th Percentile £325 £184 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £441 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.65% +10.31% -20.00%
75th Percentile £578 £575 £529
90th Percentile £613 £622 £638
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £441 £400
% change year-on-year +7.65% +10.31% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 11 8
10th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.58 £22.68 £12.69
Median hourly rate £15.05 £24.18 £13.69
Median % change year-on-year -37.76% +76.69% +32.09%
75th Percentile £16.88 - £14.43
90th Percentile £24.50 - £16.60
County Antrim median hourly rate £15.19 £24.18 £13.91
% change year-on-year -37.18% +73.83% +26.74%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Belfast

Senior
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Belfast

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Belfast over the 6 months to 30 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Belfast

Senior
Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Belfast

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

For the 6 months to 30 September 2025, Senior 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 Senior in the job title.

1 7 (43.75%) Finance
1 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
1 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Agile
2 6 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (31.25%) Data Analysis
4 4 (25.00%) Project Management
4 4 (25.00%) Change Management
4 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (25.00%) Virtual Team
4 4 (25.00%) Change Control
4 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (18.75%) Network Management
5 3 (18.75%) Data Quality
5 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (18.75%) Market Risk
5 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Time Management
5 3 (18.75%) Aruba
5 3 (18.75%) Master's Degree
5 3 (18.75%) Cisco Wireless
5 3 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (18.75%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (18.75%) Firewall
5 3 (18.75%) Wireless
5 3 (18.75%) MPLS
5 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (18.75%) MS Visio
5 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Project

Senior 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:

Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (18.75%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) AWS
1 2 (12.50%) Figma
2 1 (6.25%) Amazon S3
2 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Cisco Wireless
1 3 (18.75%) Firewall
1 3 (18.75%) LAN
1 3 (18.75%) MPLS
1 3 (18.75%) Wireless
1 3 (18.75%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Amazon QuickSight
1 1 (6.25%) Parquet
1 1 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
1 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
1 1 (6.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) JIRA
2 1 (6.25%) Postman
General
1 7 (43.75%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Banking
4 3 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (6.25%) Front Office
6 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Apache Avro
1 1 (6.25%) EntireX
1 1 (6.25%) JSON
1 1 (6.25%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Virtual Team
2 3 (18.75%) Market Risk
3 2 (12.50%) Data Structures
4 1 (6.25%) Credit Risk
4 1 (6.25%) Equities
4 1 (6.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (37.50%) Agile
3 5 (31.25%) Data Analysis
4 4 (25.00%) Change Control
4 4 (25.00%) Change Management
4 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (25.00%) Project Management
5 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
5 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
5 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (18.75%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (18.75%) Network Management
5 3 (18.75%) Service Delivery
5 3 (18.75%) Time Management
5 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (12.50%) Service Design
6 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (12.50%) Usability Testing
6 2 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) Python
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.25%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) CCNA
1 3 (18.75%) CCNP
1 3 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
1 3 (18.75%) ISEB
1 3 (18.75%) Master's Degree
1 3 (18.75%) PMI Certification
1 3 (18.75%) PMP
2 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) Data Quality
2 2 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Aruba
1 3 (18.75%) Cisco
1 3 (18.75%) Fortinet
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) IBM
2 1 (6.25%) Software AG
2 1 (6.25%) webMethods