Degree Contracts in County Antrim

Academic Degree
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in County Antrim with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 6 9
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +2
Contract jobs citing Degree 35 18 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 17.59% 13.95% 11.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.68% 31.58% 77.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 8
10th Percentile £184 £154 £188
25th Percentile £300 £184 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £325 £388
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -16.13% -13.89%
75th Percentile £606 £425 £489
90th Percentile - £470 £628
Northern Ireland median daily rate £425 £363 £400
% change year-on-year +17.24% -9.38% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.78 £21.19 -
Median hourly rate £15.05 £22.56 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year -33.29% +62.19% -26.79%
75th Percentile £22.21 £31.88 -
90th Percentile £24.50 - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.05 £22.56 £13.91
% change year-on-year -33.29% +62.19% -26.79%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
County Antrim

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in County Antrim.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 82 57 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 41.21% 44.19% 14.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 28 11
10th Percentile £155 £184 £200
25th Percentile £281 £288 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +31.25% -9.86%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £538
90th Percentile £621 £675 £575
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £538 £450
% change year-on-year -11.63% +19.44% +1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 12 3
10th Percentile £14.78 £21.19 -
25th Percentile £19.82 £23.43 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +73.83% -26.79%
75th Percentile - £31.88 -
90th Percentile - £39.41 -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £25.15 £23.37 £13.91
% change year-on-year +7.62% +68.01% -26.79%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in County Antrim

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in County Antrim.

Daily rate trend for Degree in County Antrim

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in County Antrim over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in County Antrim

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in County Antrim.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in County Antrim

Degree
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 6 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Belfast -1 33 £425 +30.77% 281
Degree
Northern Ireland

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim 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 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.71%) CMS
2 2 (5.71%) EPiServer
2 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.71%) Umbraco
2 2 (5.71%) WordPress
3 1 (2.86%) Apache
3 1 (2.86%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 8 (22.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (2.86%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) ENOVIA
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.71%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.57%) DHCP
1 3 (8.57%) DNS
1 3 (8.57%) TCP/IP
1 3 (8.57%) VoIP
2 2 (5.71%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Apache Hive
1 1 (2.86%) Big Data
1 1 (2.86%) Hadoop
1 1 (2.86%) HBase
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) JIRA
General
1 14 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 14 (40.00%) Finance
2 13 (37.14%) Banking
3 11 (31.43%) Social Skills
4 7 (20.00%) Investment Banking
5 5 (14.29%) Public Sector
6 4 (11.43%) Financial Institution
6 4 (11.43%) Manufacturing
6 4 (11.43%) Telecoms
7 3 (8.57%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (8.57%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (5.71%) Marketing
8 2 (5.71%) Publishing
9 1 (2.86%) Aerospace
9 1 (2.86%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 18 (51.43%) Analyst
2 9 (25.71%) IT Analyst
3 8 (22.86%) Support Analyst
4 6 (17.14%) IT Support
4 6 (17.14%) IT Support Analyst
5 5 (14.29%) Data Analyst
6 4 (11.43%) Information Governance Officer
6 4 (11.43%) Information Officer
6 4 (11.43%) Risk Analyst
6 4 (11.43%) Senior
7 3 (8.57%) ICT Support
7 3 (8.57%) ICT Support Technician
7 3 (8.57%) ICT Technician
7 3 (8.57%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (8.57%) Senior Data Analyst
7 3 (8.57%) Support Technician
8 2 (5.71%) Help Desk Analyst
8 2 (5.71%) Help Desk Support
8 2 (5.71%) Help Desk Support Analyst
8 2 (5.71%) Market Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Blackberry
2 6 (17.14%) Freedom of Information
3 4 (11.43%) BYOD
3 4 (11.43%) Market Risk
4 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
4 3 (8.57%) Smartphone
5 2 (5.71%) Data Structures
5 2 (5.71%) Driving Licence
5 2 (5.71%) Reference Data
5 2 (5.71%) Social Media
5 2 (5.71%) Virtual Team
6 1 (2.86%) Credit Risk
6 1 (2.86%) Equities
6 1 (2.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 9 (25.71%) Windows
2 3 (8.57%) Android
2 3 (8.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (25.71%) Project Management
3 7 (20.00%) Change Management
4 5 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 5 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 5 (14.29%) ITSM
5 4 (11.43%) Content Management
5 4 (11.43%) Data Analysis
5 4 (11.43%) Impact Assessments
5 4 (11.43%) Information Governance
5 4 (11.43%) ITIL
5 4 (11.43%) Process Improvement
5 4 (11.43%) Records Management
6 3 (8.57%) Agile
6 3 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (8.57%) Data Governance
6 3 (8.57%) Fault Analysis
6 3 (8.57%) IT Strategy
6 3 (8.57%) Risk Management
6 3 (8.57%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.43%) Python
2 2 (5.71%) SQL
3 1 (2.86%) Scala
Qualifications
1 6 (17.14%) Master's Degree
2 3 (8.57%) ISEB
2 3 (8.57%) PMI Certification
2 3 (8.57%) PMP
3 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.14%) GDPR
2 4 (11.43%) Data Quality
3 3 (8.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (5.71%) Accessibility
4 2 (5.71%) QA
5 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (17.14%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.57%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (17.14%) AirWatch
2 1 (2.86%) Hadoop YARN
Vendors
1 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.57%) Apple
2 3 (8.57%) Avaya
2 3 (8.57%) Citrix
2 3 (8.57%) VMware
3 2 (5.71%) Facebook
3 2 (5.71%) Instagram
3 2 (5.71%) Twitter
4 1 (2.86%) Cloudera