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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 3 10
Rank change year-on-year -7 +7 -1
Contract jobs citing Degree 20 22 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 13.33% 16.92% 8.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.55% 56.41% 62.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 4
10th Percentile £155 £178 £172
25th Percentile £250 £236 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £400 £300
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% +33.33% -31.43%
75th Percentile £475 £527 £444
90th Percentile £550 £569 £523
Northern Ireland median daily rate £313 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -21.88% - -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £29.63 - -
25th Percentile £31.31 £30.63 -
Median hourly rate £35.25 £31.25 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year +12.80% +124.66% -26.79%
75th Percentile £44.34 £31.88 -
90th Percentile £49.12 - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £35.25 £23.44 £13.91
% change year-on-year +50.38% +68.51% -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 47 39 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 31.33% 30.00% 14.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 26 11
10th Percentile £135 £205 £160
25th Percentile £200 £328 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £516 £350
Median % change year-on-year -17.68% +47.50% -18.37%
75th Percentile £530 £594 £438
90th Percentile £590 £663 £500
Northern Ireland median daily rate £425 £520 £413
% change year-on-year -18.27% +26.06% -3.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 4
10th Percentile £22.50 - -
25th Percentile £24.00 £30.63 -
Median hourly rate £32.13 £31.25 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% +124.66% -26.79%
75th Percentile £36.84 £31.88 £14.65
90th Percentile £44.65 - £15.99
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £32.13 £12.25 £13.91
% change year-on-year +162.24% -11.93% -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 3 May 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in County Antrim over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 3 May 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 -6 20 £313 -21.88% 123
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 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (10.00%) CMS
2 2 (10.00%) EPiServer
2 2 (10.00%) Umbraco
2 2 (10.00%) WordPress
3 1 (5.00%) Apache
3 1 (5.00%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (5.00%) CATIA
4 1 (5.00%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) ENOVIA
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Amazon ECS
1 2 (10.00%) Canva
1 2 (10.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) DHCP
1 3 (15.00%) DNS
1 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (10.00%) Intranet
3 1 (5.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Flink
2 1 (5.00%) Apache Hive
2 1 (5.00%) Big Data
2 1 (5.00%) Hadoop
2 1 (5.00%) HBase
2 1 (5.00%) Tableau
General
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (50.00%) Finance
3 5 (25.00%) Banking
4 3 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (15.00%) Investment Banking
5 2 (10.00%) Law
5 2 (10.00%) Marketing
5 2 (10.00%) Publishing
6 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
6 1 (5.00%) Financial Institution
6 1 (5.00%) General Ledger
6 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Business Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Support Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Content Editor
4 2 (10.00%) Data Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Digital Content Editor
4 2 (10.00%) Digital Editor
4 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Support
4 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Support Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) IT Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Java Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Senior
5 1 (5.00%) Big Data Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Business Data Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) IT Support
5 1 (5.00%) Lead
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Big Data Developer
5 1 (5.00%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Blackberry
1 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.00%) Credit Risk
2 2 (10.00%) Equities
2 2 (10.00%) Fixed Income
2 2 (10.00%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (10.00%) Social Media
3 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.00%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Android
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
1 3 (15.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (25.00%) Agile
2 5 (25.00%) Data Management
3 4 (20.00%) Analytics
3 4 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 4 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 4 (20.00%) Project Management
4 3 (15.00%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (15.00%) Data Governance
4 3 (15.00%) Incident Management
4 3 (15.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (10.00%) Budgeting
5 2 (10.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 2 (10.00%) Clean Code
5 2 (10.00%) Content Management
5 2 (10.00%) Ideation Sessions
5 2 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) Python
2 2 (10.00%) Java
2 2 (10.00%) SQL
3 1 (5.00%) Scala
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (15.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (10.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (10.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) AirWatch
2 2 (10.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (5.00%) Hadoop YARN
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Apple
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (15.00%) VMware
2 2 (10.00%) Facebook
2 2 (10.00%) Instagram
2 2 (10.00%) Twitter
3 1 (5.00%) Cloudera
3 1 (5.00%) Qualtrics