Degree Contract Job Trends 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 21 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 9 5
Rank change year-on-year -9 -4 +8
Contract jobs citing Degree 9 24 20
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 5.11% 14.72% 16.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.27% 40.00% 48.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 8
10th Percentile £193 £155 £163
25th Percentile £269 £278 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £706 £569 £531
90th Percentile £788 £606 £569
Northern Ireland median daily rate £369 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -13.24% +6.25% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £14.78 £30.63
Median hourly rate £15.00 £19.03 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.16% -39.12% +124.66%
75th Percentile - £28.25 £31.88
90th Percentile - £40.90 -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.00 £19.03 £23.44
% change year-on-year -21.16% -18.84% +68.51%

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 33 60 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 18.75% 36.81% 32.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 32 28
10th Percentile £336 £137 £249
25th Percentile £392 £189 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £438 £550
Median % change year-on-year +37.14% -20.45% +33.33%
75th Percentile £666 £547 £650
90th Percentile £694 £606 £675
Northern Ireland median daily rate £600 £438 £556
% change year-on-year +37.14% -21.35% +23.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 2
10th Percentile - £14.78 -
25th Percentile - £16.46 £30.63
Median hourly rate £14.50 £24.08 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -39.77% -22.96% +124.66%
75th Percentile - £28.41 £31.88
90th Percentile £14.80 £38.53 -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £14.50 £24.08 £12.25
% change year-on-year -39.77% +96.53% -11.93%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Degree job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in County Antrim over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in County Antrim

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Degree

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 21 May 2026. 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 -7 9 £388 -8.82% 52
Degree
Northern Ireland

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Amazon EventBridge
1 1 (11.11%) Amazon S3
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (11.11%) AWS Step Functions
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (11.11%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (11.11%) Internet
1 1 (11.11%) Intranet
1 1 (11.11%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
2 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
4 3 (33.33%) Banking
5 2 (22.22%) Investment Banking
5 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
6 1 (11.11%) Front Office
6 1 (11.11%) Legal
6 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Report Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) ICT Technician
3 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
3 1 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Payments Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Financial Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Reporting Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Data Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) pytest
1 1 (11.11%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (11.11%) Derivative
2 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 1 (11.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Android
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
2 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
3 3 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 3 (33.33%) Validation
4 2 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (22.22%) Change Management
4 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Economics
4 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) Time Management
4 2 (22.22%) Unit Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Wealth Management
5 1 (11.11%) B2B
5 1 (11.11%) Data Validation
5 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) ETL
5 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
5 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (11.11%) A+ Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (11.11%) HND
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 1 (11.11%) PMP
2 1 (11.11%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Data Quality
1 2 (22.22%) EMIR
2 1 (11.11%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) Apple