Developer Contracts in County Antrim

Developer
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The median Developer daily rate in County Antrim is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 5 3
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 16 23 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 12.50% 14.47% 24.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.22% 16.31% 26.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 25
10th Percentile £435 - £416
25th Percentile £481 - £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% -15.79% +10.21%
75th Percentile £675 £453 £538
90th Percentile - £500 £560
Northern Ireland median daily rate £575 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +43.75% -15.79% +10.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
County Antrim

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in County Antrim. 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 County Antrim with a recognized job title 121 141 177
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.53% 88.68% 92.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 68 89
10th Percentile £173 £164 £145
25th Percentile £313 £268 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £425 £433
Median % change year-on-year +14.71% -1.73% +8.13%
75th Percentile £622 £521 £500
90th Percentile £675 £641 £560
Northern Ireland median daily rate £513 £425 £433
% change year-on-year +20.59% -1.73% +4.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 20
10th Percentile £12.25 - £10.22
25th Percentile £12.44 £13.91 £10.52
Median hourly rate £15.75 £15.50 £13.45
Median % change year-on-year +1.61% +15.28% +13.08%
75th Percentile £21.98 £16.50 £21.00
90th Percentile £31.88 £17.23 £21.33
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.63 £15.50 £13.45
% change year-on-year +0.84% +15.28% -0.41%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in County Antrim

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in County Antrim

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in County Antrim over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in County Antrim

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in County Antrim

Developer
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 Developer within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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 -3 16 £575 +43.75% 25
Developer
Northern Ireland

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Developer 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 County Antrim region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 9 (56.25%) Java
2 7 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 7 (43.75%) Azure
3 6 (37.50%) DV Cleared
3 6 (37.50%) DevOps
4 5 (31.25%) GitHub
4 5 (31.25%) Spring Boot
4 5 (31.25%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (31.25%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
4 5 (31.25%) REST
4 5 (31.25%) Spring
5 4 (25.00%) SQL
6 3 (18.75%) Maven
6 3 (18.75%) Software Packaging
6 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
7 2 (12.50%) Insurtech
7 2 (12.50%) iOS Development
7 2 (12.50%) iOS SDK
7 2 (12.50%) Docker
7 2 (12.50%) Azure AKS
7 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
7 2 (12.50%) Kubernetes
7 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
7 2 (12.50%) .NET
7 2 (12.50%) Web Services
7 2 (12.50%) Windows
8 1 (6.25%) Python
8 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
8 1 (6.25%) ETL

Developer Skill Set
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 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 7 (43.75%) Azure
2 5 (31.25%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (31.25%) GitHub
3 2 (12.50%) Azure AKS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
1 1 (6.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Maven
General
1 1 (6.25%) Banking
1 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) REST
1 5 (31.25%) Spring
1 5 (31.25%) Spring Boot
2 3 (18.75%) Software Packaging
3 2 (12.50%) .NET
3 2 (12.50%) iOS SDK
3 2 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) DevOps
2 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
3 2 (12.50%) Insurtech
3 2 (12.50%) iOS Development
3 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (6.25%) Analytics
4 1 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (6.25%) Data Integration
4 1 (6.25%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (6.25%) ETL
4 1 (6.25%) User Experience
4 1 (6.25%) UX Design
4 1 (6.25%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) Java
2 4 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 6 (37.50%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Tableau Certification
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle