Computer Science Degree Contracts in Northern Ireland

Computer Science Degree
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 19 32
Rank change year-on-year -9 +13 -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 4 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 2.52% 3.36% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.14% 10.42% 3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £520 £400
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +30.00% -
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

Computer Science 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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 56 48 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 35.22% 32.21% 13.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 27 14
10th Percentile £135 £206 £172
25th Percentile £200 £344 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £369 £520 £413
Median % change year-on-year -29.09% +26.06% -4.62%
75th Percentile £523 £623 £475
90th Percentile £588 £660 £500
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 4
10th Percentile £22.50 - -
25th Percentile £24.00 - -
Median hourly rate £32.13 £12.25 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year +162.24% -11.93% -26.79%
75th Percentile £36.84 £15.63 £14.65
90th Percentile £44.65 £31.88 £15.99
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in Northern Ireland

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science Degree in Northern Ireland

Computer Science Degree
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science Degree within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 1 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
County Antrim -11 4 £600 +15.38% 47
Computer Science Degree
UK

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (25.00%) Apache
1 1 (25.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Amazon ECS
1 3 (75.00%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Flink
2 1 (25.00%) Apache Hive
2 1 (25.00%) Big Data
2 1 (25.00%) Hadoop
2 1 (25.00%) HBase
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (75.00%) Law
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Big Data Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Big Data Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Credit Risk
1 3 (75.00%) Equities
1 3 (75.00%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Clean Code
2 3 (75.00%) Data Management
2 3 (75.00%) High Availability
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (75.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Electronic Trading
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (25.00%) Hadoop YARN
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cloudera