Degree Contracts in Northern Ireland

Academic Degree
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for 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 7 4 16
Rank change year-on-year -3 +12 -6
Contract jobs citing Degree 29 25 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 18.24% 16.78% 8.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.79% 52.08% 60.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 5
10th Percentile £155 £185 £176
25th Percentile £263 £261 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% - -8.57%
75th Percentile £466 £549 £500
90th Percentile £544 £569 £545
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £29.63 - -
25th Percentile £31.31 £15.63 -
Median hourly rate £35.25 £23.44 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year +50.38% +68.51% -26.79%
75th Percentile £44.34 £31.88 -
90th Percentile £49.12 - -
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +32.50% -11.11% +21.21%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

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%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Northern Ireland

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Northern Ireland

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Northern Ireland

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Northern Ireland

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Northern Ireland

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 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 -8 22 £313 -21.88% 122
County Armagh - 5 - - 6
County Londonderry +2 2 - - 6
Degree
UK

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 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.90%) CMS
2 2 (6.90%) EPiServer
2 2 (6.90%) Umbraco
2 2 (6.90%) WordPress
3 1 (3.45%) Apache
3 1 (3.45%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (3.45%) CATIA
4 1 (3.45%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) ENOVIA
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) Amazon ECS
1 3 (10.34%) OpenShift
2 2 (6.90%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) DHCP
1 3 (10.34%) DNS
1 3 (10.34%) TCP/IP
2 2 (6.90%) Intranet
3 1 (3.45%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Flink
2 1 (3.45%) Apache Hive
2 1 (3.45%) Big Data
2 1 (3.45%) Hadoop
2 1 (3.45%) HBase
2 1 (3.45%) Tableau
General
1 13 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 12 (41.38%) Finance
3 11 (37.93%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (17.24%) Banking
5 4 (13.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (10.34%) Investment Banking
6 3 (10.34%) Law
7 2 (6.90%) General Ledger
7 2 (6.90%) Marketing
7 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (6.90%) Publishing
8 1 (3.45%) Aerospace
8 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
8 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
8 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Analyst
2 7 (24.14%) Project Manager
3 5 (17.24%) Asset Management Project Manager
3 5 (17.24%) Developer
4 4 (13.79%) Business Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Java Developer
5 3 (10.34%) Support Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Content Editor
6 2 (6.90%) Data Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Delivery Project Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Digital Content Editor
6 2 (6.90%) Digital Editor
6 2 (6.90%) Help Desk Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Help Desk Support
6 2 (6.90%) Help Desk Support Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) IT Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Senior
7 1 (3.45%) CATIA Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Lead
7 1 (3.45%) Senior User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.79%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.34%) Blackberry
2 3 (10.34%) Credit Risk
2 3 (10.34%) Equities
2 3 (10.34%) Fixed Income
3 2 (6.90%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (6.90%) Social Media
4 1 (3.45%) Algorithms
4 1 (3.45%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Android
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
1 3 (10.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (24.14%) Agile
2 7 (24.14%) Performance Management
3 6 (20.69%) Data Management
4 5 (17.24%) Asset Management
4 5 (17.24%) Business Analysis
4 5 (17.24%) Computer Science
4 5 (17.24%) Decision-Making
4 5 (17.24%) Project Management
5 4 (13.79%) Analytics
5 4 (13.79%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (13.79%) Process Improvement
5 4 (13.79%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (10.34%) Actionable Insight
6 3 (10.34%) Analytical Thinking
6 3 (10.34%) Data Governance
6 3 (10.34%) High Availability
6 3 (10.34%) Incident Management
6 3 (10.34%) Mentoring
6 3 (10.34%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) Python
2 3 (10.34%) Java
2 3 (10.34%) SQL
3 1 (3.45%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (10.34%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) Accessibility
1 2 (6.90%) Data Quality
1 2 (6.90%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
1 3 (10.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) AirWatch
1 3 (10.34%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.45%) Hadoop YARN
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Apple
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
1 3 (10.34%) VMware
2 2 (6.90%) Facebook
2 2 (6.90%) Instagram
2 2 (6.90%) Twitter
3 1 (3.45%) Cloudera
3 1 (3.45%) Qualtrics