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

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 4 12
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 -1
Contract jobs citing Degree 29 24 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 16.96% 16.78% 8.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 46.77% 46.15% 65.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 6
10th Percentile £155 £178 £180
25th Percentile £278 £236 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £569 £556 £556
90th Percentile £606 £576 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.78 £15.63 -
Median hourly rate £22.03 £23.44 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +68.51% -26.79%
75th Percentile £35.20 £31.88 -
90th Percentile £45.47 - -
UK median hourly rate £53.50 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +33.75% -11.11% +24.45%

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 62 52 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 36.26% 36.36% 13.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 31 12
10th Percentile £135 £210 £164
25th Percentile £200 £375 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £550 £438
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +25.71% +2.04%
75th Percentile £536 £650 £500
90th Percentile £607 £675 £568
UK median daily rate £525 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -1.50% -3.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 4
10th Percentile £14.78 - -
25th Percentile £18.64 - -
Median hourly rate £23.00 £12.25 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year +87.76% -11.93% -26.79%
75th Percentile £33.25 £15.63 £14.65
90th Percentile £43.12 £31.88 £15.99
UK median hourly rate £37.25 £40.00 £54.56
% change year-on-year -6.88% -26.69% +24.14%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -7 22 £425 +6.25% 131
County Armagh - 5 - - 4
County Londonderry +2 2 - - 8
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 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.45%) CATIA
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (3.45%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) ENOVIA
Cloud Services
1 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 1 (3.45%) Apache Hive
1 1 (3.45%) Big Data
1 1 (3.45%) Hadoop
1 1 (3.45%) HBase
1 1 (3.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 12 (41.38%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (37.93%) Finance
3 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
4 7 (24.14%) Banking
5 3 (10.34%) Investment Banking
6 2 (6.90%) Marketing
6 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.90%) Publishing
7 1 (3.45%) Aerospace
7 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.45%) Front Office
7 1 (3.45%) General Ledger
7 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
7 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
4 3 (10.34%) Data Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Senior
4 3 (10.34%) Support Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Content Editor
5 2 (6.90%) Delivery Project Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Digital Content Editor
5 2 (6.90%) Digital Editor
5 2 (6.90%) Help Desk Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (6.90%) Help Desk Support Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Information Governance Officer
5 2 (6.90%) Information Officer
5 2 (6.90%) IT Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Lead
6 1 (3.45%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Freedom of Information
2 3 (10.34%) Blackberry
2 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.90%) Market Risk
3 2 (6.90%) Reference Data
3 2 (6.90%) Social Media
4 1 (3.45%) Credit Risk
4 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
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%) Performance Management
3 6 (20.69%) Business Analysis
3 6 (20.69%) Project Management
4 5 (17.24%) Asset Management
5 4 (13.79%) Agile
5 4 (13.79%) Process Improvement
6 3 (10.34%) Analytics
6 3 (10.34%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (10.34%) Data Governance
6 3 (10.34%) Data Management
6 3 (10.34%) Decision-Making
6 3 (10.34%) Economics
6 3 (10.34%) Incident Management
6 3 (10.34%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (6.90%) Creative Thinking
7 2 (6.90%) Ideation Sessions
7 2 (6.90%) Impact Assessments
7 2 (6.90%) Project Delivery
7 2 (6.90%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) Python
2 1 (3.45%) Scala
2 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.45%) ISEB
2 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) GDPR
2 3 (10.34%) Data Quality
3 2 (6.90%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) AirWatch
2 1 (3.45%) Hadoop YARN
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) Apple
2 3 (10.34%) VMware
3 2 (6.90%) Facebook
3 2 (6.90%) Instagram
3 2 (6.90%) Twitter
4 1 (3.45%) Cloudera
4 1 (3.45%) Qualtrics