Developer Contracts in Northern Ireland

Developer
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Developer daily rate in Northern Ireland is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 8 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 14 26 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 9.59% 13.00% 19.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.93% 14.13% 20.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 21
10th Percentile £413 - £415
25th Percentile £469 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -15.79% +10.21%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £500
90th Percentile - £525 £538
UK median daily rate £506 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.00% - +12.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland. 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 Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 141 184 200
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.58% 92.00% 93.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 82 93
10th Percentile £173 £172 £145
25th Percentile £300 £300 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £419 £413
Median % change year-on-year +7.46% +1.52% +3.13%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £500
90th Percentile £650 £599 £535
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 6 19
10th Percentile - £12.97 £10.22
25th Percentile £12.25 £14.32 £11.50
Median hourly rate £15.38 £15.25 £17.33
Median % change year-on-year +0.85% -12.00% +33.31%
75th Percentile £21.00 £16.31 £21.00
90th Percentile £28.54 £17.11 £21.65
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +0.94%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Northern Ireland

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in Northern Ireland

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Northern Ireland

Developer
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 Developer within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
County Antrim -3 14 £500 +17.65% 23
Developer
UK

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 23 April 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 Northern Ireland region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) SQL
2 6 (42.86%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (35.71%) Python
4 4 (28.57%) Unix
4 4 (28.57%) Spring
4 4 (28.57%) Scala
4 4 (28.57%) Java
4 4 (28.57%) Apache Hive
4 4 (28.57%) Big Data
4 4 (28.57%) Apache Spark
5 3 (21.43%) Impala
5 3 (21.43%) Tableau
5 3 (21.43%) Data Pipeline
5 3 (21.43%) Data Architecture
5 3 (21.43%) Banking
5 3 (21.43%) Linux
6 2 (14.29%) .NET
6 2 (14.29%) Investment Banking
6 2 (14.29%) Azure
6 2 (14.29%) iOS Development
6 2 (14.29%) Apple iOS
6 2 (14.29%) iOS SDK
6 2 (14.29%) Docker
6 2 (14.29%) Insurtech
6 2 (14.29%) Kubernetes
6 2 (14.29%) Azure AKS
6 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 1 (7.14%) User Experience
7 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (7.14%) Public Sector

Developer Skill Set
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 (28.57%) Apache Spark
2 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
1 2 (14.29%) Azure AKS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) Apache Hive
1 4 (28.57%) Big Data
2 3 (21.43%) Impala
2 3 (21.43%) Tableau
3 1 (7.14%) Relational Database
General
1 3 (21.43%) Banking
2 2 (14.29%) Investment Banking
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) Spring
2 2 (14.29%) .NET
2 2 (14.29%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (7.14%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Unix
2 3 (21.43%) Linux
3 2 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Data Architecture
1 3 (21.43%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (14.29%) Insurtech
2 2 (14.29%) iOS Development
2 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 1 (7.14%) Analytics
3 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis
3 1 (7.14%) Data Integration
3 1 (7.14%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (7.14%) ETL
3 1 (7.14%) User Experience
3 1 (7.14%) UX Design
3 1 (7.14%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) SQL
2 5 (35.71%) Python
3 4 (28.57%) Java
3 4 (28.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
1 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Tableau Certification
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Kubernetes