Finance Contracts in Northern Ireland

Financial
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 2 1
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Finance 81 32 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 50.63% 22.07% 19.00%
As % of the General category 62.31% 43.24% 31.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 18 22
10th Percentile £255 £163 £164
25th Percentile £311 £299 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £443 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.60% -1.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £500 £592 £532
90th Percentile £615 £650 £647
UK median daily rate £570 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -0.87% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £22.50 - -
25th Percentile £27.00 - -
Median hourly rate £42.41 - -
75th Percentile £78.47 - -
90th Percentile £83.20 - -
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £27.00 £26.85
% change year-on-year +33.33% +0.58% -23.30%

All General Skills
Northern Ireland

Finance falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 130 74 122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 81.25% 51.03% 61.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 35 62
10th Percentile £153 £191 £158
25th Percentile £273 £288 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £435 £413
Median % change year-on-year -5.75% +5.45% -2.94%
75th Percentile £529 £553 £497
90th Percentile £625 £650 £579
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 22 9
10th Percentile £13.50 - £13.88
25th Percentile £22.50 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £24.18 £14.66 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.94% -5.42% +4.62%
75th Percentile £44.65 £22.50 £16.88
90th Percentile £78.47 £23.54 £18.16
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +47.73%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Northern Ireland

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Northern Ireland

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Northern Ireland

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Northern Ireland

Finance
Hourly Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Finance in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Finance in Northern Ireland

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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 Finance within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 5 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 0 81 £400 -8.05% 122
Finance
UK

Finance
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 5 (6.17%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.47%) Apache
2 2 (2.47%) GemFire
2 2 (2.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.23%) IIS
3 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 17 (20.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (13.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.23%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.23%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (1.23%) BusinessWorks
Cloud Services
1 8 (9.88%) OpenShift
2 4 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.70%) Azure
3 3 (3.70%) OCI
4 2 (2.47%) Amazon ECS
4 2 (2.47%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.47%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.23%) AWS
5 1 (1.23%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.47%) DNS
1 2 (2.47%) TCP/IP
1 2 (2.47%) VPN
2 1 (1.23%) DHCP
2 1 (1.23%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.41%) NoSQL
2 5 (6.17%) Relational Database
3 3 (3.70%) Apache Hive
3 3 (3.70%) Big Data
3 3 (3.70%) Tableau
4 2 (2.47%) Apache Ignite
4 2 (2.47%) Flink
4 2 (2.47%) HBase
4 2 (2.47%) Impala
4 2 (2.47%) MySQL
4 2 (2.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (2.47%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.47%) Power BI
4 2 (2.47%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.23%) DB2
5 1 (1.23%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (1.23%) GIS
5 1 (1.23%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.23%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (12.35%) Git
2 5 (6.17%) JIRA
3 4 (4.94%) Ant
3 4 (4.94%) Jenkins
3 4 (4.94%) Maven
3 4 (4.94%) Subversion
General
1 35 (43.21%) Social Skills
2 27 (33.33%) Banking
3 19 (23.46%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (19.75%) Front Office
5 13 (16.05%) Financial Institution
6 8 (9.88%) Investment Banking
7 7 (8.64%) Public Sector
8 6 (7.41%) Wholesale Banking
9 5 (6.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (4.94%) Law
10 4 (4.94%) Telecoms
11 2 (2.47%) Electronics
11 2 (2.47%) Manufacturing
11 2 (2.47%) Marketing
11 2 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (1.23%) General Ledger
12 1 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.23%) Legal
12 1 (1.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 24 (29.63%) Developer
2 19 (23.46%) Analyst
3 14 (17.28%) Java Developer
4 12 (14.81%) Software Engineer
5 11 (13.58%) Business Analyst
6 8 (9.88%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 8 (9.88%) Java Engineer
6 8 (9.88%) Java Software Engineer
6 8 (9.88%) Project Manager
7 6 (7.41%) Java Software Developer
7 6 (7.41%) Support Engineer
8 5 (6.17%) C# Developer
8 5 (6.17%) C# Software Developer
9 4 (4.94%) .NET Developer
9 4 (4.94%) .NET Software Developer
9 4 (4.94%) .NET Software Engineer
9 4 (4.94%) C# .NET Developer
9 4 (4.94%) C# Software Engineer
9 4 (4.94%) Data Analyst
9 4 (4.94%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.88%) Apache Avro
1 8 (9.88%) JSON
1 8 (9.88%) React
1 8 (9.88%) Spring Boot
1 8 (9.88%) Web Services
2 7 (8.64%) Kafka
3 6 (7.41%) AngularJS
3 6 (7.41%) RESTful
3 6 (7.41%) Spring
3 6 (7.41%) XML
4 4 (4.94%) .NET
5 3 (3.70%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (2.47%) Hibernate
6 2 (2.47%) REST
6 2 (2.47%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (23.46%) Derivative
2 18 (22.22%) Equities
3 13 (16.05%) Equity Derivative
4 9 (11.11%) Product Ownership
5 7 (8.64%) Fixed Income
6 5 (6.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (3.70%) Onboarding
8 2 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.47%) BYOD
8 2 (2.47%) Credit Risk
8 2 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (2.47%) Management Information System
8 2 (2.47%) Reference Data
9 1 (1.23%) Blockchain
9 1 (1.23%) Data Structures
9 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.23%) Market Risk
9 1 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.88%) Windows
2 6 (7.41%) Unix
3 4 (4.94%) Linux
4 3 (3.70%) Windows 10
4 3 (3.70%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (38.27%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (19.75%) Project Management
3 15 (18.52%) Agile
4 14 (17.28%) DevOps
5 13 (16.05%) Software Engineering
6 11 (13.58%) Change Management
6 11 (13.58%) Clean Code
7 9 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
7 9 (11.11%) Data Analysis
7 9 (11.11%) User Experience
8 8 (9.88%) CI/CD
8 8 (9.88%) Process Improvement
9 7 (8.64%) Continuous Delivery
9 7 (8.64%) Microservices
9 7 (8.64%) Project Delivery
9 7 (8.64%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (7.41%) Artificial Intelligence
10 6 (7.41%) Business Analysis
10 6 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (7.41%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 22 (27.16%) SQL
2 19 (23.46%) Java
3 5 (6.17%) C#
3 5 (6.17%) Python
4 4 (4.94%) Kotlin
5 2 (2.47%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.47%) Scala
5 2 (2.47%) VBA
6 1 (1.23%) C++
6 1 (1.23%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (12.35%) Degree
2 3 (3.70%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.47%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.23%) ACCA
4 1 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.23%) CIMA
4 1 (1.23%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.23%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.88%) PMO
2 6 (7.41%) QA
3 2 (2.47%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.47%) MiFID
4 1 (1.23%) Dodd-Frank
4 1 (1.23%) EMIR
System Software
1 3 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.47%) Docker
2 2 (2.47%) HDFS
3 1 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (9.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (17.28%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.11%) Oracle
3 3 (3.70%) SAP
4 2 (2.47%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.23%) Apple
5 1 (1.23%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.23%) Citrix
5 1 (1.23%) Google
5 1 (1.23%) Qualtrics
5 1 (1.23%) Sun
5 1 (1.23%) Sybase
5 1 (1.23%) TIBCO
5 1 (1.23%) Zscaler