GitHub Copilot Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland
GitHub Copilot
UK > Northern Ireland
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring GitHub Copilot skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 36 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing GitHub Copilot | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland | 0.45% | - | - |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 2.04% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £525 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £550 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | - |
All Cloud Computing Skills
Northern Ireland
GitHub Copilot falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Northern Ireland.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 49 | 39 | 46 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 22.27% | 15.60% | 23.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18 | 16 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | £328 | £338 | £383 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £400 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £548 | £488 | £555 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.31% | -12.16% | +38.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £602 | £644 |
| 90th Percentile | £663 | £638 | £675 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £35.86 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £41.30 | £21.50 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £44.50 | £23.00 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +93.48% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £44.68 | £31.97 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £45.20 | £36.44 | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £32.50 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.22% | -28.14% | +9.38% |
GitHub Copilot 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 GitHub Copilot within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 22 October 2026. 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 | - | 1 | £550 | - | 15 |
| GitHub Copilot UK |
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GitHub Copilot Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon S3 | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | AWS Lambda | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | CloudFront | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | GitHub | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Serverless | 100.0% | 1 |