Informatics Contracts in Northern Ireland

Informatics
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Informatics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Informatics over the 6 months leading up to 30 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Informatics 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 2.70% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.02% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £448 £215 £289
% change year-on-year +107.90% -25.39% -23.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.31 - -
Median hourly rate £12.96 - -
75th Percentile £13.60 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £12.96 £21.09 £24.63
% change year-on-year -38.57% -14.36% +13.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Informatics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 199 111 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 89.64% 73.03% 76.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 54 70
10th Percentile £261 £146 £198
25th Percentile £325 £173 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £394 £413
Median % change year-on-year +19.37% -4.55% -13.16%
75th Percentile £575 £547 £524
90th Percentile £619 £621 £602
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.12% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 20 8
10th Percentile £12.75 £12.25 £13.23
25th Percentile £14.78 £14.78 £13.23
Median hourly rate £17.30 £23.59 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year -26.66% +69.59% +26.74%
75th Percentile £25.15 £26.10 £14.56
90th Percentile - £40.25 £17.08
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +60.38%

Informatics
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Informatics in Northern Ireland

Informatics
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 Informatics within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 30 July 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 - 6 - -
Informatics
UK

Informatics
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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 6 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Information Governance Officer
1 6 (100.00%) Information Officer
2 3 (50.00%) Compliance Officer
2 3 (50.00%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 6 (100.00%) Data Security
1 6 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 6 (100.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (50.00%) Records Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) HNC
1 3 (50.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft