Informatics Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Informatics
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Informatics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 32 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing Informatics 4 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 1.82% 2.60% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 2.90% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £263 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - -
75th Percentile £296 - -
90th Percentile £312 - -
UK median daily rate £425 £480 £215
% change year-on-year -11.46% +123.00% -25.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £12.96 -
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £12.96 £21.09
% change year-on-year +35.08% -38.57% -14.36%

All Process & 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 189 207 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 85.91% 89.61% 74.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 100 58
10th Percentile £253 £263 £154
25th Percentile £363 £325 £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £473 £400
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +18.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £645 £575 £547
90th Percentile £694 £619 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 45 17
10th Percentile - £13.03 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.50 £14.78 £21.19
Median hourly rate £34.63 £17.30 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +100.14% -28.45% +73.83%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.15 £31.88
90th Percentile £44.50 - £40.25
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +68.99% -37.90% -4.71%

Informatics
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Informatics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Informatics job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Informatics
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Informatics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Informatics

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 8 August 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 +6 4 £275 - 2
Informatics
UK

Informatics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps