Lead Contracts in Northern Ireland

Leader
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Leader daily rate in Northern Ireland is £588 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 28 26
Rank change year-on-year +21 -2 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 19 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 12.75% 2.48% 3.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.29% 2.73% 3.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 0 0
10th Percentile £506 - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - -
75th Percentile £650 - -
90th Percentile £688 - -
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.25 - -
Median hourly rate £40.50 - -
75th Percentile £41.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year - +57.14% +31.33%

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 143 183 195
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.97% 90.59% 93.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 83 90
10th Percentile £173 £166 £145
25th Percentile £303 £306 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £406
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +4.62% +0.31%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £498
90th Percentile £650 £618 £539
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 8 19
10th Percentile - £13.29 £10.22
25th Percentile £12.25 £13.91 £11.50
Median hourly rate £15.38 £14.59 £17.33
Median % change year-on-year +5.40% -15.80% +33.31%
75th Percentile £21.00 £15.94 £21.00
90th Percentile £28.54 £16.87 £21.65
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
% change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Northern Ireland

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in Northern Ireland

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Northern Ireland

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead in Northern Ireland

Lead
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 Lead within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 29 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 +10 18 £588 - 15
County Down - 1 - -
Lead
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Lead 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 Lead in the job title.

1 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 11 (57.89%) Validation
2 11 (57.89%) Azure
2 11 (57.89%) Power Platform
3 7 (36.84%) Coaching
4 6 (31.58%) Agile
4 6 (31.58%) Serverless
4 6 (31.58%) Azure Functions
4 6 (31.58%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (31.58%) AWS Lambda
4 6 (31.58%) Mentoring
5 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
5 3 (15.79%) AWS
5 3 (15.79%) GCP
6 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
6 2 (10.53%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (10.53%) Data Protection
7 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
7 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (5.26%) Revit
7 1 (5.26%) 3D Modelling
7 1 (5.26%) Facilities Management
7 1 (5.26%) C#
7 1 (5.26%) People Management
7 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (5.26%) Asset Management
7 1 (5.26%) VMware
7 1 (5.26%) Finance
7 1 (5.26%) Legal
7 1 (5.26%) Active Directory

Lead 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 11 (57.89%) Azure
1 11 (57.89%) Power Platform
2 6 (31.58%) AWS Lambda
2 6 (31.58%) Azure Functions
2 6 (31.58%) Serverless
3 3 (15.79%) AWS
3 3 (15.79%) GCP
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
General
1 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.26%) Finance
2 1 (5.26%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.26%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Validation
2 7 (36.84%) Coaching
3 6 (31.58%) Agile
3 6 (31.58%) Mentoring
3 6 (31.58%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
5 2 (10.53%) Data Protection
6 1 (5.26%) 3D Modelling
6 1 (5.26%) Asset Management
6 1 (5.26%) Decarbonisation
6 1 (5.26%) Facilities Management
6 1 (5.26%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (5.26%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Autodesk
2 1 (5.26%) VMware