Master's Degree Contracts in Northern Ireland

Master's Degree
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Master's Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 20 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 3 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.89% 2.72% -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.56% 8.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £443 £281 -
25th Percentile £469 £426 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% - -
75th Percentile £569 £569 -
90th Percentile £588 - -
UK median daily rate £560 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% +1.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

Master's Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 54 48 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 33.96% 32.65% 13.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 27 14
10th Percentile £135 £206 £172
25th Percentile £200 £344 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £520 £413
Median % change year-on-year -18.27% +26.06% -3.79%
75th Percentile £530 £623 £475
90th Percentile £590 £660 £500
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 4
10th Percentile £22.50 - -
25th Percentile £24.00 - -
Median hourly rate £32.13 £12.25 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year +162.24% -11.93% -26.79%
75th Percentile £36.84 £15.63 £14.65
90th Percentile £44.65 £31.88 £15.99
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +28.57%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Master's Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Master's Degree in Northern Ireland

Master's Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Master's Degree in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Master's Degree in Northern Ireland

Master's Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Master's Degree in Northern Ireland

Master's Degree
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 Master's Degree within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 3 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 -9 3 £525 -2.33% 35
Master's Degree
UK

Master's Degree
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 1 (33.33%) Apache
1 1 (33.33%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) CATIA
1 1 (33.33%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) ENOVIA
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Apache Hive
1 1 (33.33%) Big Data
1 1 (33.33%) Hadoop
1 1 (33.33%) HBase
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Big Data Developer
2 1 (33.33%) CATIA Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Big Data Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior User Experience Researcher
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Kafka
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Benchmarking
2 1 (33.33%) Business Development
2 1 (33.33%) CAD
2 1 (33.33%) Community of Practice
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Design Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) Electronic Trading
2 1 (33.33%) Journey Map
2 1 (33.33%) PDM
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Qualitative Research
2 1 (33.33%) User Research
2 1 (33.33%) UX Design
2 1 (33.33%) UX Research
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Hadoop YARN
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cloudera
1 1 (33.33%) Qualtrics