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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 21 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs citing Master's Degree 5 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 2.96% 2.80% -
As % of the Qualifications category 8.06% 7.69% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile £468 £281 -
25th Percentile £533 £426 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £589 £538 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.53% - -
75th Percentile £607 £569 -
90th Percentile £609 - -
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £625
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +5.93%

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 62 52 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 36.69% 36.36% 12.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 31 11
10th Percentile £135 £270 £200
25th Percentile £200 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +22.22% +4.96%
75th Percentile £536 £650 £500
90th Percentile £607 £675 £575
UK median daily rate £525 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -1.50% -3.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.78 - -
Median hourly rate £23.00 £12.25 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year +87.76% -11.93% -26.79%
75th Percentile £33.25 £15.63 £14.65
90th Percentile £43.12 £31.88 £15.99
UK median hourly rate £37.25 £40.00 £54.99
% change year-on-year -6.88% -27.26% +25.12%

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 19 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 19 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 5 £589 +9.53% 40
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 (20.00%) Apache
1 1 (20.00%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) CATIA
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (20.00%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) ENOVIA
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Apache Hive
1 1 (20.00%) Big Data
1 1 (20.00%) Hadoop
1 1 (20.00%) HBase
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (20.00%) Front Office
4 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Big Data Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Business Data Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) CATIA Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Credit Risk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Market Risk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Data Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Big Data Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Credit Risk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Risk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior User Experience Researcher
2 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Market Risk
2 1 (20.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (20.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (20.00%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Benchmarking
4 1 (20.00%) Business Development
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Data Management
4 1 (20.00%) Electronic Trading
4 1 (20.00%) PDM
4 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Qualitative Research
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Stress Testing
4 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) User Experience
4 1 (20.00%) UX Design
4 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Scala
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB
2 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Hadoop YARN
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cloudera
1 1 (20.00%) Qualtrics