Minimum Viable Product Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Minimum Viable Product
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Minimum Viable Product skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Minimum Viable Product 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.41% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £463 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -15.91% +10.00% -7.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Minimum Viable Product 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 222 142 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 91.36% 77.17% 84.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 65 73
10th Percentile £253 £146 £203
25th Percentile £325 £183 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% - -19.96%
75th Percentile £581 £550 £500
90th Percentile £638 £640 £575
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 17 10
10th Percentile £12.85 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £14.78 - £13.23
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.69
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +76.69% +24.69%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £13.91
90th Percentile - £41.15 £18.08
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +46.55%

Minimum Viable Product
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 Minimum Viable Product within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 14 September 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 - 1 £625 -
Minimum Viable Product
UK

Minimum Viable Product
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Service Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Service Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Culture Change
1 1 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation