NEC
UK > Northern Ireland
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring knowledge or experience of NEC products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NEC over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the NEC Corporation.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 27 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing NEC | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | - | - | 1.51% |
| As % of the Vendors category | - | - | 4.55% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £101 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £101 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £102 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £550 | £475 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.79% | +35.71% | -30.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £14.09 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £14.19 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £14.28 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £55.00 | £47.25 | £18.54 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.40% | +154.82% | -15.00% |
All Vendors
Northern Ireland
NEC falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Northern Ireland.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 73 | 62 | 66 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 43.71% | 44.93% | 33.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 40 | 25 | 26 |
| 10th Percentile | £155 | £286 | £156 |
| 25th Percentile | £314 | £506 | £174 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £418 | £550 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -24.09% | +37.50% | -11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £494 | £645 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £578 | £673 | £619 |
| UK median daily rate | £513 | £515 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.49% | -1.90% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 13 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.66 | - | £13.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.25 | £12.25 | £13.92 |
| Median hourly rate | £23.00 | £21.00 | £15.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.52% | +35.48% | +11.59% |
| 75th Percentile | £24.18 | £23.54 | £17.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £29.81 | £31.88 | £18.43 |
| UK median hourly rate | £25.50 | £22.00 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.91% | -48.24% | +97.67% |
NEC
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland
Job postings citing NEC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.
