OpenAI Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

OpenAI
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring knowledge or experience of OpenAI products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OpenAI over the 6 months leading up to 18 October 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 OpenAI.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 32 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OpenAI 0 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland - 0.52% -
As % of the Vendors category - 1.23% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £558 £550 £475
% change year-on-year +1.36% +15.79% -24.00%

All Vendors
Northern Ireland

OpenAI 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 96 81 64
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 38.87% 42.41% 37.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 36 28
10th Percentile £159 £138 £171
25th Percentile £303 £183 £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £361 £444 £425
Median % change year-on-year -18.59% +4.41% -15.00%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £506
90th Percentile £593 £650 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 14 1
10th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 -
25th Percentile £12.66 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £13.60 £24.18 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.76% +38.17% +34.62%
75th Percentile £16.50 - £18.75
90th Percentile £24.50 £40.25 -
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £33.00 £43.88
% change year-on-year -27.27% -24.79% +82.83%