Postgraduate Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Postgraduate
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.45% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.89% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £788 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £375 £715 £460
% change year-on-year -47.55% +55.43% -3.06%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

Postgraduate 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 53 69 75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 24.09% 36.90% 41.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 36 38
10th Percentile £231 £145 £196
25th Percentile £375 £200 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -18.18% +29.41%
75th Percentile £666 £575 £650
90th Percentile £694 £606 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 12 18
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.50 £14.78 £12.25
Median hourly rate £26.50 £24.08 £22.56
Median % change year-on-year +10.07% +6.72% +62.19%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.15 £24.18
90th Percentile - - £26.49
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £30.27 £40.00
% change year-on-year +65.18% -24.33% -27.27%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Postgraduate relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Postgraduate job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Postgraduate
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 Postgraduate within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 13 June 2026. 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 £775 - 2
Postgraduate
UK

Postgraduate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Contingency Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft