Sage Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Sage
UK > Northern Ireland

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Sage 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.42% - -
As % of the Vendors category 1.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £470 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -18.26% +9.52% -4.55%

All Vendors
Northern Ireland

Sage 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 80 56 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 33.33% 31.64% 36.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 21 32
10th Percentile £165 £148 £163
25th Percentile £325 £155 £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -12.50% +25.00%
75th Percentile £500 £488 £541
90th Percentile £583 £650 £643
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 12 2
10th Percentile £12.31 £22.67 £16.13
25th Percentile £13.26 - £16.15
Median hourly rate £13.69 £24.18 £16.81
Median % change year-on-year -43.40% +43.84% +10.23%
75th Percentile £17.53 £28.20 £18.09
90th Percentile £25.32 £40.25 £18.49
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £29.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -17.84% -34.83% +73.08%

Sage
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Sage job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Sage
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Sage.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Sage

Sage
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 Sage within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 18 December 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 - -
Sage
UK

Sage
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%) Intacct
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect