Site Reliability Engineering Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
UK > Northern Ireland
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Site Reliability Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 29 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Site Reliability Engineering | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland | 1.82% | - | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 2.09% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £395 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £563 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £537 | £503 | £630 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.87% | -20.24% | -3.08% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland
Site Reliability Engineering 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.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 191 | 225 | 151 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 86.82% | 90.36% | 78.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 91 | 93 | 68 |
| 10th Percentile | £254 | £253 | £147 |
| 25th Percentile | £357 | £325 | £169 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £475 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.26% | - | +18.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £653 | £588 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £694 | £638 | £650 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -2.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 48 | 58 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.50 | £12.55 | £21.19 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.72 | £14.25 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £43.96 | £17.15 | £24.18 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +156.33% | -29.07% | +76.69% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £25.15 | £40.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £44.50 | - | £43.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £37.24 | £25.08 | £39.59 |
| % change year-on-year | +48.51% | -36.66% | -9.82% |
Site Reliability Engineering Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Site Reliability Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.
Site Reliability Engineering Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Site Reliability Engineering.
Site Reliability Engineering Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Site Reliability Engineering in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.
Site Reliability Engineering 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 Site Reliability Engineering within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 19 October 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 | - | 4 | £488 | - | 14 |
| Site Reliability Engineering UK |
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Site Reliability Engineering Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 4 |
| 1 | Infrastructure as Code | 100.0% | 4 |
| 3 | Containerisation | 75.0% | 3 |
| 4 | Agile | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Code Quality | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Deployment Automation | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | DevOps | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Full-Stack Development | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Platform Engineering | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Risk Management | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Test Automation | 50.0% | 2 |
| 12 | AI | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Analytics | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Cloud Operations | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Continuous Improvement | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Cost Management | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Cost Optimisation | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Data Engineering | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Data Protection | 25.0% | 1 |
| 12 | Event-Driven | 25.0% | 1 |