Degree Contracts in Northern Ireland

Academic Degree
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 19 8
Rank change year-on-year +15 -11 +3
Contract jobs citing Degree 25 14 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 16.89% 6.97% 12.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 53.19% 56.00% 79.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 11
10th Percentile £185 £176 £153
25th Percentile £261 £200 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £438
Median % change year-on-year - -8.57% +6.38%
75th Percentile £549 £500 £475
90th Percentile £569 £545 £500
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -3.33% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.63 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £23.44 £13.91 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.51% -26.79% +90.00%
75th Percentile £31.88 - £21.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.11% +28.57% -4.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 47 25 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 31.76% 12.44% 16.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 14 15
10th Percentile £205 £172 £202
25th Percentile £328 £300 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £413 £433
Median % change year-on-year +25.15% -4.62% +5.17%
75th Percentile £634 £475 £475
90th Percentile £663 £500 £536
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.84% +4.76% +8.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 4
10th Percentile - £14.08 -
25th Percentile - £14.34 £17.00
Median hourly rate £12.25 £15.08 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.77% -20.63% +19.80%
75th Percentile £15.63 £16.13 £21.00
90th Percentile £31.88 £16.58 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.28 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.31% +31.25% +7.42%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Northern Ireland

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Degree in Northern Ireland

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Northern Ireland

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Northern Ireland

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Northern Ireland

Degree
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 Degree within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 +10 22 £400 +33.33% 63
County Londonderry - 1 £640 - 1
Degree
UK

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.00%) Adobe XD
2 2 (8.00%) InVision
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (8.00%) Sketch
3 1 (4.00%) InfoPath
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (4.00%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
1 1 (4.00%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.00%) Figma
3 1 (4.00%) AWS
3 1 (4.00%) Azure
3 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.00%) GitHub
3 1 (4.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (4.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) BIG-IP
1 3 (12.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 3 (12.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 3 (12.00%) HTTP
1 3 (12.00%) Internet
2 2 (8.00%) DNS
2 2 (8.00%) Skype
2 2 (8.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Relational Database
1 2 (8.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) GitLab
General
1 16 (64.00%) Finance
2 12 (48.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (20.00%) Electronics
3 5 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 4 (16.00%) Banking
4 4 (16.00%) Public Sector
5 3 (12.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (12.00%) Law
5 3 (12.00%) Marketing
5 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (4.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (12.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (12.00%) Support Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) Designer
3 2 (8.00%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 2 (8.00%) UX Designer
4 1 (4.00%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (4.00%) Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Customer Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Developer
4 1 (4.00%) Graduate
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Service Desk Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Tableau Developer
4 1 (4.00%) Test Architect
4 1 (4.00%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) CSS
1 2 (8.00%) XML
2 1 (4.00%) COM
2 1 (4.00%) HTML
2 1 (4.00%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) FPGA
1 2 (8.00%) Housing Association
1 2 (8.00%) iPhone
1 2 (8.00%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (4.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Linux
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.00%) Android
2 1 (4.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (24.00%) Agile
3 5 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 5 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 5 (20.00%) Project Management
3 5 (20.00%) User Experience
3 5 (20.00%) UX Design
4 4 (16.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (12.00%) Co-Creation
5 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (12.00%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (12.00%) E-Commerce
5 3 (12.00%) Fintech
5 3 (12.00%) High Availability
5 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (12.00%) Programme Management
5 3 (12.00%) UX Research
6 2 (8.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) Python
2 3 (12.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (12.00%) SQL
3 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (16.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (8.00%) HND
3 2 (8.00%) MCSD
3 2 (8.00%) MCSE
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (8.00%) PMP
3 2 (8.00%) Tableau Certification
4 1 (4.00%) ISTQB
4 1 (4.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 1 (4.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (8.00%) WCAG
2 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (8.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Apple
2 3 (12.00%) CA
2 3 (12.00%) F5
2 3 (12.00%) SAP
3 2 (8.00%) EMC
4 1 (4.00%) Cisco
4 1 (4.00%) Dell
4 1 (4.00%) HP
4 1 (4.00%) Infor
4 1 (4.00%) Mitel
4 1 (4.00%) Progress
4 1 (4.00%) Qualtrics