Finance Contracts in Northern Ireland

Financial
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 32 43 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 21.62% 21.39% 26.29%
As % of the General category 42.11% 34.96% 44.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 25 36
10th Percentile £163 £165 £305
25th Percentile £299 £270 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £450 £473
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% -4.76% +11.44%
75th Percentile £592 £515 £500
90th Percentile £650 £639 £531
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £572
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.90% +11.61%

All General Skills
Northern Ireland

Finance is in the General Skills 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 common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 76 123 125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 51.35% 61.19% 58.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 62 66
10th Percentile £194 £179 £145
25th Percentile £270 £278 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £413 £413
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% - +0.30%
75th Percentile £538 £497 £489
90th Percentile £650 £579 £500
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 6 15
10th Percentile - £14.50 £10.22
25th Percentile £12.25 £15.25 £10.52
Median hourly rate £14.66 £16.13 £13.89
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +16.09% +11.12%
75th Percentile £22.50 £17.26 £21.00
90th Percentile £23.54 £19.32 -
UK median hourly rate £28.42 £35.00 £21.84
% change year-on-year -18.80% +60.27% -2.94%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Northern Ireland

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Finance in Northern Ireland

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Northern Ireland

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Northern Ireland

Finance
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 Finance within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 24 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 0 31 £435 -3.33% 79
County Londonderry -1 1 £640 - 1
Finance
UK

Finance
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 6 (18.75%) SharePoint
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (6.25%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.25%) Adobe XD
2 2 (6.25%) InVision
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (6.25%) Sketch
3 1 (3.13%) InfoPath
3 1 (3.13%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Oracle Assets
1 4 (12.50%) Oracle Cash Management
1 4 (12.50%) Oracle General Ledger
1 4 (12.50%) Oracle Payables
1 4 (12.50%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (3.13%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (12.50%) OCI
2 2 (6.25%) Figma
3 1 (3.13%) AWS
3 1 (3.13%) Azure
3 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.13%) GitHub
3 1 (3.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.50%) HTTP
2 3 (9.38%) BIG-IP
2 3 (9.38%) DNS
2 3 (9.38%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 3 (9.38%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 3 (9.38%) Internet
2 3 (9.38%) TCP/IP
3 2 (6.25%) Skype
4 1 (3.13%) FTP
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) GitLab
General
1 13 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 11 (34.38%) Public Sector
3 7 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (21.88%) Banking
4 6 (18.75%) Manufacturing
5 5 (15.63%) Electronics
5 5 (15.63%) Marketing
5 5 (15.63%) Telecoms
6 3 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (9.38%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (9.38%) Law
7 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (3.13%) Front Office
8 1 (3.13%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (15.63%) Analyst
1 5 (15.63%) Project Manager
2 4 (12.50%) Architect
2 4 (12.50%) Cloud Architect
2 4 (12.50%) Cloud Solutions Architect
2 4 (12.50%) Oracle Architect
2 4 (12.50%) Oracle Solutions Architect
2 4 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
2 4 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) Network Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Banking Project Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Customer Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Customer Support Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Designer
4 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Senior
4 2 (6.25%) Senior Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (6.25%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (9.38%) CSS
2 3 (9.38%) XML
3 1 (3.13%) COM
3 1 (3.13%) HTML
3 1 (3.13%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.13%) FMCG
1 1 (3.13%) iPhone
1 1 (3.13%) Mobile App
1 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
1 1 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (3.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
2 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (28.13%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (21.88%) Mentoring
4 6 (18.75%) Agile
4 6 (18.75%) Risk Management
5 5 (15.63%) Digital Marketing
5 5 (15.63%) ERP
5 5 (15.63%) Programme Management
5 5 (15.63%) Project Management
6 4 (12.50%) Computer Science
6 4 (12.50%) Customer Experience
6 4 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (12.50%) Incident Management
6 4 (12.50%) TOGAF
7 3 (9.38%) Coaching
7 3 (9.38%) E-Commerce
7 3 (9.38%) Fintech
7 3 (9.38%) User Experience
7 3 (9.38%) UX Design
7 3 (9.38%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 3 (9.38%) SQL
3 2 (6.25%) Python
4 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (12.50%) Master's Degree
2 4 (12.50%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (6.25%) MCSD
3 2 (6.25%) MCSE
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.13%) PMP
4 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) Accessibility
1 2 (6.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.75%) SAP
3 4 (12.50%) Oracle
4 3 (9.38%) CA
4 3 (9.38%) F5
5 2 (6.25%) Apple
6 1 (3.13%) Dell
6 1 (3.13%) HP
6 1 (3.13%) Qualtrics