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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 13 9
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 -1
Contract jobs citing Degree 25 18 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 15.92% 9.57% 13.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.37% 72.00% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 14
10th Percentile £178 £184 £212
25th Percentile £328 £275 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +14.06% -11.11% +4.41%
75th Percentile £564 £538 £545
90th Percentile £576 £645 £560
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 5
10th Percentile £15.63 - -
25th Percentile £17.02 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £22.56 £13.91 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.19% -26.79% +49.02%
75th Percentile £29.89 - £21.00
90th Percentile £31.88 - -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +42.86% -7.41%

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 59 25 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 37.58% 13.30% 17.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 11 19
10th Percentile £280 £200 £251
25th Percentile £413 £338 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +2.86% +1.51%
75th Percentile £650 £500 £530
90th Percentile £675 £575 £563
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.25 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £13.94 £13.91 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.22% -26.79% +19.80%
75th Percentile £23.94 - £21.00
90th Percentile £31.08 - -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.84%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +5 20 £400 +6.67% 52
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 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.00%) Adobe XD
2 2 (8.00%) InVision
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.00%) Sketch
3 1 (4.00%) InfoPath
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.00%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (4.00%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 1 (4.00%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) Figma
2 1 (4.00%) AWS
2 1 (4.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.00%) GitHub
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.00%) OneDrive
2 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%) Internet
2 1 (4.00%) FTP
2 1 (4.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Relational Database
1 2 (8.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) GitLab
General
1 14 (56.00%) Finance
2 13 (52.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (16.00%) Banking
4 4 (16.00%) Public Sector
5 3 (12.00%) Electronics
5 3 (12.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (12.00%) Law
5 3 (12.00%) Manufacturing
6 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (4.00%) Legal
7 1 (4.00%) Marketing
7 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (12.00%) Network Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) Change Manager
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%) IT Manager
3 2 (8.00%) IT Services Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Service Desk Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Service Manager
3 2 (8.00%) UX Designer
4 1 (4.00%) Banking Business Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Business Data Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) ERP Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Exchange Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Tableau Developer
4 1 (4.00%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) COM
1 1 (4.00%) HTML
1 1 (4.00%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (8.00%) FPGA
1 2 (8.00%) Housing Association
1 2 (8.00%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.00%) iPhone
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%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (56.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (28.00%) Mentoring
3 6 (24.00%) Agile
3 6 (24.00%) Risk Management
4 5 (20.00%) User Experience
4 5 (20.00%) UX Design
5 4 (16.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (16.00%) Project Management
6 3 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (12.00%) Co-Creation
6 3 (12.00%) Customer Service
6 3 (12.00%) E-Commerce
6 3 (12.00%) Fintech
6 3 (12.00%) High Availability
6 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
6 3 (12.00%) Project Delivery
6 3 (12.00%) UX Research
7 2 (8.00%) Change Advisory Board
7 2 (8.00%) Community of Practice
7 2 (8.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) Python
2 3 (12.00%) SQL
3 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (16.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (8.00%) HND
2 2 (8.00%) PMP
2 2 (8.00%) Tableau Certification
3 1 (4.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (8.00%) SLA
1 2 (8.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) CA
2 3 (12.00%) F5
3 2 (8.00%) Apple
3 2 (8.00%) BMC
3 2 (8.00%) EMC
3 2 (8.00%) Remedy
4 1 (4.00%) Dell
4 1 (4.00%) HP
4 1 (4.00%) Infor
4 1 (4.00%) Qualtrics
4 1 (4.00%) SAP