Developer Contracts in Northern Ireland

Developer
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Developer daily rate in Northern Ireland is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 8 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 -5 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 16 23 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 11.19% 11.68% 20.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.76% 12.99% 22.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 22
10th Percentile £428 - £415
25th Percentile £473 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -15.79% +10.21%
75th Percentile £656 £463 £500
90th Percentile £675 £500 £549
UK median daily rate £511 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.09% - +11.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 136 177 186
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.10% 89.85% 92.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 77 86
10th Percentile £173 £163 £145
25th Percentile £313 £363 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £419
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +7.46% +2.13%
75th Percentile £625 £515 £500
90th Percentile £675 £638 £550
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 7 22
10th Percentile - £13.91 £10.23
25th Percentile £12.25 £14.00 £11.13
Median hourly rate £15.51 £15.00 £15.61
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% -3.91% +11.50%
75th Percentile £21.63 £16.13 £21.00
90th Percentile £29.37 £16.99 -
UK median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Northern Ireland

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in Northern Ireland

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Northern Ireland

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Northern Ireland

Developer
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 Developer within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 16 May 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 14 £525 +31.25% 27
Developer
UK

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Northern Ireland region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 8 (50.00%) Java
2 7 (43.75%) Azure
3 6 (37.50%) DevOps
3 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 5 (31.25%) DV Cleared
4 5 (31.25%) Spring Boot
4 5 (31.25%) GitHub
4 5 (31.25%) REST
4 5 (31.25%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (31.25%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (25.00%) Spring
5 4 (25.00%) Maven
5 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (25.00%) SQL
6 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
6 3 (18.75%) Software Packaging
7 2 (12.50%) Azure AKS
7 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
7 2 (12.50%) Insurtech
7 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
7 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
7 2 (12.50%) iOS Development
7 2 (12.50%) iOS SDK
7 2 (12.50%) Docker
7 2 (12.50%) Visualisation
7 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (12.50%) .NET
7 2 (12.50%) Windows
7 2 (12.50%) Kubernetes
8 1 (6.25%) Python

Developer Skill Set
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 (6.25%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 7 (43.75%) Azure
2 5 (31.25%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (31.25%) GitHub
3 2 (12.50%) Azure AKS
4 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
1 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
1 1 (6.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Maven
General
1 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.25%) Banking
2 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) REST
1 5 (31.25%) Spring Boot
2 4 (25.00%) Spring
3 3 (18.75%) Software Packaging
4 2 (12.50%) .NET
4 2 (12.50%) iOS SDK
5 1 (6.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) DevOps
2 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
3 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (12.50%) Insurtech
3 2 (12.50%) iOS Development
3 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 2 (12.50%) Visualisation
4 1 (6.25%) Analytics
4 1 (6.25%) Data Integration
4 1 (6.25%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (6.25%) Decision-Making
4 1 (6.25%) ETL
4 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.25%) Process Improvement
4 1 (6.25%) Systems Thinking
4 1 (6.25%) User Experience
4 1 (6.25%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) Java
2 4 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (31.25%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Tableau Certification
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle