Developer Contracts in County Antrim

Developer
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The median Developer daily rate in County Antrim is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 7 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 18 19 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 11.69% 13.10% 25.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.59% 14.84% 27.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 25
10th Percentile £383 £395 £425
25th Percentile £473 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +40.63% -20.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £640 - £560
90th Percentile £675 £444 £572
Northern Ireland median daily rate £575 £400 £495
% change year-on-year +43.75% -19.19% +14.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
County Antrim

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in County Antrim. 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 County Antrim with a recognized job title 143 128 174
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 88.28% 92.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 62 86
10th Percentile £166 £157 £146
25th Percentile £200 £284 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £406 £448
Median % change year-on-year +8.92% -9.22% +11.88%
75th Percentile £613 £488 £500
90th Percentile £675 £638 £560
Northern Ireland median daily rate £450 £425 £448
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.03% +8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 20
10th Percentile £12.25 - £10.22
25th Percentile £14.50 £13.91 £10.52
Median hourly rate £19.34 £14.96 £13.45
Median % change year-on-year +29.32% +11.23% +13.08%
75th Percentile £24.18 £16.81 £21.00
90th Percentile £28.03 £17.35 £21.33
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £16.12 £14.96 £13.45
% change year-on-year +7.79% +11.23% -3.96%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in County Antrim

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in County Antrim.

Daily rate trend for Developer in County Antrim

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in County Antrim over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in County Antrim

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in County Antrim.

Hourly rate trend for Developer in County Antrim

Developer
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 12 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
Belfast -2 18 £563 +40.63% 22
Developer
Northern Ireland

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 County Antrim region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 8 (44.44%) Java
2 7 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 7 (38.89%) Azure
3 6 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 6 (33.33%) DevOps
4 5 (27.78%) GitHub
4 5 (27.78%) REST
4 5 (27.78%) Spring Boot
4 5 (27.78%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
5 4 (22.22%) Spring
5 4 (22.22%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (16.67%) Maven
6 3 (16.67%) Software Packaging
6 3 (16.67%) Software Testing
6 3 (16.67%) SQL
7 2 (11.11%) .NET
7 2 (11.11%) Web Services
7 2 (11.11%) Windows
7 2 (11.11%) Insurtech
7 2 (11.11%) Azure AKS
7 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
7 2 (11.11%) Docker
7 2 (11.11%) iOS SDK
7 2 (11.11%) Apple iOS
7 2 (11.11%) iOS Development
7 2 (11.11%) Kubernetes
8 1 (5.56%) User Experience
8 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
8 1 (5.56%) Analytics

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim 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 (5.56%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Azure
2 5 (27.78%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (27.78%) GitHub
3 2 (11.11%) Azure AKS
4 1 (5.56%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
1 1 (5.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Maven
General
1 1 (5.56%) Banking
1 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (27.78%) REST
1 5 (27.78%) Spring Boot
2 4 (22.22%) Spring
3 3 (16.67%) Software Packaging
4 2 (11.11%) .NET
4 2 (11.11%) iOS SDK
4 2 (11.11%) Web Services
5 1 (5.56%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Apple iOS
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) DevOps
2 3 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 2 (11.11%) Insurtech
3 2 (11.11%) iOS Development
3 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
4 1 (5.56%) Analytics
4 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.56%) Data Integration
4 1 (5.56%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (5.56%) E-Commerce
4 1 (5.56%) ETL
4 1 (5.56%) Full Stack Development
4 1 (5.56%) User Experience
4 1 (5.56%) UX Design
4 1 (5.56%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (44.44%) Java
2 3 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 6 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Tableau Certification
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle
2 1 (5.56%) Pega