Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Back Office' in contract IT jobs within the County Antrim region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Back Office over the 3 months to 19 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBack Office
Location
3 months to
19 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank31-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.667 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£404£352
% change on same period last year+14.79 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.02£23.18
% change on same period last year+16.56 %
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
County Antrim
Matching contract IT job ads6031
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.094 %0.034 %
Daily rates quoted1710
Average minimum daily rate£284£469
Average daily rate£306£480
% change on same period last year-36.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£327£492
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£374
% change on same period last year+1.84 %
Hourly rates quoted58
Average minimum hourly rate£22.56£13.59
Average hourly rate£24.33£13.99
% change on same period last year+73.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.11£14.39
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.41£26.71
% change on same period last year+2.61 %
Back Office Northern IrelandBack Office
Northern Ireland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Back Office
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Back Office across the County Antrim region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

County Antrim Back Office Demand Trend

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Back Office across the County Antrim region.

County Antrim Back Office Hourly Rate Trend

Back Office
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 19 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BelfastNew entry-1--
Back Office Northern IrelandBack Office
Northern Ireland

Back Office
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim region citing Back Office also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Back Office.

11 (50.00 %)SQL
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)ITIL
11 (50.00 %)Change Management
11 (50.00 %)Front Office
11 (50.00 %)Finance
11 (50.00 %)Billing
11 (50.00 %)Data Management
11 (50.00 %)Logistics
11 (50.00 %)Business Analysis

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim region citing Back Office also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Back Office. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %).NET
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Front Office
11 (50.00 %)Finance
11 (50.00 %)Billing
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Architect
11 (50.00 %)Project Manager
11 (50.00 %)Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Data Architect
11 (50.00 %)Senior Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Data Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Senior Data Analyst
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)ITIL
11 (50.00 %)Change Management
11 (50.00 %)Data Management
11 (50.00 %)Logistics
11 (50.00 %)Business Analysis
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)SQL