The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Belfast requiring knowledge or experience of ION Trading products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ION Trading over the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within ION Trading.
|
|
6 months to
13 Aug 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
27 |
- |
- |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Contract jobs citing ION Trading |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Belfast |
0.67% |
- |
- |
| As % of the Vendors category |
1.61% |
- |
- |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
- |
- |
- |
| County Antrim median daily rate |
- |
- |
- |
ION Trading falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Belfast.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services |
62 |
94 |
65 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast |
41.33% |
46.77% |
53.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
41 |
50 |
31 |
| 10th Percentile |
£325 |
£200 |
£167 |
| 25th Percentile |
£425 |
£316 |
£186 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£538 |
£418 |
£450 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+28.74% |
-7.22% |
+12.50% |
| 75th Percentile |
£663 |
£529 |
£575 |
| 90th Percentile |
£694 |
£593 |
£650 |
| County Antrim median daily rate |
£506 |
£418 |
£450 |
| % change year-on-year |
+21.26% |
-7.22% |
+12.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
12 |
10 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
£12.25 |
| 25th Percentile |
- |
£12.31 |
£14.48 |
| Median hourly rate |
- |
£13.60 |
£22.56 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
-39.72% |
+41.00% |
| 75th Percentile |
- |
£18.44 |
£24.18 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£24.33 |
- |
| County Antrim median hourly rate |
£44.50 |
£13.60 |
£24.18 |
| % change year-on-year |
+227.21% |
-43.76% |
+51.13% |
