Business-to-Business (B2B)
Northern Ireland > County Antrim
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring B2B skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 32 | - | 28 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing B2B | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim | 2.56% | - | 1.30% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 2.84% | - | 1.54% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £325 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £350 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £375 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Northern Ireland median daily rate | £350 | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £11.08 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £11.15 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £11.23 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Northern Ireland median hourly rate | - | - | £11.15 |
All Process and Methodology Skills
County Antrim
B2B falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in County Antrim.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 211 | 132 | 130 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim | 90.17% | 80.49% | 84.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 103 | 59 | 67 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £145 | £191 |
| 25th Percentile | £325 | £169 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £400 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +18.75% | - | -20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £581 | £538 | £489 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £615 | £580 |
| Northern Ireland median daily rate | £475 | £400 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.75% | - | -20.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 49 | 16 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.66 | £21.19 | £11.08 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.78 | £23.89 | £13.23 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.30 | £24.18 | £13.69 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -28.45% | +76.69% | +24.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £25.15 | - | £13.91 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £40.25 | £18.08 |
| Northern Ireland median hourly rate | £17.30 | £24.18 | £13.69 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.45% | +76.69% | +24.69% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim
Job postings citing B2B as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.
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Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing B2B.
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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 B2B within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. 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 | - | 6 | £350 | - | 4 |
| B2B Northern Ireland |
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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: