Back Office Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Back Office
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in County Antrim. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Back Office 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 0.42% - 0.68%
As % of the General category 0.63% - 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £580
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - £625
75th Percentile - - £669
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £175 - £625

All General Skills
County Antrim

Back Office falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 158 102 117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 65.83% 62.58% 79.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 48 63
10th Percentile £200 £143 £151
25th Percentile £313 £155 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £369 £400
Median % change year-on-year +35.59% -7.81% -20.00%
75th Percentile £589 £538 £534
90th Percentile £634 £575 £635
Northern Ireland median daily rate £500 £445 £400
% change year-on-year +12.36% +11.25% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 11 12
10th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 £11.19
25th Percentile £13.34 £22.68 £12.98
Median hourly rate £15.05 £24.18 £13.69
Median % change year-on-year -37.76% +76.69% +24.69%
75th Percentile £15.75 - £14.43
90th Percentile £25.42 - £17.80
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.05 £22.56 £13.69
% change year-on-year -33.29% +64.85% +24.69%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Back Office relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Back Office job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Back Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Back Office

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Back Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Back Office

Back Office
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 Back Office within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 14 October 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 - 1 £175 -
Back Office
Northern Ireland

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (100.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft