BC Cleared Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Basic Check (BC) Clearance
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in County Antrim with a requirement for BC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BC Cleared 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 0.57% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.50 - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £14.50 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
County Antrim

BC Cleared falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in County Antrim.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 42 40 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 23.86% 29.41% 26.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 22 24
10th Percentile £355 £135 £203
25th Percentile £400 £179 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £369 £500
Median % change year-on-year +22.03% -26.25% +17.65%
75th Percentile £550 £497 £613
90th Percentile £645 £598 £668
Northern Ireland median daily rate £450 £369 £513
% change year-on-year +22.03% -28.05% +17.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 2
10th Percentile £14.80 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £17.05 £24.00 £30.63
Median hourly rate £19.10 £32.13 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -40.54% +2.80% +92.31%
75th Percentile £26.61 £36.84 £31.88
90th Percentile £32.70 £44.65 -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £19.10 £32.13 £12.25
% change year-on-year -40.54% +162.24% -24.62%

BC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

BC Cleared job vacancy trend in County Antrim

BC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing BC Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing BC Cleared

BC Cleared
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
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared