Business Strategy Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Business Strategy
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring Business Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 13 28
Rank change year-on-year -24 +15 +3
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 2 14 3
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 0.84% 8.28% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 10.29% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile £618 - £365
25th Percentile £627 £167 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £658 £185 £383
Median % change year-on-year +255.41% -51.63% -4.38%
75th Percentile £692 £650 £389
90th Percentile £703 - £390
Northern Ireland median daily rate £658 £185 £383
% change year-on-year +255.41% -51.63% -4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 0
Median hourly rate - £24.18 -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate - £24.18 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
County Antrim

Business Strategy 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 215 136 131
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 89.96% 80.47% 87.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 60 72
10th Percentile £263 £145 £200
25th Percentile £325 £166 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +15.63% -19.96%
75th Percentile £578 £575 £533
90th Percentile £638 £628 £636
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £475 £400
% change year-on-year - +18.75% -19.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 16 12
10th Percentile £12.41 £21.19 £11.19
25th Percentile £14.78 - £12.98
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.69
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +76.69% +29.13%
75th Percentile £25.15 £28.20 £14.43
90th Percentile - £42.00 £17.80
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £17.15 £24.18 £13.69
% change year-on-year -29.07% +76.69% +29.13%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Business Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Business Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
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 Business Strategy within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 22 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 -19 2 £658 +255.41% 7
Business Strategy
Northern Ireland

Business Strategy
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (100.00%) Impala
1 2 (100.00%) KDB
1 2 (100.00%) Kdb+
1 2 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Data Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) KDB Developer
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Data Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Tableau Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (50.00%) Data Munging
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality