Change Management Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Change Management
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring Change Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 23 18
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 +15
Contract jobs citing Change Management 7 6 10
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 3.13% 3.95% 6.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.68% 4.55% 8.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 6
10th Percentile £313 £579 £203
25th Percentile £321 £584 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £613 £343
Median % change year-on-year -32.65% +78.83% -34.76%
75th Percentile £494 £634 £446
90th Percentile £505 £636 £525
Northern Ireland median daily rate £413 £613 £343
% change year-on-year -32.65% +78.83% -34.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £69.66 -
25th Percentile £23.00 £72.17 -
Median hourly rate £24.00 £81.36 -
Median % change year-on-year -70.50% - -
75th Percentile £25.00 £90.30 -
90th Percentile - £92.67 -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £24.00 £81.36 -
% change year-on-year -70.50% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
County Antrim

Change Management 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 190 132 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 84.82% 86.84% 84.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 58 76
10th Percentile £311 £144 £210
25th Percentile £363 £157 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £516 £538 £538
90th Percentile £630 £601 £638
Northern Ireland median daily rate £440 £325 £450
% change year-on-year +35.38% -27.78% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 17 9
10th Percentile £12.31 £22.50 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% -10.27%
75th Percentile £25.15 £52.31 £16.00
90th Percentile £30.46 £78.47 £18.15
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.70
% change year-on-year -28.45% +76.50% -8.67%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Change Management job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Change Management
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Change Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Change Management

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in County Antrim over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in County Antrim

Change Management
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Change Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Change Management

Change Management
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 Change Management within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 30 December 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 -3 7 £413 -32.65% 18
Change Management
Northern Ireland

Change Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) SAN
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Front Office
4 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Financial Services Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Backup Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Banking Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Service Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Storage Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Storage and Backup Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Storage Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Technology Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Equities
2 1 (14.29%) Derivative
2 1 (14.29%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
1 3 (42.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (42.86%) Performance Monitoring
2 3 (42.86%) Problem Management
3 1 (14.29%) Business Transformation
3 1 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (14.29%) Investment Management
3 1 (14.29%) ITSM
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (14.29%) Server Management
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Target Operating Model
3 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
3 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) EMC NetWorker
1 3 (42.86%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Brocade
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
1 3 (42.86%) Dell
1 3 (42.86%) EMC
1 3 (42.86%) Isilon
1 3 (42.86%) Red Hat
1 3 (42.86%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft