Cybersecurity Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Cybersecurity
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

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

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 24 24
Rank change year-on-year +8 0 -
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 20 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 8.33% 3.03% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.30% 3.79% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £137
75th Percentile - - £138
90th Percentile £575 - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £500 - £137
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £15.33 - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.33 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
County Antrim

Cybersecurity 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 215 132 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 89.58% 80.00% 87.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 58 67
10th Percentile £265 £144 £200
25th Percentile £325 £164 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +15.63% -19.15%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £534
90th Percentile £635 £633 £630
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £475 £400
% change year-on-year - +18.75% -19.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 16 9
10th Percentile £12.38 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £14.78 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% +27.01%
75th Percentile £25.15 £28.20 £16.00
90th Percentile - £42.00 £18.15
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
% change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% +27.01%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in County Antrim over the 6 months to 30 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in County Antrim

Cybersecurity
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 Cybersecurity within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 30 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 +10 20 £500 - 16
Cybersecurity
Northern Ireland

Cybersecurity
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 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (15.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) VoIP
2 5 (25.00%) Firewall
3 3 (15.00%) Cisco Wireless
3 3 (15.00%) LAN
3 3 (15.00%) MPLS
3 3 (15.00%) Wireless
3 3 (15.00%) WLAN
4 2 (10.00%) Network Security
5 1 (5.00%) Internet
5 1 (5.00%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
1 1 (5.00%) TestRail
General
1 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) ICT Support
1 6 (30.00%) ICT Support Technician
1 6 (30.00%) ICT Technician
1 6 (30.00%) Support Technician
2 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Network Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Senior
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Architect
4 1 (5.00%) IT Technician
4 1 (5.00%) Risk Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Security Advisor
4 1 (5.00%) Security Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Smartphone
2 5 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (20.00%) Cyber Security Posture
4 3 (15.00%) Virtual Team
5 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
6 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
6 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
6 1 (5.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Fault Analysis
1 7 (35.00%) IT Strategy
2 6 (30.00%) Data Protection
3 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.00%) Change Control
5 3 (15.00%) Customer Service
5 3 (15.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (15.00%) Network Management
5 3 (15.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (15.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (15.00%) Service Delivery
5 3 (15.00%) Time Management
6 2 (10.00%) Incident Response
6 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
6 2 (10.00%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (10.00%) Validation
7 1 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (5.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Degree
2 5 (25.00%) CISM
3 4 (20.00%) CISA
3 4 (20.00%) CRISC
4 3 (15.00%) CCNA
4 3 (15.00%) CCNP
4 3 (15.00%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (5.00%) CISSP
5 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (5.00%) HND
5 1 (5.00%) ISTQB
5 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (40.00%) NIST
2 5 (25.00%) NIST 800
3 1 (5.00%) GDPR
3 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.00%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
1 7 (35.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (35.00%) AirWatch
2 1 (5.00%) HP ALM
2 1 (5.00%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (35.00%) Avaya
2 7 (35.00%) Citrix
3 3 (15.00%) Aruba
3 3 (15.00%) Cisco
3 3 (15.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (5.00%) HP
4 1 (5.00%) OneTrust