Data Collection Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Data Collection
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring Data Collection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 26 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing Data Collection 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 1.54% 1.53% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 1.63% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 £388 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% - -
75th Percentile £375 £463 -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £350 £425 -
% change year-on-year -17.65% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.57 - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £13.57 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
County Antrim

Data Collection 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 159 123 118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 81.54% 93.89% 79.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 65 72
10th Percentile £369 £148 £210
25th Percentile £400 £225 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £325 £500
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% -35.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £606
90th Percentile £638 £583 £650
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £325 £500
% change year-on-year +46.15% -35.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 16 8
10th Percentile £12.31 £22.50 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.29 £24.18 £12.81
Median hourly rate £28.22 £32.13 £15.69
Median % change year-on-year -12.16% +104.75% +1.23%
75th Percentile £53.75 £54.86 £22.03
90th Percentile - £78.47 £31.88
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £28.22 £32.13 £15.38
% change year-on-year -12.16% +108.88% -0.77%

Data Collection
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Data Collection job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Data Collection
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Data Collection

Data Collection
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 Data Collection within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 1 March 2026. 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 3 £350 -17.65% 1
Data Collection
Northern Ireland

Data Collection
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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (66.67%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Assistant
1 2 (66.67%) Project Support Assistant
1 2 (66.67%) Support Assistant
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Report Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Economics
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Qualitative Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) HNC
1 2 (66.67%) HND
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft