Derivative Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Derivatives
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Derivative in contract job vacancies in County Antrim. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Derivative over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 23 19
Rank change year-on-year -9 -4 +13
Contract jobs citing Derivative 3 7 7
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 1.35% 4.52% 5.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.00% 10.61% 15.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 7
10th Percentile £308 £248 £400
25th Percentile £309 £281 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £310 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% -48.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £334 £321 £638
90th Percentile £336 £324 -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £320 £310 £600
% change year-on-year +3.23% -48.33% +4.35%

All Generic Skills
County Antrim

Derivative falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 60 66 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 27.03% 42.58% 33.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 27 30
10th Percentile £302 £148 £202
25th Percentile £400 £180 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £300 £471
Median % change year-on-year +60.42% -36.34% -5.75%
75th Percentile £578 £488 £524
90th Percentile £643 £600 £638
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £300 £471
% change year-on-year +58.33% -36.34% -5.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 0
10th Percentile - £22.50 -
25th Percentile £12.31 £24.18 -
Median hourly rate £13.66 £26.59 -
Median % change year-on-year -48.65% - -
75th Percentile £18.16 £67.94 -
90th Percentile £19.95 £80.05 -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.00 £26.59 -
% change year-on-year -43.59% - -

Derivative
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Derivative job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Derivative
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

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

Derivative
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 Derivative within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 18 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 -5 3 £320 +3.23% 1
Derivative
Northern Ireland

Derivative
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%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
1 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Data Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Critical Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) OOP
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree