Equities Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Equities
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Equities in contract job vacancies in County Antrim. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Equities over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 28 22
Rank change year-on-year 0 -6 +14
Contract jobs citing Equities 10 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 4.17% 1.23% 3.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.35% 4.17% 10.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 4
10th Percentile £508 - £604
25th Percentile £513 £463 £609
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £475 £625
Median % change year-on-year +23.68% -24.00% +21.95%
75th Percentile £625 £488 £638
90th Percentile £652 - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £588 £475 £625
% change year-on-year +23.68% -24.00% +21.95%

All Generic Skills
County Antrim

Equities 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 81 48 47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 33.75% 29.45% 31.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 16 30
10th Percentile £303 £138 £135
25th Percentile £363 £155 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £344 £400
Median % change year-on-year +52.73% -14.06% -20.00%
75th Percentile £606 £488 £524
90th Percentile £622 £556 £638
Northern Ireland median daily rate £525 £344 £400
% change year-on-year +52.73% -14.06% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 -
Median hourly rate £15.05 £22.56 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.29% - -
75th Percentile £15.33 £23.94 -
90th Percentile £15.33 - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.05 £22.56 -
% change year-on-year -33.29% - -

Equities
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Equities job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Equities
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

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

Equities
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Equities in County Antrim over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Equities in County Antrim

Equities
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 Equities within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 14 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 +3 10 £588 +23.68% 4
Equities
Northern Ireland

Equities
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 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) Tableau
2 4 (40.00%) Impala
2 4 (40.00%) KDB
2 4 (40.00%) Kdb+
3 3 (30.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (80.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Banking
4 3 (30.00%) Front Office
5 1 (10.00%) Financial Institution
5 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking
5 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
1 6 (60.00%) Data Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Business Data Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Developer
3 2 (20.00%) KDB Developer
3 2 (20.00%) SQL Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) SQL Data Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Banking Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Financial Services Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Implementation Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Python Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Data Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Tableau Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Fixed Income
1 3 (30.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (20.00%) Derivative
3 1 (10.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (10.00%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 5 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 4 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (30.00%) Analytics
3 3 (30.00%) Change Management
3 3 (30.00%) Data Cleansing
3 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) Visualisation
4 2 (20.00%) Business Strategy
4 2 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (20.00%) Order Management
4 2 (20.00%) Regression Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Dashboard Development
5 1 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (10.00%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) SQL
2 5 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) ISEB
1 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (20.00%) Basel III
2 2 (20.00%) MiFID