High Availability Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

High Availability
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring High Availability skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 32 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing High Availability 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 0.84% 0.60% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 0.75% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £500 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
County Antrim

High Availability 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 215 134 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 90.34% 80.24% 87.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 58 70
10th Percentile £265 £144 £206
25th Percentile £325 £164 £296
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +12.50% -18.37%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £532
90th Percentile £635 £633 £626
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £463 £413
% change year-on-year +2.70% +12.12% -15.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 16 9
10th Percentile £12.31 £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%

High Availability
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

High Availability job vacancy trend in County Antrim

High Availability
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing High Availability

High Availability
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 High Availability within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 4 November 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 0 1 £500 - 1
High Availability
Northern Ireland

High Availability
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) TestRail
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) HP