HND Contracts in County Antrim

Higher National Diploma (HND)
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in County Antrim with a requirement for HND qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 20 21
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 -
Contract jobs citing HND 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 2.00% 1.53% 1.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.12% 5.13% 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £425
75th Percentile - - £438
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate - - £425
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £31.25 -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate - £31.25 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
County Antrim

HND falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in County Antrim.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 49 39 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 32.67% 29.77% 14.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 26 11
10th Percentile £135 £205 £160
25th Percentile £200 £328 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £369 £516 £350
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +47.50% -19.08%
75th Percentile £523 £594 £438
90th Percentile £588 £663 £500
Northern Ireland median daily rate £369 £520 £413
% change year-on-year -29.09% +26.06% -4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 4
10th Percentile £22.50 - -
25th Percentile £24.00 £30.63 -
Median hourly rate £32.13 £31.25 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% +124.66% -26.79%
75th Percentile £36.84 £31.88 £14.65
90th Percentile £44.65 - £15.99
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £32.13 £12.25 £13.91
% change year-on-year +162.24% -11.93% -26.79%

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Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Job postings citing HND as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Job vacancy trend for HND in County Antrim

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HND in County Antrim.

Daily rate trend for HND in County Antrim

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HND in County Antrim.

Hourly rate trend for HND in County Antrim

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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 HND within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 2 May 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 - - 6
HND
Northern Ireland

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) IT Support
1 3 (100.00%) Support Officer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Patch Management
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft