Problem Management Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Problem Management
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring Problem Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 6 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 2.49% - 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.78% - 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £381 - -
90th Percentile £393 - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £350 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
County Antrim

Problem Management 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 216 132 122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 89.63% 80.00% 87.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 57 68
10th Percentile £265 £144 £200
25th Percentile £325 £163 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +12.50% -19.15%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £533
90th Percentile £635 £635 £629
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £475 £400
% change year-on-year - +18.75% -19.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 16 9
10th Percentile £12.44 £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%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Problem Management job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Problem Management
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Problem Management

Problem Management
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 Problem Management within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 31 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 - 6 £350 - 2
Problem Management
Northern Ireland

Problem Management
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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) SAN
General
1 1 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Administrator
2 3 (50.00%) Consultant
2 3 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
2 3 (50.00%) Technology Consultant
3 2 (33.33%) Backup Consultant
3 2 (33.33%) Storage Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Storage and Backup Consultant
3 2 (33.33%) Storage Consultant
4 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Support Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Service Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Support
4 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Support Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Blackberry
1 1 (16.67%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Linux
1 5 (83.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Capacity Planning
1 5 (83.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 5 (83.33%) Performance Monitoring
2 4 (66.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) EMC NetWorker
1 5 (83.33%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Brocade
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco
1 5 (83.33%) Dell
1 5 (83.33%) EMC
1 5 (83.33%) Isilon
1 5 (83.33%) Red Hat
1 5 (83.33%) VMware