Problem-Solving Contracts in County Antrim

Problem Solving
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in County Antrim with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 8 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +16
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 19 21 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 15.70% 12.73% 12.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.35% 15.79% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 5
10th Percentile £282 £156 £218
25th Percentile £317 £167 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £239 £310
Median % change year-on-year +82.20% -22.98% -28.07%
75th Percentile £531 £363 £350
90th Percentile £569 £427 £455
Northern Ireland median daily rate £435 £239 £350
% change year-on-year +82.20% -31.79% -22.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 3
10th Percentile - £13.55 -
25th Percentile - £15.25 -
Median hourly rate £12.25 £15.75 £10.22
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +54.11% -
75th Percentile £31.88 £17.17 £10.79
90th Percentile - £17.91 £11.14
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.63 £15.75 £10.22
% change year-on-year -0.76% +54.11% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
County Antrim

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in County Antrim with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89 133 160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 73.55% 80.61% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 68 83
10th Percentile £212 £164 £145
25th Percentile £366 £256 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £425 £433
Median % change year-on-year +20.59% -1.73% +6.79%
75th Percentile £613 £536 £500
90th Percentile £675 £641 £550
Northern Ireland median daily rate £513 £425 £433
% change year-on-year +20.59% -1.73% +3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 13
10th Percentile - £13.40 £10.22
25th Percentile £12.25 £13.91 £10.29
Median hourly rate £14.19 £15.25 £15.74
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -3.11% +25.92%
75th Percentile £25.22 £16.78 £21.00
90th Percentile £31.88 £18.12 -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £14.19 £15.25 £15.74
% change year-on-year -6.98% -3.11% +12.43%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in County Antrim

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in County Antrim

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in County Antrim over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in County Antrim

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in County Antrim

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in County Antrim over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in County Antrim

Problem-Solving
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-Solving within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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 +1 17 £435 +82.20% 38
Problem-Solving
Northern Ireland

Problem-Solving
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Adobe XD
1 2 (10.53%) InVision
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (10.53%) Sketch
2 1 (5.26%) InfoPath
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.26%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Figma
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) BIG-IP
1 3 (15.79%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 3 (15.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 3 (15.79%) Internet
2 2 (10.53%) SSL
3 1 (5.26%) FTP
3 1 (5.26%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Tableau
General
1 16 (84.21%) Social Skills
2 10 (52.63%) Finance
3 5 (26.32%) Banking
4 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (15.79%) Electronics
5 3 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (15.79%) Law
5 3 (15.79%) Manufacturing
6 2 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (5.26%) Marketing
7 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
7 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Network Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Deployment Assistant
3 2 (10.53%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Banking Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Data Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Designer
3 2 (10.53%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Senior
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) UX Designer
4 1 (5.26%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (5.26%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Business Data Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Exchange Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) IT Support
4 1 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) COM
1 1 (5.26%) HTML
1 1 (5.26%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Mobile App
1 3 (15.79%) Smartphone
2 2 (10.53%) FPGA
2 2 (10.53%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.26%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Android
2 3 (15.79%) Apple iOS
3 2 (10.53%) Linux
4 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (21.05%) Agile
1 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
1 4 (21.05%) Customer Service
1 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
2 3 (15.79%) Co-Creation
2 3 (15.79%) E-Commerce
2 3 (15.79%) Fintech
2 3 (15.79%) High Availability
2 3 (15.79%) Mentoring
2 3 (15.79%) Process Improvement
2 3 (15.79%) User Experience
2 3 (15.79%) UX Design
2 3 (15.79%) UX Research
3 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (10.53%) Customer Experience
3 2 (10.53%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 2 (10.53%) Project Management
3 2 (10.53%) Prototyping
3 2 (10.53%) Schematic Capture
3 2 (10.53%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) Python
2 4 (21.05%) SQL
3 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (57.89%) Degree
2 4 (21.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (15.79%) Master's Degree
4 2 (10.53%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) Accessibility
1 2 (10.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Apple
2 3 (15.79%) CA
2 3 (15.79%) F5
3 2 (10.53%) Aruba
3 2 (10.53%) EMC
4 1 (5.26%) Cisco
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.26%) Mitel
4 1 (5.26%) Progress
4 1 (5.26%) Qualtrics
4 1 (5.26%) SAP