Product Thinking Contract Job Trends in County Antrim
Product Thinking
Northern Ireland > County Antrim
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring Product Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 31 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Product Thinking | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim | 0.58% | - | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.67% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £525 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Northern Ireland median daily rate | £550 | - | - |
All Process & Methodology Skills
County Antrim
Product Thinking 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.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 150 | 215 | 136 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim | 87.21% | 89.96% | 80.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 77 | 92 | 60 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £263 | £145 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £325 | £166 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £475 | £463 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.26% | +2.70% | +15.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £656 | £578 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £694 | £638 | £628 |
| Northern Ireland median daily rate | £450 | £475 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.26% | - | +18.75% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 33 | 54 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £12.41 | £21.19 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.50 | £14.78 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £43.96 | £17.30 | £24.18 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +154.10% | -28.45% | +76.69% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £25.15 | £28.20 |
| 90th Percentile | £45.06 | - | £42.00 |
| Northern Ireland median hourly rate | £43.96 | £17.15 | £24.18 |
| % change year-on-year | +156.33% | -29.07% | +76.69% |
Product Thinking 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 Product Thinking within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 22 October 2026. 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 | £550 | - | 6 |
| Product Thinking Northern Ireland |
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Product Thinking Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Code Quality | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Modelling | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Deployment Automation | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Fintech | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Front End Development | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Full-Stack Development | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Infrastructure as Code | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Microservices | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Problem-Solving | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Prototyping | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | SDLC | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Software Engineering | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Test Automation | 100.0% | 1 |