Public Sector Contracts in County Antrim

Public Sector
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in County Antrim. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -10 +3 +15
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 18 15 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 10.17% 11.45% 10.32%
As % of the General category 12.68% 25.86% 19.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 5
10th Percentile £402 £232 £125
25th Percentile £463 £349 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £588 £137
Median % change year-on-year -11.49% +330.40% -65.88%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £138
90th Percentile £655 - £355
Northern Ireland median daily rate £520 £588 £137
% change year-on-year -11.49% +330.40% -65.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 3
10th Percentile £12.66 - -
25th Percentile £13.19 £16.12 -
Median hourly rate £15.05 £22.56 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year -33.29% +62.19% +0.14%
75th Percentile £15.33 £23.94 -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.05 £21.78 £13.91
% change year-on-year -30.90% +56.58% +0.14%

All General Skills
County Antrim

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 142 58 84
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 80.23% 44.27% 54.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 30 44
10th Percentile £158 £154 £155
25th Percentile £294 £200 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £350 £398
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -11.95% -9.92%
75th Percentile £550 £533 £503
90th Percentile £619 £650 £633
Northern Ireland median daily rate £425 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -8.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 7
10th Percentile £12.87 £12.25 -
25th Percentile £14.78 £12.81 £13.91
Median hourly rate £15.28 £16.12 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.24% +4.00% +11.59%
75th Percentile £27.63 £23.94 £16.13
90th Percentile £50.32 £31.08 £16.86
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.28 £16.12 £15.50
% change year-on-year -5.24% +4.00% +11.59%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in County Antrim

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in County Antrim

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in County Antrim over the 6 months to 4 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in County Antrim

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in County Antrim

Public Sector
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 Public Sector within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 4 June 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 -9 15 £520 -11.49% 66
Newtownabbey - 2 - - 4
Ballymena - 1 - -
Public Sector
Northern Ireland

Public Sector
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 3 (16.67%) Anypoint
1 3 (16.67%) Mule
2 1 (5.56%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) AWS
1 3 (16.67%) Azure
1 3 (16.67%) GCP
2 2 (11.11%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Database
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Database 11g
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Database 12c
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (5.56%) RDBMS
1 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
General
1 6 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Electronics
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Information Governance Officer
1 4 (22.22%) Information Officer
2 3 (16.67%) Architect
2 3 (16.67%) Developer
2 3 (16.67%) MuleSoft Developer
2 3 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Administrator
3 2 (11.11%) Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Functional Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Help Desk Administrator
3 2 (11.11%) Oracle Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Oracle Payroll Functional Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Payroll Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Junior DBA
4 1 (5.56%) Junior Oracle DBA
4 1 (5.56%) Oracle Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Programme Director
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) SOAP
2 3 (16.67%) JSON
2 3 (16.67%) OpenAPI
2 3 (16.67%) RAML
2 3 (16.67%) RESTful
2 3 (16.67%) Swagger
2 3 (16.67%) XML
3 2 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (5.56%) REST
4 1 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) AIX
1 1 (5.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 4 (22.22%) Data Protection
2 4 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
2 4 (22.22%) Information Governance
2 4 (22.22%) Records Management
3 3 (16.67%) API Development
3 3 (16.67%) API Management
3 3 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
3 3 (16.67%) Integration Patterns
3 3 (16.67%) Microservices
3 3 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (11.11%) Contingency Planning
4 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (11.11%) Facilities Management
4 2 (11.11%) Mathematics
4 2 (11.11%) Programme Management
4 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (5.56%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) DataWeave
2 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 6 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (22.22%) Degree
4 1 (5.56%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) GDPR
2 1 (5.56%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Oracle
2 3 (16.67%) MuleSoft
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.11%) Salesforce
4 1 (5.56%) SAP