Senior Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Senior
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The median Senior daily rate in County Antrim is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 22 19
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 16 8 11
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 7.08% 5.03% 6.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.51% 5.59% 7.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 7
10th Percentile £315 £424 £435
25th Percentile £425 £489 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £571 £625
Median % change year-on-year -16.85% -8.53% +15.65%
75th Percentile £606 £617 £638
90th Percentile £631 £624 £650
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £388 £625
% change year-on-year +22.58% -37.95% +15.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £13.91
Northern Ireland median hourly rate - - £13.91

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
County Antrim

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in County Antrim. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in County Antrim with a recognized job title 188 143 144
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.19% 89.94% 87.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 74 79
10th Percentile £224 £148 £158
25th Percentile £325 £184 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £441 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.65% +10.31% -20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £529
90th Percentile £612 £622 £638
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £445 £400
% change year-on-year +6.74% +11.25% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 15 9
10th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.57 £22.68 £13.23
Median hourly rate £15.19 £24.18 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year -37.18% +73.83% +26.74%
75th Percentile £16.50 £25.72 £16.00
90th Percentile £24.50 £40.25 £18.15
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.33 £22.56 £13.69
% change year-on-year -32.05% +64.85% +24.69%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Job postings that featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Job vacancy trend for Senior in County Antrim

Senior
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in County Antrim.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in County Antrim

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in County Antrim over the 6 months to 30 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in County Antrim

Senior
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in County Antrim.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in County Antrim

Senior
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 Senior within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 30 September 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 +2 16 £475 -16.85% 26
Senior
Northern Ireland

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim

For the 6 months to 30 September 2025, Senior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the County Antrim region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 7 (43.75%) Finance
1 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
1 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Agile
2 6 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (31.25%) Data Analysis
4 4 (25.00%) Project Management
4 4 (25.00%) Change Management
4 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (25.00%) Virtual Team
4 4 (25.00%) Change Control
4 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (18.75%) Network Management
5 3 (18.75%) Data Quality
5 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (18.75%) Market Risk
5 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Time Management
5 3 (18.75%) Aruba
5 3 (18.75%) Master's Degree
5 3 (18.75%) Cisco Wireless
5 3 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (18.75%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (18.75%) Firewall
5 3 (18.75%) Wireless
5 3 (18.75%) MPLS
5 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (18.75%) MS Visio
5 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Project

Senior Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (18.75%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) AWS
1 2 (12.50%) Figma
2 1 (6.25%) Amazon S3
2 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Cisco Wireless
1 3 (18.75%) Firewall
1 3 (18.75%) LAN
1 3 (18.75%) MPLS
1 3 (18.75%) Wireless
1 3 (18.75%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Amazon QuickSight
1 1 (6.25%) Parquet
1 1 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
1 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
1 1 (6.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) JIRA
2 1 (6.25%) Postman
General
1 7 (43.75%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Banking
4 3 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (6.25%) Front Office
6 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Apache Avro
1 1 (6.25%) EntireX
1 1 (6.25%) JSON
1 1 (6.25%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Virtual Team
2 3 (18.75%) Market Risk
3 2 (12.50%) Data Structures
4 1 (6.25%) Credit Risk
4 1 (6.25%) Equities
4 1 (6.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (37.50%) Agile
3 5 (31.25%) Data Analysis
4 4 (25.00%) Change Control
4 4 (25.00%) Change Management
4 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (25.00%) Project Management
5 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
5 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
5 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (18.75%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (18.75%) Network Management
5 3 (18.75%) Service Delivery
5 3 (18.75%) Time Management
5 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (12.50%) Service Design
6 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (12.50%) Usability Testing
6 2 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) Python
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.25%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) CCNA
1 3 (18.75%) CCNP
1 3 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
1 3 (18.75%) ISEB
1 3 (18.75%) Master's Degree
1 3 (18.75%) PMI Certification
1 3 (18.75%) PMP
2 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) Data Quality
2 2 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Aruba
1 3 (18.75%) Cisco
1 3 (18.75%) Fortinet
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) IBM
2 1 (6.25%) Software AG
2 1 (6.25%) webMethods