Records Management Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Records Management
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Records Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 30 27
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 -
Contract jobs citing Records Management 6 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 2.34% 2.03% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.60% 2.58% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £511
% change year-on-year +11.11% -11.98% -5.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £13.23
Median hourly rate £12.31 - £13.46
75th Percentile £15.33 - £13.68
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £15.25 £16.13 £22.48
% change year-on-year -5.43% -28.26% +31.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Records 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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 231 155 140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 90.23% 78.68% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 68 82
10th Percentile £254 £147 £201
25th Percentile £325 £169 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +15.63% -15.79%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £525
90th Percentile £619 £650 £599
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 18 10
10th Percentile £12.94 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £14.78 - £12.49
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% +31.70%
75th Percentile £25.15 £39.28 £15.49
90th Percentile - £42.88 £18.08
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -19.54% +24.29%

Records Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Records Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Records Management job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Records Management
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Records Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Records Management

Records Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Records Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Records Management

Records Management
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Records Management within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
County Antrim -4 6 £700 - 1
Records Management
UK

Records Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Data Mining
General
1 5 (83.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Information Governance Officer
1 5 (83.33%) Information Officer
2 3 (50.00%) Compliance Officer
2 3 (50.00%) Support Officer
3 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 5 (83.33%) Information Governance
3 3 (50.00%) Data Security
3 3 (50.00%) Informatics
3 3 (50.00%) Mathematics
4 2 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (16.67%) AI
5 1 (16.67%) Benchmarking
5 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
5 1 (16.67%) Natural Language Processing
5 1 (16.67%) Pattern Recognition
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft