IT Support Contracts in Belfast

IT Support
County Antrim > Belfast

The median IT Support daily rate in Belfast is £210 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 13 29
Rank change year-on-year -6 +16 -6
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 2 13 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 1.67% 7.98% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.77% 8.84% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 - -
County Antrim median daily rate £210 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.00 -
County Antrim median hourly rate - £15.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Belfast. 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 Belfast with a recognized job title 113 147 166
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 90.18% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 73 82
10th Percentile £173 £161 £145
25th Percentile £309 £270 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £428
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -0.58% +6.88%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £500
90th Percentile £650 £635 £550
County Antrim median daily rate £450 £425 £428
% change year-on-year +5.88% -0.58% +6.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 9
10th Percentile - £13.29 £10.16
25th Percentile £12.25 £13.91 £10.22
Median hourly rate £14.19 £14.59 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.79% +16.74% -7.41%
75th Percentile £16.12 £15.94 £17.88
90th Percentile - £16.87 £24.45
County Antrim median hourly rate £15.75 £14.59 £13.89
% change year-on-year +7.93% +5.06% +17.91%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Job postings that featured IT Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Belfast

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support in Belfast.

Daily rate trend for IT Support in Belfast

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support in Belfast.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in Belfast

IT Support Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, IT Support 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 Belfast region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Progress
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Apple
1 1 (50.00%) Mitel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) iPhone
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Apple
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Mitel
1 1 (50.00%) Progress