IT Support Jobs in Northern Ireland

IT Support
UK > Northern Ireland

The median IT Support salary in Northern Ireland is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 91 68
Rank change year-on-year +22 -23 -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 6 8 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.87% 0.92% 1.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 0.96% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 8
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,375 £24,625
25th Percentile £27,938 £31,563 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £33,750 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £31,750 £36,563 £32,500
90th Percentile £32,750 £37,125 -
UK median annual salary £29,000 £30,750 £29,000
% change year-on-year -5.69% +6.03% +1.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 662 830 640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.53% 95.07% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 320 457 343
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,938 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,454 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.91% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £66,750 £67,500
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Northern Ireland

IT Support
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for IT Support in Northern Ireland

IT Support
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim +20 3 £29,500 -12.59% 1
County Tyrone - 3 £30,000 -
IT Support
UK

IT Support Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, IT Support 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 permanent job ads across the Northern Ireland region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) ITSM
2 3 (50.00%) Service Management
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (33.33%) Network Security
3 2 (33.33%) Azure
3 2 (33.33%) AWS
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) SaaS
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) Firewall
4 1 (16.67%) Windows
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
4 1 (16.67%) DHCP
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (16.67%) Firmware
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) DHCP
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
General
1 3 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
1 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (50.00%) ITSM
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft