IT Engineer Contracts in Belfast

IT Engineer
County Antrim > Belfast

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Belfast is £135, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 19 15
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 8 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 5.44% 3.23% 5.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.93% 3.42% 6.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £134 - -
25th Percentile £134 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £135 £210 -
Median % change year-on-year -35.84% - -
75th Percentile £146 - -
90th Percentile £173 - -
County Antrim median daily rate £135 £210 -
% change year-on-year -35.84% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £24.18 - £17.72
County Antrim median hourly rate £24.18 - £17.72

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 135 117 147
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 94.35% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 72 72
10th Percentile £155 £173 £166
25th Percentile £273 £309 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £419
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +7.46% -
75th Percentile £530 £575 £504
90th Percentile £625 £650 £636
County Antrim median daily rate £410 £450 £419
% change year-on-year -8.89% +7.46% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 8
10th Percentile £22.50 - £13.29
25th Percentile £22.92 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £26.59 £14.19 £14.59
Median % change year-on-year +87.45% -2.79% +16.74%
75th Percentile £48.32 £16.12 £15.94
90th Percentile £78.47 - £16.87
County Antrim median hourly rate £24.18 £15.75 £14.59
% change year-on-year +53.52% +7.93% +5.06%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Belfast

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in Belfast

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in Belfast

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Customer Service
2 4 (50.00%) ATM
2 4 (50.00%) EPoS
2 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) Break/Fix
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (37.50%) Windows
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
5 1 (12.50%) Azure
5 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
5 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
5 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 1 (12.50%) Coaching
5 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
5 1 (12.50%) BYOD
5 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
5 1 (12.50%) Apple
5 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
5 1 (12.50%) VPN
5 1 (12.50%) DNS
5 1 (12.50%) SLA
5 1 (12.50%) SCCM
5 1 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (12.50%) Telecoms

IT Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) ATM
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) EPoS
2 1 (12.50%) BYOD
2 1 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (25.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Customer Service
2 4 (50.00%) Break/Fix
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Coaching
3 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Apple
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
8 IT Engineer jobs in County Antrim