IT Support Contract Job Trends in Belfast

IT Support
County Antrim > Belfast

The median IT Support daily rate in Belfast is £158, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 August 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
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 18 21
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +9
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 15 9 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 7.43% 6.29% 5.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.33% 6.98% 5.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £146 - -
25th Percentile £148 £183 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 £185 £200
Median % change year-on-year -14.86% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £168 £196 -
90th Percentile £171 £201 -
County Antrim median daily rate £158 £185 £200
% change year-on-year -14.86% -7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
Median hourly rate - £24.18 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year - +34.33% +38.46%
County Antrim median hourly rate £15.50 £24.18 £18.00
% change year-on-year -35.90% +34.33% +38.46%

All DemandTrendContract 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 180 129 137
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.11% 90.21% 88.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 73 70
10th Percentile £246 £151 £170
25th Percentile £325 £200 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +9.38% -20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £516
90th Percentile £625 £623 £602
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £438 £400
% change year-on-year +8.57% +9.38% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 11 8
10th Percentile £12.31 £12.25 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 £21.19 £12.69
Median hourly rate £15.05 £24.18 £13.69
Median % change year-on-year -37.76% +76.69% +32.09%
75th Percentile £18.44 - £14.86
90th Percentile £24.81 - £17.80
County Antrim median hourly rate £15.50 £24.18 £13.69
% change year-on-year -35.90% +76.69% +24.64%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Belfast.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Belfast

IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Belfast.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Belfast

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 30 August 2025, 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 9 (60.00%) Finance
2 8 (53.33%) Degree
2 8 (53.33%) Banking
3 7 (46.67%) Investment Banking
3 7 (46.67%) Blackberry
3 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
3 7 (46.67%) Windows
4 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (40.00%) Financial Institution
4 6 (40.00%) BYOD
5 5 (33.33%) Patch Management
5 5 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (33.33%) HND
5 5 (33.33%) Firewall
6 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (13.33%) DHCP
7 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
7 2 (13.33%) DNS
7 2 (13.33%) Incident Management
7 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
7 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
8 1 (6.67%) Inventory Management
8 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
8 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
8 1 (6.67%) Digital Marketing
8 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
8 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
8 1 (6.67%) Android
8 1 (6.67%) AirWatch
8 1 (6.67%) Marketing

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (13.33%) DHCP
2 2 (13.33%) DNS
2 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 9 (60.00%) Finance
2 8 (53.33%) Banking
3 7 (46.67%) Investment Banking
4 6 (40.00%) Financial Institution
5 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
6 1 (6.67%) Electronics
6 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
6 1 (6.67%) Marketing
6 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Blackberry
2 6 (40.00%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 7 (46.67%) Windows
2 5 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (6.67%) Android
3 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Patch Management
2 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
2 2 (13.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (6.67%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (6.67%) Inventory Management
3 1 (6.67%) ITIL
3 1 (6.67%) ITSM
3 1 (6.67%) Migration
3 1 (6.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (6.67%) Service Management
3 1 (6.67%) Workflow
3 1 (6.67%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) Degree
2 5 (33.33%) HND
3 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Apple
2 1 (6.67%) SAP
2 1 (6.67%) Sun
2 1 (6.67%) VMware