ITIL Contract Job Trends in Belfast

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring ITIL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 31 23
Rank change year-on-year +5 -8 +6
Contract jobs citing ITIL 7 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 3.32% 1.24% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% 1.52% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £230 - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £469 - -
90th Percentile £480 - -
County Antrim median daily rate £450 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.50 - -
Median hourly rate £23.00 - -
75th Percentile £24.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median hourly rate £23.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Belfast

ITIL 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 Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 189 132 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 89.57% 81.99% 87.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 58 70
10th Percentile £277 £144 £206
25th Percentile £325 £164 £296
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +12.50% -19.15%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £531
90th Percentile £636 £633 £626
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £450 £400
% change year-on-year +5.56% +12.50% -19.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 14 8
10th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 - £11.96
Median hourly rate £16.00 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -33.83% +79.68% +31.68%
75th Percentile £17.30 - £14.27
90th Percentile £24.50 £37.88 £16.60
County Antrim median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
% change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% +27.01%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ITIL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

ITIL job vacancy trend in Belfast

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing ITIL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing ITIL

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in Belfast over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in Belfast

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing ITIL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing ITIL

ITIL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast 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 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
1 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Telecoms
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
4 1 (14.29%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) IT Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Test Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Test and Validation Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Validation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Fat Client
1 1 (14.29%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) ITSM
2 3 (42.86%) Validation
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 2 (28.57%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (28.57%) Inventory Management
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Server Management
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Service Management
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Test Assurance
4 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Test Management
4 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
3 2 (28.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft