ITSM Contract Job Trends in Belfast

IT Service Management (ITSM)
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring ITSM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs citing ITSM 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 2.37% - 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.67% - 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £153 - -
25th Percentile £156 - £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £163 - £178
Median % change year-on-year - - -64.48%
75th Percentile £169 - £179
90th Percentile £173 - -
County Antrim median daily rate £163 - £178
% change year-on-year - - -64.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £21.65 - -
25th Percentile £21.88 - -
Median hourly rate £23.50 - -
75th Percentile £24.88 - -
90th Percentile £24.95 - -
County Antrim median hourly rate £23.50 £37.50 -
% change year-on-year -37.33% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Belfast

ITSM 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 187 145 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 88.63% 83.33% 88.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 58 75
10th Percentile £295 £144 £203
25th Percentile £325 £157 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% +3.13% -18.37%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £528
90th Percentile £628 £588 £600
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +15.15% +3.13% -18.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 22 8
10th Percentile £12.31 £21.31 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.59 £22.92 £11.96
Median hourly rate £16.50 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -31.76% +79.68% +22.62%
75th Percentile £17.30 - £14.27
90th Percentile £25.77 £43.01 £16.60
County Antrim median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
% change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% +22.64%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

ITSM job vacancy trend in Belfast

ITSM
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing ITSM

ITSM
Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing ITSM

ITSM
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 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (20.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) IT Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) IT Support
3 1 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (20.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (40.00%) Inventory Management
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Server Management
3 2 (40.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft