Support Engineer Contracts in Belfast

Support Engineer
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Belfast is £143 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 11 17
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 12 13 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 9.76% 7.93% 7.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.26% 8.84% 8.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 11
10th Percentile - £201 -
25th Percentile £140 £203 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £143 £213 £150
Median % change year-on-year -32.94% +41.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £163 £228 £155
90th Percentile £191 £234 £163
County Antrim median daily rate £143 £213 £150
% change year-on-year -32.94% +41.67% -14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 117 147 167
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.12% 89.63% 93.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 72 83
10th Percentile £173 £166 £145
25th Percentile £300 £268 £296
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £419 £413
Median % change year-on-year +7.46% +1.52% +3.13%
75th Percentile £575 £504 £500
90th Percentile £650 £636 £535
County Antrim median daily rate £450 £419 £413
% change year-on-year +7.46% +1.52% +3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 9
10th Percentile - £13.29 £10.16
25th Percentile £12.25 £13.91 £10.22
Median hourly rate £14.19 £14.59 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.79% +16.74% -10.71%
75th Percentile £16.12 £15.94 £17.88
90th Percentile - £16.87 £24.45
County Antrim median hourly rate £15.75 £14.59 £13.89
% change year-on-year +7.93% +5.06% +16.82%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Belfast

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Belfast

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Belfast

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 5 (41.67%) HTTP
3 5 (41.67%) TCP/IP
3 5 (41.67%) DNS
3 5 (41.67%) CSS
3 5 (41.67%) XML
3 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
4 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (33.33%) Electronics
4 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 4 (33.33%) Finance
4 4 (33.33%) Manufacturing
4 4 (33.33%) Programme Management
4 4 (33.33%) Marketing
4 4 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
4 4 (33.33%) Skype for Business
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (33.33%) Skype
4 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 4 (33.33%) SAP
5 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
5 3 (25.00%) Degree
6 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (16.67%) MCSE
6 2 (16.67%) MCSD
6 2 (16.67%) Data Protection Act

Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (33.33%) Skype for Business
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) DNS
1 5 (41.67%) HTTP
1 5 (41.67%) TCP/IP
2 4 (33.33%) Skype
3 1 (8.33%) VoIP
General
1 4 (33.33%) Electronics
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
1 4 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 4 (33.33%) Marketing
1 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) CSS
1 5 (41.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (8.33%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Android
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 2 (16.67%) Break/Fix
4 2 (16.67%) Coaching
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Experience
4 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) MCSD
2 2 (16.67%) MCSE
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (8.33%) Apple
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) Mitel
3 1 (8.33%) Progress
3 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow