Break/Fix Contracts in County Antrim

Break/Fix
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in County Antrim requiring Break/Fix skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Break/Fix over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 20 22
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 -11
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 4 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 2.67% 1.53% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.90% 2.04% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - £140 -
25th Percentile £134 £141 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £135 £143 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.53% - -
75th Percentile £135 £146 -
90th Percentile - £147 -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £135 £143 -
% change year-on-year -5.53% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £13.75
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £21.25
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate - - £17.50
% change year-on-year - - +11.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
County Antrim

Break/Fix 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 County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 138 98 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 92.00% 74.81% 80.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 55 69
10th Percentile £154 £211 £164
25th Percentile £295 £353 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +25.00% -9.35%
75th Percentile £532 £575 £515
90th Percentile £625 £665 £638
Northern Ireland median daily rate £410 £506 £413
% change year-on-year -19.01% +22.73% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 14
10th Percentile £15.60 - £13.40
25th Percentile £22.50 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £26.59 £14.19 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +87.45% -6.98% -3.11%
75th Percentile £48.48 £25.22 £16.78
90th Percentile £78.47 £31.88 £18.12
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £26.59 £13.94 £15.25
% change year-on-year +90.75% -8.59% -3.11%

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Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Job postings citing Break/Fix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in County Antrim

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix in County Antrim.

Daily rate trend for Break/Fix in County Antrim

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix in County Antrim.

Hourly rate trend for Break/Fix in County Antrim

Break/Fix
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Break/Fix within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Belfast -5 4 £135 -5.53%
Break/Fix
Northern Ireland

Break/Fix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) ATM
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) EPoS Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) EPoS Field Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared