Desktop Support Contracts in County Antrim

Desktop Support
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The median Desktop Support daily rate in County Antrim is £140 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 21 16
Rank change year-on-year +1 -5 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 3 7 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 2.29% 4.24% 7.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.40% 4.70% 8.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 13
10th Percentile - £176 -
25th Percentile - £191 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £140 £208 £150
Median % change year-on-year -32.53% +38.33% -17.81%
75th Percentile - £226 £163
90th Percentile - £233 -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £140 £208 £150
% change year-on-year -32.53% +38.33% -17.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £13.70 -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate - £13.70 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
County Antrim

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in County Antrim. 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 County Antrim with a recognized job title 125 149 178
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.42% 90.30% 93.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 71 85
10th Percentile £173 £171 £145
25th Percentile £300 £285 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £413
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +3.03% +3.13%
75th Percentile £575 £508 £500
90th Percentile £650 £638 £533
Northern Ireland median daily rate £450 £425 £413
% change year-on-year +5.88% +3.03% +3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 16
10th Percentile £12.25 £12.97 £10.22
25th Percentile £12.44 £14.32 £10.64
Median hourly rate £15.75 £15.25 £13.89
Median % change year-on-year +3.28% +9.79% +16.82%
75th Percentile £16.12 £16.31 £21.00
90th Percentile £31.88 £17.11 £22.63
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.38 £15.25 £17.33
% change year-on-year +0.85% -12.00% +33.31%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Job postings that featured Desktop Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in County Antrim

Desktop Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support in County Antrim.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support in County Antrim

Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support in County Antrim.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support in County Antrim

Desktop Support
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 Desktop Support within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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 +2 3 £140 -32.53%
Desktop Support
Northern Ireland

Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Desktop 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 County Antrim region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 1 (33.33%) HTTP
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (33.33%) Break/Fix
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service

Desktop Support Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) HTTP
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Break/Fix
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP