The median contractor rate for a Desktop Support was £160 per day in advertised job vacancies in County Antrim during the 6 months to 10 July 2020.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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
163
374
380
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title
84.90%
92.57%
96.20%
Number of daily rates quoted
89
199
269
Median daily rate
£400
£376
£443
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.52%
-15.14%
+7.27%
10th Percentile
£163
£200
£262
90th Percentile
£475
£540
£538
Northern Ireland median daily rate
£400
£400
£433
% change year-on-year
-
-7.51%
+4.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted
6
32
11
Median hourly rate
£20.95
£12.75
£13.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+64.27%
-5.56%
+4.75%
10th Percentile
£13.59
£10.50
£9.13
90th Percentile
£26.38
£17.98
£16.75
Median hourly rate
£19.24
£14.90
£13.50
% change year-on-year
+29.09%
+10.37%
+4.75%
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.
Desktop Support Contractor Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 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.
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 10 July 2020. 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
Desktop Support Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in County Antrim
For the 6 months to 10 July 2020, Desktop Support contract jobs required the following IT skills 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.
Desktop Support Skill Set Co-occurring IT Skills in County Antrim by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
