IT Support Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

IT Support
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The median IT Support daily rate in County Antrim is £158, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 18 19
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +11
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 19 10 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 8.26% 6.71% 5.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.79% 7.41% 6.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £146 - -
25th Percentile £148 £183 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 £185 £200
Median % change year-on-year -14.86% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £168 £196 -
90th Percentile £171 £201 -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £158 £185 £200
% change year-on-year -14.86% -7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 1
Median hourly rate £15.50 £24.18 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.90% +34.33% +38.46%
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.50 £24.18 £18.00
% change year-on-year -35.90% +34.33% +38.46%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
County Antrim

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 194 135 139
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.35% 90.60% 87.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 73 70
10th Percentile £227 £151 £170
25th Percentile £325 £200 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +9.38% -20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £516
90th Percentile £625 £623 £602
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £441 £400
% change year-on-year +7.65% +10.31% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 15 8
10th Percentile £12.31 £13.35 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 £21.19 £12.69
Median hourly rate £15.50 £24.18 £13.69
Median % change year-on-year -35.90% +76.69% +24.64%
75th Percentile £16.50 - £14.86
90th Percentile £24.63 £35.05 £17.80
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.50 £22.56 £13.46
% change year-on-year -31.29% +67.61% +22.59%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in County Antrim

IT Support
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in County Antrim.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in County Antrim

IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in County Antrim.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in County Antrim

IT 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 IT Support within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 30 August 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 -2 15 £158 -14.86% 2
Newtownabbey -1 4 - -
IT Support
Northern Ireland

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim

For the 6 months to 30 August 2025, IT 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 IT Support in the job title.

1 9 (47.37%) Finance
2 8 (42.11%) Degree
2 8 (42.11%) Banking
3 7 (36.84%) Investment Banking
3 7 (36.84%) Blackberry
3 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
3 7 (36.84%) Windows
4 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
4 6 (31.58%) Financial Institution
4 6 (31.58%) BYOD
4 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
4 6 (31.58%) Customer Service
5 5 (26.32%) HND
5 5 (26.32%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (26.32%) Patch Management
5 5 (26.32%) Firewall
6 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (10.53%) DHCP
7 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
7 2 (10.53%) DNS
7 2 (10.53%) Incident Management
8 1 (5.26%) Marketing
8 1 (5.26%) Workflow Management
8 1 (5.26%) ITSM
8 1 (5.26%) Electronics
8 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
8 1 (5.26%) Workflow
8 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
8 1 (5.26%) Migration
8 1 (5.26%) VMware

IT 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 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) Firewall
2 2 (10.53%) DHCP
2 2 (10.53%) DNS
2 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
General
1 9 (47.37%) Finance
2 8 (42.11%) Banking
3 7 (36.84%) Investment Banking
4 6 (31.58%) Financial Institution
4 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Electronics
5 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.26%) Marketing
5 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Blackberry
2 6 (31.58%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 7 (36.84%) Windows
2 5 (26.32%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (5.26%) Android
3 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Customer Service
2 5 (26.32%) Patch Management
3 2 (10.53%) Incident Management
4 1 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.26%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (5.26%) Inventory Management
4 1 (5.26%) ITIL
4 1 (5.26%) ITSM
4 1 (5.26%) Migration
4 1 (5.26%) Programme Management
4 1 (5.26%) Service Management
4 1 (5.26%) Workflow
4 1 (5.26%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) Degree
2 5 (26.32%) HND
3 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Apple
2 1 (5.26%) SAP
2 1 (5.26%) Sun
2 1 (5.26%) VMware