IT Technician Contracts in County Antrim

IT Technician
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

As of 26 August 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median IT Technician daily rate in County Antrim.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 24 26
Rank change year-on-year -12 +2 -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an IT Technician 1 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 0.44% 2.10% 1.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 2.31% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £185 -
Northern Ireland median daily rate - £185 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £15.33 - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.33 - -

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in County Antrim with a recognized job title 193 130 139
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.65% 90.91% 87.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 72 70
10th Percentile £227 £151 £170
25th Percentile £325 £197 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £431 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.14% +7.81% -20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £516
90th Percentile £625 £624 £602
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £438 £400
% change year-on-year +8.57% +9.38% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 16 8
10th Percentile £12.31 £12.25 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 £19.64 £12.69
Median hourly rate £15.42 £24.18 £13.69
Median % change year-on-year -36.25% +76.69% +24.64%
75th Percentile £16.63 £24.95 £14.86
90th Percentile £24.70 £36.06 £17.80
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.50 £19.02 £13.46
% change year-on-year -18.51% +41.31% +22.59%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in County Antrim

IT Technician
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

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

IT Technician
DemandTrendContract 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 Technician within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 26 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Belfast -9 1 - - 1
IT Technician
Northern Ireland

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim

For the 6 months to 26 August 2025, IT Technician 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 Technician in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Avaya
1 1 (100.00%) Intranet
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) AirWatch
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Fault Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

IT Technician 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Intranet
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Fault Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HND
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Avaya
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft