ITIL Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring ITIL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 31 23
Rank change year-on-year +3 -8 +6
Contract jobs citing ITIL 8 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 3.36% 1.20% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.72% 1.49% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £230 - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £469 - -
90th Percentile £480 - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £450 £550 -
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.50 - -
Median hourly rate £23.00 - -
75th Percentile £24.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £23.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
County Antrim

ITIL 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 215 134 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 90.34% 80.24% 87.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 58 70
10th Percentile £265 £144 £206
25th Percentile £325 £164 £296
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +12.50% -19.15%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £531
90th Percentile £635 £633 £626
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £463 £413
% change year-on-year +2.70% +12.12% -15.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 16 9
10th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £14.78 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% +27.01%
75th Percentile £25.15 £28.20 £16.00
90th Percentile - £42.00 £18.15
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
% change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% +27.01%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ITIL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

ITIL job vacancy trend in County Antrim

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing ITIL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing ITIL

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in County Antrim over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in County Antrim

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing ITIL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing ITIL

ITIL
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 ITIL within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 3 November 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 7 £450 - 4
ITIL
Northern Ireland

ITIL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
1 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Telecoms
3 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
4 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Banking
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
5 1 (12.50%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) IT Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Test Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Test and Validation Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Test Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Validation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Fat Client
1 1 (12.50%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) ITSM
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
2 3 (37.50%) Validation
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (25.00%) Inventory Management
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Server Management
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Service Management
4 1 (12.50%) Test Assurance
4 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) ISTQB
3 2 (25.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (12.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft