ITSM Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

IT Service Management (ITSM)
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring ITSM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 28 26
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 +8
Contract jobs citing ITSM 6 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 2.53% 1.22% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.82% 1.52% 2.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 - £178
Median % change year-on-year - - -64.48%
75th Percentile - - £179
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £150 £550 £178
% change year-on-year -72.73% +209.86% -64.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.50 £34.75 -
Median hourly rate £23.00 £37.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -38.67% - -
75th Percentile £24.50 £40.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £23.00 £37.50 -
% change year-on-year -38.67% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
County Antrim

ITSM 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 213 132 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 89.87% 80.49% 87.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 60 73
10th Percentile £263 £145 £200
25th Percentile £325 £166 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £444 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.04% +10.94% -19.92%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £533
90th Percentile £638 £614 £635
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £450 £400
% change year-on-year +5.56% +12.50% -19.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 16 12
10th Percentile £12.66 £21.19 £11.19
25th Percentile £14.78 £23.89 £12.98
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.69
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +76.69% +24.69%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £14.43
90th Percentile - £40.25 £17.80
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £17.15 £24.18 £13.69
% change year-on-year -29.07% +76.69% +24.69%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

ITSM job vacancy trend in County Antrim

ITSM
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

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

ITSM
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

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

ITSM
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 ITSM within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 7 October 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 - 4 £150 -
ITSM
Northern Ireland

ITSM
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 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) IT Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Change Management
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Server Management
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) High Availability
4 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance
4 1 (16.67%) Inventory Management
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (16.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft