Service Delivery Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Service Delivery
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring Service Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 19 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 16 8 0
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 6.58% 4.76% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.31% 5.88% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £218 - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 0
10th Percentile £15.50 - -
25th Percentile - £21.19 -
Median hourly rate £17.30 £22.56 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.32% - -
75th Percentile - £23.94 -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £17.30 £22.56 -
% change year-on-year -23.32% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
County Antrim

Service Delivery 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 219 136 131
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 90.12% 80.95% 87.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 60 72
10th Percentile £263 £145 £200
25th Percentile £325 £166 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +15.63% -19.92%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £533
90th Percentile £638 £628 £636
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £475 £400
% change year-on-year - +18.75% -18.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 16 12
10th Percentile £12.41 £21.19 £11.19
25th Percentile £14.78 - £12.98
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.69
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +76.69% +33.90%
75th Percentile £25.15 £28.20 £14.43
90th Percentile - £42.00 £17.80
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £17.15 £24.18 £13.69
% change year-on-year -29.07% +76.69% +33.90%

Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Service Delivery job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Service Delivery

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery in County Antrim over the 6 months to 21 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery in County Antrim

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Service Delivery

Service Delivery
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 Service Delivery within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 21 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 0 15 £475 - 7
Service Delivery
Northern Ireland

Service Delivery
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 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (18.75%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Cisco Wireless
1 3 (18.75%) Firewall
1 3 (18.75%) LAN
1 3 (18.75%) MPLS
1 3 (18.75%) Wireless
1 3 (18.75%) WLAN
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Manufacturing
2 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
3 2 (12.50%) Electronics
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Marketing
3 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Installation Technician
1 3 (18.75%) Network Engineer
1 3 (18.75%) Senior
1 3 (18.75%) Senior Network Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Help Desk Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Help Desk Support
3 1 (6.25%) Help Desk Support Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) IT Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Service Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Service Desk Support
3 1 (6.25%) Service Desk Support Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Virtual Team
2 1 (6.25%) Blackberry
2 1 (6.25%) BYOD
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (18.75%) Change Control
3 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (18.75%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (18.75%) Network Management
3 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
3 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (18.75%) Time Management
4 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 2 (12.50%) Test Automation
5 1 (6.25%) Asset Management
5 1 (6.25%) Change Management
5 1 (6.25%) ITIL
5 1 (6.25%) ITSM
5 1 (6.25%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) CCNA
1 3 (18.75%) CCNP
1 3 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Aruba
2 3 (18.75%) Cisco
2 3 (18.75%) Fortinet
3 2 (12.50%) SAP