Support Analyst Contracts in County Antrim

Support Analyst
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The median Support Analyst daily rate in County Antrim is £155, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 June 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
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 10 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 5.18% - 1.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.88% - 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £126 - £161
25th Percentile £138 - £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 - £165
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.45%
75th Percentile £165 - £171
90th Percentile - - £174
Northern Ireland median daily rate £155 - £165
% change year-on-year - - +6.45%

All Contract 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 170 131 126
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.08% 92.25% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 74 63
10th Percentile £195 £159 £157
25th Percentile £325 £184 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £597 £488
90th Percentile £625 £675 £638
Northern Ireland median daily rate £450 £443 £425
% change year-on-year +1.69% +4.12% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 4
10th Percentile £13.93 £12.25 -
25th Percentile £14.78 £14.50 £13.91
Median hourly rate £15.50 £22.56 £14.96
Median % change year-on-year -31.29% +50.85% +15.04%
75th Percentile £22.75 £26.10 £16.81
90th Percentile £24.76 £36.06 £17.35
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.50 £15.63 £14.96
% change year-on-year -0.83% +4.51% +15.04%

Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Analyst in County Antrim

Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Analyst in County Antrim.

Daily rate trend for Support Analyst in County Antrim

Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Analyst in County Antrim.

Hourly rate trend for Support Analyst in County Antrim

Support Analyst
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 Support Analyst within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 27 June 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 - 10 £155 - 3
Support Analyst
Northern Ireland

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

For the 6 months to 27 June 2025, Support Analyst 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 Support Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Banking
1 7 (70.00%) Degree
2 6 (60.00%) Investment Banking
2 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 6 (60.00%) Blackberry
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (40.00%) Windows
3 4 (40.00%) DHCP
3 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
3 4 (40.00%) DNS
3 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (40.00%) Incident Management
4 3 (30.00%) VMware
4 3 (30.00%) Android
4 3 (30.00%) AirWatch
4 3 (30.00%) BYOD
4 3 (30.00%) Windows 10
4 3 (30.00%) Apple
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (30.00%) Financial Institution
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
6 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
6 1 (10.00%) Budgeting
6 1 (10.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (10.00%) Inventory Management
6 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills

Support Analyst 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 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) DHCP
1 4 (40.00%) DNS
1 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 7 (70.00%) Banking
2 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 6 (60.00%) Investment Banking
3 3 (30.00%) Financial Institution
4 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Blackberry
2 3 (30.00%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Android
2 3 (30.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (10.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (10.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (10.00%) Inventory Management
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) ITSM
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Apple
1 3 (30.00%) VMware
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Sun