Infrastructure Specialist Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Infrastructure Specialist
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Infrastructure Specialist daily rate in Northern Ireland is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.39% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
UK median daily rate £550 £400 £533
% change year-on-year +37.50% -24.88% -0.47%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northern Ireland. 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 Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 208 177 145
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.89% 92.67% 92.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 82 87
10th Percentile £246 £150 £161
25th Percentile £325 £183 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £448 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.15% +11.88% -17.10%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £525
90th Percentile £610 £611 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 27 9
10th Percentile £12.31 - £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 £15.48 £11.10
Median hourly rate £15.50 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -35.90% +79.64% +29.92%
75th Percentile £17.68 £25.72 £16.00
90th Percentile £25.09 £41.15 £18.15
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.08 £45.00
% change year-on-year -30.30% -19.82% +60.06%

Infrastructure Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Infrastructure Specialist job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Infrastructure Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies in Northern Ireland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies in Northern Ireland

Infrastructure Specialist
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Specialist within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 18 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
County Antrim - 1 £500 - 1
Infrastructure Specialist
UK

Infrastructure Specialist Skill Set
Top 4 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 18 November 2025, Infrastructure Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Northern Ireland region featuring Infrastructure Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management

Infrastructure Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft