IT Support Engineer Contracts in Northern Ireland

IT Support Engineer
UK > Northern Ireland

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in Northern Ireland is £150, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 22 23
Rank change year-on-year -8 +1 -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 2 2 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.26% 1.34% 4.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 1.41% 5.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £210 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% - -
UK median daily rate £211 £190 £195
% change year-on-year +11.18% -2.56% -

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 147 142 183
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 95.30% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 73 83
10th Percentile £155 £173 £166
25th Percentile £273 £313 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +5.88% +4.62%
75th Percentile £530 £575 £500
90th Percentile £625 £650 £618
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 25 8
10th Percentile £13.64 - £13.29
25th Percentile £22.50 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £24.18 £15.38 £14.59
Median % change year-on-year +57.22% +5.40% -15.80%
75th Percentile £40.36 £21.00 £15.94
90th Percentile £75.85 £28.54 £16.87
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings that featured IT Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in Northern Ireland

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for IT Support Engineer in Northern Ireland

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Engineer in Northern Ireland

IT Support Engineer
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 IT Support Engineer within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 -10 2 £150 -28.57% 6
IT Support Engineer
UK

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT Support Engineer 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 Northern Ireland region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Apple

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Apple