Support Engineer Contracts in Northern Ireland

Support Engineer
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Northern Ireland is £143 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 16 19
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 12 15 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 8.28% 7.50% 6.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.70% 8.29% 6.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 11
10th Percentile - £201 -
25th Percentile £140 £203 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £143 £213 £150
Median % change year-on-year -32.94% +41.67% -
75th Percentile £163 £228 £155
90th Percentile £191 £234 £163
UK median daily rate £210 £250 £210
% change year-on-year -16.00% +19.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £10.29
UK median hourly rate £20.41 £20.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +2.04% +14.29% +9.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 138 181 197
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.17% 90.50% 93.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 83 90
10th Percentile £173 £161 £145
25th Percentile £313 £300 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £419
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +1.49% +2.13%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £500
90th Percentile £650 £618 £550
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 8 21
10th Percentile - £13.29 £10.22
25th Percentile £12.25 £13.91 £12.25
Median hourly rate £15.38 £14.59 £17.33
Median % change year-on-year +5.40% -15.80% +38.64%
75th Percentile £21.00 £15.94 £21.00
90th Percentile £28.54 £16.87 -
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Northern Ireland

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Northern Ireland

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Northern Ireland

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 Support Engineer within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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 +4 12 £143 -32.94% 10
Support Engineer
UK

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 5 (41.67%) HTTP
3 5 (41.67%) TCP/IP
3 5 (41.67%) DNS
3 5 (41.67%) CSS
3 5 (41.67%) XML
3 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
4 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (33.33%) Electronics
4 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 4 (33.33%) Finance
4 4 (33.33%) Manufacturing
4 4 (33.33%) Programme Management
4 4 (33.33%) Marketing
4 4 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
4 4 (33.33%) Skype for Business
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (33.33%) Skype
4 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 4 (33.33%) SAP
5 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
5 3 (25.00%) Degree
6 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (16.67%) MCSE
6 2 (16.67%) MCSD
6 2 (16.67%) Data Protection Act

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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (33.33%) Skype for Business
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) DNS
1 5 (41.67%) HTTP
1 5 (41.67%) TCP/IP
2 4 (33.33%) Skype
3 1 (8.33%) VoIP
General
1 4 (33.33%) Electronics
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
1 4 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 4 (33.33%) Marketing
1 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) CSS
1 5 (41.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (8.33%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Android
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 2 (16.67%) Break/Fix
4 2 (16.67%) Coaching
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Experience
4 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) MCSD
2 2 (16.67%) MCSE
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (8.33%) Apple
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) Mitel
3 1 (8.33%) Progress
3 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow