IT Support Engineer Job Trends in Belfast

IT Support Engineer
County Antrim > Belfast

The median IT Support Engineer salary in Belfast is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 48 52
Rank change year-on-year +18 +4 +31
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 1 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 0.44% 0.71% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.73% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £30,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £32,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median annual salary £31,500 £30,000 -
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Belfast. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Belfast with a recognized job title 208 413 342
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.63% 98.33% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 104 239 273
10th Percentile £31,875 £33,500 £29,995
25th Percentile £41,750 £43,900 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £76,250
County Antrim median annual salary £57,500 £59,430 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.25% +18.86% +5.26%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in Belfast

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Belfast

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Belfast.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Belfast

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, IT Support Engineer 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 permanent job ads across the Belfast region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) PSTN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

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

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) PSTN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft