IT Support Job Trends in Belfast

IT Support
County Antrim > Belfast

The median IT Support salary in Belfast is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 45 48
Rank change year-on-year +23 +3 +33
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 8 7 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 3.46% 1.65% 1.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.79% 1.68% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - £24,775
25th Percentile £30,750 - £26,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £30,000 £30,750
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -20.65%
75th Percentile £32,250 - £35,188
90th Percentile - - £37,325
County Antrim median annual salary £31,500 £30,000 £24,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +22.45% -36.77%

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 211 416 337
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.34% 98.35% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 105 241 268
10th Percentile £31,875 £33,500 £30,450
25th Percentile £41,750 £42,800 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £76,250
County Antrim median annual salary £58,250 £59,430 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.99% +18.86% +5.26%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Belfast

IT Support
Salary Trend in Belfast

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Belfast.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Belfast

IT Support Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, IT Support 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 in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Service Delivery
1 7 (87.50%) Google
1 7 (87.50%) Smartphone
1 7 (87.50%) AWS
1 7 (87.50%) Root Cause Analysis
1 7 (87.50%) Google Workspace
1 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (87.50%) ServiceNow
1 7 (87.50%) User Experience
1 7 (87.50%) Matrix Organization
1 7 (87.50%) Innovative Thinking
1 7 (87.50%) Product Strategy
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Meraki
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (12.50%) Broadband
2 1 (12.50%) PSTN
2 1 (12.50%) VoIP
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory

IT Support 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 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) AWS
1 7 (87.50%) Google Workspace
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Broadband
1 1 (12.50%) PSTN
1 1 (12.50%) VoIP
1 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (87.50%) Innovative Thinking
1 7 (87.50%) Matrix Organization
1 7 (87.50%) Product Strategy
1 7 (87.50%) Root Cause Analysis
1 7 (87.50%) Service Delivery
1 7 (87.50%) User Experience
2 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Google
1 7 (87.50%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Meraki
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 IT Support jobs in Belfast