IT Support Job Trends in County Antrim

IT Support
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The median IT Support salary in County Antrim 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 27 45 44
Rank change year-on-year +18 -1 +46
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 8 7 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim 3.15% 1.59% 2.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.45% 1.64% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - £23,150
25th Percentile £30,750 - £23,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £30,000 £24,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +22.45% -36.77%
75th Percentile £32,250 - £28,438
90th Percentile - - £34,625
Northern Ireland median annual salary £31,500 £30,000 £24,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +22.45% -18.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
County Antrim

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in County Antrim. 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 County Antrim with a recognized job title 232 428 356
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.34% 97.49% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 110 245 284
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,400
25th Percentile £41,750 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £59,430 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.99% +18.86% +5.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £76,250
Northern Ireland median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% +5.26%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in County Antrim

IT Support
Salary Trend in County Antrim

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in County Antrim.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in County Antrim

IT Support
Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Belfast +23 8 £31,500 +5.00% 5
IT Support
Northern Ireland

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

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 County Antrim 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 County Antrim 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