IT Technician Contracts in Northern Ireland

IT Technician
UK > Northern Ireland

The median IT Technician daily rate in Northern Ireland is £185, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 16 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 3 12 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.68% 6.74% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% 7.45% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £183 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 - -
75th Percentile £196 - -
90th Percentile £201 - -
UK median daily rate £150 £180 £160
% change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% +14.29%

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 168 161 188
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.85% 90.45% 92.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 71 92
10th Percentile £168 £160 £145
25th Percentile £200 £363 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £448
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.03% +8.48%
75th Percentile £625 £494 £500
90th Percentile £675 £638 £560
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 4 20
10th Percentile - - £10.22
25th Percentile £12.25 £13.91 £10.52
Median hourly rate £16.12 £14.96 £13.45
Median % change year-on-year +7.79% +11.23% -3.96%
75th Percentile £23.94 £16.81 £21.00
90th Percentile £31.88 £17.35 £21.33
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in Northern Ireland

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician in Northern Ireland

IT Technician
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 Technician within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 12 June 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 -1 3 £185 - 1
IT Technician
UK

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, IT Technician 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 Technician in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Dell
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management

IT Technician 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Dell
2 1 (33.33%) SAP