48 managed service providers with their HQ in Northern Ireland. Most list help desk / IT support, cloud / Microsoft 365 / Azure and backup / disaster recovery; 17 offer a NOC or monitoring service, 15 a SOC or MDR service and 9 co-managed IT alongside an in-house team. The industries they most often name are legal, manufacturing and accounting.
7 publish 24/7 support, 0 extended hours and 3 business hours only; the rest don’t say. 2 publish a per-user price: entry prices run from £15 to £20 a month (median £17.50). Filter this list by service, stack, industry, size or 24/7 support.
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Good places to start in Northern Ireland
The six most fully documented MSPs here (most sourced facts, then name: no paid placement), and what each publishes that you can check.
BCN Group Ltd Belfast · Belfast publishes 24/7 support · Google rating 5 from 3 reviews · names NIST, Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus · Microsoft partner badge · holds Cyber Essentials
Yellowcom · Belfast states a response time (1-hour resolution) · Google rating 4.9 from 476 reviews · names PCI DSS, Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus · Microsoft partner badge · holds Cyber Essentials
Business Technologies NI LTD · Lisburn Google rating 5 from 2 reviews · names Cyber Essentials and GDPR · 10 services listed
Ergo · Belfast publishes 24/7 support · names ISO 27001 · Microsoft partner badge · holds ISO 27001 · 9 services listed
FUEL · Craigavon Google rating 5 from 9 reviews · Microsoft partner badge · holds ISO 27001 · 10 services listed
Precept IT · Belfast states a response time (30-Minute Response) · publishes a per-user price (£15 a month) · Google rating 5 from 230 reviews · names PCI DSS, Cyber Essentials and GDPR · Microsoft partner badge
Support hours in writing. 10 of 48 here publish their hours (7 24/7), and 5 mention an after-hours line. Ask who answers at night, and whether that’s the same team.
A response time. Only 8 state one (17%). Ask for it in the contract, by priority.
Security and compliance. The frameworks named most here are Cyber Essentials (21), GDPR (13) and Cyber Essentials Plus (12). Naming a framework isn’t a certification: ask for the audit report or certificate.
Partner status and price. 14 show a Microsoft partner badge; 2 publish a per-user price. Ask what’s included per user and what’s billed hourly.
How many managed service providers are in Northern Ireland?
48 MSPs in the directory have their HQ in Northern Ireland. Each has a profile with its services, the tools we could see, industries served and published support hours, every fact with its source. Many also serve clients outside their home area.
How much does managed IT cost in Northern Ireland?
2 of the 48 MSPs here publish a per-user monthly price. The lowest price each publishes runs from £15 to £20 per user a month, with a median of £17.50 (as published; some exclude VAT). Most MSPs quote after a call, so treat these as reference points. See published MSP pricing.
Which MSPs in Northern Ireland offer 24/7 support?
7 publish 24/7 support, and 20 advertise 24/7 monitoring (systems watched around the clock, which is not the same as people answering the phone). See the 24/7 list.
Which MSPs in Northern Ireland offer cybersecurity or a SOC?
Can an MSP in Northern Ireland work alongside our in-house IT team?
Yes: 9 offer co-managed IT, where the MSP covers the help desk, monitoring or projects while your own IT staff stay in charge. See them.
Which MSPs in Northern Ireland specialise in legal?
10 name legal as an industry they serve; Cyber Essentials is the framework named most often here (21 MSPs). See them.
What should I check before hiring an MSP in Northern Ireland?
Published support hours and who answers out of hours, a response time in the contract, proof behind any compliance claim (an audit report or certificate, not a logo), what the per-user price includes, and how you leave (notice period, handover of passwords and documentation). Only 8 of 48 MSPs here state a response time on their site.