Analyst Contracts in Belfast

Analyst
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Analyst daily rate in Belfast is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025.

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

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 11 1
Rank change year-on-year +3 -10 +6
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 29 11 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 18.71% 9.73% 20.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.86% 10.38% 22.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 7 22
10th Percentile £155 £254 £156
25th Percentile £263 £297 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £338 £325
Median % change year-on-year +25.93% +3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £575 £397 £473
90th Percentile £606 £453 £618
County Antrim median daily rate £425 £338 £325
% change year-on-year +25.93% +3.85% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £30.18 - -
25th Percentile £32.71 - -
Median hourly rate £38.91 £16.12 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year +141.36% +15.89% +9.10%
75th Percentile £46.61 - -
90th Percentile £50.03 - -
County Antrim median hourly rate £38.91 £16.12 £13.91
% change year-on-year +141.36% +15.89% +3.46%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Belfast with a recognized job title 139 106 145
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.68% 93.81% 88.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 63 70
10th Percentile £155 £173 £165
25th Percentile £275 £306 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% +3.03%
75th Percentile £550 £581 £530
90th Percentile £625 £650 £639
County Antrim median daily rate £425 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 8
10th Percentile £15.42 - £13.29
25th Percentile £22.17 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £23.59 £14.19 £14.59
Median % change year-on-year +66.30% -2.79% +16.74%
75th Percentile £35.20 £16.12 £15.94
90th Percentile £75.85 - £16.87
County Antrim median hourly rate £23.00 £15.75 £14.59
% change year-on-year +46.03% +7.93% +5.06%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Belfast

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in Belfast.

Daily rate trend for Analyst in Belfast

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Belfast over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Belfast

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in Belfast.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in Belfast

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in Belfast

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in Belfast over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in Belfast

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Analyst 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 Belfast region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 20 (68.97%) Finance
2 18 (62.07%) Social Skills
3 13 (44.83%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (41.38%) Banking
4 12 (41.38%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (37.93%) Data Analysis
6 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Office
6 9 (31.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 8 (27.59%) Business Analysis
7 8 (27.59%) Degree
8 6 (20.69%) Project Management
8 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
9 5 (17.24%) SQL
9 5 (17.24%) Investment Banking
9 5 (17.24%) Change Management
9 5 (17.24%) Front Office
9 5 (17.24%) Tableau
9 5 (17.24%) Data Quality
10 4 (13.79%) Incident Management
10 4 (13.79%) Power BI
10 4 (13.79%) Financial Institution
10 4 (13.79%) VMware
10 4 (13.79%) Agile
10 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (13.79%) DHCP
10 4 (13.79%) TCP/IP
10 4 (13.79%) DNS
10 4 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (13.79%) Active Directory

Analyst 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (44.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (31.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (6.90%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) DHCP
1 4 (13.79%) DNS
1 4 (13.79%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.45%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.24%) Tableau
2 4 (13.79%) Power BI
3 2 (6.90%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) JIRA
General
1 20 (68.97%) Finance
2 18 (62.07%) Social Skills
3 12 (41.38%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (41.38%) Banking
4 5 (17.24%) Front Office
4 5 (17.24%) Investment Banking
5 4 (13.79%) Financial Institution
6 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.45%) General Ledger
7 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.45%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Blackberry
2 2 (6.90%) Derivative
2 2 (6.90%) Market Risk
3 1 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.45%) Credit Risk
3 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.45%) Fixed Income
3 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Android
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
1 3 (10.34%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.45%) Linux
2 1 (3.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Data Analysis
1 11 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (27.59%) Business Analysis
3 6 (20.69%) Project Management
4 5 (17.24%) Change Management
5 4 (13.79%) Agile
5 4 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (13.79%) Incident Management
6 3 (10.34%) Critical Thinking
6 3 (10.34%) Data Governance
6 3 (10.34%) Project Delivery
6 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (10.34%) Target Operating Model
7 2 (6.90%) Actionable Insight
7 2 (6.90%) Analytics
7 2 (6.90%) Data Lineage
7 2 (6.90%) Data Management
7 2 (6.90%) Decision-Making
7 2 (6.90%) Process Improvement
7 2 (6.90%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) SQL
2 3 (10.34%) Python
3 1 (3.45%) R
3 1 (3.45%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.45%) ISEB
2 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) Data Quality
2 3 (10.34%) PMO
3 1 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) AirWatch
2 1 (3.45%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (3.45%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) VMware
3 3 (10.34%) Apple
4 1 (3.45%) Brocade
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco
4 1 (3.45%) Dell
4 1 (3.45%) EMC
4 1 (3.45%) Isilon
4 1 (3.45%) Red Hat
4 1 (3.45%) Sun