Business Intelligence Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Business Intelligence (BI)
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 22 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 -7 +9
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 10 10 13
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 4.69% 6.13% 9.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.26% 7.46% 10.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 4
10th Percentile £269 £282 £134
25th Percentile £488 £430 £144
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £188
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +180.00% -55.88%
75th Percentile £625 £538 £253
90th Percentile £652 - £281
County Antrim median daily rate £575 £525 £188
% change year-on-year +9.52% +180.00% -55.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 £24.18 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.83% +51.13% -
75th Percentile £16.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median hourly rate £16.00 £24.18 £16.00
% change year-on-year -33.83% +51.13% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Belfast

Business Intelligence falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 190 134 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 89.20% 82.21% 88.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 56 75
10th Percentile £294 £144 £203
25th Percentile £325 £161 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% +3.13% -18.37%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £528
90th Percentile £625 £589 £600
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +15.15% +3.13% -18.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 15 8
10th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.59 - £11.96
Median hourly rate £16.00 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -33.83% +79.68% +31.68%
75th Percentile £17.30 - £14.27
90th Percentile £24.50 £40.80 £16.60
County Antrim median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
% change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% +31.70%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Intelligence relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in Belfast

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Business Intelligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in Belfast over the 6 months to 18 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in Belfast

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Business Intelligence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Confluence
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) Tableau
2 4 (40.00%) Impala
2 4 (40.00%) KDB
2 4 (40.00%) Kdb+
3 3 (30.00%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (90.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Electronics
4 2 (20.00%) Investment Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (20.00%) Marketing
4 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (10.00%) Financial Institution
5 1 (10.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Business Data Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Installation Technician
3 2 (20.00%) KDB Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Banking Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Python Developer
4 1 (10.00%) SQL Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) SQL Data Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Tableau Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Equities
2 2 (20.00%) Derivative
3 1 (10.00%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 4 (40.00%) Visualisation
3 3 (30.00%) Analytics
3 3 (30.00%) Data Cleansing
3 3 (30.00%) Data Visualisation
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (20.00%) Business Strategy
4 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
5 1 (10.00%) Analytical Modelling
5 1 (10.00%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (10.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) SQL
2 6 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (20.00%) MiFID
3 1 (10.00%) Basel III
3 1 (10.00%) EMIR
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) SAP