Data Analyst Contracts in Belfast

Data Analyst
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Data Analyst daily rate in Belfast is £581, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 18 23
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 11 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 6.83% 3.23% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.43% 3.39% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 1
10th Percentile £404 £314 -
25th Percentile £516 £316 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £338 £600
Median % change year-on-year +72.22% -43.75% +93.55%
75th Percentile £606 £397 £650
90th Percentile £614 £421 -
County Antrim median daily rate £581 £338 £600
% change year-on-year +72.22% -43.75% +93.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £13.91
County Antrim median hourly rate - - £13.91

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 148 118 139
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 95.16% 89.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 73 67
10th Percentile £187 £171 £163
25th Percentile £299 £281 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £526
90th Percentile £625 £675 £643
County Antrim median daily rate £425 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -1.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.78 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £22.50 £15.38 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.29% -0.77% +32.00%
75th Percentile £44.98 £16.12 £16.50
90th Percentile £78.47 £23.94 £17.23
County Antrim median hourly rate £22.00 £16.12 £15.50
% change year-on-year +36.48% +4.00% +15.28%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in Belfast

Data Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Daily rate trend for Data Analyst in Belfast

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in Belfast over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analyst in Belfast

Data Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Analyst in Belfast

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Data 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 Data Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 8 (72.73%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (63.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (63.64%) Banking
4 6 (54.55%) Data Analysis
4 6 (54.55%) SQL
4 6 (54.55%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (45.45%) Python
5 5 (45.45%) Power BI
5 5 (45.45%) Tableau
5 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (45.45%) Power Platform
5 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
6 4 (36.36%) Degree
6 4 (36.36%) Data Quality
6 4 (36.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (27.27%) Front Office
7 3 (27.27%) Business Analysis
7 3 (27.27%) Investment Banking
7 3 (27.27%) Project Management
7 3 (27.27%) Market Risk
8 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (18.18%) Data Governance
8 2 (18.18%) Visualisation
8 2 (18.18%) Derivative
8 2 (18.18%) JIRA
8 2 (18.18%) Data Structures
8 2 (18.18%) Data Lineage
8 2 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
8 2 (18.18%) Master's Degree

Data 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 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) Power BI
1 5 (45.45%) Tableau
2 1 (9.09%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 8 (72.73%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (63.64%) Banking
4 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
5 3 (27.27%) Front Office
5 3 (27.27%) Investment Banking
6 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (9.09%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Market Risk
2 2 (18.18%) Data Structures
2 2 (18.18%) Derivative
2 2 (18.18%) Equities
2 2 (18.18%) Fixed Income
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (9.09%) Credit Risk
3 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
3 1 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (54.55%) Data Analysis
2 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Business Analysis
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Data Governance
4 2 (18.18%) Data Lineage
4 2 (18.18%) Data Management
4 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Visualisation
5 1 (9.09%) Analytics
5 1 (9.09%) Dashboard Development
5 1 (9.09%) Data Extraction
5 1 (9.09%) Data Science
5 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) SQL
2 5 (45.45%) Python
3 1 (9.09%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) ISEB
2 2 (18.18%) Master's Degree
2 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
2 2 (18.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) Data Quality
2 1 (9.09%) Basel III
2 1 (9.09%) MiFID
2 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft