Data Collection Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Data Collection
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Data Collection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 24 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing Data Collection 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 1.58% 1.54% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.95% 1.64% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 £388 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% - -
75th Percentile £375 £463 -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median daily rate £350 £425 -
% change year-on-year -17.65% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.57 - -
County Antrim median hourly rate £13.57 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Belfast

Data Collection 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 154 122 108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 81.05% 93.85% 78.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 65 71
10th Percentile £369 £148 £210
25th Percentile £400 £225 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £325 £500
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% -35.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £613
90th Percentile £638 £583 £650
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £325 £500
% change year-on-year +46.15% -35.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 5
10th Percentile £12.81 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £14.29 £24.18 £12.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.25 £12.99
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% +171.36% -16.19%
75th Percentile £53.75 £57.40 £15.38
90th Percentile - £78.47 £15.75
County Antrim median hourly rate £28.22 £35.25 £15.69
% change year-on-year -19.94% +124.67% +1.23%

Data Collection
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Data Collection job vacancy trend in Belfast

Data Collection
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Data Collection.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Data Collection

Data Collection
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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (66.67%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Assistant
1 2 (66.67%) Project Support Assistant
1 2 (66.67%) Support Assistant
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Report Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Economics
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Qualitative Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) HNC
1 2 (66.67%) HND
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft