The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Belfast requiring Data Lake skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Lake over the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
Data Lake falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Belfast.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills
38
12
16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast
19.19%
10.00%
10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted
28
8
11
10th Percentile
£400
£240
£310
25th Percentile
£410
£328
£419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£400
£450
Median % change year-on-year
+25.00%
-11.11%
-10.00%
75th Percentile
£566
£450
£544
90th Percentile
£631
£544
£623
County Antrim median daily rate
£500
£400
£450
% change year-on-year
+25.00%
-11.11%
-10.00%
Data Lake Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast
Job postings citing Data Lake as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Belfast.
Data Lake Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Lake in Belfast.
Data Lake Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast
For the 6 months to 5 August 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Data Lake also mentioned 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 with a requirement for Data Lake.
Data Lake 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:
