Data Management Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Data Management
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Data Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 26 26
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 +6
Contract jobs citing Data Management 2 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 0.95% 2.38% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 2.88% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £963 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £975 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +105.26% +5.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £988 £488 £475
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median daily rate £975 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +105.26% +5.56% -18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Belfast

Data Management 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 187 139 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 89.05% 82.74% 88.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 57 75
10th Percentile £295 £144 £203
25th Percentile £325 £155 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £388 £400
Median % change year-on-year +22.58% -3.13% -18.37%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £528
90th Percentile £628 £589 £600
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £388 £400
% change year-on-year +22.58% -3.13% -18.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 19 8
10th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.59 £23.34 £11.96
Median hourly rate £16.50 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -31.76% +79.68% +26.99%
75th Percentile £17.30 - £14.27
90th Percentile £25.77 £37.85 £16.60
County Antrim median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
% change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% +27.01%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Data Management job vacancy trend in Belfast

Data Management
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

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

Data Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Data Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Data Management

Data Management
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (50.00%) GIS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Data Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Data Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Conflict Management
2 1 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft