IT Analyst Contracts in Belfast

IT Analyst
County Antrim > Belfast

The median IT Analyst daily rate in Belfast is £150, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 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
25 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 22 22
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 4 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 2.61% 0.83% 2.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.86% 0.88% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £145 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 - £450
75th Percentile £155 - £475
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median daily rate £150 - £450
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £23.88 - -
25th Percentile £27.46 - -
Median hourly rate £35.91 - -
75th Percentile £45.36 - -
90th Percentile £49.53 - -
County Antrim median hourly rate £35.91 - -

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 140 114 141
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.50% 94.21% 89.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 71 69
10th Percentile £157 £173 £164
25th Percentile £281 £313 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £488 £425
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% +14.71% -1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £619 £515
90th Percentile £625 £675 £640
County Antrim median daily rate £425 £488 £425
% change year-on-year -12.82% +14.71% -1.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 6
10th Percentile - - £13.91
25th Percentile £14.78 £12.25 £14.18
Median hourly rate £22.50 £14.19 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +58.62% -6.98% +22.00%
75th Percentile £58.85 £16.12 £16.31
90th Percentile £78.47 £18.46 £17.11
County Antrim median hourly rate £22.00 £15.75 £15.25
% change year-on-year +39.68% +3.28% +9.79%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in Belfast

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in Belfast

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in Belfast

IT Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in Belfast

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Analyst in Belfast over the 6 months to 25 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Analyst in Belfast

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

For the 6 months to 25 May 2025, IT 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 IT Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (50.00%) DHCP
2 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Apple
3 1 (25.00%) Blackberry
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution

IT 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DHCP
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Android
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Server Management
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Apple
2 1 (25.00%) Sun
2 1 (25.00%) VMware