Senior Analyst Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Senior Analyst
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Senior Analyst daily rate in Belfast is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 September 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
9 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 1.50% - 1.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% - 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £429
25th Percentile £569 - £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.47%
75th Percentile £606 - £611
90th Percentile - - £646
County Antrim median daily rate £588 - £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.47%

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 177 137 133
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.50% 89.54% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 73 69
10th Percentile £244 £151 £169
25th Percentile £325 £200 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +9.38% -20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £525
90th Percentile £625 £623 £605
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £438 £400
% change year-on-year +8.57% +9.38% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 11 8
10th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 £22.68 £12.69
Median hourly rate £15.05 £24.18 £13.69
Median % change year-on-year -37.76% +76.69% +32.09%
75th Percentile £18.44 - £14.86
90th Percentile £24.81 - £17.80
County Antrim median hourly rate £15.50 £24.18 £13.91
% change year-on-year -35.90% +73.83% +26.63%

Senior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Analyst in Belfast

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in Belfast.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in Belfast

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 9 September 2025, Senior 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 Senior Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) PMP
1 3 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
1 3 (100.00%) Market Risk
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Data Structures
2 2 (66.67%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (33.33%) Equities
3 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
3 1 (33.33%) SQL

Senior 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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Market Risk
2 2 (66.67%) Data Structures
3 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
3 1 (33.33%) Equities
3 1 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 3 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (100.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Quality
3 Senior Analyst jobs in County Antrim