Analyst Contracts in County Antrim

Analyst
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The median Analyst daily rate in County Antrim is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 5 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 +5
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 29 19 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 19.33% 14.39% 20.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 21.01% 15.20% 23.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 9 21
10th Percentile £155 £193 £156
25th Percentile £263 £281 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £335 £275
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% +21.82% -21.43%
75th Percentile £450 £356 £469
90th Percentile £608 £445 £623
Northern Ireland median daily rate £350 £335 £388
% change year-on-year +4.48% -13.55% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £29.63 - -
25th Percentile £31.31 - -
Median hourly rate £35.25 £16.12 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year +118.67% +15.89% +3.46%
75th Percentile £44.34 - -
90th Percentile £49.12 - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £35.25 £16.12 £13.91
% change year-on-year +118.67% +15.89% +3.46%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
County Antrim

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in County Antrim. 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 County Antrim with a recognized job title 138 125 149
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.00% 94.70% 89.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 72 72
10th Percentile £155 £173 £166
25th Percentile £273 £309 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £419
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +7.46% -
75th Percentile £530 £575 £504
90th Percentile £625 £650 £636
Northern Ireland median daily rate £410 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -8.89% +5.88% +4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 8
10th Percentile £13.64 £12.25 £13.29
25th Percentile £22.50 £12.44 £13.91
Median hourly rate £24.18 £15.75 £14.59
Median % change year-on-year +53.52% +7.93% +5.06%
75th Percentile £40.36 £16.12 £15.94
90th Percentile £75.85 £31.88 £16.87
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £24.18 £15.38 £14.59
% change year-on-year +57.22% +5.40% -15.80%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in County Antrim

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in County Antrim.

Daily rate trend for Analyst in County Antrim

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in County Antrim over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in County Antrim

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in County Antrim.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in County Antrim

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in County Antrim over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in County Antrim

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Belfast +3 29 £350 +4.48% 51
Analyst
Northern Ireland

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 County Antrim region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 20 (68.97%) Finance
2 17 (58.62%) Social Skills
3 13 (44.83%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (37.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (34.48%) Data Analysis
5 10 (34.48%) Banking
6 9 (31.03%) Degree
7 8 (27.59%) Microsoft Office
8 7 (24.14%) Business Analysis
8 7 (24.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
9 6 (20.69%) Project Management
10 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (17.24%) Investment Banking
10 5 (17.24%) Data Quality
10 5 (17.24%) Decision-Making
11 4 (13.79%) Analytics
11 4 (13.79%) Data Governance
11 4 (13.79%) Critical Thinking
11 4 (13.79%) PMO
11 4 (13.79%) Incident Management
11 4 (13.79%) Agile
11 4 (13.79%) Financial Institution
11 4 (13.79%) Front Office
11 4 (13.79%) Active Directory
11 4 (13.79%) DHCP
11 4 (13.79%) TCP/IP
11 4 (13.79%) DNS
11 4 (13.79%) SQL

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim 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 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (37.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (27.59%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (24.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (3.45%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) DHCP
1 4 (13.79%) DNS
1 4 (13.79%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Tableau
2 2 (6.90%) Power BI
2 2 (6.90%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.45%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (3.45%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) JIRA
General
1 20 (68.97%) Finance
2 17 (58.62%) Social Skills
3 13 (44.83%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (34.48%) Banking
5 5 (17.24%) Investment Banking
6 4 (13.79%) Financial Institution
6 4 (13.79%) Front Office
7 2 (6.90%) General Ledger
7 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (3.45%) Legal
8 1 (3.45%) Military
8 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Blackberry
1 3 (10.34%) Derivative
1 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.90%) Fixed Income
3 1 (3.45%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Android
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
1 3 (10.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (34.48%) Data Analysis
3 7 (24.14%) Business Analysis
4 6 (20.69%) Project Management
5 5 (17.24%) Decision-Making
5 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (13.79%) Agile
6 4 (13.79%) Analytics
6 4 (13.79%) Critical Thinking
6 4 (13.79%) Data Governance
6 4 (13.79%) Incident Management
7 3 (10.34%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (10.34%) Analytical Thinking
7 3 (10.34%) Process Improvement
7 3 (10.34%) Project Delivery
7 3 (10.34%) Target Operating Model
8 2 (6.90%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (6.90%) Cost Transparency
8 2 (6.90%) Epics
8 2 (6.90%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) SQL
2 2 (6.90%) Python
3 1 (3.45%) R
3 1 (3.45%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 9 (31.03%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) Data Quality
2 4 (13.79%) PMO
3 2 (6.90%) QA
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) Apple
2 3 (10.34%) VMware
3 1 (3.45%) Sun