Analyst Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Analyst
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The median Analyst daily rate in County Antrim is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 8 4
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 +6
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 57 29 33
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 24.15% 17.58% 20.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 29.23% 19.46% 22.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 15 19
10th Percentile £300 £149 £135
25th Percentile £319 £154 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £200 £375
Median % change year-on-year +112.50% -46.67% -22.28%
75th Percentile £581 £447 £463
90th Percentile £606 £538 £534
Northern Ireland median daily rate £425 £200 £381
% change year-on-year +112.50% -47.54% -19.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile - £27.55 -
25th Percentile £15.50 £30.25 £13.23
Median hourly rate £23.00 £37.50 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year -38.67% +169.59% -20.88%
75th Percentile £24.50 £40.25 £16.00
90th Percentile £40.88 - £17.20
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £23.00 £37.50 £13.91
% change year-on-year -38.67% +169.59% -20.88%

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 195 149 144
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.63% 90.30% 87.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 78 79
10th Percentile £230 £149 £158
25th Percentile £325 £183 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £448 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.94% +11.88% -20.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £529
90th Percentile £625 £617 £638
Northern Ireland median daily rate £481 £450 £400
% change year-on-year +6.94% +12.50% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 15 9
10th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.57 £22.68 £13.23
Median hourly rate £15.19 £24.18 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year -37.18% +73.83% +26.74%
75th Percentile £16.50 £25.72 £16.00
90th Percentile £24.50 £40.25 £18.15
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.33 £22.56 £13.69
% change year-on-year -32.05% +64.85% +24.69%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Analyst job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in County Antrim.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies 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 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in County Antrim

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in County Antrim.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies 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 5 October 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 5 October 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 +8 54 £425 +112.50% 13
Newtownabbey - 1 - - 1
Analyst
Northern Ireland

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim

For the 6 months to 5 October 2025, Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the County Antrim region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 31 (54.39%) Finance
2 27 (47.37%) Social Skills
3 23 (40.35%) Banking
4 18 (31.58%) Data Analysis
4 18 (31.58%) SQL
4 18 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (28.07%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (28.07%) Degree
6 15 (26.32%) Microsoft Excel
6 15 (26.32%) Financial Institution
7 14 (24.56%) Microsoft
8 13 (22.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 13 (22.81%) Investment Banking
9 12 (21.05%) Python
10 11 (19.30%) Microsoft Office
10 11 (19.30%) Change Management
10 11 (19.30%) Data Quality
11 10 (17.54%) BYOD
11 10 (17.54%) Blackberry
11 10 (17.54%) Project Management
12 9 (15.79%) Front Office
13 8 (14.04%) Business Intelligence
13 8 (14.04%) User Acceptance Testing
14 7 (12.28%) Business Analysis
14 7 (12.28%) Tableau
14 7 (12.28%) Customer Service
14 7 (12.28%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (10.53%) Actionable Insight
15 6 (10.53%) Equities
15 6 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (7.02%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.75%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 15 (26.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (22.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (19.30%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (5.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.75%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.02%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.51%) Amazon S3
3 2 (3.51%) AWS
3 2 (3.51%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.26%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.28%) Tableau
2 4 (7.02%) Power BI
3 3 (5.26%) Data Lake
3 3 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (5.26%) Impala
3 3 (5.26%) KDB
3 3 (5.26%) Kdb+
4 2 (3.51%) Amazon QuickSight
4 2 (3.51%) Parquet
4 2 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.75%) Big Data
5 1 (1.75%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (5.26%) JIRA
2 2 (3.51%) Postman
General
1 31 (54.39%) Finance
2 27 (47.37%) Social Skills
3 23 (40.35%) Banking
4 18 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (26.32%) Financial Institution
6 13 (22.81%) Investment Banking
7 9 (15.79%) Front Office
8 7 (12.28%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (7.02%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (5.26%) Manufacturing
10 3 (5.26%) Telecoms
11 2 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.75%) Billing
12 1 (1.75%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.26%) Pandas
2 2 (3.51%) Apache Avro
2 2 (3.51%) JSON
3 1 (1.75%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.54%) Blackberry
1 10 (17.54%) BYOD
2 6 (10.53%) Equities
3 5 (8.77%) Market Risk
4 4 (7.02%) Derivative
5 3 (5.26%) Fixed Income
6 2 (3.51%) Data Structures
6 2 (3.51%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.75%) Credit Risk
7 1 (1.75%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.75%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.26%) Linux
1 3 (5.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.58%) Data Analysis
2 16 (28.07%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (19.30%) Change Management
4 10 (17.54%) Project Management
5 8 (14.04%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (14.04%) User Acceptance Testing
6 7 (12.28%) Business Analysis
6 7 (12.28%) Customer Service
7 6 (10.53%) Actionable Insight
7 6 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (7.02%) Data Modelling
8 4 (7.02%) ITIL
8 4 (7.02%) ITSM
8 4 (7.02%) Problem Management
8 4 (7.02%) Risk Analysis
8 4 (7.02%) Risk Management
8 4 (7.02%) Visualisation
9 3 (5.26%) ETL
9 3 (5.26%) Migration
9 3 (5.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 18 (31.58%) SQL
2 12 (21.05%) Python
3 2 (3.51%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (28.07%) Degree
2 3 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (5.26%) ISEB
2 3 (5.26%) Master's Degree
2 3 (5.26%) PMI Certification
2 3 (5.26%) PMP
2 3 (5.26%) SC Cleared
2 3 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (19.30%) Data Quality
2 4 (7.02%) PMO
3 3 (5.26%) MiFID
3 3 (5.26%) QA
3 3 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (3.51%) Basel III
4 2 (3.51%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (7.02%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.26%) EMC NetWorker
1 3 (5.26%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 14 (24.56%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.26%) Brocade
2 3 (5.26%) Cisco
2 3 (5.26%) Dell
2 3 (5.26%) EMC
2 3 (5.26%) Isilon
2 3 (5.26%) Red Hat
2 3 (5.26%) VMware
3 1 (1.75%) Capita
3 1 (1.75%) SAP