Analyst Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Analyst
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Analyst daily rate in Northern Ireland is £456, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026.

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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 8 7
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 -5
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 35 29 17
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 17.77% 17.26% 12.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.89% 19.08% 13.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 21 7
10th Percentile £224 £155 £254
25th Percentile £377 £263 £297
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £425 £338
Median % change year-on-year +7.35% +25.93% -15.63%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £397
90th Percentile £625 £606 £453
UK median daily rate £450 £459 £475
% change year-on-year -1.91% -3.42% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 3
10th Percentile - £30.18 -
25th Percentile £23.00 £32.71 -
Median hourly rate £24.00 £38.91 £16.12
Median % change year-on-year -38.32% +141.36% +15.89%
75th Percentile £34.25 £46.61 -
90th Percentile £46.90 £50.03 -
UK median hourly rate £21.80 £22.05 £16.30
% change year-on-year -1.13% +35.28% -10.56%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northern Ireland. 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 Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 176 152 130
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.34% 90.48% 94.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 94 64
10th Percentile £351 £155 £173
25th Percentile £390 £275 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £570 £550 £591
90th Percentile £659 £625 £650
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 14 24
10th Percentile £17.72 £13.29 -
25th Percentile £23.00 £16.39 £12.25
Median hourly rate £28.22 £23.00 £15.51
Median % change year-on-year +22.70% +48.34% +6.25%
75th Percentile £53.75 £28.17 £21.63
90th Percentile - £70.62 £29.37
UK median hourly rate £43.85 £28.18 £37.50
% change year-on-year +55.59% -24.85% -16.67%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Analyst job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Northern Ireland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Northern Ireland

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 13 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Northern Ireland

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Northern Ireland.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Northern Ireland

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 13 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in Northern Ireland

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 13 May 2026. 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
County Antrim +6 32 £463 +8.82% 16
County Londonderry - 2 £180 - 2
Analyst
UK

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 13 May 2026, 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 Northern Ireland region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (20.00%) SQL
2 6 (17.14%) Degree
2 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (17.14%) Process Improvement
3 5 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 5 (14.29%) EMIR
3 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (14.29%) Regulatory Change
3 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (11.43%) Change Management
4 4 (11.43%) Data Analysis
4 4 (11.43%) Data Quality
4 4 (11.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (11.43%) MiFID
4 4 (11.43%) Validation
5 3 (8.57%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (8.57%) MS Visio
5 3 (8.57%) Python
5 3 (8.57%) Tableau
6 2 (5.71%) Actionable Customer Insight
6 2 (5.71%) Analytics
6 2 (5.71%) Apache
6 2 (5.71%) Apache Hive
6 2 (5.71%) Apache Spark
6 2 (5.71%) Code Quality
6 2 (5.71%) Computer Science

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 2 (5.71%) Apache
1 2 (5.71%) Apache Spark
1 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (11.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (8.57%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.86%) Amazon S3
2 1 (2.86%) AWS
2 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.86%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) Tableau
2 2 (5.71%) Apache Hive
2 2 (5.71%) Impala
2 2 (5.71%) Spark SQL
2 2 (5.71%) Sqoop
3 1 (2.86%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.86%) Parquet
3 1 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.86%) Power BI
3 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) JIRA
2 1 (2.86%) Postman
General
1 19 (54.29%) Finance
2 12 (34.29%) Banking
3 11 (31.43%) Social Skills
4 8 (22.86%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (17.14%) Manufacturing
6 3 (8.57%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (5.71%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.86%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.86%) Legal
8 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) Apache Avro
1 1 (2.86%) JSON
1 1 (2.86%) XML
1 1 (2.86%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.86%) e-Learning
2 1 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.86%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (2.86%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.14%) Process Improvement
2 5 (14.29%) Decision-Making
2 5 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (14.29%) Regulatory Change
2 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (11.43%) Change Management
3 4 (11.43%) Data Analysis
3 4 (11.43%) Validation
4 3 (8.57%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (5.71%) Analytics
5 2 (5.71%) Computer Science
5 2 (5.71%) Customer Insight
5 2 (5.71%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (5.71%) Performance Tuning
5 2 (5.71%) Project Governance
5 2 (5.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (5.71%) Time Management
5 2 (5.71%) Unit Testing
5 2 (5.71%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) SQL
2 3 (8.57%) Python
3 1 (2.86%) C#
3 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.86%) R
3 1 (2.86%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.86%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (17.14%) Degree
2 2 (5.71%) Master's Degree
2 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.71%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) EMIR
2 4 (11.43%) Data Quality
2 4 (11.43%) MiFID
3 1 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) HDFS
2 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.86%) CheckPoint
2 1 (2.86%) CrowdStrike