Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Contract Analyst Skill Set in Northern Ireland
Period
to 21 November 2018

The median contractor rate for an Analyst was £350 per day in advertised job vacancies in Northern Ireland during the 6 months to 21 November 2018.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Analyst
UK > Northern Ireland
6 months to
21 Nov 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 8 44 10
Rank change year-on-year +36 -34 -7
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 64 48 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 16.45% 7.64% 12.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.73% 8.03% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 37 25
Northern Ireland median daily rate £350 £263 £263
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +33.33% - +31.25%
10th Percentile £263 £113 £82
90th Percentile £512 £403 £407
UK median daily rate £400 £400 £380
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 8
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £14.25 £11.50 £13.63
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +23.91% -15.60% -
10th Percentile £10.88 £8.85 £10.00
90th Percentile £27.75 £17.07 £15.43
UK median hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year - +3.33% -3.23%

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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.

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland
Contract vacancies in Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 361 598 286
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 95.22% 95.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 462 161
Northern Ireland median daily rate £400 £413 £350
Median daily rate % change year-on-year -3.03% +17.86% +12.00%
10th Percentile £292 £289 £141
90th Percentile £538 £513 £438
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 12 34
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £16.75 £14.28 £14.30
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +17.30% -0.10% -6.26%
10th Percentile £9.63 £11.25 £10.00
90th Percentile £40.83 £20.78 £28.13
UK median hourly rate £18.44 £18.69 £18.00
% change year-on-year -1.31% +3.81% -

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Northern Ireland

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Analyst in Northern Ireland.

Contractor daily rate trend for Analyst in Northern Ireland

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Analyst in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 21 November 2018.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Analyst in Northern Ireland

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst in Northern Ireland.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Analyst in Northern Ireland

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Analyst in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 21 November 2018.

Contractor 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 21 November 2018. 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
Job
Vacancies
County Antrim +32 59 £350 +33.33% 6
Analyst
UK

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 21 November 2018, Analyst contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Northern Ireland region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 27 (42.19%) Finance
2 16 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (20.31%) Banking
4 12 (18.75%) Microsoft
5 11 (17.19%) Oracle
5 11 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (15.63%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (15.63%) Investment Banking
7 9 (14.06%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (14.06%) Process Improvement
8 7 (10.94%) SQL
8 7 (10.94%) Project Management
8 7 (10.94%) Change Management
8 7 (10.94%) Front Office
8 7 (10.94%) Test Scripting
8 7 (10.94%) Law
8 7 (10.94%) Data Analysis
9 6 (9.38%) Agile Software Development
9 6 (9.38%) Business Analysis
9 6 (9.38%) Hyperion
9 6 (9.38%) Linux
9 6 (9.38%) IFS
9 6 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (7.81%) Data Quality
10 5 (7.81%) Analytics
10 5 (7.81%) Test Automation
10 5 (7.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (7.81%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (7.81%) ERP

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in Northern Ireland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.25%) SAS
1 4 (6.25%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.13%) Confluence
3 1 (1.56%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.56%) MS Exchange
3 1 (1.56%) Tuxedo
3 1 (1.56%) WebLogic
Applications
1 16 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (15.63%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (4.69%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Maximo
2 1 (1.56%) SAP APO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.81%) BusinessObjects
1 5 (7.81%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (6.25%) Oracle Database
3 3 (4.69%) Oracle ODI
3 3 (4.69%) RDBMS
3 3 (4.69%) Relational Database
3 3 (4.69%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.56%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 5 (7.81%) JIRA
1 5 (7.81%) Selenium
2 4 (6.25%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.56%) Git (software)
3 1 (1.56%) PeopleTools
3 1 (1.56%) ProC
3 1 (1.56%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.56%) TestComplete
General
1 27 (42.19%) Finance
2 13 (20.31%) Banking
3 10 (15.63%) Investment Banking
4 7 (10.94%) Front Office
4 7 (10.94%) Law
5 3 (4.69%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.56%) Back Office
6 1 (1.56%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.56%) Legal
6 1 (1.56%) Publishing
6 1 (1.56%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.81%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (4.69%) Flask
3 1 (1.56%) COM
3 1 (1.56%) HTML
3 1 (1.56%) TIBCO EMS
3 1 (1.56%) Velocity
3 1 (1.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (6.25%) Equities
2 4 (6.25%) Fixed Income
2 4 (6.25%) Reference Data
3 3 (4.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.13%) FMCG
5 1 (1.56%) Derivative
5 1 (1.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.38%) Linux
2 4 (6.25%) Windows
3 2 (3.13%) Unix
4 1 (1.56%) Solaris
4 1 (1.56%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (14.06%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (14.06%) Process Improvement
3 7 (10.94%) Change Management
3 7 (10.94%) Data Analysis
3 7 (10.94%) Project Management
3 7 (10.94%) Test Scripting
4 6 (9.38%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (9.38%) Business Analysis
4 6 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (7.81%) Analytics
5 5 (7.81%) Data Management
5 5 (7.81%) ERP
5 5 (7.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (7.81%) Test Automation
5 5 (7.81%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (6.25%) API Testing
6 4 (6.25%) Data Lineage
6 4 (6.25%) Workflow
7 3 (4.69%) Statistical Inference
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.94%) SQL
2 5 (7.81%) Java
3 4 (6.25%) Python
4 3 (4.69%) Bash Shell
4 3 (4.69%) MATLAB
4 3 (4.69%) PL/SQL
4 3 (4.69%) R
5 2 (3.13%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.56%) C++
6 1 (1.56%) PROC SQL
6 1 (1.56%) VBA
6 1 (1.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (7.81%) Degree
2 2 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (3.13%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.81%) Data Quality
2 4 (6.25%) QA
2 4 (6.25%) SLA
3 3 (4.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 2 (3.13%) IFRS
5 1 (1.56%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.56%) XenApp
1 1 (1.56%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 12 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 11 (17.19%) Oracle
3 6 (9.38%) Hyperion
3 6 (9.38%) IFS
4 3 (4.69%) RapidMiner
4 3 (4.69%) Salesforce.com
4 3 (4.69%) SAP
5 2 (3.13%) Cognos
5 2 (3.13%) IBM
6 1 (1.56%) Citrix
6 1 (1.56%) EMC
6 1 (1.56%) HP
6 1 (1.56%) NetApp
6 1 (1.56%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (1.56%) Teradata
6 1 (1.56%) TIBCO
6 1 (1.56%) VMware