Analyst Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Analyst
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Analyst daily rate in Northern Ireland is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 6 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 53 36 25
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 23.14% 22.64% 15.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 27.04% 24.16% 16.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 18 13
10th Percentile £280 £154 £132
25th Percentile £325 £157 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £288 £300
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% -4.17% +10.09%
75th Percentile £538 £513 £353
90th Percentile £625 £549 £470
UK median daily rate £450 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 6
10th Percentile - £29.63 £14.62
25th Percentile £23.00 £31.31 £16.03
Median hourly rate £24.00 £35.25 £16.12
Median % change year-on-year -31.91% +118.67% -
75th Percentile £25.00 £44.34 -
90th Percentile £26.61 £49.12 £17.06
UK median hourly rate £18.65 £24.19 £18.00
% change year-on-year -22.90% +34.39% +5.88%

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 196 149 154
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.59% 93.71% 95.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 70 90
10th Percentile £275 £148 £197
25th Percentile £375 £225 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £325 £450
Median % change year-on-year +42.31% -27.78% +4.35%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £597
90th Percentile £625 £603 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 18 19
10th Percentile £12.31 £20.38 £11.83
25th Percentile £15.25 £22.92 £12.74
Median hourly rate £24.00 £24.18 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +51.13% +12.80%
75th Percentile £53.75 £41.91 £18.38
90th Percentile - £67.29 £23.54
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% -18.75% +14.29%

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 22 January 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
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 22 January 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 +3 46 £400 +39.13% 12
County Londonderry - 3 £180 - 2
County Tyrone - 3 - - 2
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 January 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 18 (33.96%) SQL
2 13 (24.53%) Continuous Improvement
2 13 (24.53%) Data Analysis
3 10 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (16.98%) Validation
5 8 (15.09%) Customer Service
5 8 (15.09%) ETL
5 8 (15.09%) Project Management
5 8 (15.09%) Python
5 8 (15.09%) SC Cleared
5 8 (15.09%) Security Cleared
6 7 (13.21%) Amazon QuickSight
6 7 (13.21%) Amazon S3
6 7 (13.21%) Apache Avro
6 7 (13.21%) AWS
6 7 (13.21%) Data Quality
6 7 (13.21%) JSON
6 7 (13.21%) Microsoft
6 7 (13.21%) Parquet
6 7 (13.21%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (13.21%) Postman
6 7 (13.21%) PowerShell
7 6 (11.32%) Active Directory
7 6 (11.32%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (11.32%) Data Validation
7 6 (11.32%) Degree
7 6 (11.32%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (11.32%) Migration
8 5 (9.43%) API Testing
8 5 (9.43%) Data Migration

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 3 (5.66%) Apache Spark
2 2 (3.77%) Apache
3 1 (1.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.21%) Amazon S3
1 7 (13.21%) AWS
2 3 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (5.66%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.66%) SAN
1 3 (5.66%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.89%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.21%) Amazon QuickSight
1 7 (13.21%) Parquet
1 7 (13.21%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (9.43%) Impala
2 5 (9.43%) Tableau
3 3 (5.66%) Data Lake
3 3 (5.66%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (5.66%) KDB
3 3 (5.66%) Kdb+
4 2 (3.77%) Apache Hive
4 2 (3.77%) Spark SQL
4 2 (3.77%) Sqoop
5 1 (1.89%) Big Data
5 1 (1.89%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (13.21%) Postman
2 1 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 21 (39.62%) Social Skills
2 17 (32.08%) Finance
3 15 (28.30%) Banking
4 9 (16.98%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (13.21%) Investment Banking
6 6 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (11.32%) Manufacturing
7 5 (9.43%) Financial Institution
7 5 (9.43%) Front Office
8 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.21%) Apache Avro
1 7 (13.21%) JSON
2 3 (5.66%) Pandas
3 1 (1.89%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.43%) Blackberry
1 5 (9.43%) BYOD
2 3 (5.66%) Equities
2 3 (5.66%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.89%) Derivative
3 1 (1.89%) Reference Data
3 1 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.66%) Linux
1 3 (5.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (3.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (24.53%) Continuous Improvement
1 13 (24.53%) Data Analysis
2 10 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (16.98%) Validation
4 8 (15.09%) Customer Service
4 8 (15.09%) ETL
4 8 (15.09%) Project Management
5 6 (11.32%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (11.32%) Data Validation
5 6 (11.32%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (11.32%) Migration
6 5 (9.43%) API Testing
6 5 (9.43%) Data Migration
7 4 (7.55%) Actionable Insight
7 4 (7.55%) Data Visualisation
7 4 (7.55%) Problem Management
7 4 (7.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (7.55%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (7.55%) Visualisation
8 3 (5.66%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 18 (33.96%) SQL
2 8 (15.09%) Python
3 7 (13.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (15.09%) SC Cleared
1 8 (15.09%) Security Cleared
2 6 (11.32%) Degree
3 2 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.89%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.21%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.66%) GDPR
3 2 (3.77%) MiFID
3 2 (3.77%) PMO
3 2 (3.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (3.77%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (11.32%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.77%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 3 (5.66%) EMC NetWorker
1 3 (5.66%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 7 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.66%) Brocade
2 3 (5.66%) Cisco
2 3 (5.66%) Dell
2 3 (5.66%) EMC
2 3 (5.66%) Isilon
2 3 (5.66%) Red Hat
2 3 (5.66%) VMware
3 1 (1.89%) CrowdStrike