Analyst Contracts in Northern Ireland

Analyst
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Analyst daily rate in Northern Ireland is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 July 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
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 9 1
Rank change year-on-year +5 -8 +5
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 50 17 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 24.63% 11.26% 21.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 28.09% 12.14% 24.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 6 27
10th Percentile £162 £200 £156
25th Percentile £291 £238 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £331 £400
Median % change year-on-year +28.30% -17.19% -3.03%
75th Percentile £578 £353 £459
90th Percentile £606 £397 £550
UK median daily rate £450 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile - £27.55 -
25th Percentile £15.50 £30.25 -
Median hourly rate £23.00 £37.50 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year -38.67% +169.59% +7.00%
75th Percentile £24.50 £40.25 -
90th Percentile £40.88 - -
UK median hourly rate £22.14 £17.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year +26.51% -5.41% +8.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 178 140 164
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.68% 92.72% 90.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 68 78
10th Percentile £196 £155 £169
25th Percentile £320 £183 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £394 £425
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -7.35% -5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £578 £511
90th Percentile £624 £658 £627
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 30 4
10th Percentile £13.93 - -
25th Percentile £14.78 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £15.50 £18.24 £14.96
Median % change year-on-year -15.02% +21.97% +19.64%
75th Percentile £22.75 £24.18 £16.81
90th Percentile £24.76 £40.25 £17.35
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £37.50 £43.63
% change year-on-year -29.47% -14.05% +74.52%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Northern Ireland

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Analyst 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 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Northern Ireland

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst 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 6 July 2025.

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 6 July 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
County Antrim +3 49 £425 +28.30% 29
County Down - 1 - - 3
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 July 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 Northern Ireland region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 32 (64.00%) Finance
2 26 (52.00%) Social Skills
3 22 (44.00%) Banking
3 22 (44.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 21 (42.00%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (38.00%) Degree
6 16 (32.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 15 (30.00%) Data Analysis
7 15 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
7 15 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (28.00%) Microsoft
9 11 (22.00%) Change Management
9 11 (22.00%) Investment Banking
10 10 (20.00%) Business Analysis
10 10 (20.00%) Financial Institution
10 10 (20.00%) Project Management
10 10 (20.00%) SQL
11 7 (14.00%) Blackberry
11 7 (14.00%) Front Office
11 7 (14.00%) Python
11 7 (14.00%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (14.00%) Data Quality
12 6 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
12 6 (12.00%) Windows
13 5 (10.00%) Market Risk
13 5 (10.00%) Tableau
13 5 (10.00%) Power BI
13 5 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
13 5 (10.00%) Power Platform
14 4 (8.00%) Project Delivery

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (8.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (44.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (32.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (8.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.00%) DHCP
1 4 (8.00%) DNS
1 4 (8.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.00%) Power BI
1 5 (10.00%) Tableau
2 2 (4.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (8.00%) JIRA
General
1 32 (64.00%) Finance
2 26 (52.00%) Social Skills
3 22 (44.00%) Banking
4 21 (42.00%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (22.00%) Investment Banking
6 10 (20.00%) Financial Institution
7 7 (14.00%) Front Office
8 4 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (6.00%) Manufacturing
9 3 (6.00%) Telecoms
10 2 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (4.00%) Legal
10 2 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (2.00%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Blackberry
2 5 (10.00%) Market Risk
3 4 (8.00%) BYOD
4 3 (6.00%) Derivative
4 3 (6.00%) Equities
4 3 (6.00%) Fixed Income
5 2 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (4.00%) Data Structures
5 2 (4.00%) Virtual Team
6 1 (2.00%) Credit Risk
6 1 (2.00%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.00%) Windows
2 3 (6.00%) Android
2 3 (6.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.00%) Linux
3 1 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (30.00%) Data Analysis
1 15 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (22.00%) Change Management
3 10 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 10 (20.00%) Project Management
4 7 (14.00%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
7 4 (8.00%) Critical Thinking
7 4 (8.00%) Customer Service
7 4 (8.00%) Incident Management
7 4 (8.00%) ITIL
7 4 (8.00%) ITSM
7 4 (8.00%) Project Delivery
7 4 (8.00%) Visualisation
8 3 (6.00%) Agile
8 3 (6.00%) Data Governance
8 3 (6.00%) Process Improvement
8 3 (6.00%) Risk Analysis
8 3 (6.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.00%) SQL
2 7 (14.00%) Python
3 1 (2.00%) R
3 1 (2.00%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 19 (38.00%) Degree
2 3 (6.00%) ISEB
2 3 (6.00%) Master's Degree
2 3 (6.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (6.00%) PMP
3 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.00%) Data Quality
2 4 (8.00%) PMO
3 3 (6.00%) MiFID
3 3 (6.00%) QA
3 3 (6.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (4.00%) Basel III
5 1 (2.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (8.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.00%) AirWatch
2 1 (2.00%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (2.00%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 14 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.00%) VMware
3 3 (6.00%) Apple
4 1 (2.00%) Brocade
4 1 (2.00%) Capita
4 1 (2.00%) Cisco
4 1 (2.00%) Dell
4 1 (2.00%) EMC
4 1 (2.00%) Isilon
4 1 (2.00%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.00%) SAP
4 1 (2.00%) Sun