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 7 December 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 5 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 55 37 30
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 22.45% 19.89% 20.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 27.64% 21.64% 22.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 17 17
10th Percentile £256 £149 £141
25th Percentile £313 £155 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £225 £320
Median % change year-on-year +77.78% -29.69% -1.54%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £400
90th Percentile £591 £553 £526
UK median daily rate £450 £469 £475
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.32% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 5
10th Percentile £18.50 £27.13 -
25th Percentile £23.00 £29.91 £13.23
Median hourly rate £24.00 £36.38 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +127.34% -8.99%
75th Percentile £25.00 £40.25 £16.12
90th Percentile £26.93 £46.28 £17.25
UK median hourly rate £20.66 £24.35 £19.25
% change year-on-year -15.15% +26.51% +10.75%

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 199 171 136
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.22% 91.94% 92.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 73 82
10th Percentile £240 £148 £166
25th Percentile £325 £188 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +12.50% -15.79%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £535
90th Percentile £638 £600 £623
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 29 10
10th Percentile £12.31 - £11.08
25th Percentile £13.59 £15.48 £11.63
Median hourly rate £15.50 £24.18 £13.70
Median % change year-on-year -35.90% +76.50% +27.59%
75th Percentile £19.10 £29.50 £16.09
90th Percentile £25.77 £45.46 £18.08
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 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 +2 49 £400 +77.78% 43
County Tyrone - 3 - - 2
County Londonderry - 2 £180 - 5
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 December 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 Northern Ireland region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 16 (29.09%) SQL
2 13 (23.64%) Data Analysis
2 13 (23.64%) Degree
3 11 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 10 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 10 (18.18%) Project Management
5 8 (14.55%) Data Quality
5 8 (14.55%) Python
6 7 (12.73%) ETL
6 7 (12.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (12.73%) Validation
7 6 (10.91%) Active Directory
7 6 (10.91%) Amazon QuickSight
7 6 (10.91%) Amazon S3
7 6 (10.91%) Apache Avro
7 6 (10.91%) AWS
7 6 (10.91%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (10.91%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (10.91%) JSON
7 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Excel
7 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Office
7 6 (10.91%) Migration
7 6 (10.91%) Parquet
7 6 (10.91%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (10.91%) Postman
7 6 (10.91%) PowerShell
7 6 (10.91%) SC Cleared
7 6 (10.91%) Security Cleared

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 (3.64%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.82%) Apache
2 1 (1.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (12.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.82%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.91%) Amazon S3
1 6 (10.91%) AWS
2 3 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (5.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.45%) SAN
1 3 (5.45%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.82%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.91%) Amazon QuickSight
1 6 (10.91%) Parquet
1 6 (10.91%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (7.27%) Impala
2 4 (7.27%) Tableau
3 3 (5.45%) Data Lake
3 3 (5.45%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (5.45%) KDB
3 3 (5.45%) Kdb+
4 1 (1.82%) Apache Hive
4 1 (1.82%) Big Data
4 1 (1.82%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.82%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.82%) Spark SQL
4 1 (1.82%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 6 (10.91%) Postman
2 1 (1.82%) JIRA
General
1 24 (43.64%) Social Skills
2 21 (38.18%) Finance
3 20 (36.36%) Banking
4 13 (23.64%) Investment Banking
5 11 (20.00%) Financial Institution
6 9 (16.36%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (10.91%) Front Office
9 4 (7.27%) Manufacturing
10 2 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.82%) Billing
11 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.82%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.91%) Apache Avro
1 6 (10.91%) JSON
2 3 (5.45%) Pandas
3 1 (1.82%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.00%) Blackberry
1 11 (20.00%) BYOD
2 3 (5.45%) Equities
2 3 (5.45%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (3.64%) Market Risk
4 1 (1.82%) Derivative
4 1 (1.82%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.45%) Linux
1 3 (5.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (5.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (23.64%) Data Analysis
2 11 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (18.18%) Customer Service
3 10 (18.18%) Project Management
4 7 (12.73%) ETL
4 7 (12.73%) Validation
5 6 (10.91%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (10.91%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (10.91%) Migration
6 5 (9.09%) Data Migration
6 5 (9.09%) Data Validation
6 5 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (7.27%) Actionable Insight
7 4 (7.27%) API Testing
7 4 (7.27%) Change Management
7 4 (7.27%) Problem Management
8 3 (5.45%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (5.45%) Kalman Filter
8 3 (5.45%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 16 (29.09%) SQL
2 8 (14.55%) Python
3 6 (10.91%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (23.64%) Degree
2 6 (10.91%) SC Cleared
2 6 (10.91%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.64%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.82%) ISEB
4 1 (1.82%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.82%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.82%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.55%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.45%) GDPR
2 3 (5.45%) PMO
3 2 (3.64%) MiFID
3 2 (3.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (3.64%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (10.91%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.82%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 3 (5.45%) EMC NetWorker
1 3 (5.45%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 10 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.45%) Brocade
2 3 (5.45%) Cisco
2 3 (5.45%) Dell
2 3 (5.45%) EMC
2 3 (5.45%) Isilon
2 3 (5.45%) Red Hat
2 3 (5.45%) VMware
3 1 (1.82%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (1.82%) SAP