Analyst Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Analyst
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Analyst daily rate in Northern Ireland is £410, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 April 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 7 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 -5
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 39 28 20
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 19.80% 19.18% 13.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 21.79% 20.74% 13.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 17 10
10th Percentile £253 £155 £200
25th Percentile £377 £263 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £320 £330
Median % change year-on-year +28.13% -3.03% +21.10%
75th Percentile £538 £438 £355
90th Percentile £600 £628 £441
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 3
10th Percentile - £29.63 -
25th Percentile £23.00 £31.31 -
Median hourly rate £24.00 £35.25 £16.12
Median % change year-on-year -31.91% +118.67% -
75th Percentile £29.73 £44.34 -
90th Percentile £34.25 £49.12 -
UK median hourly rate £19.34 £24.00 £16.30
% change year-on-year -19.44% +47.24% -14.21%

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 179 135 147
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.86% 92.47% 96.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 82 78
10th Percentile £351 £151 £173
25th Percentile £390 £265 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £404 £469
Median % change year-on-year +13.00% -13.87% +10.29%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £575
90th Percentile £625 £625 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 11 25
10th Percentile £19.10 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.34 £12.25
Median hourly rate £33.50 £29.00 £15.38
Median % change year-on-year +15.52% +88.56% +0.85%
75th Percentile £53.75 £57.40 £21.00
90th Percentile - £78.47 £28.54
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £31.76 £33.07
% change year-on-year +25.94% -3.95% -26.52%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 +4 34 £463 +44.53% 16
County Londonderry - 3 £180 - 2
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 April 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 9 (23.08%) SQL
2 8 (20.51%) Data Analysis
2 8 (20.51%) Validation
3 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (12.82%) Amazon QuickSight
5 5 (12.82%) Amazon S3
5 5 (12.82%) Apache Avro
5 5 (12.82%) AWS
5 5 (12.82%) Degree
5 5 (12.82%) ETL
5 5 (12.82%) JSON
5 5 (12.82%) Microsoft
5 5 (12.82%) Parquet
5 5 (12.82%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (12.82%) Postman
5 5 (12.82%) PowerShell
5 5 (12.82%) Process Improvement
5 5 (12.82%) SC Cleared
5 5 (12.82%) Security Cleared
6 4 (10.26%) API Testing
6 4 (10.26%) Data Quality
6 4 (10.26%) Data Validation
6 4 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (10.26%) Regulatory Change
7 3 (7.69%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (7.69%) Data Migration
7 3 (7.69%) MiFID

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 (5.13%) Apache
1 2 (5.13%) Apache Spark
1 2 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (5.13%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.82%) Amazon S3
1 5 (12.82%) AWS
2 4 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.13%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) LAN
2 1 (2.56%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) Amazon QuickSight
1 5 (12.82%) Parquet
1 5 (12.82%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (5.13%) Apache Hive
2 2 (5.13%) Impala
2 2 (5.13%) Spark SQL
2 2 (5.13%) Sqoop
2 2 (5.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Postman
2 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 14 (35.90%) Finance
2 12 (30.77%) Banking
2 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 6 (15.38%) Manufacturing
4 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Investment Banking
5 2 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.82%) Apache Avro
1 5 (12.82%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.56%) e-Learning
2 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (2.56%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.69%) Windows
2 1 (2.56%) Linux
2 1 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (20.51%) Data Analysis
1 8 (20.51%) Validation
2 6 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (12.82%) ETL
3 5 (12.82%) Process Improvement
4 4 (10.26%) API Testing
4 4 (10.26%) Data Validation
4 4 (10.26%) Regulatory Change
5 3 (7.69%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (7.69%) Data Migration
5 3 (7.69%) Migration
5 3 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (7.69%) Project Management
5 3 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (5.13%) Change Management
6 2 (5.13%) Computer Science
6 2 (5.13%) Economics
6 2 (5.13%) Time Management
6 2 (5.13%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.08%) SQL
2 5 (12.82%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) Degree
1 5 (12.82%) SC Cleared
1 5 (12.82%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.56%) HNC
2 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) Data Quality
2 3 (7.69%) MiFID
3 2 (5.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.56%) EMIR
4 1 (2.56%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.13%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (2.56%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.13%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (2.56%) Brocade
3 1 (2.56%) CheckPoint
3 1 (2.56%) Cisco
3 1 (2.56%) Dell
3 1 (2.56%) EMC
3 1 (2.56%) Isilon
3 1 (2.56%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.56%) VMware