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 21 February 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 7 4
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 50 32 27
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 23.26% 21.92% 15.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 26.46% 23.88% 16.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 18 14
10th Percentile £256 £154 £134
25th Percentile - £175 £211
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £288 £300
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% -4.17% -11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £438 £352
90th Percentile £625 £549 £468
UK median daily rate £450 £454 £475
% change year-on-year -0.88% -4.42% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 4
10th Percentile - £29.63 £16.04
25th Percentile £23.00 £31.31 £16.09
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 -
UK median hourly rate £18.25 £24.59 £17.50
% change year-on-year -25.77% +40.49% +2.82%

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 189 134 168
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.91% 91.78% 97.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 69 98
10th Percentile £323 £143 £173
25th Percentile £400 £200 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £325 £450
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% -27.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £556 £488 £575
90th Percentile £638 £578 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 15 22
10th Percentile £13.57 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £19.10 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £26.11 £24.18 £15.63
Median % change year-on-year +7.98% +54.70% +4.20%
75th Percentile £53.75 £48.03 £18.09
90th Percentile - £72.08 £23.54
UK median hourly rate £31.49 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -7.38% -2.86% -10.26%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 42 £463 +60.87% 15
County Londonderry - 3 £180 - 4
County Tyrone - 3 - - 2
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 February 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 16 (32.00%) SQL
2 13 (26.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (24.00%) Data Analysis
4 9 (18.00%) Customer Service
5 8 (16.00%) Microsoft
5 8 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (16.00%) Project Management
5 8 (16.00%) Validation
6 7 (14.00%) Active Directory
6 7 (14.00%) Amazon QuickSight
6 7 (14.00%) Amazon S3
6 7 (14.00%) Apache Avro
6 7 (14.00%) AWS
6 7 (14.00%) ETL
6 7 (14.00%) JSON
6 7 (14.00%) Parquet
6 7 (14.00%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (14.00%) Postman
6 7 (14.00%) PowerShell
6 7 (14.00%) SC Cleared
6 7 (14.00%) Security Cleared
7 6 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (12.00%) Data Quality
7 6 (12.00%) Degree
7 6 (12.00%) Python
8 5 (10.00%) API Testing
8 5 (10.00%) Data Migration
8 5 (10.00%) Data Validation
8 5 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (10.00%) Impala

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 (4.00%) Apache
1 2 (4.00%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.00%) Amazon S3
1 7 (14.00%) AWS
2 4 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (8.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (4.00%) LAN
2 2 (4.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.00%) Amazon QuickSight
1 7 (14.00%) Parquet
1 7 (14.00%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (10.00%) Impala
2 5 (10.00%) Tableau
3 3 (6.00%) KDB
3 3 (6.00%) Kdb+
4 2 (4.00%) Apache Hive
4 2 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (4.00%) Spark SQL
4 2 (4.00%) Sqoop
5 1 (2.00%) Data Lake
5 1 (2.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (14.00%) Postman
2 1 (2.00%) JIRA
General
1 21 (42.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (30.00%) Banking
2 15 (30.00%) Finance
3 9 (18.00%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (12.00%) Investment Banking
4 6 (12.00%) Manufacturing
5 4 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.00%) Financial Institution
6 2 (4.00%) Front Office
6 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.00%) Apache Avro
1 7 (14.00%) JSON
2 3 (6.00%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.00%) Blackberry
1 5 (10.00%) BYOD
2 3 (6.00%) Equities
2 3 (6.00%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.00%) Derivative
4 1 (2.00%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (2.00%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.00%) Windows
2 2 (4.00%) Linux
2 2 (4.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (26.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (24.00%) Data Analysis
3 9 (18.00%) Customer Service
4 8 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (16.00%) Project Management
4 8 (16.00%) Validation
5 7 (14.00%) ETL
6 6 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (10.00%) API Testing
7 5 (10.00%) Data Migration
7 5 (10.00%) Data Validation
7 5 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (10.00%) Migration
8 4 (8.00%) Data Visualisation
8 4 (8.00%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (8.00%) Visualisation
9 3 (6.00%) Computer Science
9 3 (6.00%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (6.00%) Penetration Testing
9 3 (6.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (32.00%) SQL
2 7 (14.00%) PowerShell
3 6 (12.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (14.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (14.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (12.00%) Degree
3 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.00%) HNC
3 1 (2.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.00%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.00%) GDPR
2 3 (6.00%) MiFID
3 2 (4.00%) PMO
3 2 (4.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (14.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.00%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 2 (4.00%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 8 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.00%) Brocade
2 2 (4.00%) Cisco
2 2 (4.00%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (4.00%) Dell
2 2 (4.00%) EMC
2 2 (4.00%) Isilon
2 2 (4.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (4.00%) VMware
3 1 (2.00%) CheckPoint