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 18 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 9 3
Rank change year-on-year +6 -6 +7
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 60 27 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 24.29% 14.44% 18.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 28.57% 15.79% 20.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 14 18
10th Percentile £285 £148 £135
25th Percentile £313 £157 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £275 £381
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -27.87% -16.44%
75th Percentile £556 £417 £466
90th Percentile £606 £538 £535
UK median daily rate £450 £463 £483
% change year-on-year -2.70% -4.15% +4.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 4
10th Percentile - £27.55 -
25th Percentile £15.50 £30.25 £13.23
Median hourly rate £23.00 £37.50 £13.69
Median % change year-on-year -38.67% +174.02% -22.16%
75th Percentile £24.50 £40.25 £14.93
90th Percentile £40.88 - £16.77
UK median hourly rate £22.05 £19.81 £19.00
% change year-on-year +11.32% +4.25% +11.63%

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 210 171 152
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.02% 91.44% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 83 76
10th Percentile £209 £151 £165
25th Percentile £325 £200 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +13.24% +6.25% -20.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £505
90th Percentile £634 £627 £581
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 25 9
10th Percentile £12.34 - £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 £15.48 £11.10
Median hourly rate £15.50 £22.56 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -31.29% +67.61% +22.64%
75th Percentile £17.05 £24.18 £13.91
90th Percentile £25.09 £40.25 £18.15
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

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
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 18 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 18 September 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 18 September 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 +4 56 £400 +45.45% 25
County Tyrone - 3 - - 3
County Down - 1 - - 3
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 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 34 (56.67%) Finance
2 33 (55.00%) Social Skills
3 23 (38.33%) Banking
4 22 (36.67%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (35.00%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (33.33%) Degree
7 19 (31.67%) Microsoft Excel
8 18 (30.00%) Data Analysis
9 16 (26.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 16 (26.67%) SQL
9 16 (26.67%) Microsoft
10 14 (23.33%) Project Management
10 14 (23.33%) Microsoft Office
11 13 (21.67%) Financial Institution
12 12 (20.00%) Investment Banking
13 11 (18.33%) Change Management
13 11 (18.33%) Front Office
14 10 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
14 10 (16.67%) Python
15 9 (15.00%) Data Quality
15 9 (15.00%) Customer Service
16 8 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (13.33%) BYOD
16 8 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
16 8 (13.33%) Business Analysis
16 8 (13.33%) Blackberry
17 7 (11.67%) Actionable Insight
18 6 (10.00%) Project Delivery
18 6 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
19 5 (8.33%) Market Risk

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 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.67%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 19 (31.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (26.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (23.33%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (5.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.67%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.33%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.00%) SAN
1 3 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.67%) DHCP
2 1 (1.67%) DNS
2 1 (1.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.33%) Power BI
1 5 (8.33%) Tableau
2 3 (5.00%) Data Lake
2 3 (5.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.67%) Big Data
3 1 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.67%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 4 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 34 (56.67%) Finance
2 33 (55.00%) Social Skills
3 23 (38.33%) Banking
4 21 (35.00%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (21.67%) Financial Institution
6 12 (20.00%) Investment Banking
7 11 (18.33%) Front Office
8 8 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (5.00%) Manufacturing
10 3 (5.00%) Telecoms
11 2 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.67%) Billing
12 1 (1.67%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.67%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.33%) Blackberry
1 8 (13.33%) BYOD
2 5 (8.33%) Market Risk
3 4 (6.67%) Derivative
4 3 (5.00%) Equities
4 3 (5.00%) Fixed Income
4 3 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.33%) Data Structures
5 2 (3.33%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.67%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.67%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.67%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.00%) Linux
1 3 (5.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (36.67%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (30.00%) Data Analysis
3 14 (23.33%) Project Management
4 11 (18.33%) Change Management
5 10 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (15.00%) Customer Service
7 8 (13.33%) Business Analysis
7 8 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
8 7 (11.67%) Actionable Insight
9 6 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (10.00%) Project Delivery
10 5 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (8.33%) Critical Thinking
10 5 (8.33%) Risk Management
11 4 (6.67%) ITIL
11 4 (6.67%) ITSM
11 4 (6.67%) Problem Management
11 4 (6.67%) Risk Analysis
12 3 (5.00%) Computer Science
12 3 (5.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 16 (26.67%) SQL
2 10 (16.67%) Python
3 1 (1.67%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (5.00%) ISEB
2 3 (5.00%) Master's Degree
2 3 (5.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (5.00%) PMP
3 2 (3.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.00%) Data Quality
2 5 (8.33%) PMO
3 3 (5.00%) GDPR
3 3 (5.00%) MiFID
3 3 (5.00%) QA
3 3 (5.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (3.33%) Basel III
4 2 (3.33%) SLA
5 1 (1.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 3 (5.00%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 16 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.00%) Brocade
2 3 (5.00%) Cisco
2 3 (5.00%) Dell
2 3 (5.00%) EMC
2 3 (5.00%) Isilon
2 3 (5.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (5.00%) VMware
3 1 (1.67%) Capita
3 1 (1.67%) SAP