Analyst Contract Job Trends 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 5 October 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 6 4
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 61 30 35
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 24.70% 15.96% 19.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 29.76% 17.44% 21.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 15 20
10th Percentile £300 £149 £135
25th Percentile £319 £154 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £200 £381
Median % change year-on-year +112.50% -47.54% -19.74%
75th Percentile £581 £447 £456
90th Percentile £606 £538 £533
UK median daily rate £450 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile - £27.55 -
25th Percentile £15.50 £30.25 £13.23
Median hourly rate £23.00 £37.50 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year -38.67% +169.59% -20.88%
75th Percentile £24.50 £40.25 £16.00
90th Percentile £40.88 - £17.20
UK median hourly rate £20.83 £21.37 £19.00
% change year-on-year -2.53% +12.47% +11.76%

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 205 172 163
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.00% 91.49% 89.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 85 87
10th Percentile £203 £151 £169
25th Percentile £325 £188 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.94% +12.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £525
90th Percentile £625 £627 £630
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 25 10
10th Percentile £12.31 - £11.08
25th Percentile £13.59 £15.48 £11.63
Median hourly rate £15.33 £22.56 £13.69
Median % change year-on-year -32.05% +64.85% +24.69%
75th Percentile £16.75 £24.18 £15.48
90th Percentile £24.89 £40.25 £18.08
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% -4.49% +71.15%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 5 October 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 +5 57 £425 +112.50% 15
County Tyrone - 3 - - 3
County Down - 1 - - 3
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 October 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 32 (52.46%) Finance
2 31 (50.82%) Social Skills
3 23 (37.70%) Banking
4 20 (32.79%) Degree
5 19 (31.15%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (31.15%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (29.51%) SQL
6 18 (29.51%) Data Analysis
7 16 (26.23%) Microsoft Excel
8 15 (24.59%) Microsoft
8 15 (24.59%) Financial Institution
9 14 (22.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 13 (21.31%) Investment Banking
10 13 (21.31%) Project Management
11 12 (19.67%) Python
11 12 (19.67%) Business Intelligence
11 12 (19.67%) Microsoft Office
12 11 (18.03%) Change Management
12 11 (18.03%) Data Quality
13 10 (16.39%) BYOD
13 10 (16.39%) Customer Service
13 10 (16.39%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (16.39%) Blackberry
14 9 (14.75%) Front Office
15 8 (13.11%) User Acceptance Testing
16 7 (11.48%) Business Analysis
16 7 (11.48%) Tableau
16 7 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
16 7 (11.48%) Actionable Insight
17 6 (9.84%) Disaster Recovery

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 4 (6.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.64%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 16 (26.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (22.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (19.67%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (4.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.64%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.56%) Power Platform
2 3 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.28%) Amazon S3
3 2 (3.28%) AWS
3 2 (3.28%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.92%) SAN
1 3 (4.92%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.48%) Tableau
2 4 (6.56%) Power BI
3 3 (4.92%) Data Lake
3 3 (4.92%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (4.92%) Impala
3 3 (4.92%) KDB
3 3 (4.92%) Kdb+
4 2 (3.28%) Amazon QuickSight
4 2 (3.28%) Parquet
4 2 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.64%) Big Data
5 1 (1.64%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.64%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (4.92%) JIRA
2 2 (3.28%) Postman
General
1 32 (52.46%) Finance
2 31 (50.82%) Social Skills
3 23 (37.70%) Banking
4 19 (31.15%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (24.59%) Financial Institution
6 13 (21.31%) Investment Banking
7 10 (16.39%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (14.75%) Front Office
9 4 (6.56%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (4.92%) Manufacturing
10 3 (4.92%) Telecoms
11 2 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.64%) Billing
12 1 (1.64%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.92%) Pandas
2 2 (3.28%) Apache Avro
2 2 (3.28%) JSON
3 1 (1.64%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.39%) Blackberry
1 10 (16.39%) BYOD
2 6 (9.84%) Equities
3 5 (8.20%) Market Risk
4 4 (6.56%) Derivative
5 3 (4.92%) Fixed Income
5 3 (4.92%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (3.28%) Data Structures
6 2 (3.28%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.64%) Credit Risk
7 1 (1.64%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.64%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.92%) Linux
1 3 (4.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (4.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (31.15%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (29.51%) Data Analysis
3 13 (21.31%) Project Management
4 12 (19.67%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (18.03%) Change Management
6 10 (16.39%) Customer Service
7 8 (13.11%) User Acceptance Testing
8 7 (11.48%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (11.48%) Business Analysis
8 7 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (9.84%) Disaster Recovery
10 5 (8.20%) Visualisation
11 4 (6.56%) Data Modelling
11 4 (6.56%) ITIL
11 4 (6.56%) ITSM
11 4 (6.56%) Problem Management
11 4 (6.56%) Risk Analysis
11 4 (6.56%) Risk Management
12 3 (4.92%) ERP
12 3 (4.92%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 18 (29.51%) SQL
2 12 (19.67%) Python
3 2 (3.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (32.79%) Degree
2 3 (4.92%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (4.92%) ISEB
2 3 (4.92%) Master's Degree
2 3 (4.92%) PMI Certification
2 3 (4.92%) PMP
2 3 (4.92%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (18.03%) Data Quality
2 4 (6.56%) PMO
3 3 (4.92%) GDPR
3 3 (4.92%) MiFID
3 3 (4.92%) QA
3 3 (4.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (3.28%) Basel III
4 2 (3.28%) SLA
5 1 (1.64%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (6.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.92%) EMC NetWorker
1 3 (4.92%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 15 (24.59%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.92%) Brocade
2 3 (4.92%) Cisco
2 3 (4.92%) Dell
2 3 (4.92%) EMC
2 3 (4.92%) Isilon
2 3 (4.92%) Red Hat
2 3 (4.92%) VMware
3 1 (1.64%) Capita
3 1 (1.64%) SAP