Analytical Mindset Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Analytical Mindset
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Mindset in contract job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Mindset over the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 28 30
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 +7
Contract jobs citing Analytical Mindset 3 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.24% 1.65% 0.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.80% 6.98% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £508 - -
25th Percentile £511 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 - -
75th Percentile £608 - -
90th Percentile £614 - -
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £22.56 -
UK median hourly rate £46.25 £14.50 £19.75
% change year-on-year +218.97% -26.58% -62.19%

All Generic Skills
Northern Ireland

Analytical Mindset falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 79 43 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 32.78% 23.63% 30.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 12 28
10th Percentile £332 £126 £135
25th Percentile £407 £178 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £238 £400
Median % change year-on-year +110.53% -40.63% -20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £452 £416
90th Percentile £609 £484 £544
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 -
Median hourly rate £15.05 £22.56 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.29% - -
75th Percentile £15.33 £23.94 -
90th Percentile £16.23 - -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £50.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -40.00% +14.06% +65.42%

Analytical Mindset
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Analytical Mindset as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Mindset in Northern Ireland

Analytical Mindset
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Analytical Mindset.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Analytical Mindset

Analytical Mindset
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 Analytical Mindset within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 9 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 -8 2 £556 - 3
County Down - 1 - - 1
Analytical Mindset
UK

Analytical Mindset
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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
2 1 (33.33%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Data Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Derivative
1 1 (33.33%) Fixed Income
1 1 (33.33%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Benchmarking
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
2 1 (33.33%) DataOps
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft