Analytical Skills Contracts in Northern Ireland

Analytical Skills
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 13 14
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 +12
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 40 12 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 21.51% 7.64% 8.99%
As % of the General category 27.59% 15.79% 15.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 9 6
10th Percentile £291 £272 £226
25th Percentile £310 £319 £234
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £355
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% +44.37% +1.43%
75th Percentile £594 £569 £550
90th Percentile £610 £584 £624
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.43% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile - £14.63 -
25th Percentile £21.50 £17.09 -
Median hourly rate £23.00 £22.56 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% - -
75th Percentile £38.15 £23.94 -
90th Percentile £46.34 - -
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £18.35 £44.00
% change year-on-year +85.26% -58.30% +23.94%

All General Skills
Northern Ireland

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 145 76 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 77.96% 48.41% 57.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 35 51
10th Percentile £162 £155 £156
25th Percentile £295 £206 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -1.73%
75th Percentile £552 £569 £513
90th Percentile £624 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 23 8
10th Percentile £13.08 - £13.86
25th Percentile £14.78 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £15.50 £16.12 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.59%
75th Percentile £37.00 £23.54 £16.72
90th Percentile £73.13 £30.29 £18.55
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -6.67% -7.69% +44.44%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in Northern Ireland

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in Northern Ireland

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Northern Ireland

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in Northern Ireland

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Northern Ireland

Analytical Skills
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 Skills within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 31 May 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 +6 39 £510 +20.00% 96
County Down - 1 - - 2
Analytical Skills
UK

Analytical Skills
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 3 (7.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.50%) Apache
2 1 (2.50%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.50%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (42.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (30.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (2.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.50%) OCI
1 3 (7.50%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.50%) Amazon S3
3 1 (2.50%) AWS
3 1 (2.50%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (2.50%) Serverless
3 1 (2.50%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.00%) Tableau
2 3 (7.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 3 (7.50%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (7.50%) Power BI
3 1 (2.50%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (2.50%) Apache Hive
3 1 (2.50%) Big Data
3 1 (2.50%) GIS
3 1 (2.50%) Hadoop
3 1 (2.50%) HBase
3 1 (2.50%) Metadata
3 1 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.50%) UniData
Development Applications
1 5 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (2.50%) GitLab
General
1 26 (65.00%) Finance
2 25 (62.50%) Social Skills
3 10 (25.00%) Banking
4 6 (15.00%) Front Office
5 3 (7.50%) Financial Institution
5 3 (7.50%) Legal
5 3 (7.50%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (7.50%) Telecoms
6 2 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Investment Banking
6 2 (5.00%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (50.00%) Analyst
2 10 (25.00%) Data Analyst
3 7 (17.50%) Business Analyst
4 5 (12.50%) Business Data Analyst
4 5 (12.50%) Senior
5 4 (10.00%) Developer
6 3 (7.50%) Project Manager
6 3 (7.50%) Risk Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) Consultant
7 2 (5.00%) Functional Consultant
7 2 (5.00%) IT Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) Lead
7 2 (5.00%) Oracle Consultant
7 2 (5.00%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 2 (5.00%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
7 2 (5.00%) Oracle Payroll Functional Consultant
7 2 (5.00%) Payroll Consultant
7 2 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) Senior Data Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) REST
2 3 (7.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (7.50%) SOAP
2 3 (7.50%) Web Services
3 1 (2.50%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) Derivative
1 4 (10.00%) Equities
2 3 (7.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (7.50%) Fixed Income
2 3 (7.50%) Market Risk
2 3 (7.50%) Reference Data
2 3 (7.50%) Virtual Team
3 2 (5.00%) Credit Risk
3 2 (5.00%) Data Structures
3 2 (5.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.50%) iPhone
4 1 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.50%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (72.50%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (30.00%) Project Management
3 10 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 8 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 8 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 8 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 7 (17.50%) Process Improvement
6 6 (15.00%) Change Management
7 5 (12.50%) Data Governance
8 4 (10.00%) Regulatory Change
8 4 (10.00%) Risk Management
8 4 (10.00%) Translating Business Requirements
9 3 (7.50%) Agile
9 3 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (7.50%) Data Management
9 3 (7.50%) Economics
9 3 (7.50%) Project Delivery
9 3 (7.50%) Risk Analysis
9 3 (7.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (27.50%) SQL
2 8 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (2.50%) R
3 1 (2.50%) Scala
3 1 (2.50%) UniBasic
Qualifications
1 15 (37.50%) Degree
2 4 (10.00%) Master's Degree
3 3 (7.50%) PMI Certification
3 3 (7.50%) PMP
3 3 (7.50%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.00%) ISEB
4 2 (5.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.50%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.00%) QA
2 5 (12.50%) Data Quality
3 4 (10.00%) MiFID
4 2 (5.00%) Basel III
4 2 (5.00%) PMO
4 2 (5.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (2.50%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.50%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) Hadoop YARN
Vendors
1 12 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.50%) Oracle
3 1 (2.50%) Ab Initio
3 1 (2.50%) Apple
3 1 (2.50%) Cloudera
3 1 (2.50%) Dell
3 1 (2.50%) HP