IT Analyst Contracts in Northern Ireland

IT Analyst
UK > Northern Ireland

The median IT Analyst daily rate in Northern Ireland is £150, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 May 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
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 26 22
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 +13
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 4 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 2.34% 0.67% 3.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.56% 0.70% 3.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £380
25th Percentile £145 - £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.79%
75th Percentile £155 - £450
90th Percentile - - £465
UK median daily rate £325 £414 £300
% change year-on-year -21.50% +38.00% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £23.88 - -
25th Percentile £27.46 - -
Median hourly rate £35.91 - -
75th Percentile £45.36 - -
90th Percentile £49.53 - -
UK median hourly rate £22.05 £22.50 £22.63
% change year-on-year -2.00% -0.57% +33.12%

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 156 142 175
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.23% 95.30% 91.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 74 77
10th Percentile £157 £173 £163
25th Percentile £275 £313 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £506 £425
Median % change year-on-year -16.05% +19.12% -1.73%
75th Percentile £572 £625 £515
90th Percentile £625 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -3.33% -3.31% +3.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 25 7
10th Percentile £12.66 - £13.91
25th Percentile £14.78 £12.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £15.63 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% +4.20% -3.91%
75th Percentile £38.73 £23.54 £16.13
90th Percentile £78.47 £31.88 £16.99
UK median hourly rate £27.99 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.32% -18.89% +88.21%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings that featured IT Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in Northern Ireland

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Analyst in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in Northern Ireland

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Analyst in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in Northern Ireland

IT Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Analyst in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 24 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Analyst in Northern Ireland

IT 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 IT Analyst within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 24 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 4 £150 - 6
IT Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 2025, IT 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 IT Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (50.00%) DHCP
2 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Apple
3 1 (25.00%) Blackberry
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution

IT 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DHCP
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Android
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Server Management
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Apple
2 1 (25.00%) Sun
2 1 (25.00%) VMware