Junior Analyst Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Junior Analyst
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Junior Analyst daily rate in Northern Ireland is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 32 28
Rank change year-on-year -6 -4 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Analyst 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.41% 0.54% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.59% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £275 £213 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £225 -
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - -
75th Percentile £325 £238 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £300 £275 £275
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.18% +1.67%

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 204 170 161
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.65% 91.89% 89.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 82 82
10th Percentile £218 £151 £172
25th Percentile £325 £200 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £431 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.14% +7.81% -20.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £524
90th Percentile £625 £627 £599
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 25 9
10th Percentile £12.38 - £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 £17.00 £24.18 £13.91
90th Percentile £25.02 £40.25 £18.15
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Junior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Analyst in Northern Ireland

Junior Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior Analyst job vacancies in Northern Ireland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior Analyst job vacancies in Northern Ireland

Junior 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 Junior Analyst within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 20 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 -9 1 £300 +33.33%
Junior Analyst
UK

Junior Analyst Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Junior 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 Junior Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making

Junior 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality