Statistics Contracts in Northern Ireland

Statistics
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Statistics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Statistics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Statistics 1 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.63% - 3.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% - 4.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £155
25th Percentile - - £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £163
75th Percentile - - £169
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £480 £493 £505
% change year-on-year -2.64% -2.38% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34.13 - -
Median hourly rate £35.25 - £13.91
75th Percentile £36.38 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £25.37 £24.00 £19.49
% change year-on-year +5.69% +23.14% -25.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Statistics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 147 113 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 92.45% 75.84% 76.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 57 80
10th Percentile £154 £212 £165
25th Percentile £295 £350 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £500 £406
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +23.08% -7.14%
75th Percentile £532 £575 £504
90th Percentile £625 £660 £624
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 21 14
10th Percentile £15.60 - £13.40
25th Percentile £22.50 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £26.59 £13.94 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +90.75% -8.59% -3.11%
75th Percentile £48.48 £23.54 £16.78
90th Percentile £78.47 £31.88 £18.12
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Statistics
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Statistics in Northern Ireland

Statistics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Statistics in Northern Ireland

Statistics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Hourly rate trend for Statistics in Northern Ireland

Statistics
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 Statistics within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 1 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 - 1 - - 14
Statistics
UK

Statistics
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%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Data Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Measurement
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality