Data Analysis Job Trends in Belfast

Data Analysis
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Data Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 42 42
Rank change year-on-year +9 0 +27
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 4 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast 1.20% 1.37% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 1.57% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £26,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £27,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -57.69% +44.44%
75th Percentile - £28,750 £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median annual salary - £27,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -57.69% +44.44%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Belfast

Data Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Belfast.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 253 255 245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 76.20% 87.63% 91.08%
Number of salaries quoted 149 87 182
10th Percentile £27,200 £40,600 £29,994
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +35.00% -
75th Percentile £78,312 £87,500 £69,800
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £80,000
County Antrim median annual salary £50,000 £67,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.93% +35.00% -

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Data Analysis job vacancy trend in Belfast

Data Analysis
Salary Trend in Belfast

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Data Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Data Analysis

Data Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Amazon S3
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (25.00%) Amazon QuickSight
2 1 (25.00%) Parquet
2 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Postman
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Commercial Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Insight Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Insight Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Migration Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Report Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Apache Avro
1 1 (25.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (75.00%) Analytics
1 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Time Management
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Visual Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) WFM
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Economics
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality