Data Analytics Job Trends in Belfast

Data Analytics
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Data Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 31 44
Rank change year-on-year -19 +13 -
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 4 3 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast 0.77% 1.61% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 1.68% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35,000 - £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £85,000
75th Percentile £45,000 - £87,500
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median annual salary £40,000 - £57,500

All Process & Methodology Skills
Belfast

Data Analytics 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 401 179 314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 77.41% 96.24% 84.86%
Number of salaries quoted 225 53 216
10th Percentile £25,500 £46,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £51,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £57,276
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +4.76% +14.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £93,750 £69,013
90th Percentile £95,000 £99,000 £90,000
County Antrim median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% +10.00%

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Data Analytics job vacancy trend in Belfast

Data Analytics
Salary Trend in Belfast

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Data Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Data Analytics

Data Analytics
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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Mining
1 2 (50.00%) Tableau
2 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Billing
4 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Trainee
2 2 (50.00%) Trainee Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Trainee Data Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Commercial Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Insight Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Report Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Data Collection
3 1 (25.00%) Data Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Visual Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft