Analyst Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Analyst
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Analyst salary in Northern Ireland is £41,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 16 15
Rank change year-on-year +9 -1 +20
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 90 30 37
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 13.66% 8.50% 9.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.52% 8.65% 9.66%
Number of salaries quoted 10 5 22
10th Percentile £30,750 £31,840 £31,275
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £32,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £41,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +0.61% -20.00% +32.26%
75th Percentile £46,875 £52,500 £66,875
90th Percentile £58,000 £58,419 £73,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 580 347 383
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.01% 98.30% 94.33%
Number of salaries quoted 250 98 274
10th Percentile £26,250 £34,112 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £79,250 £69,800
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Analyst job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Analyst
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Northern Ireland.

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Northern Ireland

Analyst
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Analyst in Northern Ireland

Analyst
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 10 February 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim +9 63 £42,000 -7.69% 7
County Tyrone - 10 £40,500 - 2
County Londonderry +3 1 - - 4
County Down -13 1 - - 3
Newry - 1 - -
County Armagh - 1 - - 3
Analyst
UK

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 10 February 2026, Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Northern Ireland region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 61 (67.78%) Microsoft
2 44 (48.89%) Degree
3 36 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 36 (40.00%) ITIL
4 35 (38.89%) Microsoft Office
5 34 (37.78%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (37.78%) Performance Metrics
6 32 (35.56%) AWS
7 31 (34.44%) AWS Certification
7 31 (34.44%) ITSM
7 31 (34.44%) MCSE
7 31 (34.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 31 (34.44%) ServiceNow
8 25 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
8 25 (27.78%) QA
9 18 (20.00%) Azure
9 18 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (18.89%) Cybersecurity
11 16 (17.78%) Azure Certification
12 15 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
12 15 (16.67%) Power Platform
13 14 (15.56%) ERP
13 14 (15.56%) Mentoring
13 14 (15.56%) Power BI
13 14 (15.56%) Process Improvement
14 12 (13.33%) SQL
15 10 (11.11%) Decision-Making
16 9 (10.00%) Adobe
16 9 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
16 9 (10.00%) EDI

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 3 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (38.89%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.11%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.11%) SAP CO
1 1 (1.11%) SAP FI
1 1 (1.11%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 34 (37.78%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (35.56%) AWS
3 18 (20.00%) Azure
4 15 (16.67%) Power Platform
5 8 (8.89%) Azure AI
6 2 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (2.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.22%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.11%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.78%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (2.22%) Firewall
3 1 (1.11%) 4G
3 1 (1.11%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (15.56%) Power BI
2 9 (10.00%) Tableau
3 2 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (2.22%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 2 (2.22%) SAP BW
3 2 (2.22%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.11%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (1.11%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (1.11%) Parquet
4 1 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.22%) JIRA
2 1 (1.11%) Postman
General
1 57 (63.33%) Social Skills
2 36 (40.00%) French Language
3 26 (28.89%) Swedish Language
4 19 (21.11%) Finance
5 5 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.22%) Billing
6 2 (2.22%) Games
6 2 (2.22%) Legal
6 2 (2.22%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.11%) Advertising
7 1 (1.11%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.11%) Front Office
7 1 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.00%) EDI
2 1 (1.11%) Apache Avro
2 1 (1.11%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.33%) Management Information System
1 3 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (2.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (1.11%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.11%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.11%) Smartphone
3 1 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.56%) Windows
2 1 (1.11%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (40.00%) Customer Service
1 36 (40.00%) ITIL
2 34 (37.78%) Performance Metrics
3 31 (34.44%) ITSM
4 25 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
5 18 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (18.89%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (15.56%) ERP
7 14 (15.56%) Mentoring
7 14 (15.56%) Process Improvement
8 10 (11.11%) Decision-Making
9 9 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
9 9 (10.00%) Kalman Filter
10 8 (8.89%) AI
11 7 (7.78%) Analytics
12 6 (6.67%) Business Continuity
13 4 (4.44%) Actionable Insight
13 4 (4.44%) Agile
13 4 (4.44%) Data Analysis
13 4 (4.44%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 12 (13.33%) SQL
2 8 (8.89%) Python
3 2 (2.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.11%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 44 (48.89%) Degree
2 31 (34.44%) AWS Certification
2 31 (34.44%) MCSE
2 31 (34.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (17.78%) Azure Certification
4 9 (10.00%) HNC
4 9 (10.00%) HND
5 8 (8.89%) A+ Certification
5 8 (8.89%) CompTIA CySA+
5 8 (8.89%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.22%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.22%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (2.22%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.22%) PMP
7 1 (1.11%) CAPM
7 1 (1.11%) CBAP
7 1 (1.11%) MBA
7 1 (1.11%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (27.78%) QA
2 3 (3.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.11%) Basel III
3 1 (1.11%) EMIR
3 1 (1.11%) GMP
3 1 (1.11%) MiFID
3 1 (1.11%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 61 (67.78%) Microsoft
2 31 (34.44%) ServiceNow
3 9 (10.00%) Adobe
4 8 (8.89%) ForeScout
5 6 (6.67%) VMware
6 5 (5.56%) SAP
7 2 (2.22%) Cisco
7 2 (2.22%) Juniper
8 1 (1.11%) Apple
8 1 (1.11%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (1.11%) Intel
8 1 (1.11%) Oracle
8 1 (1.11%) Wyse