Data Science
UK > Northern Ireland
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Data Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Science over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 32 | 27 | 27 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -5 | 0 | +1 |
| Contract jobs citing Data Science | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 1.52% | 0.60% | 0.56% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.69% | 0.79% | 0.74% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | -4.35% | -4.17% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland
Data Science 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 | 178 | 127 | 135 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 90.36% | 76.05% | 76.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 103 | 56 | 74 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £161 | £167 |
| 25th Percentile | £325 | £209 | £353 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £494 | £419 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.86% | +17.91% | -11.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £584 | £498 |
| 90th Percentile | £624 | £675 | £633 |
| UK median daily rate | £504 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.00% | -4.55% | +1.85% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 24 | 29 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.78 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £15.32 | £12.25 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £20.15 | £22.56 | £13.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.68% | +62.19% | +26.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £25.15 | £24.18 | £16.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £40.25 | £17.66 |
| UK median hourly rate | £25.15 | £37.50 | £36.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -32.93% | +4.17% | +38.46% |
Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland
Job postings citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.
Data Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Science in Northern Ireland.
Data Science
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 Data Science within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 30 June 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 | 3 | £500 | - | 49 |
| Data Science UK |
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Data Science
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: