Data Analysis Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Data Analysis
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Data Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 42 48
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 +23
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 3 7 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.92% 1.41% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 1.78% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - - £35,250
25th Percentile - £26,250 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £27,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -42.11% +13.10%
75th Percentile - £28,750 £70,625
90th Percentile - - £83,750
UK median annual salary £50,500 £57,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -11.40% +4.59% -0.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 293 393 345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 89.88% 79.07% 92.00%
Number of salaries quoted 140 195 264
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £29,823
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,430 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.87% +18.86% +4.17%
75th Percentile £69,500 £74,572 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,250 £92,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Data Analysis job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Data Analysis
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Data Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Data Analysis

Data Analysis
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 Data Analysis within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 15 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim +11 2 - - 21
Newry - 1 - -
County Down - 1 - - 2
Data Analysis
UK

Data Analysis
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Amazon S3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Amazon QuickSight
1 1 (33.33%) Parquet
1 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Postman
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Business Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Migration Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Project Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) JSON
2 1 (33.33%) Apache Avro
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) API Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Validation
2 1 (33.33%) ETL
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality