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 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 46 42
Rank change year-on-year -1 -4 +35
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 6 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 1.21% 0.97% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 1.16% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - £64,000
25th Percentile - £26,250 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £27,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -63.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile - £28,750 £86,250
90th Percentile - - £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £55,860 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.97% +1.56% -4.35%

All Process & 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 381 344 295
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 76.66% 83.09% 91.33%
Number of salaries quoted 165 115 214
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,112 £29,996
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £79,625
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 8 January 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 +3 4 - - 6
Newry - 2 - -
County Down - 2 - - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) Azure Data Factory
1 4 (66.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 4 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) Amazon S3
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (66.67%) Power BI
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (16.67%) Amazon QuickSight
2 1 (16.67%) Parquet
2 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Postman
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Billing
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Business Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Commercial Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Insight Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Insight Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Data Migration Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Migration Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Report Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Test Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Apache Avro
1 1 (16.67%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Actionable Insight
1 5 (83.33%) Analytics
1 5 (83.33%) Decision-Making
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (83.33%) Process Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (66.67%) Visual Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 4 (66.67%) WFM
3 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (50.00%) Data Analytics
3 3 (50.00%) Time Management
4 2 (33.33%) AI
4 2 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 2 (33.33%) Customer Insight
4 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
4 2 (33.33%) Data Validation
4 2 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
4 2 (33.33%) Six Sigma
4 2 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (33.33%) Data Quality