Business Analyst Jobs in Belfast

Business Analyst (BA)
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in Belfast is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 90 34
Rank change year-on-year +42 -56 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 12 5 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 2.38% 0.69% 6.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.49% 0.73% 6.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 21
10th Percentile £58,570 £42,650 £28,250
25th Percentile £63,325 £42,875 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £46,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +55.08% +16.88% -42.86%
75th Percentile £73,750 £49,563 £45,000
90th Percentile - £50,575 £54,750
County Antrim median annual salary £72,500 £46,750 £40,000
% change year-on-year +55.08% +16.88% -42.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Belfast. 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 Belfast with a recognized job title 481 683 471
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.44% 94.60% 96.71%
Number of salaries quoted 247 393 257
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,950
25th Percentile £38,875 £37,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,276 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.55% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £69,800 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £88,500 £70,000 £71,250
County Antrim median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% +5.88%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Job postings that featured Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Belfast

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in Belfast

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in Belfast.

Salary trend for Business Analyst in Belfast

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in Belfast

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Belfast over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in Belfast

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Business Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Belfast region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Agile
2 11 (91.67%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 8 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (66.67%) Roadmaps
4 7 (58.33%) Business Analysis
4 7 (58.33%) JIRA
4 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (50.00%) User Stories
6 5 (41.67%) SDLC
6 5 (41.67%) Finance
6 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
6 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
6 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
7 4 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
7 4 (33.33%) Degree
7 4 (33.33%) Scrum
7 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
8 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
8 3 (25.00%) Exploratory Testing
8 3 (25.00%) Big Data
8 3 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
8 3 (25.00%) Power BI
8 3 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
8 3 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
8 3 (25.00%) Traceability Matrix
8 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (25.00%) Change Management

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (8.33%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Big Data
1 3 (25.00%) Power BI
1 3 (25.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (58.33%) JIRA
General
1 8 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (25.00%) Banking
4 3 (25.00%) Investment Banking
4 3 (25.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Low-Code
1 3 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Agile
2 11 (91.67%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 8 (66.67%) Roadmaps
4 7 (58.33%) Business Analysis
4 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (50.00%) User Stories
6 5 (41.67%) SDLC
7 4 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
7 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
7 4 (33.33%) Scrum
8 3 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (25.00%) Change Management
8 3 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
8 3 (25.00%) Data Migration
8 3 (25.00%) ETL
8 3 (25.00%) Manual Testing
8 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
8 3 (25.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) Python
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle