Payments Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Business Analyst - Payments (Payments BA)
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Business Analyst - Payments (Payments BA) daily rate in Belfast is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
22 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Business Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 0.49% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median daily rate £600 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Belfast

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

Contract vacancies in Belfast with a recognized job title 180 131 133
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.24% 92.91% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 66 85
10th Percentile £313 £148 £208
25th Percentile £390 £216 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £600
90th Percentile £631 £613 £650
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £375 £450
% change year-on-year +26.67% -16.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 16 8
10th Percentile £12.94 £22.50 £11.08
25th Percentile £15.13 - £12.69
Median hourly rate £24.00 £24.18 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +50.56% +13.22%
75th Percentile £53.75 £45.89 £16.12
90th Percentile - £70.48 £16.68
County Antrim median hourly rate £24.00 £24.18 £16.12
% change year-on-year -0.74% +50.00% +13.64%

Payments Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 22 January 2026, Payments Business Analyst contract 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 contract job ads across the Belfast region featuring Payments Business Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Payments Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Payments Business Analyst jobs