Business Analyst Contracts in County Antrim

Business Analyst (BA)
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in County Antrim is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 22 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 -7 +10
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 13 3 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 5.58% 2.33% 6.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.63% 2.56% 7.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 9
10th Percentile £359 - £336
25th Percentile £413 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £493
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -18.78% +7.95%
75th Percentile £556 £550 £575
90th Percentile £668 £625 £632
Northern Ireland median daily rate £525 £400 £493
% change year-on-year +31.25% -18.78% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £51.80 - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £51.80 - -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
County Antrim

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in County Antrim. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in County Antrim with a recognized job title 196 117 133
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.12% 90.70% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 65 67
10th Percentile £251 £155 £166
25th Percentile £325 £200 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +6.25% -17.10%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £529
90th Percentile £624 £627 £609
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £431 £425
% change year-on-year +10.14% +1.47% -11.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 16 8
10th Percentile £12.31 £12.25 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 £19.64 £12.69
Median hourly rate £15.33 £24.18 £13.69
Median % change year-on-year -36.60% +76.69% +24.58%
75th Percentile £16.25 £28.41 £14.86
90th Percentile £24.76 £36.06 £17.80
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.42 £19.02 £13.46
% change year-on-year -18.95% +41.31% +22.53%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in County Antrim

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in County Antrim.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in County Antrim

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in County Antrim over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in County Antrim

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in County Antrim.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in County Antrim

Business Analyst
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 20 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Belfast 0 13 £525 +31.25% 9
Business Analyst
Northern Ireland

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

For the 6 months to 20 August 2025, Business Analyst contract 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 contract job ads across the County Antrim region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (92.31%) Finance
2 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (61.54%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
3 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (46.15%) Data Analysis
3 6 (46.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (38.46%) SQL
4 5 (38.46%) Financial Institution
4 5 (38.46%) Business Analysis
5 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
5 4 (30.77%) Regulatory Change
5 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (30.77%) MS Visio
5 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
6 3 (23.08%) Front Office
6 3 (23.08%) Change Management
6 3 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Critical Thinking
6 3 (23.08%) MiFID
7 2 (15.38%) JIRA
7 2 (15.38%) Data Quality
7 2 (15.38%) Target Operating Model
7 2 (15.38%) Translating Business Requirements
7 2 (15.38%) Internal Audit
7 2 (15.38%) Data Acquisition
7 2 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
7 2 (15.38%) Business Process Modelling
7 2 (15.38%) Banking
7 2 (15.38%) Validation

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

Applications
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (30.77%) MS Visio
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Data Lake
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
1 1 (7.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 12 (92.31%) Finance
2 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
3 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (38.46%) Financial Institution
5 3 (23.08%) Front Office
6 2 (15.38%) Banking
7 1 (7.69%) Investment Banking
7 1 (7.69%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (46.15%) Data Analysis
3 5 (38.46%) Business Analysis
4 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
4 4 (30.77%) Regulatory Change
5 3 (23.08%) Change Management
5 3 (23.08%) Critical Thinking
5 3 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (15.38%) Business Process Modelling
6 2 (15.38%) Data Acquisition
6 2 (15.38%) Internal Audit
6 2 (15.38%) Target Operating Model
6 2 (15.38%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (15.38%) Validation
7 1 (7.69%) Data Collection
7 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
7 1 (7.69%) Impact Analysis
7 1 (7.69%) Proactive Management
7 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) MiFID
2 2 (15.38%) Data Quality
3 1 (7.69%) EMIR
3 1 (7.69%) PMO
3 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft