Business Analysis Contracts in Northern Ireland

Business Analysis
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Business Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 23 27
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 +4
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 8 1 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 5.00% 0.68% 3.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.48% 0.91% 4.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £293 - £550
25th Percentile £338 £318 £587
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £335 £620
Median % change year-on-year +26.87% -45.97% +100.00%
75th Percentile £531 £353 £638
90th Percentile £588 - -
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £31.86 - -
25th Percentile £36.91 - -
Median hourly rate £48.82 - -
75th Percentile £73.28 - -
90th Percentile £85.86 - -
UK median hourly rate £63.00 £59.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +6.78% -5.60% +30.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Business Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 146 110 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 91.25% 75.34% 76.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 54 80
10th Percentile £153 £211 £160
25th Percentile £291 £352 £267
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £513 £406
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +26.15% -7.14%
75th Percentile £534 £594 £504
90th Percentile £625 £668 £624
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 21 14
10th Percentile £13.50 - £13.40
25th Percentile £22.49 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £24.18 £13.94 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +73.46% -8.59% -3.11%
75th Percentile £44.65 £23.54 £16.78
90th Percentile £78.47 £31.88 £18.12
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £36.00
% change year-on-year -19.33% -0.14% +44.00%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in Northern Ireland

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in Northern Ireland

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in Northern Ireland

Business Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in Northern Ireland

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analysis in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Analysis in Northern Ireland

Business Analysis
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim -1 8 £425 +26.87% 17
Business Analysis
UK

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) General Ledger
4 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Banking Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Business IT Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) IT Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) IT Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Data Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Data Management
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Operations Management
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Scrum
4 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Visualisation
4 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft