Business Analyst Contracts in Northern Ireland

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Northern Ireland is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 May 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 23 14
Rank change year-on-year +3 -9 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 12 3 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 7.14% 2.05% 7.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.79% 2.16% 8.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 11
10th Percentile £251 £300 £231
25th Percentile £306 £328 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £413
Median % change year-on-year - -3.03% -7.04%
75th Percentile £569 £425 £545
90th Percentile £678 - £623
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.32 - -
Median hourly rate £48.82 - -
75th Percentile £52.31 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £34.11 £28.00 £60.25
% change year-on-year +21.82% -53.53% +129.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northern Ireland. 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 Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 154 139 173
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 95.21% 90.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 71 76
10th Percentile £157 £173 £163
25th Percentile £273 £313 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +14.29% +1.74%
75th Percentile £563 £625 £521
90th Percentile £625 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.31% +3.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 25 7
10th Percentile £12.66 - £13.91
25th Percentile £14.78 £12.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £15.63 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% +4.20% -3.91%
75th Percentile £38.73 £23.54 £16.13
90th Percentile £78.47 £31.88 £16.99
UK median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% -18.89% +87.50%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Northern Ireland

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Northern Ireland

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Northern Ireland

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Northern Ireland

Business Analyst
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 Analyst within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 22 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 12 £400 - 27
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 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 Northern Ireland region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) Finance
2 9 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
5 5 (41.67%) Data Analysis
5 5 (41.67%) Business Analysis
5 5 (41.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (25.00%) Banking
8 2 (16.67%) Change Management
8 2 (16.67%) Financial Institution
8 2 (16.67%) Project Management
8 2 (16.67%) MS Visio
8 2 (16.67%) SQL
8 2 (16.67%) Internal Audit
8 2 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
8 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
8 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
8 2 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
8 2 (16.67%) JIRA
8 2 (16.67%) Degree
8 2 (16.67%) Data Quality
8 2 (16.67%) Target Operating Model
9 1 (8.33%) Translating Business Requirements
9 1 (8.33%) Analytics
9 1 (8.33%) Relational Database
9 1 (8.33%) MiFID
9 1 (8.33%) QA

Business Analyst Skill Set
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 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (16.67%) MS Visio
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 11 (91.67%) Finance
2 9 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Banking
5 2 (16.67%) Financial Institution
6 1 (8.33%) Front Office
6 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (8.33%) Investment Banking
6 1 (8.33%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Derivative
1 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) Business Analysis
2 5 (41.67%) Data Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Change Management
3 2 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 2 (16.67%) Internal Audit
3 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 2 (16.67%) Project Management
3 2 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
3 2 (16.67%) Target Operating Model
4 1 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (8.33%) Agile
4 1 (8.33%) Business Process Modelling
4 1 (8.33%) Compliance Management
4 1 (8.33%) Proactive Management
4 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
4 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (8.33%) Validation
4 1 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (8.33%) MiFID
2 1 (8.33%) PMO
2 1 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft