Business Case Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Business Cases
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Business Case skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 - 49
Rank change year-on-year - - +39
Permanent jobs citing Business Case 6 0 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.65% - 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% - 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -36.71%
75th Percentile - - £42,893
90th Percentile - - £50,351
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 706 225 465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 76.57% 92.21% 84.24%
Number of salaries quoted 288 50 300
10th Percentile - £27,450 £30,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £34,638 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £53,454
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +2.89% +6.91%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,313 £65,625
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,583 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -9.84%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Business Case relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Business Case job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Business Case
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Business Case.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Business Case

Business Case
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Case within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 25 May 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim - 6 - - 7
Business Case
UK

Business Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Smartsheet
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Change Control
1 6 (100.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 3 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 3 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 3 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (50.00%) Service Management
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CAPM
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
1 3 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (50.00%) PMP
1 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) Planview