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 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 50 -
Rank change year-on-year +13 - -
Permanent jobs citing Business Case 4 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 1.23% 0.41% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 0.52% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,194 £53,493 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,217 £54,408 -
Median % change year-on-year +41.92% - -
75th Percentile £82,241 £55,322 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +6.12%

All Process and 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 291 388 347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 89.81% 79.18% 92.04%
Number of salaries quoted 139 193 267
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £29,896
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £69,125 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,500 £93,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 17 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim +14 2 £77,217 +41.92% 4
County Armagh - 1 - -
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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) PaaS
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Advertising
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Lead
3 1 (25.00%) Business IT Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Business Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Business Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) IT Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) IT Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Lead Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Lead Product Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Lead Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Product Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Project Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Supply Chain Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Epics
3 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Product Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Product Vision
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Tech Ops
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Web Operations
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CAPM
2 1 (25.00%) CBAP
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (25.00%) MBA
2 1 (25.00%) PgMP
2 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (25.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Basel III
1 1 (25.00%) EMIR
1 1 (25.00%) GMP
1 1 (25.00%) MiFID
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) SAP