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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 54 51
Rank change year-on-year +17 -3 +49
Permanent jobs citing Business Case 3 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.95% 0.78% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 0.99% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - - £52,425
25th Percentile £72,194 £36,250 £54,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,217 £37,500 £59,250
Median % change year-on-year +105.91% -36.71% +80.75%
75th Percentile £82,241 £47,036 £65,188
90th Percentile - £52,008 £67,475
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +8.33%

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 277 403 380
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 87.66% 78.40% 92.23%
Number of salaries quoted 125 221 291
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,000 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Case 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 16 September 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 +15 2 £77,217 +41.92% 5
County Armagh - 1 - -
Business Case
UK

Business Case
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) PaaS
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Business IT Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Business Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Product Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Product Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Project Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Product Vision
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Tech Ops
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CAPM
1 1 (33.33%) CBAP
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (33.33%) MBA
1 1 (33.33%) PgMP
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Basel III
1 1 (33.33%) EMIR
1 1 (33.33%) MiFID