Business Analyst Jobs in Northern Ireland

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in Northern Ireland is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 95 44
Rank change year-on-year +31 -51 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 14 4 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.99% 0.46% 5.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.07% 0.48% 5.54%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 25
10th Percentile £50,660 £42,600 £28,250
25th Percentile £55,400 £42,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £46,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +46.74% +15.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile £73,750 £48,875 £47,500
90th Percentile - £48,950 £51,850
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +5.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 675 827 632
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.74% 94.95% 95.47%
Number of salaries quoted 324 453 347
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +12.36% +11.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £68,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for Business Analyst in Northern Ireland

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in Northern Ireland

Business Analyst
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 Analyst within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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 +37 13 £70,000 +52.17% 9
Newry - 1 £50,000 -
County Down - 1 £50,000 -
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Business Analyst 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 permanent job ads across the Northern Ireland region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 13 (92.86%) Agile
2 11 (78.57%) Business Analysis
3 10 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (64.29%) Requirements Gathering
5 8 (57.14%) Roadmaps
5 8 (57.14%) JIRA
6 7 (50.00%) SC Cleared
6 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
7 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (42.86%) Actionable Insight
8 5 (35.71%) User Stories
9 4 (28.57%) Data Migration
9 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (28.57%) Requirements Analysis
9 4 (28.57%) Migration
9 4 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
10 3 (21.43%) Requirements Workshops
10 3 (21.43%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
10 3 (21.43%) Degree
10 3 (21.43%) Scrum
10 3 (21.43%) Finance
10 3 (21.43%) ERP
10 3 (21.43%) SDLC
11 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
11 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
11 2 (14.29%) Confluence
11 2 (14.29%) Waterfall

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 2 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Miro
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Big Data
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
1 1 (7.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (57.14%) JIRA
General
1 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Investment Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.14%) Derivative
2 1 (7.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (7.14%) Low-Code
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Agile
2 11 (78.57%) Business Analysis
3 10 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (64.29%) Requirements Gathering
5 8 (57.14%) Roadmaps
6 6 (42.86%) Actionable Insight
7 5 (35.71%) User Stories
8 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (28.57%) Data Migration
8 4 (28.57%) Migration
8 4 (28.57%) Requirements Analysis
8 4 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
9 3 (21.43%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 3 (21.43%) ERP
9 3 (21.43%) Requirements Workshops
9 3 (21.43%) Scrum
9 3 (21.43%) SDLC
10 2 (14.29%) Backlog Refinement
10 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Python
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle