Business Case Contracts in the Midlands

Business Cases
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Business Case skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Case over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 115 115
Rank change year-on-year +13 0 -47
Contract jobs citing Business Case 36 51 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.31% 1.48% 1.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 1.67% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 39 74
10th Percentile £351 £313 £348
25th Percentile £413 £413 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +3.16% +11.24%
75th Percentile £674 £575 £575
90th Percentile £885 £658 £676
England median daily rate £550 £600 £524
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.50% +10.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
England median hourly rate £25.25 £62.75 £34.38
% change year-on-year -59.76% +82.55% +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Business Case is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,263 3,046 4,443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.26% 88.47% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,509 2,126 3,289
10th Percentile £235 £250 £249
25th Percentile £356 £370 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +4.21% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £566
90th Percentile £700 £675 £653
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 119 151
10th Percentile £11.07 £11.96 £10.00
25th Percentile £13.81 £15.05 £13.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £17.72 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year +7.22% +1.37% +9.25%
75th Percentile £35.00 £26.81 £22.05
90th Percentile £55.00 £55.50 £34.50
England median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Business Case as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in the Midlands

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Case in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Business Case in the Midlands

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in the Midlands over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in the Midlands

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Case in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in the Midlands

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Case within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +15 26 £538 +16.22% 17
East Midlands +17 9 £403 -25.12% 11
Business Case
England

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (2.78%) Confluence
1 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.11%) Azure
2 3 (8.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 3 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
2 3 (8.33%) dbt
2 3 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.56%) AWS
4 1 (2.78%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) SD-WAN
1 1 (2.78%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) BusinessObjects
1 3 (8.33%) Electronic Patient Records
1 3 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (2.78%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Git
2 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 16 (44.44%) Finance
2 7 (19.44%) Social Skills
3 6 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (8.33%) Legal
5 2 (5.56%) Banking
5 2 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.78%) Back Office
6 1 (2.78%) Local Government
6 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.78%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (38.89%) Project Manager
2 4 (11.11%) Analyst
2 4 (11.11%) IT Manager
3 3 (8.33%) Architect
3 3 (8.33%) Business Analyst
3 3 (8.33%) Change Manager
3 3 (8.33%) Data Engineer
3 3 (8.33%) Finance Manager
3 3 (8.33%) Programme Director
4 2 (5.56%) Business Change Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (5.56%) Finance Project Manager
4 2 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Senior
4 2 (5.56%) Senior Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Vendor Manager
5 1 (2.78%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (2.78%) NHS Project Manager
5 1 (2.78%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) ADO
1 3 (8.33%) Flask
1 3 (8.33%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.33%) NHS
3 1 (2.78%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Linux
1 1 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (52.78%) Project Management
2 13 (36.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (25.00%) Agile
4 8 (22.22%) Change Management
4 8 (22.22%) PRINCE2
4 8 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (19.44%) Business Strategy
5 7 (19.44%) Decision-Making
5 7 (19.44%) Project Delivery
6 6 (16.67%) Change Control
6 6 (16.67%) Roadmaps
7 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Identification
7 5 (13.89%) Waterfall
8 4 (11.11%) Budget Management
8 4 (11.11%) Performance Management
8 4 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (11.11%) Supplier Management
8 4 (11.11%) User Experience
9 3 (8.33%) Asset Management
9 3 (8.33%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.33%) Python
1 3 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (19.44%) Degree
2 1 (2.78%) CBAP
2 1 (2.78%) ISEB
2 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.78%) Postgraduate
2 1 (2.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) IFRS
1 1 (2.78%) IFRS 17
1 1 (2.78%) QA
1 1 (2.78%) SLA
1 1 (2.78%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.56%) SAP
2 2 (5.56%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.78%) Cisco
3 1 (2.78%) Salesforce