Business Case Contracts in Scotland

Business Cases
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 91 50
Rank change year-on-year +14 -41 +68
Contract jobs citing Business Case 54 78 151
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.45% 2.73% 4.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.76% 2.95% 4.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 66 122
10th Percentile £453 £320 -
25th Percentile £500 £450 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £625 £601 £525
90th Percentile £698 £701 £575
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £513
% change year-on-year -4.35% +12.20% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £62.75 £34.38
% change year-on-year -59.76% +82.55% +32.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,956 2,645 3,270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.63% 92.68% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,903 2,321
10th Percentile £230 £261 £244
25th Percentile £400 £407 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £588 £554 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 55 49
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £14.94
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.78 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -46.30% -21.43%
75th Percentile £40.94 £54.13 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.13 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in Scotland

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Business Case in Scotland

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in Scotland

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in Scotland

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 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
Edinburgh +31 24 £525 +15.07% 6
Glasgow -1 21 £575 -4.17% 3
South Lanarkshire -1 3 £475 -18.17%
Perthshire +4 1 £500 -12.28%
Renfrewshire - 1 - - 1
Business Case
UK

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 11 (20.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.41%) OCI
2 3 (5.56%) Azure
2 3 (5.56%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.70%) AWS
3 2 (3.70%) GCP
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.85%) SaaS
4 1 (1.85%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.41%) ATM
2 1 (1.85%) LAN
2 1 (1.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.56%) Power BI
2 2 (3.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 2 (3.70%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (3.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 27 (50.00%) Finance
2 25 (46.30%) Public Sector
3 14 (25.93%) Social Skills
4 5 (9.26%) Telecoms
5 4 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.41%) Banking
5 4 (7.41%) Electronics
5 4 (7.41%) Manufacturing
5 4 (7.41%) Marketing
6 3 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 20 (37.04%) Project Manager
2 10 (18.52%) Analyst
3 7 (12.96%) Architect
4 6 (11.11%) Product Manager
5 5 (9.26%) Business Analyst
5 5 (9.26%) Lead
6 4 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (5.56%) Finance Manager
7 3 (5.56%) Finance Project Manager
7 3 (5.56%) PMO Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Portfolio Manager
7 3 (5.56%) Technical Architect
8 2 (3.70%) Data Analyst
8 2 (3.70%) Security Architect
8 2 (3.70%) Security Technical Architect
8 2 (3.70%) Senior
9 1 (1.85%) IT Project Manager
9 1 (1.85%) Project Analyst
9 1 (1.85%) Project Coordinator
9 1 (1.85%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.26%) Middleware
2 2 (3.70%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 3 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.70%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.85%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Linux
1 1 (1.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (61.11%) Project Management
2 30 (55.56%) Agile
3 20 (37.04%) Project Delivery
4 13 (24.07%) Business Strategy
4 13 (24.07%) Roadmaps
5 12 (22.22%) Business Analysis
6 10 (18.52%) Programme Management
6 10 (18.52%) User Stories
7 9 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (14.81%) Backlog Management
8 8 (14.81%) PRINCE2
8 8 (14.81%) Product Backlog
9 7 (12.96%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (12.96%) SDLC
9 7 (12.96%) Waterfall
10 6 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (11.11%) DevOps
10 6 (11.11%) Performance Metrics
10 6 (11.11%) Product Management
10 6 (11.11%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (18.52%) Security Cleared
2 8 (14.81%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.56%) APMP
4 2 (3.70%) Degree
4 2 (3.70%) PMP
5 1 (1.85%) CGEIT
5 1 (1.85%) CISA
5 1 (1.85%) CISM
5 1 (1.85%) CISSP
5 1 (1.85%) CRISC
5 1 (1.85%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (1.85%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.85%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (1.85%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (20.37%) Disclosure Scotland
2 5 (9.26%) PMO
3 4 (7.41%) QA
4 3 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (5.56%) NIST
Vendors
1 5 (9.26%) SAP
2 4 (7.41%) Atlassian
2 4 (7.41%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.41%) Oracle