Business Case Contracts with Work from Home Options

Business Cases
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 156 140 130
Rank change year-on-year -16 -10 +34
Contract jobs citing Business Case 210 455 919
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.39% 1.81% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 2.02% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 335 685
10th Percentile £413 £413 £350
25th Percentile £500 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £570 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +14.00% -
75th Percentile £638 £700 £600
90th Percentile £700 £798 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £585 £518
% change year-on-year -5.98% +13.00% +8.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - £40.50 £25.15
25th Percentile - £56.25 £25.38
Median hourly rate £24.00 £66.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.64% +116.39% +9.99%
75th Percentile - - £43.75
90th Percentile - - £59.50
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £62.75 £35.25
% change year-on-year -59.76% +78.01% +31.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,282 22,550 40,272
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.98% 89.75% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,890 15,929 29,247
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 522 532
10th Percentile £15.05 £18.63 £13.75
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £69.31 £55.38
90th Percentile £75.18 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Business Case
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Business Case as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Business Case trend for jobs with a WFH option

Business Case
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Business Case.

Business Case daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Business Case over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Business Case daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Business Case
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Business Case.

Business Case hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 12 (5.71%) Confluence
2 7 (3.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.95%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 12 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (3.81%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.90%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.43%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.95%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.95%) Shopify
1 2 (0.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.48%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle AGIS
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (0.48%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.48%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 23 (10.95%) Azure
2 14 (6.67%) AWS
3 11 (5.24%) SaaS
4 10 (4.76%) Power Platform
5 9 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.90%) GCP
7 4 (1.90%) PaaS
8 3 (1.43%) OCI
9 2 (0.95%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.95%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.95%) BigCommerce
9 2 (0.95%) Datadog
9 2 (0.95%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.95%) GitHub
9 2 (0.95%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.95%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.95%) Route 53
9 2 (0.95%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.86%) ATM
2 3 (1.43%) Firewall
2 3 (1.43%) LAN
2 3 (1.43%) WAN
2 3 (1.43%) Wireless
3 2 (0.95%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (0.95%) DNS
3 2 (0.95%) SNMP
3 2 (0.95%) VPN
4 1 (0.48%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.48%) GSM
4 1 (0.48%) MPLS
4 1 (0.48%) Network Security
4 1 (0.48%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.76%) Power BI
2 4 (1.90%) Relational Database
2 4 (1.90%) Tableau
3 3 (1.43%) GIS
4 2 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.95%) Big Data
4 2 (0.95%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.95%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.95%) Looker
4 2 (0.95%) MySQL
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.48%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.48%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.48%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.48%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.48%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (5.24%) JIRA
2 2 (0.95%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.95%) Bitbucket Server
2 2 (0.95%) Cucumber
2 2 (0.95%) GitLab
2 2 (0.95%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.95%) JMeter
2 2 (0.95%) Maven
2 2 (0.95%) Selenium
2 2 (0.95%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.48%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.48%) Git
General
1 88 (41.90%) Finance
2 67 (31.90%) Social Skills
3 51 (24.29%) Public Sector
4 26 (12.38%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.14%) Banking
6 13 (6.19%) Local Government
6 13 (6.19%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (5.71%) Legal
7 12 (5.71%) Retail
8 10 (4.76%) Marketing
9 7 (3.33%) Aerospace
10 6 (2.86%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (2.38%) Military
12 3 (1.43%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.95%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.95%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 59 (28.10%) Project Manager
2 32 (15.24%) Architect
3 30 (14.29%) Senior
4 28 (13.33%) Analyst
5 24 (11.43%) Business Analyst
6 20 (9.52%) Senior Manager
7 18 (8.57%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
9 13 (6.19%) Lead
9 13 (6.19%) Product Owner
10 12 (5.71%) Delivery Manager
11 9 (4.29%) Business Manager
12 8 (3.81%) IT Manager
12 8 (3.81%) Security Manager
13 7 (3.33%) Business Change Manager
13 7 (3.33%) Change Manager
13 7 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 7 (3.33%) Lead Architect
13 7 (3.33%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
13 7 (3.33%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.86%) Middleware
2 3 (1.43%) .NET
3 2 (0.95%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.95%) CSS
3 2 (0.95%) J2EE
3 2 (0.95%) jQuery
3 2 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.95%) REST
3 2 (0.95%) Sass
3 2 (0.95%) Spring
3 2 (0.95%) Spring MVC
3 2 (0.95%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 2 (0.95%) VML
3 2 (0.95%) Web Services
4 1 (0.48%) ADO
4 1 (0.48%) Flask
4 1 (0.48%) HTML
4 1 (0.48%) Pandas
4 1 (0.48%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.67%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.86%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 4 (1.90%) IoT
4 4 (1.90%) Onboarding
4 4 (1.90%) Public Cloud
4 4 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.90%) Virtual Team
5 2 (0.95%) Credit Risk
5 2 (0.95%) Data Structures
5 2 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (0.95%) IVR
5 2 (0.95%) Market Risk
5 2 (0.95%) NHS
6 1 (0.48%) Blockchain
6 1 (0.48%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.48%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.48%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.48%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.48%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.81%) Windows
2 7 (3.33%) Linux
3 4 (1.90%) Unix
4 2 (0.95%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.48%) CentOS
5 1 (0.48%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (44.29%) Agile
2 59 (28.10%) Project Management
3 51 (24.29%) Project Delivery
4 46 (21.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 41 (19.52%) Change Management
6 36 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (14.29%) DevOps
8 29 (13.81%) Decision-Making
8 29 (13.81%) Roadmaps
9 28 (13.33%) Business Analysis
10 27 (12.86%) PRINCE2
11 23 (10.95%) Budget Management
12 21 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (9.52%) Waterfall
14 19 (9.05%) Cybersecurity
14 19 (9.05%) Programme Management
15 18 (8.57%) Analytics
15 18 (8.57%) Coaching
15 18 (8.57%) SDLC
16 17 (8.10%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.86%) SQL
2 4 (1.90%) Java
2 4 (1.90%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.43%) Python
4 2 (0.95%) MATLAB
4 2 (0.95%) R
Qualifications
1 44 (20.95%) Security Cleared
2 38 (18.10%) SC Cleared
3 12 (5.71%) Degree
4 11 (5.24%) DV Cleared
5 8 (3.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 5 (2.38%) PMP
7 4 (1.90%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.95%) CISSP
8 2 (0.95%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.48%) APMP
9 1 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.48%) CCSK
9 1 (0.48%) CGEIT
9 1 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.48%) CRISC
9 1 (0.48%) CSPO
9 1 (0.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.05%) QA
2 13 (6.19%) PMO
2 13 (6.19%) SLA
3 4 (1.90%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.43%) NIST
5 2 (0.95%) COBIT
5 2 (0.95%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.95%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.95%) NCSC
6 1 (0.48%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.48%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (2.86%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.95%) Docker
3 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.38%) Terraform
2 2 (0.95%) Ansible
2 2 (0.95%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.48%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.48%) Puppet
Vendors
1 25 (11.90%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.24%) SAP
3 6 (2.86%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.38%) Oracle
5 4 (1.90%) Atlassian
5 4 (1.90%) Cisco
5 4 (1.90%) Google
6 3 (1.43%) Pega
6 3 (1.43%) Workday
7 2 (0.95%) Adobe
7 2 (0.95%) BigPanda
7 2 (0.95%) Dell
7 2 (0.95%) Intel
7 2 (0.95%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.95%) Sitecore
7 2 (0.95%) Sparx
7 2 (0.95%) Splunk
7 2 (0.95%) UiPath
8 1 (0.48%) Cognizant
8 1 (0.48%) VMware