Business Case Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Business Cases
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Business Case skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 99 90
Rank change year-on-year +17 -9 -3
Contract jobs citing Business Case 29 10 33
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.96% 0.68% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.23% 0.75% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 5 23
10th Percentile £435 £425 £415
25th Percentile £485 £500 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -9.00% +15.79%
75th Percentile £597 £520 £600
90th Percentile £639 £538 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £43.74
25th Percentile - - £48.32
Median hourly rate - - £56.89
75th Percentile - - £64.16
90th Percentile - - £67.96
South East median hourly rate £17.50 £40.25 £40.69
% change year-on-year -56.52% -1.08% +34.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Business Case falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,301 1,340 1,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 87.85% 90.91% 91.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 875 744 938
10th Percentile £301 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -1.48%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £650 £686 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £518
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.62% +1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 39 68
10th Percentile £14.75 £24.68 £24.80
25th Percentile £18.90 £41.25 £48.40
Median hourly rate £40.44 £59.00 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year -31.47% -4.29% +25.17%
75th Percentile £81.00 £64.08 £67.75
90th Percentile £97.50 £68.57 £77.20
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £46.12 £55.00
% change year-on-year -51.22% -16.14% +37.50%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Case relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Business Case job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Business Case
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Business Case.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Business Case

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in Berkshire over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in Berkshire

Business Case
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Business Case.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Business Case

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +17 10 £525 +4.90% 5
Slough +2 7 £500 +25.00% 25
Windsor -1 4 £591 - 1
Bracknell - 4 £450 -
Maidenhead - 1 - - 1
Wokingham - 1 £575 -
Business Case
South East

Business Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (6.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (3.45%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) Azure
1 2 (6.90%) Contentstack
1 2 (6.90%) Oracle CX
1 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.45%) AWS
2 1 (3.45%) Boomi
2 1 (3.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) VPN
2 1 (3.45%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) Power BI
2 1 (3.45%) Data Hub
2 1 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.45%) DTS
2 1 (3.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) JIRA
2 1 (3.45%) Git
General
1 9 (31.03%) Finance
2 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Automotive
3 4 (13.79%) Retail
4 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Billing
5 2 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Legal
5 2 (6.90%) Marketing
5 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.45%) Law
6 1 (3.45%) Local Government
6 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (44.83%) Project Manager
2 7 (24.14%) Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) Business Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Data Centre Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Data Centre Project Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Lead
4 4 (13.79%) Senior
4 4 (13.79%) Senior Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Senior Project Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Smart Metering Project Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Product Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Engineering Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Data Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Oracle Project Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Portfolio Manager
7 1 (3.45%) SAP Project Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Senior SAP Project Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Technical Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Web Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) React
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.45%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Data Centre
2 6 (20.69%) Product Ownership
3 4 (13.79%) Smart Meter
3 4 (13.79%) Virtual Team
4 3 (10.34%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (10.34%) IoT
5 2 (6.90%) PMI
6 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
6 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
6 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 10 (34.48%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (31.03%) Agile
3 9 (31.03%) Roadmaps
4 8 (27.59%) Budget Management
4 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (20.69%) Change Management
6 5 (17.24%) Budgeting
6 5 (17.24%) User Stories
7 4 (13.79%) Line Management
7 4 (13.79%) Matrix Management
7 4 (13.79%) Matrix Organization
7 4 (13.79%) PRINCE
7 4 (13.79%) PRINCE2
7 4 (13.79%) Project Delivery
7 4 (13.79%) Project Management
7 4 (13.79%) Risk Management
7 4 (13.79%) Translating Business Requirements
7 4 (13.79%) Validation
7 4 (13.79%) Virtual Team Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) PMI Certification
2 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) PgMP
4 1 (3.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) PMO
2 2 (6.90%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.45%) GDPR
3 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.45%) NIST
3 1 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Oracle
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) Palo Alto
2 3 (10.34%) VMware
2 3 (10.34%) Zscaler
3 2 (6.90%) SAP
4 1 (3.45%) Dell
4 1 (3.45%) Foundry
4 1 (3.45%) Palantir