Business Case Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Business Cases
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Business Case skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 58 59
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing Business Case 12 10 10
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.65% 1.45% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 1.66% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 8
10th Percentile £322 £576 £395
25th Percentile £450 £600 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £625 £488
Median % change year-on-year -24.80% +28.21% +2.63%
75th Percentile £531 £638 £685
90th Percentile £575 £773 £704
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £600 £538
% change year-on-year -20.83% +11.63% +7.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 648 602 611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 89.26% 87.25% 83.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 407 401
10th Percentile £224 £198 £275
25th Percentile £370 £381 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.34% +7.89% -
75th Percentile £575 £638 £600
90th Percentile £638 £738 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 16 18
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.70 £13.03
25th Percentile £13.50 £21.63 £14.78
Median hourly rate £18.87 £30.23 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.57% -49.63% +254.30%
75th Percentile £20.56 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £25.00 £56.25 £67.88
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.50 £23.89 £23.00
% change year-on-year -14.19% +3.87% +29.94%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Business Case job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Business Case
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in Birmingham over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in Birmingham

Business Case
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

Business Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (25.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (16.67%) OpenShift
2 2 (16.67%) SaaS
3 1 (8.33%) Azure
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Power BI
2 2 (16.67%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 7 (58.33%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
5 1 (8.33%) Legal
5 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (8.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Analytics Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Chief Operating Officer
3 1 (8.33%) Chief Technology Officer
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Data Analytics Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Data Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Data Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Lean Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) PMO Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (58.33%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 4 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
3 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 4 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 3 (25.00%) Analytics
4 3 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 3 (25.00%) Project Management
4 3 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (16.67%) Budgeting
5 2 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Change Control
5 2 (16.67%) Coaching
5 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
1 1 (8.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) PMO
1 3 (25.00%) QA
2 2 (16.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (16.67%) Planview
2 1 (8.33%) Databricks
2 1 (8.33%) SAP