Business Case Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Business Cases
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Business Case skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 49 47
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Business Case 5 2 11
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 1.14% 0.61% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 0.70% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £322 - £500
25th Percentile £335 - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £357 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.32%
75th Percentile £378 - £600
90th Percentile £391 - £609
South East median daily rate £500 £520 £537
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.08% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -25.00% -
South East median hourly rate £17.50 £40.25 £32.97
% change year-on-year -56.52% +22.08% -12.08%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 368 287 482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 83.83% 86.97% 89.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 203 358
10th Percentile £223 £234 £294
25th Percentile £356 £396 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £560 £588 £610
90th Percentile £637 £650 £743
South East median daily rate £500 £511 £515
% change year-on-year -2.12% -0.81% +1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 6 20
10th Percentile - £15.35 £15.72
25th Percentile £15.91 £22.03 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £23.48
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% +53.31% +44.51%
75th Percentile £29.61 £49.81 £27.75
90th Percentile £35.36 £55.63 £30.00
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -44.53% -22.73% +29.67%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Business Case job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Business Case
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

Business Case
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 9 January 2026. 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
Milton Keynes - 3 £357 - 4
Business Case
South East

Business Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Amazon SageMaker
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Big Data
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Electronics
3 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (40.00%) Marketing
3 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Automation Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) NHS Business Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Process Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Data Scientist
2 1 (20.00%) Security Assurance Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) NHS
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (40.00%) Robotic Process Automation
2 1 (20.00%) AI
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (20.00%) Security Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Statistics
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Planview