Business Case Contract Job Trends in Chelmsford

Business Cases
Essex > Chelmsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chelmsford requiring Business Case skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Business Case 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chelmsford 11.11% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median daily rate £498 - £275
% change year-on-year - - -18.52%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Chelmsford

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 Chelmsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6 6 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chelmsford 66.67% 66.67% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 8
10th Percentile £253 £563 £104
25th Percentile £288 £581 £107
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £353 £625 £270
Median % change year-on-year -43.60% +131.48% -6.09%
75th Percentile £423 £656 £503
90th Percentile £462 £668 £550
Essex median daily rate £425 £317 £400
% change year-on-year +34.28% -20.88% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.17 - £10.42
Median hourly rate £16.25 - £17.50
75th Percentile £16.33 - £20.25
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median hourly rate £18.87 £20.61 £21.00
% change year-on-year -8.44% -1.86% -16.00%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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

Business Case job vacancy trend in Chelmsford

Business Case
Daily Rate Trend in Chelmsford

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

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

Business Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft