Business Case Contracts in Cheshire

Business Cases
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 54 44
Rank change year-on-year +12 -10 -2
Contract jobs citing Business Case 15 8 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.99% 1.48% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.55% 1.63% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 8
10th Percentile £425 £285 £335
25th Percentile £663 £322 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £359 £396
Median % change year-on-year +91.51% -9.17% -17.48%
75th Percentile £719 £398 £472
90th Percentile £725 £422 £631
North West median daily rate £575 £500 £465
% change year-on-year +15.00% +7.53% -11.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 423 492 457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 84.43% 91.28% 86.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 333 262
10th Percentile £277 £275 £219
25th Percentile £400 £389 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +2.86%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £538
90th Percentile £637 £655 £631
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 24 26
10th Percentile £13.70 £15.97 £10.28
25th Percentile £16.61 £22.97 £15.55
Median hourly rate £26.66 £30.54 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +29.96% -27.06%
75th Percentile £42.31 £35.00 £33.62
90th Percentile £44.13 £38.80 £60.88
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -40.00% +68.72% +10.64%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Business Case as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in Cheshire

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Case in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Business Case in Cheshire

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in Cheshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in Cheshire

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Case in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in Cheshire

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Macclesfield -13 8 £575 +53.95% 2
Knutsford - 6 £688 -
Warrington +7 1 - - 2
Business Case
North West

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) MQTT
General
1 6 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (26.67%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Analyst
1 4 (26.67%) Business Analyst
1 4 (26.67%) Project Manager
1 4 (26.67%) Security Manager
1 4 (26.67%) Security Project Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Senior
2 2 (13.33%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Coordinator
3 1 (6.67%) Data Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Digital Programme Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Information Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Portfolio Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Portfolio Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Programme Director
3 1 (6.67%) Programme Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Supply Chain Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Industry 4.0
1 5 (33.33%) IoT
1 5 (33.33%) Robotics
2 1 (6.67%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (6.67%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Decision-Making
2 8 (53.33%) Roadmaps
3 7 (46.67%) Data Strategy
3 7 (46.67%) Use Case
4 6 (40.00%) Application Security
4 6 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 6 (40.00%) Business Development
4 6 (40.00%) Cloud Security
4 6 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (40.00%) Pricing Strategy
4 6 (40.00%) Threat Management
5 4 (26.67%) Business Analysis
5 4 (26.67%) Change Management
5 4 (26.67%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
5 4 (26.67%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (26.67%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (26.67%) Value Proposition
5 4 (26.67%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (20.00%) Digital Twin
6 3 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) CISA
1 6 (40.00%) CISM
1 6 (40.00%) CISSP
1 6 (40.00%) Degree
1 6 (40.00%) Master's Degree
1 6 (40.00%) MBA
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft