Business Case Contracts in the City of London

Business Cases
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Business Case skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Case over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 87 101
Rank change year-on-year -7 +14 +7
Contract jobs citing Business Case 26 36 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.49% 1.67% 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 1.84% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 20 30
10th Percentile £481 £387 £423
25th Percentile £509 £481 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £575 £644
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -10.68% +11.96%
75th Percentile £675 £644 £756
90th Percentile £714 £704 £875
Central London median daily rate £625 £563 £625
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +9.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,627 1,952 3,230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.51% 90.58% 91.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,023 1,373 2,183
10th Percentile £350 £356 £356
25th Percentile £459 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £568 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.44% -5.42% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £731
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £558 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +1.36% -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.95 £15.33
25th Percentile £23.75 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £28.15 £25.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.85% -26.79% -12.50%
75th Percentile £43.75 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £41.65 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -13.58%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Business Case as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in the City of London

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Case in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Business Case in the City of London

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in the City of London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Case in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in the City of London

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (15.38%) Confluence
2 1 (3.85%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) Azure
2 3 (11.54%) AWS
3 2 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.69%) GCP
4 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Data Lake
1 2 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.85%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) JIRA
General
1 11 (42.31%) Finance
2 10 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (23.08%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.69%) Back Office
4 2 (7.69%) Banking
4 2 (7.69%) Law
4 2 (7.69%) Legal
4 2 (7.69%) Marketing
4 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Front Office
5 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Analyst
1 8 (30.77%) Business Analyst
2 6 (23.08%) Project Manager
3 5 (19.23%) Senior
4 4 (15.38%) Senior Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Data Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Digital Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Digital Business Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Marketing Manager
5 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Marketing Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Technical Business Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Investment Banking Project Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Lead
6 1 (3.85%) Payments Project Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (3.85%) Transformation Director
6 1 (3.85%) Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.85%) Reinsurance
1 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (3.85%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (57.69%) Agile
2 10 (38.46%) Project Delivery
2 10 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (26.92%) Decision-Making
3 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (23.08%) Project Management
5 5 (19.23%) Waterfall
5 5 (19.23%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (15.38%) Acceptance Criteria
6 4 (15.38%) Business Analysis
6 4 (15.38%) Business Strategy
6 4 (15.38%) PRINCE2
6 4 (15.38%) User Stories
7 3 (11.54%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (11.54%) Requirements Management
7 3 (11.54%) Service Delivery
7 3 (11.54%) Time Management
7 3 (11.54%) Translating Business Requirements
7 3 (11.54%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) PMP
2 3 (11.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.85%) CCAB
4 1 (3.85%) CISM
4 1 (3.85%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) PMO
2 2 (7.69%) QA
2 2 (7.69%) SLA
3 1 (3.85%) GRC
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Adobe
2 2 (7.69%) Atlassian
2 2 (7.69%) Google
2 2 (7.69%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.85%) Ariba
3 1 (3.85%) Qualys
3 1 (3.85%) SAP
3 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow