Business Case Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Business Cases
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Business Case skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 81 92
Rank change year-on-year -19 +11 -19
Contract jobs citing Business Case 38 41 31
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.72% 2.36% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.92% 2.50% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 32 20
10th Percentile £406 £315 £410
25th Percentile £453 £404 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £500 £563
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% +2.27%
75th Percentile £723 £641 £663
90th Percentile £842 £664 £704
Central London median daily rate £588 £500 £563
% change year-on-year +17.50% -11.11% +2.27%

All Process & 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 1,979 1,642 1,941
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.83% 94.37% 91.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,365 1,104 1,207
10th Percentile £364 £325 £372
25th Percentile £455 £420 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £689
90th Percentile £775 £770 £795
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 19 19
10th Percentile £16.98 £16.96 £15.60
25th Percentile £17.60 £22.88 £21.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £28.15 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% -26.88% +40.00%
75th Percentile £36.13 £50.25 £102.25
90th Percentile £59.70 £68.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £28.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -12.28% -18.57% +30.84%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Business Case job vacancy trend in the City of London

Business Case
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Business Case.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Business Case

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 1 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in the City of London

Business Case
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Business Case.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Business Case

Business Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 (5.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (2.63%) Confluence
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Chatbot
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.53%) Azure
2 2 (5.26%) Adobe Analytics
2 2 (5.26%) AWS
2 2 (5.26%) Azure AI
2 2 (5.26%) Contentsquare
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (2.63%) Copilot Studio
3 1 (2.63%) Google Gemini
3 1 (2.63%) Kong
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) Power BI
1 1 (2.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 20 (52.63%) Finance
2 12 (31.58%) Social Skills
3 9 (23.68%) Banking
4 6 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (13.16%) Marketing
5 5 (13.16%) Public Sector
6 4 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (10.53%) Retail
7 3 (7.89%) Investment Banking
8 2 (5.26%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (5.26%) Military
8 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (5.26%) Retail Banking
9 1 (2.63%) Back Office
9 1 (2.63%) Front Office
9 1 (2.63%) International Banking
9 1 (2.63%) Legal
9 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (23.68%) Project Manager
2 8 (21.05%) Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) Business Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) Lead
4 3 (7.89%) Product Manager
4 3 (7.89%) Product Owner
5 2 (5.26%) Architect
5 2 (5.26%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
5 2 (5.26%) Digital Product Owner
5 2 (5.26%) Payments Project Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Senior
5 2 (5.26%) Senior Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (5.26%) Technical Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Business Systems Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) Integration Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Process Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) Project Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.26%) Web Services
2 1 (2.63%) .NET
2 1 (2.63%) MACH
2 1 (2.63%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.63%) REST
2 1 (2.63%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.05%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.26%) AI Agents
2 2 (5.26%) CMDB
2 2 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (5.26%) PMI
3 1 (2.63%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.63%) PACS
3 1 (2.63%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (52.63%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (44.74%) Agile
3 13 (34.21%) Roadmaps
4 11 (28.95%) Decision-Making
5 9 (23.68%) AI
5 9 (23.68%) Project Management
6 8 (21.05%) Project Delivery
7 7 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (18.42%) PRINCE2
7 7 (18.42%) Workshop Facilitation
8 6 (15.79%) LLM
8 6 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (15.79%) Scrum
8 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (13.16%) Budgeting
9 5 (13.16%) Observability
9 5 (13.16%) Requirements Gathering
9 5 (13.16%) User Stories
9 5 (13.16%) Waterfall
9 5 (13.16%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.63%) Java
1 1 (2.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (21.05%) PMI Certification
2 6 (15.79%) PMP
3 5 (13.16%) Security Cleared
4 4 (10.53%) Degree
4 4 (10.53%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (2.63%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) PMO
2 3 (7.89%) Data Quality
3 2 (5.26%) GRC
4 1 (2.63%) GDPR
4 1 (2.63%) ISO 20022
4 1 (2.63%) P3O
4 1 (2.63%) SEPA
4 1 (2.63%) SLA
4 1 (2.63%) TARGET2
Vendors
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.26%) Adobe
2 2 (5.26%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.63%) Foundry
3 1 (2.63%) OpenAI
3 1 (2.63%) Oracle
3 1 (2.63%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.63%) UiPath