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 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 94 81
Rank change year-on-year +1 -13 +23
Contract jobs citing Business Case 33 22 49
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.64% 1.22% 2.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 1.33% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 13 22
10th Percentile £390 £453 £436
25th Percentile £459 £588 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £620 £563
Median % change year-on-year +0.81% +10.22% -5.46%
75th Percentile £706 £675 £644
90th Percentile £764 £707 £730
Central London median daily rate £625 £620 £525
% change year-on-year +0.81% +18.10% -8.70%

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 1,785 1,649 2,096
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.76% 91.71% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,229 1,025 1,493
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £433 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £575 £568
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% +1.32% -5.42%
75th Percentile £669 £684 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 10 13
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £26.25 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.00 £35.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.13% +42.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £47.50 £47.50 £41.84
90th Percentile £59.72 £112.00 £49.55
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -20.54%

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 4 March 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 (6.06%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (6.06%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (12.12%) Power Platform
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.06%) Power Automate
3 1 (3.03%) Azure
3 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (3.03%) PowerApps
3 1 (3.03%) SaaS
3 1 (3.03%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) Power BI
2 1 (3.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 16 (48.48%) Finance
2 10 (30.30%) Public Sector
3 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 8 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.09%) Retail
6 2 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Marketing
6 2 (6.06%) Military
6 2 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Back Office
7 1 (3.03%) Banking
7 1 (3.03%) Legal
7 1 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (3.03%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) Senior
2 8 (24.24%) Senior Manager
3 5 (15.15%) Product Manager
3 5 (15.15%) Project Manager
4 4 (12.12%) Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Delivery Manager
4 4 (12.12%) Senior Project Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Business Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) CRM Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Senior Delivery Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Broadcast Project Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) Content Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Lead
6 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365 Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Platform Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Content Manager
7 1 (3.03%) Legal Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Onboarding
2 3 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 3 (9.09%) Virtual Team
3 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.03%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 9 (27.27%) Scrum
2 9 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (24.24%) Project Management
4 7 (21.21%) Agile
4 7 (21.21%) Roadmaps
5 6 (18.18%) Decision-Making
5 6 (18.18%) Migration
6 5 (15.15%) Backlog Management
6 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (12.12%) B2B
7 4 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (12.12%) CRM
7 4 (12.12%) Line Management
7 4 (12.12%) Product Management
7 4 (12.12%) Product Strategy
8 3 (9.09%) ITIL
8 3 (9.09%) PRINCE2
8 3 (9.09%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 5 (15.15%) Degree
3 3 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (6.06%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.03%) IIBA
5 1 (3.03%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.03%) MBA
5 1 (3.03%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) QA
2 3 (9.09%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.03%) ISO 9001
3 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.03%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Grafana
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) Dynatrace
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle
2 2 (6.06%) ServiceNow
2 2 (6.06%) Snow
3 1 (3.03%) Google
3 1 (3.03%) SAP