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 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 87 94
Rank change year-on-year -15 +7 +8
Contract jobs citing Business Case 34 35 33
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.45% 2.08% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 2.22% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 22 18
10th Percentile £400 £406 £387
25th Percentile £568 £477 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £639 £558 £525
Median % change year-on-year +14.57% +6.19% -8.70%
75th Percentile £734 £672 £638
90th Percentile £865 £709 £711
Central London median daily rate £625 £583 £515
% change year-on-year +7.30% +13.11% -10.43%

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 1,997 1,575 1,954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.41% 93.64% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,360 995 1,367
10th Percentile £357 £356 £350
25th Percentile £450 £453 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 14 12
10th Percentile £17.38 £18.15 £19.95
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.98 £20.22
Median hourly rate £25.77 £28.33 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% +6.38% -23.93%
75th Percentile £52.16 £41.48 £40.46
90th Percentile £62.89 £59.25 £49.41
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £28.33 £27.81
% change year-on-year -7.82% +1.85% -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 3 June 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 (5.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 2 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Chatbot
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (5.88%) Exchequer
3 1 (2.94%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.82%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (5.88%) Adobe Analytics
2 2 (5.88%) Contentsquare
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.94%) Kong
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.94%) SaaS
3 1 (2.94%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (17.65%) JIRA
General
1 14 (41.18%) Finance
2 10 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 7 (20.59%) Public Sector
4 5 (14.71%) Banking
4 5 (14.71%) Marketing
5 4 (11.76%) Retail
6 2 (5.88%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.88%) Investment Banking
6 2 (5.88%) Military
6 2 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.88%) Retail Banking
7 1 (2.94%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (20.59%) Senior
2 6 (17.65%) Project Manager
3 5 (14.71%) Analyst
3 5 (14.71%) Senior Manager
4 4 (11.76%) Architect
4 4 (11.76%) Business Analyst
4 4 (11.76%) Product Manager
5 3 (8.82%) Consultant
5 3 (8.82%) CRM Manager
5 3 (8.82%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (8.82%) Product Owner
5 3 (8.82%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Broadcast Project Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Content Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Digital Product Owner
6 2 (5.88%) Lead
6 2 (5.88%) Microsoft 365 Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Platform Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Content Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) .NET
1 1 (2.94%) REST
1 1 (2.94%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Product Ownership
2 3 (8.82%) Onboarding
2 3 (8.82%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.94%) PMI
3 1 (2.94%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 10 (29.41%) Agile
2 10 (29.41%) Roadmaps
3 9 (26.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (20.59%) Decision-Making
4 7 (20.59%) Scrum
5 6 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (14.71%) Migration
6 5 (14.71%) PRINCE2
6 5 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (14.71%) Project Management
6 5 (14.71%) Waterfall
7 4 (11.76%) B2B
7 4 (11.76%) Backlog Management
7 4 (11.76%) Budget Management
7 4 (11.76%) Product Roadmap
8 3 (8.82%) AI
8 3 (8.82%) CRM
8 3 (8.82%) Strategic Planning
8 3 (8.82%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.94%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.76%) Degree
3 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.94%) PMP
5 1 (2.94%) RIBA
5 1 (2.94%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.59%) QA
2 3 (8.82%) Data Quality
2 3 (8.82%) PMO
3 1 (2.94%) GRC
Systems Management
1 2 (5.88%) Grafana
2 1 (2.94%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.88%) Adobe
3 2 (5.88%) Dynatrace
3 2 (5.88%) Oracle
3 2 (5.88%) Snow
4 1 (2.94%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.94%) SAP
4 1 (2.94%) UiPath