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 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 99 68
Rank change year-on-year +3 -31 +52
Contract jobs citing Business Case 29 27 75
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.61% 1.31% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 1.42% 3.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 16 38
10th Percentile £348 £456 £479
25th Percentile £399 £515 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £577
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +3.99% +0.35%
75th Percentile £650 £678 £700
90th Percentile £697 £708 £816
Central London median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -

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 1,638 1,897 2,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.85% 92.04% 89.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,161 1,158 1,637
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £421 £465 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £756 £788 £804
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 11
10th Percentile £19.98 £15.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.36 £22.00 £17.97
Median hourly rate £31.00 £42.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.06% +70.00% -41.86%
75th Percentile £43.33 £102.25 £42.38
90th Percentile £55.25 £127.30 £73.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.57 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -24.09% +37.25% -37.04%

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 18 December 2025.

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 (6.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.45%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.24%) Dynamics 365
1 5 (17.24%) Power Platform
2 4 (13.79%) AWS
2 4 (13.79%) Power Automate
3 3 (10.34%) Azure
3 3 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (10.34%) PowerApps
4 2 (6.90%) GCP
4 2 (6.90%) Google Play
4 2 (6.90%) PaaS
5 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) BGP
1 1 (3.45%) Firewall
1 1 (3.45%) Multicast
1 1 (3.45%) OSPF
1 1 (3.45%) Unicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.24%) Power BI
2 2 (6.90%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (17.24%) JIRA
2 2 (6.90%) SonarQube
General
1 13 (44.83%) Finance
2 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
3 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
5 3 (10.34%) Marketing
6 2 (6.90%) Banking
6 2 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Retail Banking
7 1 (3.45%) Back Office
7 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.45%) Investment Banking
7 1 (3.45%) Legal
7 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (3.45%) Publishing
7 1 (3.45%) Retail
7 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (37.93%) Senior
2 9 (31.03%) Senior Manager
3 8 (27.59%) Analyst
4 6 (20.69%) Business Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Lead
5 3 (10.34%) Senior Delivery Manager
6 2 (6.90%) CRM Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Marketing Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Project Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Marketing Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Business Change Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Insurance Business Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Integration Project Manager
7 1 (3.45%) IT Business Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Procurement Officer
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Business Change Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Senior IT Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) .NET
1 2 (6.90%) Redux
1 2 (6.90%) RESTful
2 1 (3.45%) Next.js
2 1 (3.45%) React
2 1 (3.45%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.90%) Mobile App
2 2 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.90%) Web Conferencing
3 1 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.45%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Agile
2 7 (24.14%) Project Management
3 6 (20.69%) Business Strategy
3 6 (20.69%) CRM
3 6 (20.69%) DevOps
3 6 (20.69%) Migration
4 5 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (17.24%) Roadmaps
4 5 (17.24%) Scrum
4 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (13.79%) B2B
5 4 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (13.79%) Feasibility Study
5 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
5 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (10.34%) Coaching
6 3 (10.34%) Line Management
6 3 (10.34%) Mentoring
6 3 (10.34%) Traceability Matrix
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) JavaScript
1 2 (6.90%) TypeScript
2 1 (3.45%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) Degree
1 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) CCIE
2 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) IIBA
2 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.45%) MBA
2 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) QA
2 1 (3.45%) ISO 9001
2 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Ansible
1 1 (3.45%) Grafana
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) Google
3 3 (10.34%) Salesforce
4 2 (6.90%) Adobe
4 2 (6.90%) DocuSign
5 1 (3.45%) Arista
5 1 (3.45%) Dynatrace
5 1 (3.45%) Guidewire
5 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.45%) Snow