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 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 85 101
Rank change year-on-year -18 +16 -13
Contract jobs citing Business Case 34 45 28
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.42% 2.38% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 2.54% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 31 16
10th Percentile £355 £313 £444
25th Percentile £463 £404 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £725 £649 £669
90th Percentile £890 £675 £719
Central London median daily rate £625 £525 £625
% change year-on-year +19.05% -16.00% +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 2,094 1,774 1,882
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.21% 94.01% 91.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,416 1,158 1,280
10th Percentile £368 £331 £375
25th Percentile £455 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 22 16
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.57 £17.25
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.43
Median hourly rate £19.50 £29.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.45% +10.19% -13.60%
75th Percentile £41.25 £54.75 £82.19
90th Percentile £60.78 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £31.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year -25.29% +14.81% -22.86%

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 2 August 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
Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.88%) Chatbot
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (5.88%) CA PPM
2 1 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.94%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.88%) Adobe Analytics
1 2 (5.88%) Contentsquare
1 2 (5.88%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.94%) Azure
2 1 (2.94%) Azure AI
2 1 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.94%) Google Gemini
2 1 (2.94%) Kong
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (2.94%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) Power BI
2 1 (2.94%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 15 (44.12%) Finance
2 10 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 8 (23.53%) Public Sector
4 6 (17.65%) Banking
5 4 (11.76%) Marketing
6 3 (8.82%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (8.82%) Retail
7 2 (5.88%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (5.88%) Investment Banking
7 2 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (5.88%) Retail Banking
8 1 (2.94%) Back Office
8 1 (2.94%) Legal
8 1 (2.94%) Military
8 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (23.53%) Analyst
2 7 (20.59%) Business Analyst
2 7 (20.59%) Project Manager
3 6 (17.65%) Senior
4 4 (11.76%) Senior Manager
5 3 (8.82%) Lead
5 3 (8.82%) Product Manager
5 3 (8.82%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Architect
6 2 (5.88%) Broadcast Project Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Content Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Digital Product Owner
6 2 (5.88%) Platform Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Product Owner
6 2 (5.88%) Programme Director
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Content Manager
7 1 (2.94%) IT Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (2.94%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
7 1 (2.94%) Senior IT Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (2.94%) Senior IT Project 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%) Virtual Team
3 2 (5.88%) PMI
4 1 (2.94%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.94%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (44.12%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (35.29%) Decision-Making
3 11 (32.35%) Agile
4 10 (29.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (26.47%) Roadmaps
6 6 (17.65%) PRINCE2
7 5 (14.71%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 5 (14.71%) Product Roadmap
7 5 (14.71%) Scrum
7 5 (14.71%) Workshop Facilitation
8 4 (11.76%) Analytics
8 4 (11.76%) Budget Management
8 4 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (11.76%) Matrix Organization
8 4 (11.76%) Migration
8 4 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (11.76%) Project Management
8 4 (11.76%) User Stories
8 4 (11.76%) Validation
8 4 (11.76%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.94%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) Degree
1 5 (14.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.82%) PMI Certification
4 2 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (5.88%) PMP
5 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.94%) RIBA
5 1 (2.94%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.71%) PMO
1 5 (14.71%) QA
2 4 (11.76%) Data Quality
3 2 (5.88%) GRC
4 1 (2.94%) P3O
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.88%) Adobe
2 2 (5.88%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.94%) OpenAI
3 1 (2.94%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.94%) SAP
3 1 (2.94%) UiPath