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

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 100 66
Rank change year-on-year +17 -34 +56
Contract jobs citing Business Case 37 24 81
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.19% 1.14% 2.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% 1.24% 3.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 14 44
10th Percentile £337 £454 £444
25th Percentile £404 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £523 £564
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -7.32% -1.96%
75th Percentile £642 £654 £678
90th Percentile £664 £680 £809
Central London median daily rate £488 £525 £563
% change year-on-year -7.14% -6.67% -2.17%

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 1,590 1,931 2,502
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.08% 91.60% 89.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,102 1,183 1,751
10th Percentile £328 £375 £363
25th Percentile £419 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -1.71% +1.74%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £695
90th Percentile £750 £787 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 17
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.07 £23.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.75 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.71% +54.55% -36.40%
75th Percentile £44.63 £112.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £70.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -20.71% +27.27% -36.05%

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 November 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 3 (8.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.70%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.51%) AWS
1 5 (13.51%) Power Platform
2 3 (8.11%) Azure
2 3 (8.11%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (8.11%) GCP
2 3 (8.11%) Power Automate
2 3 (8.11%) PowerApps
3 2 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (5.41%) Google Play
3 2 (5.41%) PaaS
4 1 (2.70%) Asana
4 1 (2.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.11%) BGP
1 3 (8.11%) Firewall
1 3 (8.11%) Multicast
1 3 (8.11%) OSPF
1 3 (8.11%) Unicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.51%) Power BI
2 4 (10.81%) SQL Server
2 4 (10.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (5.41%) Oracle Database
3 2 (5.41%) Tableau
4 1 (2.70%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) JIRA
2 2 (5.41%) SonarQube
General
1 17 (45.95%) Finance
2 11 (29.73%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
3 8 (21.62%) Banking
4 4 (10.81%) Investment Banking
4 4 (10.81%) Marketing
5 3 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.41%) Back Office
6 2 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Retail Banking
7 1 (2.70%) Legal
7 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (29.73%) Analyst
2 9 (24.32%) Business Analyst
3 6 (16.22%) Senior
4 4 (10.81%) Applications Developer
4 4 (10.81%) Automation Developer
4 4 (10.81%) Developer
4 4 (10.81%) Senior Manager
5 3 (8.11%) Marketing Manager
5 3 (8.11%) Network Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Senior Marketing Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Automation Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) IT Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Lead
7 1 (2.70%) Business IT Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Junior
7 1 (2.70%) Procurement Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Programme Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Project Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (16.22%) .NET
2 2 (5.41%) Redux
2 2 (5.41%) RESTful
3 1 (2.70%) Next.js
3 1 (2.70%) React
3 1 (2.70%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Web Conferencing
2 2 (5.41%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.41%) Mobile App
2 2 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (32.43%) Agile
3 8 (21.62%) DevOps
4 7 (18.92%) Business Strategy
4 7 (18.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (16.22%) Data Analysis
5 6 (16.22%) Project Management
6 5 (13.51%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (13.51%) Decision-Making
6 5 (13.51%) Project Delivery
6 5 (13.51%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 5 (13.51%) Strategic Planning
7 4 (10.81%) Budgeting
7 4 (10.81%) CRM
7 4 (10.81%) Data Reconciliation
7 4 (10.81%) Migration
7 4 (10.81%) Roadmaps
7 4 (10.81%) Robotic Process Automation
7 4 (10.81%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.51%) C#
1 5 (13.51%) SQL
2 2 (5.41%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) CCIE
1 3 (8.11%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.70%) ACCA
2 1 (2.70%) CIMA
2 1 (2.70%) IIBA
2 1 (2.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) PMO
2 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.70%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.70%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) Ansible
Vendors
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.22%) Google
3 4 (10.81%) Oracle
3 4 (10.81%) Salesforce
4 3 (8.11%) Adobe
4 3 (8.11%) Arista
5 2 (5.41%) DocuSign
5 2 (5.41%) UiPath
6 1 (2.70%) Guidewire
6 1 (2.70%) PeopleSoft