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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 99 84
Rank change year-on-year +25 -15 +27
Contract jobs citing Business Case 45 31 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 2.55% 1.48% 2.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.71% 1.60% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 19 44
10th Percentile £320 £408 £475
25th Percentile £404 £506 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £564
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +2.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £638 £658 £691
90th Percentile £664 £708 £821
Central London median daily rate £500 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -13.04% +2.22% -3.85%

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 1,661 1,932 2,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.21% 92.09% 90.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,107 1,224 1,857
10th Percentile £325 £375 £363
25th Percentile £419 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £705
90th Percentile £763 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 16
10th Percentile £17.35 £15.20 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.22 £16.02
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% +8.00% -41.86%
75th Percentile £53.50 £78.75 £44.87
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -10.71% +34.62% -38.82%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Business Case as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Case 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 September 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 and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (11.11%) Confluence
2 1 (2.22%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.22%) Loan IQ
2 1 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.56%) AWS
2 6 (13.33%) Azure
3 5 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (8.89%) GCP
5 3 (6.67%) Power Platform
6 2 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (4.44%) Google Play
6 2 (4.44%) PaaS
6 2 (4.44%) Power Automate
6 2 (4.44%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.22%) Asana
7 1 (2.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.67%) BGP
1 3 (6.67%) Firewall
1 3 (6.67%) Multicast
1 3 (6.67%) OSPF
1 3 (6.67%) Unicast
2 1 (2.22%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.89%) SQL Server
1 4 (8.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (6.67%) Power BI
3 2 (4.44%) Oracle Database
4 1 (2.22%) Power Query
4 1 (2.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (8.89%) JIRA
2 2 (4.44%) SonarQube
General
1 20 (44.44%) Finance
2 15 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 12 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (20.00%) Banking
5 5 (11.11%) Marketing
6 4 (8.89%) Investment Banking
6 4 (8.89%) Public Sector
7 3 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (4.44%) Back Office
8 2 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (4.44%) Retail Banking
9 1 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (33.33%) Analyst
2 14 (31.11%) Business Analyst
3 8 (17.78%) Senior
4 6 (13.33%) Senior Manager
5 4 (8.89%) Applications Developer
5 4 (8.89%) Automation Developer
5 4 (8.89%) Developer
5 4 (8.89%) Marketing Manager
5 4 (8.89%) Senior Marketing Manager
6 3 (6.67%) Digital Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Digital Business Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Lead
6 3 (6.67%) Network Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.44%) Automation Engineer
7 2 (4.44%) Insurance Business Analyst
7 2 (4.44%) IT Manager
7 2 (4.44%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
8 1 (2.22%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (2.22%) Salesforce Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.33%) .NET
2 2 (4.44%) Redux
2 2 (4.44%) RESTful
3 1 (2.22%) Next.js
3 1 (2.22%) React
3 1 (2.22%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.44%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.22%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.22%) Reinsurance
3 1 (2.22%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (42.22%) Agile
2 16 (35.56%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (22.22%) DevOps
3 10 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (17.78%) Business Strategy
4 8 (17.78%) Decision-Making
5 7 (15.56%) Acceptance Criteria
5 7 (15.56%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (13.33%) Data Analysis
6 6 (13.33%) Project Delivery
6 6 (13.33%) Project Management
6 6 (13.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 6 (13.33%) Strategic Planning
6 6 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (13.33%) User Stories
7 5 (11.11%) Budgeting
7 5 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (11.11%) CRM
7 5 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (8.89%) Traceability Matrix
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.11%) C#
1 5 (11.11%) SQL
2 2 (4.44%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (6.67%) CCIE
1 3 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (4.44%) SC Cleared
2 2 (4.44%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.22%) ACCA
3 1 (2.22%) CCAB
3 1 (2.22%) CIMA
3 1 (2.22%) PMP
3 1 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.11%) PMO
2 2 (4.44%) QA
3 1 (2.22%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.22%) ISO 9001
3 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.22%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (6.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 10 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 7 (15.56%) Google
3 5 (11.11%) Salesforce
4 4 (8.89%) Adobe
4 4 (8.89%) Oracle
5 3 (6.67%) Arista
6 2 (4.44%) DocuSign
6 2 (4.44%) UiPath
7 1 (2.22%) Guidewire
7 1 (2.22%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (2.22%) SAP