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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 77 96
Rank change year-on-year -31 +19 +8
Contract jobs citing Business Case 32 38 29
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.31% 2.11% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 2.25% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 25 16
10th Percentile £348 £333 £434
25th Percentile £466 £424 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year +15.91% -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £747 £661 £655
90th Percentile £888 £675 £713
Central London median daily rate £625 £550 £538
% change year-on-year +13.64% +2.33% -6.52%

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 2,099 1,687 1,944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.85% 93.88% 91.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,422 1,080 1,349
10th Percentile £365 £350 £363
25th Percentile £451 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.77% -2.62% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £560
% change year-on-year - -1.79% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 20 15
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.02 £20.04
25th Percentile £18.18 £24.43 £20.36
Median hourly rate £19.50 £29.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.45% +10.19% -22.86%
75th Percentile £42.13 £50.75 £40.92
90th Percentile £59.72 £66.25 £67.35
Central London median hourly rate £24.47 £31.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -21.08% +11.47% -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 July 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 (6.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Chatbot
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Exchequer
2 1 (3.13%) CA PPM
2 1 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) Adobe Analytics
1 2 (6.25%) Contentsquare
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.13%) Kong
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.13%) SaaS
2 1 (3.13%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 13 (40.63%) Finance
2 10 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 8 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 5 (15.63%) Banking
5 3 (9.38%) Marketing
6 2 (6.25%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (6.25%) Investment Banking
6 2 (6.25%) Military
6 2 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (6.25%) Retail
6 2 (6.25%) Retail Banking
7 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.13%) Legal
7 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (21.88%) Analyst
1 7 (21.88%) Project Manager
2 6 (18.75%) Business Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Senior
4 3 (9.38%) Architect
4 3 (9.38%) Product Owner
4 3 (9.38%) Senior Manager
4 3 (9.38%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Broadcast Project Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Content Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Digital Product Owner
5 2 (6.25%) Lead
5 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365 Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Platform Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Product Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Senior Content Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Digital Business Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Senior Digital Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) .NET
1 1 (3.13%) REST
1 1 (3.13%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Product Ownership
2 3 (9.38%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.13%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.13%) PMI
3 1 (3.13%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (31.25%) Agile
3 9 (28.13%) Roadmaps
4 8 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 8 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (15.63%) PRINCE2
6 4 (12.50%) Budget Management
6 4 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (12.50%) Migration
6 4 (12.50%) Product Roadmap
6 4 (12.50%) Product Strategy
6 4 (12.50%) Project Management
6 4 (12.50%) Scrum
6 4 (12.50%) User Stories
6 4 (12.50%) Validation
6 4 (12.50%) Waterfall
6 4 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (9.38%) Business Process Analysis
7 3 (9.38%) Matrix Organization
7 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.50%) Degree
2 4 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (6.25%) PMI Certification
4 2 (6.25%) PMP
5 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.13%) RIBA
5 1 (3.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.63%) QA
2 4 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 4 (12.50%) PMO
3 1 (3.13%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Grafana
1 1 (3.13%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.25%) Adobe
4 1 (3.13%) Dynatrace
4 1 (3.13%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.13%) SAP
4 1 (3.13%) Snow
4 1 (3.13%) UiPath