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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 96 84
Rank change year-on-year +3 -12 +20
Contract jobs citing Business Case 37 27 40
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.61% 1.54% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 1.65% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 15 21
10th Percentile £401 £481 £388
25th Percentile £568 £522 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £720 £675 £644
90th Percentile £825 £699 £738
Central London median daily rate £625 £613 £563
% change year-on-year +2.04% +8.89% -10.89%

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 1,955 1,639 1,968
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.00% 93.28% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,329 1,040 1,396
10th Percentile £363 £356 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £569
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.10% -5.21%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 11
10th Percentile £17.99 £22.00 £19.92
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.78 £29.58 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% +18.30% -28.57%
75th Percentile £49.78 £45.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £62.25 £41.84
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -10.18% +4.53% -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 6 May 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 (5.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 2 (5.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Chatbot
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (5.41%) Exchequer
3 1 (2.70%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (5.41%) Adobe Analytics
2 2 (5.41%) Contentsquare
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.70%) Azure
3 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.70%) Kong
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (2.70%) Power Automate
3 1 (2.70%) SaaS
3 1 (2.70%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (18.92%) JIRA
General
1 18 (48.65%) Finance
2 11 (29.73%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
3 9 (24.32%) Public Sector
4 5 (13.51%) Marketing
4 5 (13.51%) Retail
5 4 (10.81%) Banking
6 3 (8.11%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (5.41%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (5.41%) Investment Banking
7 2 (5.41%) Military
7 2 (5.41%) Retail Banking
8 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.70%) Legal
8 1 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (29.73%) Senior
2 9 (24.32%) Senior Manager
3 7 (18.92%) Project Manager
4 5 (13.51%) Product Manager
4 5 (13.51%) Senior Project Manager
5 4 (10.81%) Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Architect
5 4 (10.81%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (8.11%) Business Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Consultant
6 3 (8.11%) CRM Manager
6 3 (8.11%) Lead
6 3 (8.11%) Product Owner
6 3 (8.11%) Senior Delivery Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Broadcast Project Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Content Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Digital Product Owner
7 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365 Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Senior Content Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Senior IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) REST
1 1 (2.70%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Product Ownership
2 3 (8.11%) Onboarding
2 3 (8.11%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.70%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 11 (29.73%) Agile
2 11 (29.73%) Roadmaps
2 11 (29.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (27.03%) Scrum
4 8 (21.62%) Decision-Making
5 7 (18.92%) Project Management
6 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (16.22%) Migration
6 6 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (13.51%) Backlog Management
7 5 (13.51%) Product Roadmap
8 4 (10.81%) B2B
8 4 (10.81%) Budget Management
8 4 (10.81%) Line Management
8 4 (10.81%) PRINCE2
8 4 (10.81%) Product Management
8 4 (10.81%) Product Strategy
8 4 (10.81%) Validation
8 4 (10.81%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 6 (16.22%) Degree
3 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (5.41%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.70%) MBA
5 1 (2.70%) PMP
5 1 (2.70%) RIBA
5 1 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (21.62%) QA
2 3 (8.11%) Data Quality
2 3 (8.11%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) Grafana
2 1 (2.70%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 6 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.11%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.41%) Adobe
3 2 (5.41%) Dynatrace
3 2 (5.41%) Oracle
3 2 (5.41%) Snow
4 1 (2.70%) SAP