Business Case Contracts in the City of London

Business Cases
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Business Case skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Case over the 6 months leading up to 30 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 98 92
Rank change year-on-year +15 -6 +27
Contract jobs citing Business Case 43 27 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 2.29% 1.31% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% 1.43% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 14 40
10th Percentile £310 £421 £473
25th Percentile £404 £503 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +5.26% +3.64%
75th Percentile £655 £660 £691
90th Percentile £675 £723 £800
Central London median daily rate £531 £625 £565
% change year-on-year -15.00% +10.62% +2.73%

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 1,763 1,889 3,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.98% 91.48% 90.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,149 1,283 2,071
10th Percentile £331 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £788 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 15
10th Percentile £17.57 £19.53 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.50 £14.75
Median hourly rate £29.75 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.19% -22.86% -19.06%
75th Percentile £54.75 £78.75 £52.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £62.75
Central London median hourly rate £31.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +3.33% -14.29% -17.65%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Case in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Business Case in the City of London

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 30 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in the City of London

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Case in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in the City of London

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 (11.63%) Confluence
2 1 (2.33%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (18.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (4.65%) Trello
4 1 (2.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.33%) Loan IQ
2 1 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.95%) Azure
2 5 (11.63%) AWS
3 3 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.65%) GCP
4 2 (4.65%) Google Play
5 1 (2.33%) Asana
5 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.98%) BGP
1 3 (6.98%) Firewall
1 3 (6.98%) Multicast
1 3 (6.98%) OSPF
1 3 (6.98%) Unicast
2 1 (2.33%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.30%) SQL Server
1 4 (9.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (4.65%) Data Lake
2 2 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (4.65%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.33%) Power BI
3 1 (2.33%) Power Query
3 1 (2.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (9.30%) JIRA
General
1 21 (48.84%) Finance
2 13 (30.23%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (27.91%) Social Skills
4 8 (18.60%) Banking
5 4 (9.30%) Investment Banking
5 4 (9.30%) Public Sector
6 3 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.65%) Law
7 2 (4.65%) Legal
7 2 (4.65%) Marketing
8 1 (2.33%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 14 (32.56%) Analyst
2 13 (30.23%) Business Analyst
3 6 (13.95%) Project Manager
3 6 (13.95%) Senior
4 5 (11.63%) Senior Manager
5 4 (9.30%) Applications Developer
5 4 (9.30%) Automation Developer
5 4 (9.30%) Developer
6 3 (6.98%) Digital Analyst
6 3 (6.98%) Digital Business Analyst
6 3 (6.98%) Network Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Automation Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Data Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Insurance Business Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) IT Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Marketing Manager
7 2 (4.65%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Senior Marketing Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Senior Project Manager
8 1 (2.33%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) .NET
2 2 (4.65%) Redux
2 2 (4.65%) RESTful
3 1 (2.33%) Next.js
3 1 (2.33%) React
3 1 (2.33%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.65%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.33%) Reinsurance
2 1 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.33%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (48.84%) Agile
2 15 (34.88%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (25.58%) Project Delivery
4 9 (20.93%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (20.93%) Decision-Making
4 9 (20.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (16.28%) Acceptance Criteria
5 7 (16.28%) DevOps
5 7 (16.28%) Project Management
5 7 (16.28%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (13.95%) Data Analysis
6 6 (13.95%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (13.95%) User Stories
6 6 (13.95%) Waterfall
7 5 (11.63%) Budgeting
7 5 (11.63%) Business Strategy
7 5 (11.63%) Workflow
8 4 (9.30%) Change Management
8 4 (9.30%) Data Reconciliation
8 4 (9.30%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.63%) C#
1 5 (11.63%) SQL
2 2 (4.65%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.65%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (6.98%) CCIE
1 3 (6.98%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (6.98%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.65%) PMP
2 2 (4.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (4.65%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.33%) ACCA
3 1 (2.33%) CCAB
3 1 (2.33%) CIMA
3 1 (2.33%) CISM
3 1 (2.33%) CISSP
3 1 (2.33%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.63%) PMO
2 3 (6.98%) QA
3 2 (4.65%) SLA
4 1 (2.33%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.33%) GRC
Systems Management
1 3 (6.98%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.30%) Google
2 4 (9.30%) Oracle
3 3 (6.98%) Arista
4 2 (4.65%) Adobe
4 2 (4.65%) Atlassian
4 2 (4.65%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.65%) UiPath
5 1 (2.33%) Ariba
5 1 (2.33%) Guidewire
5 1 (2.33%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (2.33%) Qualys
5 1 (2.33%) SAP
5 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow