Business Case Contract Job Trends in Devon

Business Cases
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Business Case skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs citing Business Case 5 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 2.00% - 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% - 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - £472
25th Percentile £305 - £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.33%
75th Percentile £314 - £585
90th Percentile - - £636
South West median daily rate £410 £530 £540
% change year-on-year -22.64% -1.85% -10.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 198 105 227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 79.20% 88.24% 79.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 43 158
10th Percentile £146 £145 £150
25th Percentile £305 £305 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -10.53%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £575
90th Percentile £697 £670 £600
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 18 35
10th Percentile £17.25 £26.89 £10.42
25th Percentile £18.87 £55.00 £18.74
Median hourly rate £24.71 £62.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.46% +108.33% -45.45%
75th Percentile £46.00 £69.38 £56.88
90th Percentile £73.20 £72.25 £72.50
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £64.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -6.25% +34.74% -22.76%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Case relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon.

Business Case job vacancy trend in Devon

Business Case
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Business Case.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Business Case

Business Case
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Business Case.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Business Case

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Case within the Devon region over the 6 months to 22 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Exeter - 2 £310 - 9
Business Case
South West

Business Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (80.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Power BI
General
1 5 (100.00%) Military
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Project Officer
1 4 (80.00%) Project Support Officer
1 4 (80.00%) Support Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Product Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 4 (80.00%) Change Control
2 4 (80.00%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (80.00%) Portfolio Management
2 4 (80.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (80.00%) Project Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 4 (80.00%) Project Planning
2 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (20.00%) Product Vision
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) ServiceNow