Business Case Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Business Cases
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Business Case skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
5 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 53 48
Rank change year-on-year -13 -5 +31
Contract jobs citing Business Case 8 7 16
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.94% 0.96% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.13% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 15
10th Percentile £350 £208 £446
25th Percentile £381 £266 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £403 £489
Median % change year-on-year +14.91% -17.69% -14.96%
75th Percentile £519 £445 £505
90th Percentile £620 £471 £586
England median daily rate £500 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 739 617 670
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 86.43% 84.29% 84.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 511 376 486
10th Percentile £210 £267 £213
25th Percentile £350 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £445 £480
Median % change year-on-year -6.74% -7.29% +1.05%
75th Percentile £525 £541 £588
90th Percentile £638 £619 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 28 53
10th Percentile £16.17 £14.90 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 £16.66
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.25 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.84% +3.33% +32.86%
75th Percentile £25.15 £50.00 £51.50
90th Percentile - £51.50 £69.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.04 £45.00
% change year-on-year -33.88% -15.48% +28.57%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Business Case job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Business Case
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Business Case.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Business Case

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in the East Midlands

Business Case
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Business Case.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Business Case

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 November 2025. 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
Northamptonshire -14 4 £350 -13.04% 2
Nottinghamshire -1 2 £488 +2.63% 9
Leicestershire -7 1 £475 +179.41% 7
Derbyshire - 1 £700 - 7
Business Case
England

Business Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
1 1 (12.50%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Automotive
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Banking Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Banking Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Business Change Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Business Change Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Business Change Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Business Change Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Business Improvement Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Business Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Business Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Change Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Change Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Process Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Project Change Manager
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Manager
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Change Management
1 3 (37.50%) Feasibility Study
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
1 3 (37.50%) Traceability Matrix
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Experience
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
3 1 (12.50%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
3 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
3 1 (12.50%) Time Management
3 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) BC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) SAP
31 Business Case jobs in the East Midlands