Business Case Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Business Cases
Scotland > Edinburgh

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

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 64 55
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 +41
Contract jobs citing Business Case 8 7 26
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.33% 1.05% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 1.18% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 17
10th Percentile £405 - £348
25th Percentile £413 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £538 £488
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% +10.26% +11.81%
75th Percentile £470 £606 £575
90th Percentile £472 £618 £710
Scotland median daily rate £472 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -21.42% +14.29% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 555 595 843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 92.35% 89.61% 91.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 307 516
10th Percentile £225 £218 £210
25th Percentile £411 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £455 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -4.21% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +2.78% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 26 9
10th Percentile £16.68 £16.59 £12.95
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.47 £17.72
Median hourly rate £19.19 £23.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.67% -32.60% +64.63%
75th Percentile £55.00 £24.18 £53.70
90th Percentile £71.75 - £61.70
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.94 £19.34
% change year-on-year -12.81% +18.60% +4.54%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Business Case job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Business Case
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Business Case
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Business Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Business Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Business Transformation Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Deputy Programme Manager
4 1 (12.50%) HR Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Transformation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (37.50%) Business Analysis
3 3 (37.50%) Data Protection
3 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
3 3 (37.50%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 3 (37.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (25.00%) Epics
4 2 (25.00%) Information Governance
4 2 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 1 (12.50%) Business Transformation
5 1 (12.50%) Line Management
5 1 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
5 1 (12.50%) Project Governance
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) HND
1 2 (25.00%) Numerate Degree
2 1 (12.50%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (37.50%) GDPR
3 1 (12.50%) PMO
3 1 (12.50%) QA