Business Case Contracts in England

Business Cases
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 209 169 140
Rank change year-on-year -40 -29 +13
Contract jobs citing Business Case 314 516 951
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.29% 1.39% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 1.60% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 353 681
10th Percentile £356 £371 £406
25th Percentile £450 £463 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +14.50%
75th Percentile £631 £643 £700
90th Percentile £729 £725 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 12
10th Percentile £26.26 £23.33 £47.70
25th Percentile £30.31 £23.63 £60.00
Median hourly rate £42.81 £25.25 £62.75
Median % change year-on-year +69.52% -59.76% +82.55%
75th Percentile £64.63 £35.50 £64.88
90th Percentile £65.90 £70.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £51.50 £25.25 £62.75
% change year-on-year +103.96% -59.76% +82.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Business Case as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in England

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Case in England.

Daily rate trend for Business Case in England

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in England

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Case in England.

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in England

Business Case
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Case in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Case in England

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London -50 140 £550 - 620
North of England +12 56 £450 -21.74% 95
Midlands +25 39 £525 - 68
North West +6 37 £367 -36.26% 48
South West +24 36 £530 - 45
West Midlands +15 27 £525 -2.33% 48
South East +12 24 £555 +5.21% 113
Yorkshire +16 19 £533 -0.93% 39
East of England +25 14 £550 +57.14% 45
East Midlands +10 9 £403 - 20
Business Case
UK

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 18 (5.73%) Confluence
2 7 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.27%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.64%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.64%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.32%) CMS
Applications
1 19 (6.05%) Microsoft Excel
1 19 (6.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 13 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.14%) MS Visio
3 12 (3.82%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.64%) Open Workbench
4 2 (0.64%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.59%) Loan IQ
2 4 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.96%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.64%) Endur
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.64%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.32%) Aligne
5 1 (0.32%) ContrOCC
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.32%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 19 (6.05%) Azure
2 9 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (1.59%) Power Platform
3 5 (1.59%) SaaS
4 4 (1.27%) AWS
5 2 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (0.64%) Azure AKS
5 2 (0.64%) Azure Event Grid
5 2 (0.64%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (0.64%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (0.64%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (0.64%) Collibra
5 2 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (0.64%) Entra ID
5 2 (0.64%) IaaS
5 2 (0.64%) Miro
5 2 (0.64%) PaaS
5 2 (0.64%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.55%) VPN
2 6 (1.91%) LAN
3 2 (0.64%) Firewall
3 2 (0.64%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.32%) GPRS
4 1 (0.32%) Intranet
4 1 (0.32%) NetScaler
4 1 (0.32%) Network Security
4 1 (0.32%) NGFW
4 1 (0.32%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.32%) Skype
4 1 (0.32%) WAN
4 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.59%) Data Lake
1 5 (1.59%) Oracle Reports
1 5 (1.59%) Power BI
2 4 (1.27%) DB2
2 4 (1.27%) Metadata
2 4 (1.27%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.96%) BigQuery
3 3 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.32%) GIS
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.32%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 23 (7.32%) JIRA
2 1 (0.32%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
General
1 128 (40.76%) Social Skills
2 121 (38.54%) Finance
3 53 (16.88%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (16.56%) Public Sector
5 33 (10.51%) Presentation Skills
6 28 (8.92%) Banking
7 21 (6.69%) Manufacturing
8 18 (5.73%) Legal
9 17 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
10 16 (5.10%) Retail
11 14 (4.46%) Local Government
12 11 (3.50%) Marketing
13 10 (3.18%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (3.18%) Telecoms
14 9 (2.87%) Electronics
14 9 (2.87%) Military
15 8 (2.55%) Automotive
16 6 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.96%) Back Office
17 3 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 86 (27.39%) Analyst
2 74 (23.57%) Business Analyst
3 61 (19.43%) Project Manager
4 36 (11.46%) Architect
5 29 (9.24%) Lead
6 27 (8.60%) Senior
7 16 (5.10%) Programme Manager
7 16 (5.10%) Senior Manager
7 16 (5.10%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (4.78%) IT Manager
9 10 (3.18%) Senior Project Manager
10 9 (2.87%) Consultant
11 8 (2.55%) Business Architect
11 8 (2.55%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (2.55%) Infrastructure Manager
11 8 (2.55%) IT Project Manager
11 8 (2.55%) Product Manager
11 8 (2.55%) Senior Analyst
11 8 (2.55%) Technical Manager
12 7 (2.23%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.23%) .NET
2 2 (0.64%) Kafka
2 2 (0.64%) OAuth
2 2 (0.64%) OpenID
2 2 (0.64%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.64%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.64%) SAML
3 1 (0.32%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.32%) ATL
3 1 (0.32%) LDAP
3 1 (0.32%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.24%) Management Information System
2 15 (4.78%) Product Ownership
3 12 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.87%) Data Centre
4 9 (2.87%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (1.59%) Augmented Reality
6 5 (1.59%) e-Learning
6 5 (1.59%) PMI
6 5 (1.59%) Podcast
6 5 (1.59%) Virtual Reality
7 4 (1.27%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.96%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (0.96%) Operational Technology
8 3 (0.96%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.64%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.64%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.64%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.64%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.23%) Windows
2 6 (1.91%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.59%) Windows 10
3 5 (1.59%) Windows 8
3 5 (1.59%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (1.59%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (1.59%) Windows XP
4 3 (0.96%) Linux
5 2 (0.64%) Unix
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (29.62%) Agile
2 80 (25.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 76 (24.20%) Project Management
4 61 (19.43%) Project Delivery
5 59 (18.79%) Change Management
6 56 (17.83%) Roadmaps
7 51 (16.24%) Business Analysis
8 49 (15.61%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (13.06%) Decision-Making
9 41 (13.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 40 (12.74%) Continuous Improvement
11 38 (12.10%) PRINCE2
12 34 (10.83%) Waterfall
13 33 (10.51%) Risk Management
14 32 (10.19%) Programme Management
15 28 (8.92%) Business Strategy
15 28 (8.92%) Workshop Facilitation
16 26 (8.28%) Budget Management
17 24 (7.64%) Analytics
17 24 (7.64%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.78%) SQL
2 7 (2.23%) C#
3 5 (1.59%) Python
4 4 (1.27%) PowerShell
5 3 (0.96%) Java
5 3 (0.96%) VB
6 2 (0.64%) Bash
6 2 (0.64%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.32%) C++
7 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (12.74%) Security Cleared
2 35 (11.15%) Degree
3 30 (9.55%) SC Cleared
4 13 (4.14%) PMI Certification
5 10 (3.18%) PMP
6 9 (2.87%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.87%) MRICS
7 6 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.91%) CISM
7 6 (1.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (1.91%) RIBA
8 5 (1.59%) CISSP
8 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.27%) ACCA
9 4 (1.27%) CIMA
9 4 (1.27%) IIBA
10 3 (0.96%) CBAP
10 3 (0.96%) Chartered Engineer
10 3 (0.96%) MBA
10 3 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.41%) PMO
2 16 (5.10%) QA
3 8 (2.55%) GRC
4 7 (2.23%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.96%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.96%) GDPR
6 2 (0.64%) COREP
6 2 (0.64%) FINREP
6 2 (0.64%) NIST
6 2 (0.64%) SLA
7 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.32%) EMIR
7 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (3.82%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.32%) XenApp
3 1 (0.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (1.59%) SCCM
2 2 (0.64%) Grafana
2 2 (0.64%) Prometheus
2 2 (0.64%) Terraform
3 1 (0.32%) Kubeflow
3 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (13.06%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.41%) SAP
3 14 (4.46%) Oracle
4 9 (2.87%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.59%) Canon
6 4 (1.27%) Ariba
6 4 (1.27%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.27%) Planview
6 4 (1.27%) Qualys
6 4 (1.27%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.96%) Adobe
7 3 (0.96%) UiPath
7 3 (0.96%) Workday
8 2 (0.64%) AppDynamics
8 2 (0.64%) IBM
8 2 (0.64%) IFS
8 2 (0.64%) Liquidlogic
8 2 (0.64%) NEC
8 2 (0.64%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.64%) VMware