Business Case Contract Job Trends in Essex

Business Cases
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Business Case skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - +25
Contract jobs citing Business Case 4 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 3.70% - 3.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.26% - 4.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £468 - £230
25th Percentile £477 - £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 - £275
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.52%
75th Percentile £512 - £288
90th Percentile £517 - £505
East of England median daily rate £498 £550 £275
% change year-on-year -9.55% +100.00% -47.62%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76 63 142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 70.37% 77.78% 79.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 30 85
10th Percentile £185 £180 £163
25th Percentile £300 £213 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £317 £400
Median % change year-on-year +34.28% -20.88% -11.11%
75th Percentile £504 £543 £500
90th Percentile £617 £600 £600
East of England median daily rate £475 £478 £500
% change year-on-year -0.58% -4.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 2 21
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.00 £12.13
25th Percentile - £15.83 £14.17
Median hourly rate £18.87 £20.61 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.44% -1.86% -16.00%
75th Percentile £24.38 £25.33 £40.31
90th Percentile £72.20 £28.13 £52.50
East of England median hourly rate £20.27 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -42.10% +59.09% -

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Business Case job vacancy trend in Essex

Business Case
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

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

Business Case
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

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

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Basildon - 1 £520 - 1
Chelmsford - 1 £475 - 5
Business Case
East of England

Business Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 3 (75.00%) Local Government
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft