Business Case Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Business Cases
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Business Case skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 58 52
Rank change year-on-year -21 -6 +12
Contract jobs citing Business Case 4 14 24
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.53% 1.98% 2.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 2.22% 3.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 13
10th Percentile £452 £402 £386
25th Percentile £459 £409 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £570 £568
Median % change year-on-year -14.40% +0.35% +22.70%
75th Percentile £525 £601 £625
90th Percentile - £619 -
Scotland median daily rate £475 £535 £513
% change year-on-year -11.17% +4.34% +13.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 668 631 765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 88.36% 89.12% 91.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 410 513
10th Percentile £300 £278 £345
25th Percentile £381 £356 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £439 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.62% -12.30% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £675 £700
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 12 19
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.39 £11.70
25th Percentile £16.84 £18.11 £12.13
Median hourly rate £18.99 £19.59 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +35.10% -61.26%
75th Percentile £26.21 £26.76 £17.72
90th Percentile £56.41 £41.70 £27.64
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.09 £19.18
% change year-on-year -9.46% +15.17% +2.29%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Business Case job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Business Case
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

Business Case
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

Business Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Big Data
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (50.00%) Six Sigma
3 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Change Control
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Teradata