Business Case Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Business Cases
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Business Case skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 41 41
Rank change year-on-year -12 0 +22
Contract jobs citing Business Case 1 10 6
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.26% 2.86% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 3.26% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £268 £640
25th Percentile - £300 £644
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £675
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -29.63% +28.57%
75th Percentile - £500 £725
90th Percentile - £673 £733
South West median daily rate £424 £520 £600
% change year-on-year -18.51% -13.33% +23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £26.12 -
South West median hourly rate - £51.50 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 329 307 355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 87.04% 87.71% 87.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 196 223
10th Percentile £325 £400 £375
25th Percentile £425 £461 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £676 £700
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 15 42
10th Percentile £20.24 £23.95 £26.93
25th Percentile £30.19 £32.52 -
Median hourly rate £51.21 £65.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -21.22% +33.42% -15.27%
75th Percentile £68.00 £69.38 £78.27
90th Percentile £72.54 £72.75 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -48.46% +8.33% -7.69%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Business Case job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

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Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Business Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation