Business Case Contracts in Hertfordshire

Business Cases
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 70 67
Rank change year-on-year +28 -3 0
Contract jobs citing Business Case 4 4 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.25% 0.48% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 0.53% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £419
25th Percentile £850 - £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 - £494
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.71%
75th Percentile £950 - £527
90th Percentile - - £541
East of England median daily rate £550 £350 £550
% change year-on-year +57.14% -36.36% +14.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £62.40 - £61.95
25th Percentile £63.75 - £62.63
Median hourly rate £66.00 £24.00 £64.50
Median % change year-on-year +175.00% -62.79% -
75th Percentile - - £65.63
90th Percentile - - £65.85
East of England median hourly rate £66.00 £24.00 £64.50
% change year-on-year +175.00% -62.79% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 285 749 690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 88.79% 89.70% 87.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 268 366
10th Percentile £389 £236 £240
25th Percentile £446 £323 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £675
90th Percentile £675 £713 £763
East of England median daily rate £500 £461 £475
% change year-on-year +8.40% -2.89% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 319 154
10th Percentile £21.44 £38.12 £21.00
25th Percentile £46.91 £40.00 £53.56
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -23.08% +30.00%
75th Percentile £81.01 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £76.70
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year - +81.82% +41.94%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in Hertfordshire

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Business Case in Hertfordshire

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in Hertfordshire

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 4 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
Stevenage +27 3 - -
Hatfield - 1 £900 - 1
Business Case
East of England

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 3 (75.00%) WebSphere
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) DB2
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Solutions Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Information Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Information Systems Architect
3 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
3 1 (25.00%) IT Programme Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Business Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Information Management
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (25.00%) Emotional Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) P3M3
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) SWOT Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) Virtual Machines