Business Case Contracts in London

Business Cases
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 193 133
Rank change year-on-year +21 -60 +34
Contract jobs citing Business Case 207 227 501
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.53% 1.31% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.66% 1.48% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 148 353
10th Percentile £348 £396 £414
25th Percentile £424 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.61% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £656 £650 £725
90th Percentile £700 £800 £817
England median daily rate £500 £560 £585
% change year-on-year -10.71% -4.27% +8.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £34.25 £20.32 £57.03
25th Percentile £36.29 £20.76 £58.19
Median hourly rate £40.45 £22.22 £60.75
Median % change year-on-year +82.00% -63.42% -8.30%
75th Percentile £45.35 £29.69 £62.69
90th Percentile £47.84 £41.12 £63.48
England median hourly rate £44.25 £24.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year +84.38% -54.72% +51.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,491 15,381 23,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.08% 88.70% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,345 10,935 16,819
10th Percentile £331 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 281 263
10th Percentile £16.50 £16.24 £18.53
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £23.88
Median hourly rate £31.25 £30.16 £41.04
Median % change year-on-year +3.61% -26.51% +14.00%
75th Percentile £50.50 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.50 £69.50 £82.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £41.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% -8.14% +59.62%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in London

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Business Case in London

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in London over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in London

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in London

Business Case
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Case in London over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Case in London

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Central London +16 44 £550 - 55
East London +14 6 £600 +11.11% 12
West London +2 4 - - 9
South London -1 2 £579 -7.40% 26
North London -3 1 £500 - 3
Business Case
England

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 12 (5.80%) Confluence
2 4 (1.93%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.48%) CMS
Applications
1 26 (12.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (6.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.93%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.97%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.42%) Loan IQ
1 5 (2.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.93%) Endur
3 3 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.97%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.48%) Aligne
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.48%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 12 (5.80%) AWS
1 12 (5.80%) Azure
2 8 (3.86%) Power Platform
3 6 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (2.90%) SaaS
4 4 (1.93%) Google Play
5 3 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.45%) GCP
6 2 (0.97%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 2 (0.97%) Google Sheets
6 2 (0.97%) Miro
7 1 (0.48%) Apple Pay
7 1 (0.48%) Asana
7 1 (0.48%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.48%) BigCommerce
7 1 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.48%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.48%) Google Pay
7 1 (0.48%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.45%) BGP
1 3 (1.45%) Firewall
1 3 (1.45%) Multicast
1 3 (1.45%) OSPF
1 3 (1.45%) Unicast
2 1 (0.48%) Intranet
2 1 (0.48%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.80%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.86%) Power BI
2 8 (3.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (2.42%) Data Lake
3 5 (2.42%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.93%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.93%) Redis
5 3 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.97%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.97%) Tableau
7 1 (0.48%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.48%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 14 (6.76%) JIRA
2 4 (1.93%) webpack
3 2 (0.97%) JUnit
3 2 (0.97%) Mockito
4 1 (0.48%) Git
4 1 (0.48%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.48%) Maven
4 1 (0.48%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.48%) TeamCity
General
1 87 (42.03%) Finance
2 79 (38.16%) Social Skills
3 44 (21.26%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (14.01%) Banking
5 22 (10.63%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.80%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (5.80%) Retail
7 11 (5.31%) Legal
8 8 (3.86%) Marketing
8 8 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.90%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.90%) Local Government
11 5 (2.42%) Retail Banking
12 4 (1.93%) Corporate Banking
12 4 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.93%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.45%) Back Office
13 3 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 58 (28.02%) Analyst
2 48 (23.19%) Business Analyst
3 36 (17.39%) Project Manager
4 20 (9.66%) Senior
5 12 (5.80%) Architect
6 11 (5.31%) Developer
6 11 (5.31%) Lead
6 11 (5.31%) Senior Manager
7 9 (4.35%) Programme Manager
7 9 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (3.86%) Automation Developer
9 7 (3.38%) IT Manager
10 6 (2.90%) Consultant
10 6 (2.90%) Delivery Manager
10 6 (2.90%) Senior Project Manager
11 5 (2.42%) Banking Project Manager
11 5 (2.42%) Senior Analyst
11 5 (2.42%) Transformation Manager
12 4 (1.93%) Digital Analyst
12 4 (1.93%) Digital Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.86%) .NET
2 6 (2.90%) React
3 5 (2.42%) RESTful
4 4 (1.93%) Bootstrap
4 4 (1.93%) CSS
4 4 (1.93%) HTML
4 4 (1.93%) HTML5
4 4 (1.93%) jQuery
4 4 (1.93%) Memcached
4 4 (1.93%) Redux
5 3 (1.45%) React Native
5 3 (1.45%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.97%) Next.js
6 2 (0.97%) REST
6 2 (0.97%) Spring
6 2 (0.97%) WireMock
7 1 (0.48%) ATL
7 1 (0.48%) J2EE
7 1 (0.48%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.31%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.35%) Product Ownership
2 9 (4.35%) Reinsurance
3 5 (2.42%) PMI
4 4 (1.93%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.45%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.97%) Low-Code
6 2 (0.97%) Mobile Banking
6 2 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.48%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.48%) Equities
7 1 (0.48%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.48%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.48%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.48%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.45%) Android
1 3 (1.45%) Windows
2 2 (0.97%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (36.23%) Agile
2 59 (28.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 45 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (17.87%) Decision-Making
5 34 (16.43%) Project Management
6 32 (15.46%) Project Delivery
7 29 (14.01%) Change Management
7 29 (14.01%) Roadmaps
8 27 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 25 (12.08%) Analytics
10 23 (11.11%) Data Analysis
11 22 (10.63%) Business Analysis
12 21 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
12 21 (10.14%) Waterfall
13 20 (9.66%) Workshop Facilitation
14 19 (9.18%) Business Strategy
14 19 (9.18%) Requirements Gathering
15 18 (8.70%) PRINCE2
15 18 (8.70%) Risk Management
16 17 (8.21%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.28%) SQL
2 9 (4.35%) C#
3 5 (2.42%) Java
3 5 (2.42%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.93%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.48%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.48%) Python
5 1 (0.48%) R
5 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.48%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (12.56%) Degree
2 22 (10.63%) Security Cleared
3 18 (8.70%) PMI Certification
4 17 (8.21%) SC Cleared
5 15 (7.25%) PMP
6 5 (2.42%) CBAP
6 5 (2.42%) CISM
7 4 (1.93%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.45%) CCIE
8 3 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.45%) CISSP
8 3 (1.45%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.97%) CRISC
9 2 (0.97%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.97%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.48%) APMP
10 1 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.48%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.48%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.28%) PMO
2 12 (5.80%) QA
3 7 (3.38%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.90%) GDPR
5 4 (1.93%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.93%) GRC
5 4 (1.93%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.97%) SLA
7 1 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.48%) EMIR
7 1 (0.48%) IFRS
7 1 (0.48%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.48%) MiFID
7 1 (0.48%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (0.97%) Docker
2 1 (0.48%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (1.45%) Ansible
2 1 (0.48%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.48%) Kubeflow
2 1 (0.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (12.56%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.25%) Oracle
3 10 (4.83%) Google
4 7 (3.38%) Adobe
4 7 (3.38%) Salesforce
4 7 (3.38%) SAP
5 6 (2.90%) UiPath
6 3 (1.45%) Ariba
6 3 (1.45%) Arista
6 3 (1.45%) Qualys
6 3 (1.45%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.97%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.97%) Concur
7 2 (0.97%) Guidewire
7 2 (0.97%) Workday
8 1 (0.48%) Apple
8 1 (0.48%) Databricks
8 1 (0.48%) HP
8 1 (0.48%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.48%) Sitecore