Business Case Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Business Cases
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Business Case skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 72 75
Rank change year-on-year -8 +3 +22
Contract jobs citing Business Case 14 9 28
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 1.19% 0.83% 1.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 0.93% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 23
10th Percentile £325 - £365
25th Percentile £350 - £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £700 £600
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% +16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £500 - £694
90th Percentile £504 - £738
North West median daily rate £405 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -19.00% -2.44% +2.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,057 966 1,366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.80% 89.44% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 711 578 977
10th Percentile £306 £294 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £470 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -6.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £681 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 39 50
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.98 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.52 £22.75 £17.53
Median hourly rate £22.82 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.80% +8.33% -21.36%
75th Percentile £53.94 £40.38 £60.94
90th Percentile £64.13 £65.00 £75.70
North West median hourly rate £31.75 £31.25 £35.50
% change year-on-year +1.60% -11.97% +33.81%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Business Case job vacancy trend in Manchester

Business Case
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in Manchester over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in Manchester

Business Case
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Business Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Database
1 1 (7.14%) Power Query
1 1 (7.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Hudson
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Finance
3 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
4 2 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Banking
5 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Business Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Data Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Finance Business Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) IT Manager
5 1 (7.14%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Lead
5 1 (7.14%) Programme Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Security Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Senior
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Delivery Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Service Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Unified Communications Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.14%) Data Structures
2 1 (7.14%) FMCG
2 1 (7.14%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
1 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Change Management
2 5 (35.71%) Decision-Making
3 4 (28.57%) Agile
3 4 (28.57%) Business Analysis
3 4 (28.57%) Project Management
3 4 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (21.43%) Data Modelling
4 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (21.43%) Traceability Matrix
5 2 (14.29%) Budgeting
5 2 (14.29%) Business Strategy
5 2 (14.29%) Community of Practice
5 2 (14.29%) Customer Experience
5 2 (14.29%) Feasibility Study
5 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 2 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco
2 1 (7.14%) NEC
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) SAP