Business Case Contracts in Manchester

Business Cases
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 83 79
Rank change year-on-year +15 -4 +32
Contract jobs citing Business Case 10 14 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.12% 0.97% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.12% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 31
10th Percentile £196 £325 £369
25th Percentile £346 £350 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +7.53%
75th Percentile - £600 £559
90th Percentile £572 £625 £738
North West median daily rate £367 £579 £500
% change year-on-year -36.65% +15.70% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £66.00
North West median hourly rate £34.11 £27.50 £53.00
% change year-on-year +24.04% -48.11% +112.00%

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 795 1,250 1,671
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.43% 86.81% 91.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 554 853 1,220
10th Percentile £300 £325 £313
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% - -
75th Percentile £572 £598 £600
90th Percentile £674 £694 £675
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 74 53
10th Percentile £15.64 £12.43 £16.67
25th Percentile £24.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £54.50 £26.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +109.62% -25.71% +93.83%
75th Percentile £72.81 £60.94 £45.05
90th Percentile £80.48 £73.90 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £23.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year +35.66% -34.72% +52.90%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in Manchester

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Business Case in Manchester

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in Manchester over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in Manchester

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in Manchester

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (10.00%) Confluence
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (20.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Skype
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Marketing
5 1 (10.00%) Legal
5 1 (10.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Product Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Programme Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Portfolio Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Change Management
1 8 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (60.00%) Service Delivery
3 5 (50.00%) Migration
3 5 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
3 5 (50.00%) Product Strategy
3 5 (50.00%) Product Vision
3 5 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 5 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 5 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 5 (50.00%) WFM
4 3 (30.00%) Agile
4 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (30.00%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (30.00%) ITIL
4 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (30.00%) Product Management
4 3 (30.00%) Project Management
4 3 (30.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft