Business Case Contracts in the Midlands

Business Cases
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 97 116
Rank change year-on-year +25 +19 +2
Contract jobs citing Business Case 39 36 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.04% 1.31% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% 1.59% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 23 39
10th Percentile £358 £351 £313
25th Percentile £447 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% +3.16%
75th Percentile £588 £674 £575
90th Percentile £639 £885 £658
England median daily rate £525 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +14.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £30.00
England median hourly rate £42.81 £25.25 £62.75
% change year-on-year +69.52% -59.76% +82.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,676 2,266 3,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.57% 82.19% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,510 2,125
10th Percentile £200 £237 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 172 119
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £11.96
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.81 £15.05
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +7.22% +1.37%
75th Percentile £24.22 £35.00 £26.81
90th Percentile £36.55 £55.00 £55.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in the Midlands

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Business Case in the Midlands

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in the Midlands

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in the Midlands

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Midlands +15 27 £525 -2.33% 34
East Midlands +10 9 £403 - 9
Business Case
England

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (5.13%) Confluence
2 1 (2.56%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (5.13%) Open Workbench
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.56%) Azure
1 1 (2.56%) Azure AKS
1 1 (2.56%) Azure API Management
1 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (2.56%) Azure Event Grid
1 1 (2.56%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (2.56%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
1 1 (2.56%) IaaS
1 1 (2.56%) PaaS
1 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
1 1 (2.56%) SaaS
1 1 (2.56%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (2.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) JIRA
2 1 (2.56%) LabVIEW
General
1 13 (33.33%) Finance
2 9 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 8 (20.51%) Public Sector
4 5 (12.82%) Banking
5 4 (10.26%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (7.69%) Legal
6 3 (7.69%) Local Government
6 3 (7.69%) Retail
7 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (2.56%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.56%) Electronics
8 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (23.08%) Analyst
1 9 (23.08%) Business Analyst
2 7 (17.95%) Project Manager
3 6 (15.38%) Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Lead
4 4 (10.26%) Senior
4 4 (10.26%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (7.69%) Consultant
5 3 (7.69%) Programme Manager
5 3 (7.69%) Project Consultant
6 2 (5.13%) Asset Management Business Analyst
6 2 (5.13%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Engagement Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (5.13%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (5.13%) IT Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Product Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (5.13%) Senior Business Analyst
6 2 (5.13%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) .NET
2 1 (2.56%) OAuth
2 1 (2.56%) OpenID
2 1 (2.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.56%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.13%) Data Centre
1 2 (5.13%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (5.13%) Operational Technology
1 2 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.56%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (43.59%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (28.21%) Project Delivery
3 10 (25.64%) Agile
4 8 (20.51%) Change Management
4 8 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (20.51%) Project Management
5 7 (17.95%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (15.38%) Commercial Awareness
6 6 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (15.38%) Risk Management
6 6 (15.38%) Technology Transformation
7 5 (12.82%) Feasibility Study
7 5 (12.82%) Project Governance
7 5 (12.82%) Resource Management
7 5 (12.82%) Roadmaps
7 5 (12.82%) TOGAF
8 4 (10.26%) Business Analysis
8 4 (10.26%) Business Strategy
8 4 (10.26%) Decision-Making
8 4 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) Java
1 2 (5.13%) Python
1 2 (5.13%) SQL
2 1 (2.56%) Bash
2 1 (2.56%) C#
2 1 (2.56%) C++
2 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.56%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (15.38%) Degree
2 4 (10.26%) MRICS
3 3 (7.69%) Chartered Engineer
3 3 (7.69%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.56%) CISM
4 1 (2.56%) CISSP
4 1 (2.56%) HND
4 1 (2.56%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) COREP
1 2 (5.13%) FINREP
1 2 (5.13%) PMO
2 1 (2.56%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (7.69%) ServiceNow
2 2 (5.13%) Atlassian
2 2 (5.13%) NEC
2 2 (5.13%) Oracle
3 1 (2.56%) Ariba
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.56%) Qualys
3 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.56%) SAP