Business Case Contract Job Trends in the North East

Business Cases
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Business Case skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 43 27
Rank change year-on-year -4 -16 +37
Contract jobs citing Business Case 4 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.96% 0.34% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 0.36% 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile - - £460
25th Percentile £413 - £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £500
75th Percentile £453 - £581
90th Percentile £481 - £683
England median daily rate £500 £553 £540
% change year-on-year -9.50% +2.31% -5.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 366 274 218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 88.19% 92.57% 85.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 130 148
10th Percentile £179 £310 £225
25th Percentile £364 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £498 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.55% +10.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £538 £593 £575
90th Percentile £595 £722 £712
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 24 13
10th Percentile £15.17 £14.03 £15.47
25th Percentile £17.88 £15.44 £16.25
Median hourly rate £48.00 £18.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +159.46% -59.94% +29.17%
75th Percentile £53.75 £46.18 -
90th Percentile £57.00 - £64.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +26.76%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Business Case job vacancy trend in the North East

Business Case
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Business Case.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Business Case

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Tyne and Wear -7 4 £425 - 4
Business Case
England

Business Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 (25.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Miro
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Local Government
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Service Design
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (25.00%) BPMN
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Dependency Management
3 1 (25.00%) Epics
3 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (25.00%) UML
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) User Stories
3 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility