Business Case Contracts in the North of England

Business Cases
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Business Case skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Case over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 123 137
Rank change year-on-year -2 +14 -51
Contract jobs citing Business Case 65 97 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.38% 1.67% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 1.84% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 78 91
10th Percentile £402 £367 £345
25th Percentile £458 £453 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +15.79% -11.21%
75th Percentile £659 £619 £547
90th Percentile £720 £711 £625
England median daily rate £550 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £42.60 £14.80
25th Percentile £26.25 £46.50 £25.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £53.00 £34.38
Median % change year-on-year -48.11% +54.18% +46.90%
75th Percentile £28.75 £59.50 £35.56
90th Percentile - £63.40 £45.85
England median hourly rate £25.25 £62.75 £35.25
% change year-on-year -59.76% +78.01% +34.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Business Case is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,038 5,267 6,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.77% 90.70% 88.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,470 3,658 4,648
10th Percentile £300 £300 £241
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% +5.26% +9.70%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £563
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 207 255
10th Percentile £11.05 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £16.22 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.72 £29.30 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.52% +58.38% +2.13%
75th Percentile £44.74 £47.25 £30.25
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £52.24
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.15 £24.35
% change year-on-year -1.75% +52.57% +3.62%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in the North of England

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Case in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Business Case in the North of England

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in the North of England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in the North of England

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Case in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in the North of England

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
North West +18 48 £579 +15.70% 33
Yorkshire -3 12 £538 -2.27% 26
North East +16 4 £897 +80.29% 4
Business Case
England

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (4.62%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (12.31%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.23%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (6.15%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.54%) AWS
4 1 (1.54%) Azure
4 1 (1.54%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.54%) GitHub
4 1 (1.54%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.54%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.62%) Skype
2 2 (3.08%) 2G
2 2 (3.08%) 3G
2 2 (3.08%) 4G
2 2 (3.08%) 5G
3 1 (1.54%) LAN
3 1 (1.54%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.15%) Power BI
2 3 (4.62%) Tableau
3 1 (1.54%) Big Data
3 1 (1.54%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (3.08%) JIRA
2 1 (1.54%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.54%) Bitbucket Server
2 1 (1.54%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.54%) JMeter
2 1 (1.54%) Selenium
General
1 23 (35.38%) Finance
2 16 (24.62%) Social Skills
3 13 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (13.85%) Public Sector
5 8 (12.31%) Manufacturing
6 6 (9.23%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (6.15%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (6.15%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (4.62%) Local Government
8 3 (4.62%) Police
9 2 (3.08%) Banking
9 2 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (3.08%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.54%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.54%) Legal
10 1 (1.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (24.62%) Project Manager
2 10 (15.38%) Analyst
2 10 (15.38%) Business Analyst
2 10 (15.38%) Lead
3 7 (10.77%) Business Manager
4 6 (9.23%) Senior
5 5 (7.69%) Architect
6 4 (6.15%) Business Change Manager
6 4 (6.15%) Change Manager
6 4 (6.15%) Security Manager
6 4 (6.15%) Security Project Manager
7 3 (4.62%) Business Architect
7 3 (4.62%) Enterprise Architect
7 3 (4.62%) Programme Manager
7 3 (4.62%) Senior Manager
7 3 (4.62%) Senior Project Manager
8 2 (3.08%) Finance Manager
8 2 (3.08%) Finance Project Manager
8 2 (3.08%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (3.08%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.31%) Management Information System
2 6 (9.23%) Industry 4.0
2 6 (9.23%) IoT
2 6 (9.23%) Robotics
3 3 (4.62%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.08%) NHS
4 2 (3.08%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.08%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.54%) BBC
5 1 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.54%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (1.54%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.54%) Smart Meter
5 1 (1.54%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.54%) Windows
1 1 (1.54%) Windows 10
1 1 (1.54%) Windows 8
1 1 (1.54%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (35.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (27.69%) Change Management
2 18 (27.69%) Roadmaps
3 16 (24.62%) Project Management
4 12 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (18.46%) Project Delivery
5 11 (16.92%) Service Delivery
5 11 (16.92%) Use Case
6 10 (15.38%) Agile
6 10 (15.38%) Decision-Making
7 9 (13.85%) Business Analysis
7 9 (13.85%) People Management
7 9 (13.85%) Workshop Facilitation
8 8 (12.31%) Artificial Intelligence
8 8 (12.31%) Programme Management
8 8 (12.31%) Risk Management
9 7 (10.77%) Data Strategy
10 6 (9.23%) Application Security
10 6 (9.23%) Pricing Strategy
10 6 (9.23%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.54%) Java
1 1 (1.54%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (16.92%) Degree
2 8 (12.31%) SC Cleared
2 8 (12.31%) Security Cleared
3 6 (9.23%) CISA
3 6 (9.23%) CISM
3 6 (9.23%) CISSP
3 6 (9.23%) Master's Degree
3 6 (9.23%) MBA
4 1 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.38%) SLA
2 5 (7.69%) PMO
3 2 (3.08%) P3O
4 1 (1.54%) COREP
4 1 (1.54%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.54%) FINREP
4 1 (1.54%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.54%) Docker
2 1 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (1.54%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.54%) SCCM
1 1 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (18.46%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.08%) SAP
3 1 (1.54%) ServiceNow