Business Case Contracts in the North of England

Business Cases
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 114 116
Rank change year-on-year +14 +2 +22
Contract jobs citing Business Case 73 67 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.92% 1.43% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.17% 1.71% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 47 76
10th Percentile £287 £384 £403
25th Percentile £346 £444 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £495 £600 £619
90th Percentile £578 £700 £694
England median daily rate £500 £560 £585
% change year-on-year -10.71% -4.27% +8.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £32.00
25th Percentile - £26.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £34.11 £27.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.04% -31.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile - £28.75 £53.00
90th Percentile - - £60.80
England median hourly rate £44.25 £24.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year +84.38% -54.72% +51.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,363 3,928 4,945
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.66% 83.97% 89.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,168 2,367 3,349
10th Percentile £268 £299 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.97% -1.40% -
75th Percentile £556 £580 £600
90th Percentile £650 £663 £688
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 358 209
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.45 £12.55 £17.00
Median hourly rate £24.56 £22.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.64% -12.00% +24.19%
75th Percentile £46.89 £45.88 £43.48
90th Percentile £73.38 £66.61 £53.68
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £41.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% -8.14% +59.62%

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 16 July 2025.

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 16 July 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
Yorkshire +29 40 £475 -4.04% 28
North West -4 33 £358 -37.74% 42
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 5 (6.85%) Confluence
1 5 (6.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (31.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (19.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (15.07%) MS Visio
4 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.37%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.11%) Google Sheets
1 3 (4.11%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.74%) Asana
2 2 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (2.74%) Smartsheet
3 1 (1.37%) AWS
3 1 (1.37%) Azure
3 1 (1.37%) GCP
3 1 (1.37%) GitHub
3 1 (1.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.85%) LAN
1 5 (6.85%) VPN
2 1 (1.37%) GPRS
2 1 (1.37%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.85%) Power Query
2 3 (4.11%) Power BI
2 3 (4.11%) Tableau
3 2 (2.74%) GIS
4 1 (1.37%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.37%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 3 (4.11%) JIRA
2 1 (1.37%) Hudson
General
1 36 (49.32%) Social Skills
2 34 (46.58%) Finance
3 20 (27.40%) Presentation Skills
4 19 (26.03%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (13.70%) Banking
6 8 (10.96%) Public Sector
7 5 (6.85%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (6.85%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (6.85%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.74%) Marketing
8 2 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.37%) Legal
9 1 (1.37%) Retail
9 1 (1.37%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.37%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 32 (43.84%) Analyst
2 24 (32.88%) Business Analyst
3 8 (10.96%) Data Analyst
4 7 (9.59%) Project Manager
5 5 (6.85%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 5 (6.85%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
5 5 (6.85%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 5 (6.85%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (6.85%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 5 (6.85%) Desktop Engineer
5 5 (6.85%) Desktop Support
5 5 (6.85%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 5 (6.85%) Lead
5 5 (6.85%) PMO Manager
5 5 (6.85%) Support Engineer
6 4 (5.48%) Data Business Analyst
6 4 (5.48%) Data Centre Analyst
6 4 (5.48%) Data Centre Business Analyst
6 4 (5.48%) IT Manager
6 4 (5.48%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.59%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.85%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.85%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (4.11%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (4.11%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.74%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.37%) CMDB
5 1 (1.37%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.37%) PMI
5 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.59%) Windows
2 5 (6.85%) Windows 10
2 5 (6.85%) Windows 8
2 5 (6.85%) Windows Server
2 5 (6.85%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (6.85%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (6.85%) Windows Server 2012
2 5 (6.85%) Windows Server 2016
2 5 (6.85%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (42.47%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (39.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (27.40%) Change Management
4 19 (26.03%) Data Analysis
5 17 (23.29%) Agile
5 17 (23.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (20.55%) Requirements Gathering
6 15 (20.55%) Roadmaps
7 14 (19.18%) Project Delivery
7 14 (19.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 12 (16.44%) Project Management
9 11 (15.07%) Decision-Making
9 11 (15.07%) Strategic Planning
10 10 (13.70%) Performance Metrics
10 10 (13.70%) Portfolio Management
11 9 (12.33%) Analytics
11 9 (12.33%) Time Management
11 9 (12.33%) Workshop Facilitation
12 8 (10.96%) ITIL
12 8 (10.96%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.85%) VB
2 2 (2.74%) SQL
3 1 (1.37%) ANSI SQL
3 1 (1.37%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (10.96%) Degree
2 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (4.11%) PMP
3 3 (4.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 3 (4.11%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.11%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.37%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (16.44%) PMO
2 2 (2.74%) COREP
2 2 (2.74%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.74%) FINREP
2 2 (2.74%) QA
3 1 (1.37%) Basel III
3 1 (1.37%) GDPR
3 1 (1.37%) GRC
3 1 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (6.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (6.85%) SCCM
2 1 (1.37%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 23 (31.51%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.85%) Canon
2 5 (6.85%) SAP
3 3 (4.11%) Google
4 2 (2.74%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.74%) Wrike
5 1 (1.37%) Cisco
5 1 (1.37%) Cognos
5 1 (1.37%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (1.37%) Workday