Business Case Contracts in the North West

Business Cases
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 107 114
Rank change year-on-year +18 +7 -40
Contract jobs citing Business Case 47 56 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.74% 1.77% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 1.95% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 42 56
10th Percentile £416 £363 £356
25th Percentile £498 £407 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £579 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year +15.70% +14.29% -18.22%
75th Percentile £631 £614 £525
90th Percentile £701 £823 £616
England median daily rate £550 £600 £524
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.50% +10.32%
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% -51.57%
75th Percentile £28.75 £59.50 £35.56
90th Percentile - £63.40 £45.85
England median hourly rate £25.25 £62.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year -59.76% +79.29% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,328 2,877 3,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.25% 90.70% 88.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,485 2,043 2,606
10th Percentile £306 £313 £250
25th Percentile £405 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £593 £588 £575
90th Percentile £689 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 142 162
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.85 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.31 £23.15 £14.25
Median hourly rate £22.11 £36.65 £20.07
Median % change year-on-year -39.67% +82.66% +10.08%
75th Percentile £45.88 £49.52 £43.44
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.98 £58.75
England median hourly rate £36.33 £36.40 £24.35
% change year-on-year -0.18% +49.47% +3.62%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in the North West

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Business Case in the North West

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in the North West over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in the North West

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in the North West

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 5 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
Cheshire +10 14 £688 +91.51% 3
Cumbria - 14 £575 - 2
Manchester -5 12 £500 - 21
Lancashire - 5 £565 - 6
Merseyside +9 2 £566 -5.67% 5
Business Case
England

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (6.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.13%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.77%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (6.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.38%) Skype
2 2 (4.26%) 2G
2 2 (4.26%) 3G
2 2 (4.26%) 4G
2 2 (4.26%) 5G
3 1 (2.13%) LAN
3 1 (2.13%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.38%) Power BI
1 3 (6.38%) Tableau
General
1 19 (40.43%) Finance
2 9 (19.15%) Social Skills
3 8 (17.02%) Public Sector
4 7 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (14.89%) Manufacturing
5 4 (8.51%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (6.38%) Police
7 2 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.26%) Local Government
7 2 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.26%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.13%) Banking
8 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (23.40%) Project Manager
2 10 (21.28%) Lead
3 8 (17.02%) Analyst
3 8 (17.02%) Business Analyst
4 4 (8.51%) Business Manager
4 4 (8.51%) Security Manager
4 4 (8.51%) Security Project Manager
4 4 (8.51%) Senior
5 2 (4.26%) Architect
5 2 (4.26%) Programme Manager
5 2 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (4.26%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (4.26%) Senior Manager
5 2 (4.26%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (2.13%) Data Architect
6 1 (2.13%) Desktop Support
6 1 (2.13%) Information Architect
6 1 (2.13%) IT Manager
6 1 (2.13%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.13%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) Industry 4.0
1 6 (12.77%) IoT
1 6 (12.77%) Robotics
2 5 (10.64%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.26%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.13%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (2.13%) NHS
5 1 (2.13%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.13%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.13%) Taxonomies
5 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Windows
1 1 (2.13%) Windows 10
1 1 (2.13%) Windows 8
1 1 (2.13%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (31.91%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (27.66%) Roadmaps
3 11 (23.40%) Service Delivery
4 10 (21.28%) Change Management
4 10 (21.28%) Project Delivery
4 10 (21.28%) Project Management
4 10 (21.28%) Use Case
5 9 (19.15%) Business Analysis
5 9 (19.15%) Decision-Making
5 9 (19.15%) People Management
6 8 (17.02%) Workshop Facilitation
7 7 (14.89%) Artificial Intelligence
7 7 (14.89%) Data Strategy
8 6 (12.77%) Agile
8 6 (12.77%) Business Development
8 6 (12.77%) Cloud Security
8 6 (12.77%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
8 6 (12.77%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (12.77%) Pricing Strategy
8 6 (12.77%) Threat Management
Qualifications
1 10 (21.28%) Degree
2 6 (12.77%) CISA
2 6 (12.77%) CISM
2 6 (12.77%) CISSP
2 6 (12.77%) Master's Degree
2 6 (12.77%) MBA
2 6 (12.77%) SC Cleared
2 6 (12.77%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (21.28%) SLA
2 4 (8.51%) PMO
3 2 (4.26%) P3O
4 1 (2.13%) COREP
4 1 (2.13%) FINREP
4 1 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (19.15%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.13%) SAP
2 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow