Business Case Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Business Cases
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring Business Case skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 23 12
Rank change year-on-year -25 -11 +24
Contract jobs citing Business Case 2 3 16
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 0.72% 2.04% 8.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 2.24% 9.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 14
10th Percentile - £276 £426
25th Percentile - £292 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £317 £489
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% -35.17% -13.07%
75th Percentile - £381 -
90th Percentile - £419 £490
East Midlands median daily rate £358 £460 £489
% change year-on-year -22.17% -5.93% -6.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 254 134 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 92.03% 91.16% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 106 123
10th Percentile £313 £309 £310
25th Percentile £381 £356 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.18% -11.06% +18.03%
75th Percentile £525 £484 £517
90th Percentile £575 £572 £567
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +5.18% - -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 24
10th Percentile - - £10.90
25th Percentile - £13.75 £14.00
Median hourly rate £25.50 £14.50 £28.64
Median % change year-on-year +75.86% -49.37% +15.33%
75th Percentile - £15.25 £51.50
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £22.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -16.13% +28.57% +3.98%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Business Case job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Business Case
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Business Case.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Business Case

Business Case
Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Business Case.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Business Case

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 5 March 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
Northampton -21 2 £358 +12.93% 2
Business Case
East Midlands

Business Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Data Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Feasibility Study
1 2 (100.00%) Traceability Matrix
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared