Business Case Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Business Cases
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Business Case skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 26 19
Rank change year-on-year -26 -7 +5
Contract jobs citing Business Case 3 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.67% 3.70% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 4.26% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile £341 - -
25th Percentile £371 £450 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -20.91% +4.76% -19.23%
75th Percentile £511 - £538
90th Percentile £550 - -
South East median daily rate £489 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -11.14% +4.76% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £33.50 - -
South East median hourly rate £33.50 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 336 141 138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 75.17% 87.04% 74.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 75 96
10th Percentile £225 £181 £180
25th Percentile £371 £250 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -
75th Percentile £588 £550 £500
90th Percentile £775 £688 £619
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £517
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.34% -0.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 19 16
10th Percentile £12.84 £19.60 £11.50
25th Percentile £15.84 £25.15 £11.62
Median hourly rate £47.54 £25.30 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +87.91% +23.41% -36.53%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.90 £28.25
90th Percentile £77.50 £89.63 £65.00
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £24.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +118.75% -58.15% +14.70%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Business Case job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Business Case
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 27 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in Oxfordshire

Business Case
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
Oxford - 2 £320 - 5
Business Case
South East

Business Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Aviation
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Commercial Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Contracts Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Implementation Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Implementation Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Support Officer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
1 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
1 1 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (33.33%) Financial Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Matrix Management
1 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) MuleSoft
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce