Business Case Contracts in Reading

Business Cases
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 78 59
Rank change year-on-year +25 -19 +6
Contract jobs citing Business Case 7 13 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.17% 1.09% 2.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.21% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 19
10th Percentile £535 £486 £430
25th Percentile £588 £513 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £825 £588 £700
90th Percentile - £613 £719
Berkshire median daily rate £538 £530 £575
% change year-on-year +1.42% -7.83% +17.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 555 1,075 936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.96% 90.18% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 581 620
10th Percentile £313 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £660
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 46 23
10th Percentile £33.82 £27.58 £45.50
25th Percentile £41.05 £53.74 £53.00
Median hourly rate £53.10 £62.07 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% -4.50% +132.14%
75th Percentile £65.14 £82.55 £74.40
90th Percentile £72.37 £87.50 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Business Case as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in Reading

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Case in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Business Case in Reading

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in Reading

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Case in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in Reading

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) VPN
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Forms
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Migration Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Product Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Security Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Security Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Cyberattack
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Data Security
1 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
1 4 (57.14%) Use Case
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Budget Responsibility
2 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
2 2 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (28.57%) Design Thinking
2 2 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (28.57%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (28.57%) Line Management
2 2 (28.57%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Product Backlog
2 2 (28.57%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (28.57%) System Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Time Management
2 2 (28.57%) Web Filtering
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) NIST
2 1 (14.29%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (14.29%) XenApp
1 1 (14.29%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Citrix
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle