Business Case Contracts in Scotland

Business Cases
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 84 76 90
Rank change year-on-year -8 +14 -39
Contract jobs citing Business Case 32 53 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.97% 2.39% 2.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 2.70% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 32 66
10th Percentile £402 £451 £320
25th Percentile £413 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £566 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.70% +7.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £619 £620 £601
90th Percentile £625 £684 £701
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £51.50 £25.25 £62.75
% change year-on-year +103.96% -59.76% +82.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in Scotland

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Business Case in Scotland

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in Scotland

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in Scotland

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Edinburgh -4 14 £428 -18.57% 9
Glasgow -4 14 £516 -10.22% 12
South Lanarkshire +23 1 £470 -1.05%
Perthshire 0 1 - -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £600 -
Business Case
UK

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (3.13%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) ATM
1 1 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 15 (46.88%) Finance
2 10 (31.25%) Public Sector
2 10 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 9 (28.13%) Banking
4 8 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (15.63%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (9.38%) Back Office
6 3 (9.38%) Marketing
7 2 (6.25%) Investment Banking
7 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (6.25%) Retail
7 2 (6.25%) Retail Banking
8 1 (3.13%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (3.13%) Legal
8 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (37.50%) Analyst
2 10 (31.25%) Business Analyst
3 8 (25.00%) Project Manager
4 7 (21.88%) Senior
5 6 (18.75%) Architect
6 5 (15.63%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (12.50%) Senior Manager
7 4 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
8 3 (9.38%) Product Owner
8 3 (9.38%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (9.38%) Senior Business Analyst
9 2 (6.25%) Fraud Manager
9 2 (6.25%) Report Analyst
9 2 (6.25%) Technical Analyst
10 1 (3.13%) Banking Analyst
10 1 (3.13%) Implementation Analyst
10 1 (3.13%) IT Project Manager
10 1 (3.13%) Security Architect
10 1 (3.13%) Systems Manager
10 1 (3.13%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) Middleware
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.13%) Educational Technology
2 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.13%) PMI
2 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.13%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (53.13%) Agile
2 11 (34.38%) Project Management
3 9 (28.13%) Project Delivery
4 6 (18.75%) Decision-Making
4 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (15.63%) Business Analysis
5 5 (15.63%) Data Collection
5 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (15.63%) Waterfall
6 4 (12.50%) Business Strategy
6 4 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
6 4 (12.50%) Risk Management
6 4 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (12.50%) User Stories
7 3 (9.38%) Analytics
7 3 (9.38%) Change Control
7 3 (9.38%) SDLC
7 3 (9.38%) Service Design
7 3 (9.38%) User Experience
7 3 (9.38%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (6.25%) CISM
1 2 (6.25%) CISSP
1 2 (6.25%) Degree
1 2 (6.25%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.13%) HND
2 1 (3.13%) PMP
2 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (3.13%) Basel III
2 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.13%) GRC
2 1 (3.13%) PMO
2 1 (3.13%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft
1 2 (6.25%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.13%) Ariba
2 1 (3.13%) BT
2 1 (3.13%) Calypso
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle
2 1 (3.13%) Planview
2 1 (3.13%) Qualys