Business Case Contracts in the South East

Business Cases
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 137 91
Rank change year-on-year +6 -46 +23
Contract jobs citing Business Case 24 54 144
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.80% 0.97% 2.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 1.15% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 38 114
10th Percentile £366 £184 £414
25th Percentile £475 £415 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £525 £569
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% -7.69% +9.90%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £650
90th Percentile £806 £650 £784
England median daily rate £528 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -4.09% -8.33% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.50 £23.63 -
Median hourly rate £28.00 £25.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.89% - -
75th Percentile £28.50 £37.66 -
90th Percentile - £57.06 -
England median hourly rate £42.81 £25.25 £63.00
% change year-on-year +69.52% -59.92% +83.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,747 4,698 5,149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.51% 84.74% 89.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,755 2,739 3,581
10th Percentile £254 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £510
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -1.86% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 437 224
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £16.05 £18.20 £22.34
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +127.43%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.50 £64.72
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.55
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.34
% change year-on-year -19.25% -3.59% +53.69%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in the South East

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Case in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Business Case in the South East

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in the South East

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Case in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in the South East

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Thames Valley +21 19 £568 +7.08% 21
Berkshire +27 15 £538 +1.42% 9
Hampshire +26 3 - - 8
Buckinghamshire +4 3 £560 -0.44% 9
West Sussex +10 1 £200 - 4
Oxfordshire +4 1 £625 +25.00% 4
Kent - 1 £550 - 1
Business Case
England

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (8.33%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) SAP IBP
1 2 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.17%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) Azure
2 2 (8.33%) Azure AKS
2 2 (8.33%) Azure API Management
2 2 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (8.33%) Azure Event Grid
2 2 (8.33%) Azure Key Vault
2 2 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (8.33%) Azure Service Bus
2 2 (8.33%) Entra ID
2 2 (8.33%) IaaS
2 2 (8.33%) PaaS
2 2 (8.33%) SaaS
2 2 (8.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) VPN
2 2 (8.33%) Firewall
3 1 (4.17%) NetScaler
3 1 (4.17%) Network Security
3 1 (4.17%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle Forms
General
1 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (37.50%) Finance
3 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (16.67%) Retail
5 3 (12.50%) Manufacturing
5 3 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (8.33%) Automotive
7 1 (4.17%) Banking
7 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (4.17%) Electronics
7 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.17%) Marketing
7 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Analyst
1 5 (20.83%) Architect
2 4 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Lead
4 2 (8.33%) Azure Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Product Lead
4 2 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Citrix Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Delivery Project Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (4.17%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Product Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Product Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Security Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Security Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Security Project Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) OAuth
1 2 (8.33%) OpenID
1 2 (8.33%) SAML
2 1 (4.17%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 3 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 2 (8.33%) Cloud Native
3 2 (8.33%) Cyberattack
3 2 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.17%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.17%) Replication
4 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.17%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Linux
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Roadmaps
2 7 (29.17%) Agile
3 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (20.83%) Use Case
5 4 (16.67%) Business Transformation
5 4 (16.67%) Data Security
5 4 (16.67%) Migration
5 4 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
5 4 (16.67%) Project Management
6 3 (12.50%) Budget Responsibility
6 3 (12.50%) Business Strategy
6 3 (12.50%) PRINCE2
6 3 (12.50%) Product Backlog
6 3 (12.50%) Programme Management
6 3 (12.50%) Project Delivery
6 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (12.50%) User Stories
7 2 (8.33%) Bill of Materials
7 2 (8.33%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.33%) Bash
2 2 (8.33%) C#
2 2 (8.33%) Java
2 2 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (8.33%) Python
2 2 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) ACCA
1 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (4.17%) CIMA
1 1 (4.17%) Degree
1 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
1 1 (4.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) QA
2 2 (8.33%) NIST
2 2 (8.33%) PMO
3 1 (4.17%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (4.17%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (4.17%) VMware NSX
3 1 (4.17%) XenApp
3 1 (4.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) SAP
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.17%) Citrix
3 1 (4.17%) Oracle
3 1 (4.17%) Palo Alto
3 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.17%) Splunk
3 1 (4.17%) VMware
3 1 (4.17%) Zscaler