Business Case Contracts in the Thames Valley

Business Cases
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 83 113 60
Rank change year-on-year +30 -53 +41
Contract jobs citing Business Case 19 32 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.26% 1.19% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 1.37% 3.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 25 78
10th Percentile £396 £414 £417
25th Percentile £500 £475 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £530 £555
Median % change year-on-year +7.08% -4.50% +11.00%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £633
90th Percentile £825 £645 £704
South East median daily rate £555 £528 £570
% change year-on-year +5.21% -7.46% +10.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £25.25 -
% change year-on-year +10.89% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in the Thames Valley

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Case in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Business Case in the Thames Valley

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in the Thames Valley

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Case in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in the Thames Valley

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +30 15 £538 +1.42% 14
Buckinghamshire +6 3 £560 -0.44% 10
Oxfordshire +3 1 £625 +25.00% 5
Business Case
South East

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (10.53%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) Azure AKS
2 2 (10.53%) Azure API Management
2 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (10.53%) Azure Event Grid
2 2 (10.53%) Azure Key Vault
2 2 (10.53%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (10.53%) Azure Service Bus
2 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
2 2 (10.53%) IaaS
2 2 (10.53%) PaaS
2 2 (10.53%) SaaS
2 2 (10.53%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) VPN
2 2 (10.53%) Firewall
3 1 (5.26%) NetScaler
3 1 (5.26%) Network Security
3 1 (5.26%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Forms
General
1 7 (36.84%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (36.84%) Finance
1 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Retail
3 1 (5.26%) Automotive
3 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Electronics
3 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.26%) Marketing
3 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Architect
2 4 (21.05%) Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Business Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Project Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Azure Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Citrix Specialist
5 1 (5.26%) Cloud Specialist
5 1 (5.26%) Commercial Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Migration Specialist
5 1 (5.26%) Product Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Product Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Security Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Security Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Security Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Commercial Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Smart Metering Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) OAuth
1 2 (10.53%) OpenID
1 2 (10.53%) SAML
2 1 (5.26%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Data Centre
1 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.53%) Cloud Native
2 2 (10.53%) Cyberattack
2 2 (10.53%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (10.53%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.26%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.26%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
2 1 (5.26%) Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
2 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Roadmaps
2 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (26.32%) Use Case
3 4 (21.05%) Data Security
3 4 (21.05%) Migration
4 3 (15.79%) Agile
4 3 (15.79%) Business Strategy
4 3 (15.79%) Product Backlog
4 3 (15.79%) Product Roadmap
4 3 (15.79%) Programme Management
4 3 (15.79%) Project Management
4 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (15.79%) User Stories
5 2 (10.53%) API Management
5 2 (10.53%) Budget Responsibility
5 2 (10.53%) Design Patterns
5 2 (10.53%) Design Thinking
5 2 (10.53%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (10.53%) Project Delivery
5 2 (10.53%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) PowerShell
2 2 (10.53%) Bash
2 2 (10.53%) C#
2 2 (10.53%) Java
2 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
2 2 (10.53%) Python
2 2 (10.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) ACCA
1 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (5.26%) CIMA
1 1 (5.26%) Degree
1 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
1 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) NIST
2 1 (5.26%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.53%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (5.26%) VMware NSX
3 1 (5.26%) XenApp
3 1 (5.26%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Citrix
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle
2 1 (5.26%) Palo Alto
2 1 (5.26%) SAP
2 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.26%) Splunk
2 1 (5.26%) VMware
2 1 (5.26%) Zscaler