Business Case Contracts in the Thames Valley

Business Cases
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Business Case skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Case over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 60 104
Rank change year-on-year -51 +44 -33
Contract jobs citing Business Case 26 95 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.98% 3.30% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 3.64% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 74 34
10th Percentile £414 £411 £404
25th Percentile £480 £464 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £557 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.18% +16.09%
75th Percentile £639 £617 £634
90th Percentile £647 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £530 £570 £538
% change year-on-year -7.02% +6.05% +13.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Business Case is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,263 2,611 3,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.40% 90.69% 89.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,238 1,775 2,181
10th Percentile £213 £313 £250
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £488
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +3.59% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £588
90th Percentile £675 £695 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £501 £500
% change year-on-year +1.80% +0.20% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 70 90
10th Percentile £14.34 £16.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £12.27
Median hourly rate £47.50 £51.05 £17.21
Median % change year-on-year -6.95% +196.63% -18.24%
75th Percentile £62.69 £72.69 £24.25
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £67.37
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.97
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.96% -12.12%

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 9 June 2024.

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 9 June 2024. 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 -37 13 £530 -7.83% 11
Buckinghamshire -1 10 £563 -1.10% 3
Oxfordshire 0 3 £513 +9.92% 4
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:

Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle AGIS
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) Azure
1 3 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (11.54%) PaaS
1 3 (11.54%) SaaS
2 2 (7.69%) NuGet
3 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
General
1 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Finance
3 3 (11.54%) Military
4 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.69%) Retail
4 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.85%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Legal
5 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Analyst
2 7 (26.92%) Senior
3 6 (23.08%) Business Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) Project Manager
4 4 (15.38%) Architect
4 4 (15.38%) Senior Manager
4 4 (15.38%) Senior Project Manager
4 4 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (11.54%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (11.54%) Lead
5 3 (11.54%) Security Manager
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Business Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Technical Leader
6 2 (7.69%) Integration Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Integration Project Manager
6 2 (7.69%) OSS Business Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Product Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (3.85%) NHS
1 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (50.00%) Project Management
2 9 (34.62%) Agile
3 8 (30.77%) Project Delivery
4 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (26.92%) Waterfall
5 6 (23.08%) PRINCE2
6 5 (19.23%) CI/CD
6 5 (19.23%) DevOps
6 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (19.23%) Process Improvement
6 5 (19.23%) Requirements Gathering
6 5 (19.23%) Roadmaps
6 5 (19.23%) TOGAF
7 4 (15.38%) Business Analysis
7 4 (15.38%) Conflict Resolution
7 4 (15.38%) ITIL
7 4 (15.38%) Product Roadmap
8 3 (11.54%) Contingency Planning
8 3 (11.54%) Decision-Making
8 3 (11.54%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) SC Cleared
1 8 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) ISEB
2 3 (11.54%) PMI Certification
2 3 (11.54%) PMP
3 2 (7.69%) Degree
4 1 (3.85%) ACCA
4 1 (3.85%) CIMA
4 1 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (7.69%) Oracle
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) SAP
2 1 (3.85%) Workday