Business Case Contracts in Wales

Business Cases
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 32 43 57
Rank change year-on-year +11 +14 -1
Contract jobs citing Business Case 6 2 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 2.11% 0.51% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 0.65% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 7
10th Percentile £293 £144 £445
25th Percentile - £153 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 £188 £503
Median % change year-on-year +62.92% -62.69% +0.50%
75th Percentile £325 £209 £550
90th Percentile £378 £211 £565
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +12.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 250 310 552
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 87.72% 78.68% 86.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 211 424
10th Percentile £185 £166 £181
25th Percentile £285 £358 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +5.26% -1.04%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £575
90th Percentile £625 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 31 28
10th Percentile £15.60 £11.75 £14.78
25th Percentile £20.12 £14.78 £16.98
Median hourly rate £21.01 £22.50 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -6.62% +19.59% -16.38%
75th Percentile £35.25 £51.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £45.00 £86.00 £49.13
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in Wales

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Business Case in Wales

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in Wales

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in Wales

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales 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
South Wales +12 6 £305 +62.92% 4
Business Case
UK

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

General
1 3 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (16.67%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Designer
1 4 (66.67%) Interaction Designer
1 4 (66.67%) Lead
1 4 (66.67%) Lead Designer
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Implementation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) NHS
2 1 (16.67%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Coaching
1 4 (66.67%) DevOps
1 4 (66.67%) Interaction Design
1 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 4 (66.67%) User Experience
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) Ergonomics
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (16.67%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (16.67%) SDLC
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) Master's Degree