Business Case Job Trends in the East Midlands

Business Cases
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Business Case skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 111 93
Rank change year-on-year 0 -18 +19
Permanent jobs citing Business Case 18 19 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.72% 0.85% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.96% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 12 11 29
10th Percentile £46,652 - £41,150
25th Percentile £51,942 £52,000 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% - -8.09%
75th Percentile £58,438 £57,600 £59,500
90th Percentile £71,375 £60,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +4.84%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Business Case falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,002 1,984 1,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 79.67% 88.26% 87.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,252 837 1,175
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.94% -4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,800
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Business Case relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Business Case job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Business Case
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Business Case.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Business Case

Business Case
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Case in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Case in the East Midlands

Business Case
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Case within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire +10 8 £55,000 -3.51% 1
Northamptonshire +12 5 £55,000 +1.85% 2
Nottinghamshire +12 2 £43,750 -20.96% 3
Derbyshire - 2 £60,135 - 2
Lincolnshire -18 1 - -
Business Case
England

Business Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) Confluence
1 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.56%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.56%) Power Automate
2 1 (5.56%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Power BI
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (5.56%) Git
General
1 13 (72.22%) Finance
2 12 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.56%) Law
5 1 (5.56%) Legal
5 1 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Project Manager
2 6 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 6 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Business Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Senior
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Developer
5 1 (5.56%) ERP Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) ERP Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) ERP Manager
5 1 (5.56%) ERP Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Planning Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Power Platform Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) .NET
1 1 (5.56%) JSON
1 1 (5.56%) REST
1 1 (5.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.56%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.56%) Low-Code
2 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) Project Management
2 12 (66.67%) Change Management
3 10 (55.56%) Agile
4 8 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (38.89%) Project Delivery
5 7 (38.89%) Risk Management
5 7 (38.89%) Waterfall
6 6 (33.33%) Business Change Management
7 5 (27.78%) Decision-Making
8 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (22.22%) Logistics
8 4 (22.22%) Scrum
9 3 (16.67%) ERP
9 3 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
9 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (16.67%) User Stories
10 2 (11.11%) Business Strategy
10 2 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
10 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
10 2 (11.11%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) PMO
1 1 (5.56%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) MOM
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Epicor
1 1 (5.56%) JD Edwards
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.56%) NEC
1 1 (5.56%) SAP