Business Case Job Trends in the Midlands

Business Cases
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Business Case skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 71 149
Rank change year-on-year -106 +78 +11
Permanent jobs citing Business Case 42 239 65
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.54% 3.58% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 3.99% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 28 130 60
10th Percentile £35,625 £32,500 £40,725
25th Percentile £45,938 £43,142 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,250 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.30% +6.02% -6.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £66,967 £67,813
90th Percentile £70,050 £76,600 £84,967
England median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,373 5,992 4,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.74% 89.69% 88.78%
Number of salaries quoted 3,512 2,650 3,662
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
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 Midlands

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

Business Case job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Business Case
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Business Case

Business Case
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Case in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Case in the Midlands

Business Case
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -96 24 £47,750 -16.96% 61
East Midlands -8 18 £55,000 +1.85% 48
Business Case
England

Business Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 (4.76%) Confluence
1 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.38%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.76%) iTrent
2 1 (2.38%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.14%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.76%) Azure
4 1 (2.38%) AWS
4 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.38%) PaaS
4 1 (2.38%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.38%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.14%) Power BI
2 2 (4.76%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) JIRA
2 1 (2.38%) Git
General
1 24 (57.14%) Finance
2 21 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 10 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (11.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (11.90%) Legal
6 4 (9.52%) Manufacturing
7 3 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (7.14%) Marketing
8 2 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
9 1 (2.38%) Law
9 1 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (38.10%) Project Manager
2 9 (21.43%) Analyst
3 7 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 7 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
4 6 (14.29%) Business Analyst
5 5 (11.90%) Product Manager
6 3 (7.14%) Coordinator
6 3 (7.14%) Development Manager
6 3 (7.14%) Project Coordinator
6 3 (7.14%) Senior
6 3 (7.14%) Service Development Manager
6 3 (7.14%) Service Manager
7 2 (4.76%) ERP Manager
7 2 (4.76%) ERP Project Manager
7 2 (4.76%) HR Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) Senior Manager
7 2 (4.76%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (4.76%) Systems Analyst
8 1 (2.38%) Data Analyst
8 1 (2.38%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) .NET
1 1 (2.38%) JSON
1 1 (2.38%) REST
1 1 (2.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Driving Licence
2 4 (9.52%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.38%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.38%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.38%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.38%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (57.14%) Project Management
2 20 (47.62%) Agile
3 17 (40.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (35.71%) Project Delivery
5 14 (33.33%) Change Management
6 11 (26.19%) Risk Management
6 11 (26.19%) Waterfall
7 10 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (23.81%) Decision-Making
7 10 (23.81%) PRINCE2
8 8 (19.05%) ERP
9 7 (16.67%) Business Change Management
9 7 (16.67%) Roadmaps
9 7 (16.67%) User Stories
10 6 (14.29%) Time Management
11 5 (11.90%) AI
11 5 (11.90%) Business Analysis
11 5 (11.90%) Scrum
11 5 (11.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 4 (9.52%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (11.90%) Degree
2 3 (7.14%) PMI Certification
2 3 (7.14%) PMP
3 1 (2.38%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.90%) PMO
2 1 (2.38%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.38%) MOM
Vendors
1 7 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.38%) Epicor
2 1 (2.38%) JD Edwards
2 1 (2.38%) NEC
2 1 (2.38%) SAP