Business Case Jobs in Scotland

Business Cases
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Business Case skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Business Case over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 215 176
Rank change year-on-year +70 -39 -11
Permanent jobs citing Business Case 17 66 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.57% 0.97% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 1.06% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2 23 13
10th Percentile £46,239 - £35,423
25th Percentile £46,241 £38,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,396 £50,000 £58,816
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% -14.99% +6.94%
75th Percentile £48,649 £52,219 £108,133
90th Percentile £48,710 £101,250 -
UK median annual salary £50,967 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.06% -4.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,783 6,212 4,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.70% 91.15% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,307 2,458 2,089
10th Percentile £30,300 £28,425 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in Scotland

Business Case
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Case in Scotland.

Salary trend for Business Case in Scotland

Business Case
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Case within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +23 16 £47,292 - 18
Fife - 1 £47,500 - 1
Business Case
UK

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 15 (88.24%) Finance
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Lead
2 3 (17.65%) Portfolio Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Financial Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Programme Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Business Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Payments Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Report Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Systems Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Project Management
2 9 (52.94%) Business Strategy
2 9 (52.94%) Change Management
3 8 (47.06%) Data Transformation
4 7 (41.18%) Roadmaps
5 6 (35.29%) Agile
6 5 (29.41%) Decision-Making
6 5 (29.41%) PRINCE2
7 4 (23.53%) Portfolio Management
7 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (17.65%) Innovative Thinking
9 2 (11.76%) Business Forecasting
9 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
9 2 (11.76%) Financial Analysis
9 2 (11.76%) Programme Management
10 1 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
10 1 (5.88%) Coaching
10 1 (5.88%) DevOps
10 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
10 1 (5.88%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) Degree
1 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) PMO
2 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.88%) ISO 20022
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.88%) Planview