Business Case Jobs in the UK excluding London

Business Cases
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 182 189 243
Rank change year-on-year +7 +54 -22
Permanent jobs citing Business Case 685 1,097 853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.73% 1.46% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.87% 1.78% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 452 455 464
10th Percentile £45,628 £38,513 £38,575
25th Percentile £48,869 £47,500 £46,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £55,000 £58,658
Median % change year-on-year -7.33% -6.24% +11.73%
75th Percentile £59,081 £65,000 £73,875
90th Percentile £65,000 £84,964 £86,175
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
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,721 61,614 54,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.53% 82.28% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 17,560 42,296 28,644
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Business Case as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in the UK excluding London

Business Case
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Case in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Business Case in the UK excluding London

Business Case
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Case in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Case in the UK excluding London

Business Case
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Case within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
North of England +100 320 £50,055 -12.66% 75
North West +90 310 £50,055 -4.66% 42
South East -76 146 £65,000 +14.11% 53
East of England +45 86 £50,967 -5.62% 19
Midlands -25 64 £54,000 - 55
West Midlands +47 56 £54,000 +1.41% 41
South West +51 40 £60,000 -4.00% 37
Scotland +74 18 £47,396 -5.21% 18
Wales +37 12 £65,000 +19.92% 13
Yorkshire +23 10 £62,500 - 23
East Midlands -37 8 £68,500 +26.85% 14
Business Case
UK

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 40 (5.84%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.15%) Confluence
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 33 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.17%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.88%) Trello
7 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.15%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (3.21%) Azure
2 13 (1.90%) AWS
3 12 (1.75%) Google Workspace
4 5 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (0.73%) GitHub
4 5 (0.73%) Power Platform
5 4 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (0.44%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (0.44%) Smartsheet
7 2 (0.29%) Azure API Management
7 2 (0.29%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (0.29%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.15%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.15%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.61%) BGP
1 11 (1.61%) DHCP
1 11 (1.61%) DNS
1 11 (1.61%) Firewall
1 11 (1.61%) OSPF
1 11 (1.61%) TCP/IP
1 11 (1.61%) VLAN
1 11 (1.61%) WLAN
2 6 (0.88%) Network Security
3 3 (0.44%) Broadband
4 1 (0.15%) Internet
4 1 (0.15%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.73%) Power BI
2 3 (0.44%) MongoDB
2 3 (0.44%) SAP BW
3 2 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.29%) Looker
3 2 (0.29%) Metadata
4 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.15%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.15%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.15%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.15%) GIS
4 1 (0.15%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 58 (8.47%) JIRA
2 56 (8.18%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.15%) ERwin
General
1 277 (40.44%) Social Skills
2 158 (23.07%) Finance
3 149 (21.75%) Analytical Skills
4 136 (19.85%) Aerospace
5 131 (19.12%) Avionics
6 130 (18.98%) Influencing Skills
7 103 (15.04%) Manufacturing
8 32 (4.67%) Law
9 29 (4.23%) Retail
10 26 (3.80%) Legal
11 22 (3.21%) Public Sector
12 21 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 21 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (2.04%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.61%) Automotive
15 10 (1.46%) Marketing
16 7 (1.02%) Banking
17 5 (0.73%) Local Government
18 4 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
19 3 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 220 (32.12%) Senior
2 157 (22.92%) Systems Engineer
3 142 (20.73%) Analyst
4 131 (19.12%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 113 (16.50%) Project Manager
6 88 (12.85%) Business Change Analyst
6 88 (12.85%) Change Analyst
7 68 (9.93%) Architect
8 57 (8.32%) Systems Architect
9 56 (8.18%) Lead
10 47 (6.86%) Infrastructure Manager
11 37 (5.40%) Delivery Project Manager
12 33 (4.82%) Infrastructure Project Manager
13 30 (4.38%) Business Analyst
14 19 (2.77%) Senior Manager
15 18 (2.63%) Head of AI
15 18 (2.63%) Head of Analytics
16 17 (2.48%) Senior Project Manager
17 15 (2.19%) Infrastructure Specialist
17 15 (2.19%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.44%) Kafka
2 2 (0.29%) Blazor
2 2 (0.29%) React
3 1 (0.15%) .NET
3 1 (0.15%) COM+
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 87 (12.70%) Management Information System
2 11 (1.61%) Smartphone
2 11 (1.61%) Social Media
3 10 (1.46%) Product Ownership
4 8 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (0.88%) Driving Licence
6 6 (0.88%) Public Cloud
6 6 (0.88%) Virtual Team
7 5 (0.73%) Data Centre
7 5 (0.73%) Life Science
8 4 (0.58%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.44%) Housing Association
9 3 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.44%) Learning Management System
9 3 (0.44%) NHS
9 3 (0.44%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.29%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.15%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.15%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.07%) Windows
2 12 (1.75%) Linux
2 12 (1.75%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.61%) Mac OS X
3 11 (1.61%) Ubuntu
3 11 (1.61%) Windows 10
3 11 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
3 11 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
4 6 (0.88%) Windows Vista
5 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (32.12%) Customer Requirements
2 219 (31.97%) Systems Engineering
3 202 (29.49%) Requirements Management
4 170 (24.82%) Project Management
5 137 (20.00%) Feasibility Study
6 136 (19.85%) SDLC
7 132 (19.27%) Change Management
8 131 (19.12%) Hazard Analysis
9 128 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
10 124 (18.10%) Project Delivery
11 118 (17.23%) Continuous Improvement
12 111 (16.20%) Business Analysis
12 111 (16.20%) Stakeholder Management
13 103 (15.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 99 (14.45%) Workshop Facilitation
15 97 (14.16%) Collaborative Working
16 95 (13.87%) Roadmaps
17 91 (13.28%) Strategic Thinking
18 88 (12.85%) MoSCoW
18 88 (12.85%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 23 (3.36%) SQL
2 16 (2.34%) Java
3 15 (2.19%) C
4 11 (1.61%) PowerShell
4 11 (1.61%) Python
5 5 (0.73%) R
6 2 (0.29%) C#
6 2 (0.29%) Go
6 2 (0.29%) VBA
7 1 (0.15%) C++
Qualifications
1 371 (54.16%) Degree
2 277 (40.44%) BPSS Clearance
3 89 (12.99%) CBAP
4 56 (8.18%) Chartered Engineer
5 44 (6.42%) HNC
6 37 (5.40%) Security Cleared
7 32 (4.67%) SC Cleared
8 30 (4.38%) HND
9 22 (3.21%) DV Cleared
10 11 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.61%) MCSE
10 11 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (1.61%) PMP
11 10 (1.46%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.17%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.88%) ACCA
13 6 (0.88%) CIMA
13 6 (0.88%) CISSP
13 6 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (0.58%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (8.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 30 (4.38%) NEBOSH
3 12 (1.75%) QA
4 10 (1.46%) NIST
4 10 (1.46%) PMO
5 9 (1.31%) Def Stans
6 6 (0.88%) RMADS
7 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.58%) JSP 440
7 4 (0.58%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.29%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.29%) IEC 62304
9 2 (0.29%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.29%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.29%) SLA
10 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
System Software
1 16 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
2 13 (1.90%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.29%) Docker
3 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (0.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.15%) NetApp OnCommand
2 1 (0.15%) SCCM
2 1 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 69 (10.07%) Microsoft
2 57 (8.32%) IBM
3 14 (2.04%) Google
4 11 (1.61%) Apple
4 11 (1.61%) Cisco
4 11 (1.61%) Dell
4 11 (1.61%) Fortinet
4 11 (1.61%) Ubiquiti
5 8 (1.17%) SAP
6 5 (0.73%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.44%) VMware
8 2 (0.29%) Databricks
8 2 (0.29%) IFS
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle
8 2 (0.29%) Planview
9 1 (0.15%) F5
9 1 (0.15%) NetApp
9 1 (0.15%) Progress
9 1 (0.15%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.15%) Siebel