Business Case Job Trends

Business Cases
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Business Case skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 253 247 199
Rank change year-on-year -6 -48 +11
Permanent jobs citing Business Case 532 725 944
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.05% 1.07% 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.29% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 281 371 695
10th Percentile £43,750 £37,750 £42,100
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,375 £87,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £91,500 £109,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,700 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.00% +3.09% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 44,012 56,127 49,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.78% 82.46% 93.88%
Number of salaries quoted 26,595 29,580 38,351
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £43,871
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,625 £54,383 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.26% +3.59% -

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Business Case job vacancy trend in the UK

Business Case
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Business Case

Business Case
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Case over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Case in the UK

Business Case
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 7 November 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
England -13 479 £60,000 -4.00% 742
UK excluding London -18 307 £55,000 -3.00% 577
London +49 180 £70,000 -9.68% 274
Work from Home +21 163 £55,000 -15.38% 225
South East +42 114 £62,500 -13.79% 222
North of England -38 68 £55,000 - 112
North West +3 48 £55,000 +1.85% 69
Midlands -60 44 £52,500 -8.70% 94
East of England +43 35 £53,500 -0.93% 60
South West +38 28 £55,000 +4.76% 46
West Midlands -58 25 £48,000 -16.52% 53
East Midlands +23 19 £55,000 +1.85% 39
Yorkshire -11 15 £54,500 -4.55% 29
Wales +13 7 £55,000 -24.58% 15
Scotland -7 7 £69,500 +2.96% 21
North East 0 5 £95,000 +133.13% 15
Northern Ireland +4 4 £77,217 - 11

Business Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 11 (2.07%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.69%) CMS
2 9 (1.69%) Confluence
3 2 (0.38%) WordPress
4 1 (0.19%) LiveLink
4 1 (0.19%) Mule
Applications
1 55 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (3.95%) Microsoft Project
3 19 (3.57%) MS Visio
4 17 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (1.50%) Trello
7 2 (0.38%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.38%) Maya
7 2 (0.38%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.19%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 47 (8.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.32%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.94%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.75%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.38%) Endur
6 2 (0.38%) iTrent
6 2 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.38%) Primavera
6 2 (0.38%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.38%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.19%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 66 (12.41%) SaaS
2 35 (6.58%) Power Platform
3 17 (3.20%) Azure
4 16 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
5 12 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (1.32%) AWS
6 7 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.32%) PaaS
7 5 (0.94%) GCP
7 5 (0.94%) Power Automate
8 3 (0.56%) Asana
8 3 (0.56%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 2 (0.38%) Boomi
9 2 (0.38%) GitHub
9 2 (0.38%) OCI
9 2 (0.38%) Oracle CX
9 2 (0.38%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.38%) Stripe
9 2 (0.38%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.19%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.13%) Broadband
2 5 (0.94%) Unified Communications
3 4 (0.75%) Internet
3 4 (0.75%) IP Telephony
4 3 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.38%) ATM
5 2 (0.38%) DNS
6 1 (0.19%) 5G
6 1 (0.19%) BGP
6 1 (0.19%) HTTP
6 1 (0.19%) IOS XR
6 1 (0.19%) PPP
6 1 (0.19%) RTP
6 1 (0.19%) SSL
6 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.19%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.58%) Power BI
2 10 (1.88%) Tableau
3 6 (1.13%) Looker
4 4 (0.75%) Big Data
4 4 (0.75%) BigQuery
4 4 (0.75%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.56%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.38%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.38%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.19%) DB2
7 1 (0.19%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 19 (3.57%) JIRA
2 2 (0.38%) Git
3 1 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
General
1 307 (57.71%) Finance
2 280 (52.63%) Social Skills
3 152 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (14.66%) Marketing
5 77 (14.47%) Legal
6 58 (10.90%) Influencing Skills
7 53 (9.96%) Law
8 36 (6.77%) Retail
9 34 (6.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 31 (5.83%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (3.95%) Banking
13 19 (3.57%) Financial Institution
13 19 (3.57%) Public Sector
14 16 (3.01%) Telecoms
15 15 (2.82%) Manufacturing
16 13 (2.44%) Digital Economy
17 8 (1.50%) Billing
17 8 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (1.50%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 104 (19.55%) Analyst
2 88 (16.54%) Project Manager
3 83 (15.60%) Senior
4 58 (10.90%) Lead
5 53 (9.96%) Business Analyst
6 47 (8.83%) IT Manager
7 39 (7.33%) IT Project Manager
8 28 (5.26%) Development Manager
9 25 (4.70%) Architect
10 22 (4.14%) Product Manager
11 21 (3.95%) Business Manager
12 20 (3.76%) Insight Analyst
12 20 (3.76%) Senior Manager
13 18 (3.38%) Commercial Manager
14 17 (3.20%) Financial Analyst
15 16 (3.01%) Finance Manager
16 14 (2.63%) Business Development Manager
16 14 (2.63%) Consultant
16 14 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
17 13 (2.44%) Product Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (0.94%) Web Services
3 2 (0.38%) Middleware
3 2 (0.38%) MIDP
3 2 (0.38%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.19%) .NET
4 1 (0.19%) CSS
4 1 (0.19%) Jinja
4 1 (0.19%) JSON
4 1 (0.19%) XML
4 1 (0.19%) YAML
4 1 (0.19%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 23 (4.32%) Product Ownership
3 20 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (3.38%) Social Media
5 17 (3.20%) Analytical Mindset
5 17 (3.20%) NHS
5 17 (3.20%) Onboarding
6 16 (3.01%) Driving Licence
7 9 (1.69%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.32%) Digital Media
9 6 (1.13%) Credit Risk
10 5 (0.94%) Reinsurance
11 4 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.75%) Learning Management System
12 3 (0.56%) Augmented Reality
12 3 (0.56%) Life Science
13 2 (0.38%) CESG
13 2 (0.38%) Data Protection Act
13 2 (0.38%) FMCG
13 2 (0.38%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (36.09%) Project Management
2 170 (31.95%) Agile
3 164 (30.83%) Decision-Making
4 159 (29.89%) Stakeholder Management
5 146 (27.44%) Project Delivery
6 120 (22.56%) Roadmaps
7 97 (18.23%) ERP
8 94 (17.67%) Problem-Solving
9 73 (13.72%) Change Management
9 73 (13.72%) Continuous Improvement
10 72 (13.53%) Risk Management
11 70 (13.16%) Business Strategy
11 70 (13.16%) Financial Modelling
12 65 (12.22%) Waterfall
13 64 (12.03%) Business Analysis
14 62 (11.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 59 (11.09%) PRINCE2
16 52 (9.77%) Actionable Insight
16 52 (9.77%) Data-Driven Decision Making
17 46 (8.65%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 25 (4.70%) SQL
2 8 (1.50%) Python
3 5 (0.94%) R
4 2 (0.38%) Java
4 2 (0.38%) VBA
5 1 (0.19%) C++
5 1 (0.19%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 201 (37.78%) Degree
2 57 (10.71%) Master's Degree
3 48 (9.02%) MBA
4 37 (6.95%) ACCA
5 35 (6.58%) CIMA
6 24 (4.51%) Security Cleared
7 21 (3.95%) DBS Check
8 19 (3.57%) PMP
9 18 (3.38%) PMI Certification
9 18 (3.38%) SC Cleared
10 12 (2.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 8 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.75%) HNC
14 3 (0.56%) CISM
14 3 (0.56%) HND
15 2 (0.38%) CESG Certified Professional
15 2 (0.38%) CISSP
15 2 (0.38%) RIBA
15 2 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (8.08%) PMO
2 20 (3.76%) Actionable Recommendations
3 18 (3.38%) QA
4 15 (2.82%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.32%) GDPR
6 5 (0.94%) NIST
7 4 (0.75%) ISO 19650
8 2 (0.38%) COBIT
8 2 (0.38%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.38%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.38%) P3O
8 2 (0.38%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.38%) PSD2
8 2 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.38%) WCAG
9 1 (0.19%) Basel III
9 1 (0.19%) GMP
9 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.38%) Docker
1 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.19%) Ansible
1 1 (0.19%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 57 (10.71%) SAP
2 46 (8.65%) Microsoft
3 13 (2.44%) Oracle
3 13 (2.44%) Salesforce
4 9 (1.69%) Foundry
4 9 (1.69%) Google
5 7 (1.32%) BMC
6 5 (0.94%) Workday
7 4 (0.75%) Civica
8 3 (0.56%) MuleSoft
8 3 (0.56%) Progress
9 2 (0.38%) Adobe
9 2 (0.38%) Ariba
9 2 (0.38%) Dell
9 2 (0.38%) Intel
9 2 (0.38%) NEC
9 2 (0.38%) OpenLink
9 2 (0.38%) Proofpoint
9 2 (0.38%) Trend Micro
9 2 (0.38%) VocaLink