Business Case Jobs

Business Cases
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 168 227
Rank change year-on-year -8 +59 +26
Permanent jobs citing Business Case 975 1,746 1,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.77% 1.76% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 2.06% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 620 647 890
10th Percentile £45,628 £41,250 £41,063
25th Percentile £48,869 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £65,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £97,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,890 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.47% -4.35% +9.52%

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 51,728 84,924 96,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.83% 85.58% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 26,848 59,902 56,809
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,010 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,415 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in the UK

Business Case
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Case in the UK

Business Case
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Case over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Case in the UK

Business Case
Top 16 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 12 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
England -11 920 £50,967 -15.06% 835
UK excluding London +29 828 £50,890 -7.47% 342
North of England +129 411 £50,055 -12.66% 77
North West +109 400 £50,055 -4.66% 52
Work from Home -205 158 £62,750 +0.40% 401
South East -62 151 £65,000 +14.11% 115
London -158 108 £75,000 -9.09% 577
Midlands +22 104 £57,000 +5.56% 59
West Midlands +88 98 £56,000 +6.67% 38
East of England +33 82 £50,967 -5.62% 28
South West +48 51 £55,750 -10.80% 38
Scotland +55 18 £47,500 -5.00% 23
Wales +37 12 £65,000 +18.18% 8
Yorkshire +37 10 £62,500 - 20
East Midlands -41 6 £68,513 +26.88% 21
North East +30 1 £65,000 -7.14% 6

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 49 (5.03%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.92%) CMS
2 9 (0.92%) WordPress
3 5 (0.51%) Confluence
4 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 45 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (1.23%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.62%) Trello
7 3 (0.31%) Maya
8 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.31%) SAP CX
4 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.10%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 37 (3.79%) Azure
2 21 (2.15%) AWS
3 19 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
4 15 (1.54%) Google Workspace
4 15 (1.54%) Power Platform
4 15 (1.54%) SaaS
5 10 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (0.92%) GitHub
7 6 (0.62%) Serverless
8 5 (0.51%) IaaS
9 4 (0.41%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (0.41%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (0.41%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (0.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (0.41%) Entra ID
9 4 (0.41%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 3 (0.31%) Boomi
10 3 (0.31%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.31%) Oracle CX
10 3 (0.31%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.05%) DNS
2 16 (1.64%) Firewall
2 16 (1.64%) TCP/IP
3 14 (1.44%) BGP
3 14 (1.44%) DHCP
3 14 (1.44%) OSPF
3 14 (1.44%) VLAN
3 14 (1.44%) WLAN
4 13 (1.33%) Network Security
5 6 (0.62%) HTTP
6 3 (0.31%) Broadband
7 2 (0.21%) VPN
8 1 (0.10%) Internet
8 1 (0.10%) LoRaWAN
8 1 (0.10%) NAS
8 1 (0.10%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.10%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.03%) Power BI
2 6 (0.62%) Data Lake
3 4 (0.41%) Amazon QuickSight
3 4 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
3 4 (0.41%) SAP BW
4 3 (0.31%) Metadata
4 3 (0.31%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.31%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.21%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.21%) GIS
6 1 (0.10%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.10%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 65 (6.67%) JIRA
1 65 (6.67%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (0.72%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.62%) Grunt
3 6 (0.62%) Jasmine
3 6 (0.62%) Mocha
3 6 (0.62%) webpack
4 2 (0.21%) ERwin
5 1 (0.10%) Git
General
1 347 (35.59%) Social Skills
2 255 (26.15%) Finance
3 192 (19.69%) Analytical Skills
4 165 (16.92%) Manufacturing
5 144 (14.77%) Aerospace
6 136 (13.95%) Influencing Skills
7 132 (13.54%) Avionics
8 65 (6.67%) Law
9 41 (4.21%) Legal
10 38 (3.90%) Retail
11 37 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 32 (3.28%) Public Sector
13 27 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (2.36%) Marketing
15 22 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.95%) Banking
17 15 (1.54%) Automotive
18 11 (1.13%) Telecoms
19 9 (0.92%) Military
19 9 (0.92%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 252 (25.85%) Senior
2 181 (18.56%) Systems Engineer
3 156 (16.00%) Analyst
4 149 (15.28%) Project Manager
5 141 (14.46%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 112 (11.49%) Lead
7 88 (9.03%) Business Change Analyst
7 88 (9.03%) Change Analyst
8 85 (8.72%) Architect
9 56 (5.74%) Systems Architect
10 48 (4.92%) Infrastructure Manager
11 45 (4.62%) Delivery Project Manager
12 44 (4.51%) Business Analyst
13 43 (4.41%) Principal Engineer
14 41 (4.21%) Project Engineer
15 40 (4.10%) Principal Systems Engineer
15 40 (4.10%) Requirements Engineer
16 38 (3.90%) Logistics Engineer
17 34 (3.49%) Senior Manager
18 33 (3.38%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.23%) React
2 11 (1.13%) AngularJS
2 11 (1.13%) CSS
3 8 (0.82%) OAuth
3 8 (0.82%) OpenID
4 7 (0.72%) .NET
4 7 (0.72%) Bootstrap
5 6 (0.62%) Ajax
5 6 (0.62%) Chai
5 6 (0.62%) Enzyme
5 6 (0.62%) Jest
5 6 (0.62%) LESS
5 6 (0.62%) Material-UI
5 6 (0.62%) MobX
5 6 (0.62%) Next.js
5 6 (0.62%) OAuth2
5 6 (0.62%) Redux
5 6 (0.62%) Sass
5 6 (0.62%) Semantic UI
5 6 (0.62%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 102 (10.46%) Management Information System
2 28 (2.87%) Product Ownership
3 21 (2.15%) Social Media
4 14 (1.44%) Smartphone
5 13 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (1.13%) NHS
7 9 (0.92%) Cloud Native
8 7 (0.72%) Life Science
8 7 (0.72%) Onboarding
8 7 (0.72%) Public Cloud
8 7 (0.72%) Virtual Team
9 6 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.51%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.51%) Operational Technology
10 5 (0.51%) Robotics
11 4 (0.41%) SCADA
12 3 (0.31%) Driving Licence
12 3 (0.31%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.31%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (3.79%) Windows
2 16 (1.64%) Windows Vista
3 15 (1.54%) Linux
3 15 (1.54%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.44%) Mac OS X
4 14 (1.44%) Ubuntu
4 14 (1.44%) Windows 10
4 14 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
4 14 (1.44%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (28.72%) Systems Engineering
2 262 (26.87%) Project Management
3 223 (22.87%) Stakeholder Management
4 222 (22.77%) Customer Requirements
5 204 (20.92%) Requirements Management
6 186 (19.08%) Project Delivery
7 184 (18.87%) Continuous Improvement
8 171 (17.54%) Agile
9 162 (16.62%) Change Management
10 159 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
11 148 (15.18%) Roadmaps
12 140 (14.36%) SDLC
13 137 (14.05%) Feasibility Study
14 132 (13.54%) Business Analysis
14 132 (13.54%) Hazard Analysis
15 121 (12.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 119 (12.21%) Workshop Facilitation
17 113 (11.59%) Risk Management
18 112 (11.49%) Collaborative Working
19 103 (10.56%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 31 (3.18%) SQL
2 27 (2.77%) Java
3 26 (2.67%) C
4 15 (1.54%) Python
5 14 (1.44%) PowerShell
6 9 (0.92%) JavaScript
6 9 (0.92%) R
7 8 (0.82%) C#
8 6 (0.62%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.21%) C++
9 2 (0.21%) Go
10 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 491 (50.36%) Degree
2 351 (36.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 120 (12.31%) HNC
4 89 (9.13%) CBAP
5 56 (5.74%) Chartered Engineer
6 48 (4.92%) HND
7 44 (4.51%) Security Cleared
8 36 (3.69%) SC Cleared
9 22 (2.26%) PMP
10 21 (2.15%) DV Cleared
11 20 (2.05%) DBS Check
12 19 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (1.64%) PMI Certification
14 14 (1.44%) MCSE
14 14 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
15 12 (1.23%) ACCA
16 8 (0.82%) CISSP
17 7 (0.72%) CIMA
17 7 (0.72%) Master's Degree
18 4 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (5.74%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 30 (3.08%) NEBOSH
3 19 (1.95%) QA
4 17 (1.74%) PMO
5 13 (1.33%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.23%) NIST
7 8 (0.82%) Def Stans
7 8 (0.82%) SLA
8 6 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.62%) RMADS
9 4 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.41%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.41%) JSP 440
9 4 (0.41%) NIST 800
9 4 (0.41%) WCAG
10 3 (0.31%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.21%) IEC 62304
11 2 (0.21%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.10%) IFRS
System Software
1 22 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
2 16 (1.64%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.44%) Docker
4 1 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (0.92%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.10%) NetApp OnCommand
3 1 (0.10%) SCCM
3 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 103 (10.56%) Microsoft
2 58 (5.95%) IBM
3 21 (2.15%) Salesforce
4 18 (1.85%) Google
5 17 (1.74%) Dell
6 15 (1.54%) Cisco
6 15 (1.54%) Fortinet
7 14 (1.44%) Apple
7 14 (1.44%) Ubiquiti
8 12 (1.23%) SAP
9 9 (0.92%) Siemens
10 7 (0.72%) Oracle
11 4 (0.41%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.31%) Adobe
12 3 (0.31%) Cerner
12 3 (0.31%) Planview
12 3 (0.31%) Siebel
12 3 (0.31%) VMware
12 3 (0.31%) Zoho
13 2 (0.21%) TippingPoint