Business Case Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Business Cases
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 93 185
Rank change year-on-year -223 +92 +73
Permanent jobs citing Business Case 141 1,073 774
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.76% 3.17% 1.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 3.48% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 95 229 378
10th Percentile £44,934 £39,071 £41,044
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.81%
75th Percentile £68,750 £84,964 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £101,250 £91,250
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
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,488 30,832 38,771
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 94.15% 91.18% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,263 23,318 26,920
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,751 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.91% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Business Case
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Business Case as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Business Case trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Business Case
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Business Case.

Business Case salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Business Case
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Business Case over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Business Case salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (4.96%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (11.35%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (9.93%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (8.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (7.80%) Microsoft Excel
5 9 (6.38%) MS Visio
6 6 (4.26%) Trello
7 1 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (4.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.71%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 15 (10.64%) Azure
2 7 (4.96%) AWS
2 7 (4.96%) Dynamics 365
2 7 (4.96%) GitHub
3 6 (4.26%) SaaS
4 5 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.84%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (2.13%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.13%) Smartsheet
7 2 (1.42%) Akamai
7 2 (1.42%) Azure AI
7 2 (1.42%) Azure API Management
7 2 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.71%) AWS Step Functions
8 1 (0.71%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.71%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.71%) OCI
8 1 (0.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.42%) BGP
1 2 (1.42%) Broadband
1 2 (1.42%) DNS
1 2 (1.42%) HTTP
1 2 (1.42%) IOS XR
1 2 (1.42%) SSL
1 2 (1.42%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.71%) LoRaWAN
2 1 (0.71%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.71%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.84%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.13%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.42%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.71%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 14 (9.93%) JIRA
2 2 (1.42%) Git
2 2 (1.42%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.71%) ERwin
General
1 59 (41.84%) Social Skills
2 49 (34.75%) Finance
3 27 (19.15%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (10.64%) Retail
5 12 (8.51%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (8.51%) Public Sector
6 11 (7.80%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (5.67%) Legal
7 8 (5.67%) Marketing
8 7 (4.96%) Manufacturing
8 7 (4.96%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (3.55%) Banking
11 2 (1.42%) Back Office
11 2 (1.42%) Local Government
11 2 (1.42%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.71%) Automotive
12 1 (0.71%) Billing
12 1 (0.71%) Front Office
12 1 (0.71%) Law
Job Titles
1 36 (25.53%) Project Manager
2 26 (18.44%) Analyst
3 23 (16.31%) Senior
4 17 (12.06%) IT Manager
5 15 (10.64%) Business Analyst
5 15 (10.64%) IT Project Manager
6 10 (7.09%) Development Manager
6 10 (7.09%) Lead
7 8 (5.67%) Architect
7 8 (5.67%) Business Manager
7 8 (5.67%) Product Manager
7 8 (5.67%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (5.67%) Senior Manager
8 7 (4.96%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (4.96%) Transformation Manager
9 5 (3.55%) Consultant
9 5 (3.55%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 5 (3.55%) ERP Analyst
9 5 (3.55%) ERP Business Analyst
9 5 (3.55%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.13%) React
2 2 (1.42%) .NET
2 2 (1.42%) Blazor
2 2 (1.42%) Jinja
2 2 (1.42%) YAML
2 2 (1.42%) YANG
3 1 (0.71%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.71%) COM+
3 1 (0.71%) Node.js
3 1 (0.71%) OAuth
3 1 (0.71%) OpenID
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.71%) SAML
3 1 (0.71%) Spring
3 1 (0.71%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.80%) Product Ownership
1 11 (7.80%) Social Media
2 6 (4.26%) Virtual Team
3 5 (3.55%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.84%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.84%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.13%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.13%) Housing Association
5 3 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.13%) Life Science
5 3 (2.13%) NHS
5 3 (2.13%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.42%) Cyberattack
6 2 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.42%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.42%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.71%) NB-IoT
7 1 (0.71%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.09%) Windows
1 10 (7.09%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (46.10%) Agile
2 63 (44.68%) Project Management
3 43 (30.50%) Project Delivery
4 39 (27.66%) Stakeholder Management
5 35 (24.82%) Waterfall
6 34 (24.11%) Change Management
7 31 (21.99%) Roadmaps
8 30 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (17.73%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (16.31%) Analytics
11 22 (15.60%) PRINCE2
12 21 (14.89%) Project Planning
13 20 (14.18%) Risk Management
14 19 (13.48%) Decision-Making
15 18 (12.77%) Process Improvement
16 17 (12.06%) DevOps
16 17 (12.06%) ERP
17 15 (10.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 14 (9.93%) Business Transformation
19 13 (9.22%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.09%) Python
1 10 (7.09%) SQL
2 5 (3.55%) R
3 4 (2.84%) C#
4 1 (0.71%) Java
Qualifications
1 44 (31.21%) Degree
2 11 (7.80%) PMP
2 11 (7.80%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.09%) DBS Check
4 8 (5.67%) PMI Certification
5 7 (4.96%) SC Cleared
6 6 (4.26%) ACCA
7 3 (2.13%) HNC
7 3 (2.13%) HND
7 3 (2.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (1.42%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.42%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (1.42%) CIMA
8 2 (1.42%) CISM
8 2 (1.42%) CISSP
9 1 (0.71%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.71%) IIBA
9 1 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.71%) NVQ Level 4
9 1 (0.71%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.22%) QA
2 7 (4.96%) PMO
3 6 (4.26%) NIST
4 4 (2.84%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (2.84%) JSP 440
4 4 (2.84%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.42%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.42%) Def Stans
5 2 (1.42%) IEC 62304
5 2 (1.42%) ISO 13485
5 2 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.42%) RMADS
5 2 (1.42%) SLA
6 1 (0.71%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (4.26%) Docker
2 2 (1.42%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.84%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.42%) Ansible
3 1 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.71%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 25 (17.73%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.55%) SAP
3 4 (2.84%) Oracle
4 3 (2.13%) Cisco
4 3 (2.13%) Google
5 2 (1.42%) Databricks
5 2 (1.42%) IFS
5 2 (1.42%) Nokia
5 2 (1.42%) TippingPoint
6 1 (0.71%) AppNeta
6 1 (0.71%) Arqiva
6 1 (0.71%) Broadcom
6 1 (0.71%) Ericsson
6 1 (0.71%) F5
6 1 (0.71%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.71%) IBM
6 1 (0.71%) Progress
6 1 (0.71%) Salesforce