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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 317 91 188
Rank change year-on-year -226 +97 +72
Permanent jobs citing Business Case 151 1,070 765
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.79% 3.16% 1.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 3.47% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 105 227 382
10th Percentile £45,272 £38,892 £41,063
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.81%
75th Percentile £72,500 £84,964 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,900 £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 17,926 30,860 38,962
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 94.30% 91.20% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 9,764 23,358 27,133
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,410 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

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 20 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 (4.64%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (10.60%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (9.27%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (7.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (7.28%) Microsoft Excel
5 9 (5.96%) MS Visio
6 6 (3.97%) Trello
7 1 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 16 (10.60%) Azure
2 8 (5.30%) AWS
2 8 (5.30%) Dynamics 365
2 8 (5.30%) GitHub
3 6 (3.97%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (3.97%) SaaS
4 4 (2.65%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (1.99%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.99%) Smartsheet
6 2 (1.32%) Akamai
6 2 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.32%) AWS Step Functions
6 2 (1.32%) Azure AI
6 2 (1.32%) Azure API Management
6 2 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.32%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (1.32%) Serverless
7 1 (0.66%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.66%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.32%) BGP
1 2 (1.32%) Broadband
1 2 (1.32%) DNS
1 2 (1.32%) HTTP
1 2 (1.32%) IOS XR
1 2 (1.32%) SSL
1 2 (1.32%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.66%) LoRaWAN
2 1 (0.66%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.66%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (1.99%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.32%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.66%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 14 (9.27%) JIRA
2 3 (1.99%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.32%) ERwin
3 2 (1.32%) Git
General
1 62 (41.06%) Social Skills
2 53 (35.10%) Finance
3 27 (17.88%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (9.93%) Retail
5 13 (8.61%) Public Sector
6 12 (7.95%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (7.28%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (5.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (5.30%) Legal
9 8 (5.30%) Marketing
9 8 (5.30%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (4.64%) Manufacturing
11 6 (3.97%) Banking
12 3 (1.99%) Local Government
13 2 (1.32%) Back Office
13 2 (1.32%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.66%) Automotive
14 1 (0.66%) Billing
14 1 (0.66%) Front Office
14 1 (0.66%) Law
Job Titles
1 36 (23.84%) Project Manager
2 26 (17.22%) Analyst
3 24 (15.89%) Senior
4 17 (11.26%) IT Manager
5 15 (9.93%) Business Analyst
5 15 (9.93%) IT Project Manager
6 12 (7.95%) Lead
7 11 (7.28%) Architect
7 11 (7.28%) Development Manager
8 8 (5.30%) Business Manager
8 8 (5.30%) Product Manager
8 8 (5.30%) Senior Analyst
8 8 (5.30%) Senior Manager
8 8 (5.30%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (5.30%) Transformation Manager
9 6 (3.97%) Consultant
9 6 (3.97%) Programme Manager
10 5 (3.31%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 5 (3.31%) Security Manager
10 5 (3.31%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.31%) React
2 4 (2.65%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.99%) .NET
4 2 (1.32%) Blazor
4 2 (1.32%) Jinja
4 2 (1.32%) Node.js
4 2 (1.32%) Spring
4 2 (1.32%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.32%) YAML
4 2 (1.32%) YANG
5 1 (0.66%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.66%) COM+
5 1 (0.66%) CSS
5 1 (0.66%) HTML
5 1 (0.66%) JSON
5 1 (0.66%) OAuth
5 1 (0.66%) OpenID
5 1 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.66%) REST
5 1 (0.66%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.28%) Product Ownership
1 11 (7.28%) Social Media
2 6 (3.97%) Virtual Team
3 5 (3.31%) Public Cloud
3 5 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.65%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.65%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.99%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.99%) Housing Association
5 3 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (1.99%) Life Science
5 3 (1.99%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.99%) NHS
5 3 (1.99%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.32%) Cyberattack
6 2 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.32%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.66%) FMCG
7 1 (0.66%) NB-IoT
7 1 (0.66%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.62%) Windows
1 10 (6.62%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (45.70%) Agile
2 64 (42.38%) Project Management
3 43 (28.48%) Project Delivery
4 40 (26.49%) Stakeholder Management
5 35 (23.18%) Roadmaps
5 35 (23.18%) Waterfall
6 34 (22.52%) Change Management
7 32 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (18.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (16.56%) Analytics
10 24 (15.89%) PRINCE2
11 21 (13.91%) Project Planning
11 21 (13.91%) Risk Management
12 19 (12.58%) Decision-Making
13 18 (11.92%) DevOps
13 18 (11.92%) Process Improvement
14 17 (11.26%) ERP
15 15 (9.93%) Business Transformation
15 15 (9.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 14 (9.27%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.28%) Python
2 10 (6.62%) SQL
3 5 (3.31%) C#
3 5 (3.31%) R
4 3 (1.99%) Java
5 2 (1.32%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 46 (30.46%) Degree
2 14 (9.27%) Security Cleared
3 12 (7.95%) PMP
4 10 (6.62%) DBS Check
4 10 (6.62%) SC Cleared
5 9 (5.96%) PMI Certification
6 6 (3.97%) ACCA
7 3 (1.99%) HNC
7 3 (1.99%) HND
7 3 (1.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (1.32%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.32%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (1.32%) CIMA
8 2 (1.32%) CISM
8 2 (1.32%) CISSP
8 2 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.66%) CBAP
9 1 (0.66%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.66%) IIBA
9 1 (0.66%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.27%) QA
2 8 (5.30%) PMO
3 6 (3.97%) NIST
4 4 (2.65%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (2.65%) JSP 440
4 4 (2.65%) NIST 800
5 3 (1.99%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.99%) SLA
6 2 (1.32%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.32%) Def Stans
6 2 (1.32%) IEC 62304
6 2 (1.32%) ISO 13485
6 2 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.32%) RMADS
System Software
1 6 (3.97%) Docker
2 2 (1.32%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.65%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.32%) Ansible
3 1 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.66%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 25 (16.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.31%) SAP
3 4 (2.65%) Oracle
4 3 (1.99%) Cisco
4 3 (1.99%) Google
5 2 (1.32%) Databricks
5 2 (1.32%) IFS
5 2 (1.32%) Nokia
5 2 (1.32%) TippingPoint
6 1 (0.66%) AppNeta
6 1 (0.66%) Arqiva
6 1 (0.66%) Broadcom
6 1 (0.66%) Ericsson
6 1 (0.66%) F5
6 1 (0.66%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.66%) IBM
6 1 (0.66%) Progress
6 1 (0.66%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.66%) ServiceNow