Business Case Contracts in Cheshire

Business Cases
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Business Case skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Case over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 50 48
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 -7
Contract jobs citing Business Case 19 8 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.53% 1.57% 2.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.22% 1.74% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 5 7
10th Percentile £383 £301 £362
25th Percentile £395 £362 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £676 £375 £407
Median % change year-on-year +80.27% -7.86% +13.06%
75th Percentile £700 £438 £525
90th Percentile £725 £456 £631
North West median daily rate £575 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +15.00% +11.11% -15.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year - +83.65% -
North West median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -31.25% +60.00% -64.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Business Case is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 450 459 484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 83.64% 90.35% 87.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 300 272
10th Percentile £309 £288 £205
25th Percentile £391 £400 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.50% +11.11% +3.87%
75th Percentile £580 £586 £538
90th Percentile £638 £664 £631
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 29 32
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.95 £9.93
25th Percentile £16.79 £22.53 £12.72
Median hourly rate £35.00 £30.54 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year +14.60% +40.22% -12.88%
75th Percentile £43.75 £35.00 £31.00
90th Percentile - £40.00 £57.13
North West median hourly rate £26.66 £35.00 £23.22
% change year-on-year -23.83% +50.72% +29.66%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in Cheshire

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Case in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Business Case in Cheshire

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in Cheshire

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Case in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in Cheshire

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Case within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Knutsford - 10 £676 -
Macclesfield -11 8 £575 +53.33%
Chester +11 1 - -
Business Case
North West

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) SAP CO
1 1 (5.26%) SAP FI
1 1 (5.26%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (10.53%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) MQTT
General
1 6 (31.58%) Manufacturing
2 4 (21.05%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Finance
5 1 (5.26%) Banking
5 1 (5.26%) General Ledger
5 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Project Manager
2 4 (21.05%) Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Business Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Security Manager
2 4 (21.05%) Security Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Project Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Senior
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Data Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Digital Programme Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Information Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Portfolio Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Programme Director
4 1 (5.26%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Supply Chain Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Industry 4.0
1 5 (26.32%) IoT
1 5 (26.32%) Robotics
2 1 (5.26%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.26%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Decision-Making
2 8 (42.11%) Roadmaps
3 7 (36.84%) Data Strategy
3 7 (36.84%) Use Case
4 6 (31.58%) Application Security
4 6 (31.58%) Artificial Intelligence
4 6 (31.58%) Business Development
4 6 (31.58%) Cloud Security
4 6 (31.58%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (31.58%) Pricing Strategy
4 6 (31.58%) Threat Management
5 5 (26.32%) Agile
6 4 (21.05%) Business Analysis
6 4 (21.05%) Change Management
6 4 (21.05%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
6 4 (21.05%) Minimum Viable Product
6 4 (21.05%) Mobile Development
6 4 (21.05%) Project Management
6 4 (21.05%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (21.05%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) CISA
1 6 (31.58%) CISM
1 6 (31.58%) CISSP
1 6 (31.58%) Degree
1 6 (31.58%) Master's Degree
1 6 (31.58%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) PMO
1 1 (5.26%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) SAP