Business Case Contracts in Scotland

Business Cases
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 87 54
Rank change year-on-year +4 -33 +55
Contract jobs citing Business Case 40 80 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.87% 2.97% 4.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 3.21% 4.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 66 114
10th Percentile £428 £330 -
25th Percentile £481 £450 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £525 £456
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +15.07% -0.27%
75th Percentile £619 £601 £525
90th Percentile £640 £701 £575
UK median daily rate £550 £583 £518
% change year-on-year -5.58% +12.48% +9.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £62.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year -59.76% +79.29% +30.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,884 2,495 3,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.04% 92.48% 93.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,766 2,240
10th Percentile £219 £260 £250
25th Percentile £369 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 55 48
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.92 £11.25 £17.67
Median hourly rate £19.50 £15.99 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -57.28% -6.43%
75th Percentile £42.71 £50.74 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.13 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in Scotland

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Business Case in Scotland

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in Scotland

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in Scotland

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Edinburgh +23 19 £525 +15.07% 5
Glasgow 0 14 £575 -4.17% 6
South Lanarkshire +1 2 - -
Renfrewshire +1 1 - -
Business Case
UK

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (17.50%) Confluence
2 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.50%) OCI
2 2 (5.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.50%) SaaS
3 1 (2.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.00%) ATM
2 1 (2.50%) 4G
2 1 (2.50%) 5G
2 1 (2.50%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) Power BI
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (17.50%) JIRA
General
1 22 (55.00%) Public Sector
2 21 (52.50%) Finance
3 8 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (10.00%) Banking
4 4 (10.00%) Electronics
4 4 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 4 (10.00%) Marketing
4 4 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (7.50%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.50%) Local Government
7 1 (2.50%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 18 (45.00%) Project Manager
2 6 (15.00%) Lead
2 6 (15.00%) Product Manager
3 4 (10.00%) Analyst
3 4 (10.00%) Architect
3 4 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (7.50%) Business Analyst
4 3 (7.50%) Finance Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Finance Project Manager
5 1 (2.50%) Chief Information Security Officer
5 1 (2.50%) Chief Risk Officer
5 1 (2.50%) Chief Security Officer
5 1 (2.50%) Digital Product Manager
5 1 (2.50%) HR Manager
5 1 (2.50%) Information Security Officer
5 1 (2.50%) IT Security Officer
5 1 (2.50%) Onboarding Manager
5 1 (2.50%) Onboarding Project Manager
5 1 (2.50%) Risk Officer
5 1 (2.50%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) Middleware
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (22.50%) Management Information System
2 4 (10.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 3 (7.50%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.50%) Housing Association
5 1 (2.50%) NHS
5 1 (2.50%) PMI
5 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (65.00%) Project Management
2 21 (52.50%) Agile
3 14 (35.00%) Project Delivery
4 10 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 9 (22.50%) User Stories
6 8 (20.00%) Backlog Management
6 8 (20.00%) Business Analysis
6 8 (20.00%) PRINCE2
6 8 (20.00%) Product Backlog
6 8 (20.00%) Programme Management
7 7 (17.50%) Business Strategy
7 7 (17.50%) SDLC
8 6 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (15.00%) Epics
8 6 (15.00%) Performance Metrics
8 6 (15.00%) Product Management
8 6 (15.00%) Service Design
8 6 (15.00%) Strategic Roadmap
8 6 (15.00%) User Research
8 6 (15.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 7 (17.50%) Security Cleared
2 6 (15.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.50%) APMP
3 3 (7.50%) Degree
4 2 (5.00%) PMI Certification
4 2 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (2.50%) CGEIT
5 1 (2.50%) CISA
5 1 (2.50%) CISM
5 1 (2.50%) CISSP
5 1 (2.50%) CRISC
5 1 (2.50%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.50%) PMP
5 1 (2.50%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (5.00%) QA
3 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.50%) NIST
3 1 (2.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (12.50%) SAP
2 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.50%) Oracle
4 1 (2.50%) Atlassian