Business Case Contracts in the South West

Business Cases
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 101 80 102
Rank change year-on-year -21 +22 -27
Contract jobs citing Business Case 51 91 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.61% 2.63% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.95% 2.93% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 65 56
10th Percentile £414 £413 £407
25th Percentile £490 £550 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £605 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.40% +21.00% -0.50%
75th Percentile £603 £680 £553
90th Percentile £706 £729 £668
England median daily rate £550 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £48.68 £36.83
25th Percentile - £51.56 £38.49
Median hourly rate - £57.25 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year - +34.71% -6.02%
75th Percentile - £62.06 £56.88
90th Percentile - £64.43 £64.75
England median hourly rate £25.25 £62.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year -59.76% +79.29% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,622 3,107 3,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.97% 89.72% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,675 2,271 2,297
10th Percentile £222 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.37%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £723 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 318 204
10th Percentile £13.88 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £29.75 £15.61 £20.46
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.38
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +24.03% +13.82%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.31 £69.63
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.29% +45.58% +8.70%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Business Case as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in the South West

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Case in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Business Case in the South West

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in the South West

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Case in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in the South West

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West 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
Wiltshire -18 20 £600 -4.00% 10
Bristol +7 11 £552 -13.75% 8
Gloucestershire +5 7 £525 +5.00% 4
Somerset +6 6 £530 +71.80% 4
Devon -4 3 £483 +28.67% 1
Dorset +9 2 £438 - 3
Business Case
England

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) SAP CO
1 1 (1.96%) SAP FI
1 1 (1.96%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.96%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.84%) AWS
1 4 (7.84%) Azure
2 2 (3.92%) AWS CloudFormation
2 2 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (3.92%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.96%) ISDN
1 1 (1.96%) NetScaler
1 1 (1.96%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) Amazon Aurora
1 2 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (3.92%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (7.84%) JIRA
2 2 (3.92%) Git
General
1 21 (41.18%) Finance
2 18 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 13 (25.49%) Public Sector
4 6 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (9.80%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (5.88%) Local Government
6 3 (5.88%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.92%) German Language
7 2 (3.92%) Military
8 1 (1.96%) Electronics
8 1 (1.96%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.96%) Legal
8 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.96%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 11 (21.57%) Architect
3 8 (15.69%) Senior
4 6 (11.76%) Analyst
4 6 (11.76%) Business Analyst
5 5 (9.80%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 5 (9.80%) Product Manager
5 5 (9.80%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
5 5 (9.80%) Security Manager
5 5 (9.80%) Security Project Manager
6 4 (7.84%) Business Architect
6 4 (7.84%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (5.88%) Senior Business Analyst
7 3 (5.88%) Senior Delivery Manager
7 3 (5.88%) Senior Manager
7 3 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (3.92%) DV Cleared Project Manager
8 2 (3.92%) IT Project Manager
8 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.73%) Management Information System
2 5 (9.80%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.92%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.92%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.92%) Windows
1 2 (3.92%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.96%) Windows 7
2 1 (1.96%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (1.96%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (45.10%) Agile
2 22 (43.14%) Project Management
2 22 (43.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (29.41%) Decision-Making
4 11 (21.57%) Change Management
4 11 (21.57%) PRINCE2
5 10 (19.61%) Project Delivery
6 9 (17.65%) Business Analysis
6 9 (17.65%) Stakeholder Identification
7 8 (15.69%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (13.73%) Product Management
9 6 (11.76%) Coaching
9 6 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (9.80%) Contingency Planning
10 5 (9.80%) Risk Management
10 5 (9.80%) Roadmaps
10 5 (9.80%) User Stories
11 4 (7.84%) DevOps
11 4 (7.84%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.92%) SQL
2 1 (1.96%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (37.25%) Security Cleared
2 13 (25.49%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.80%) Degree
3 5 (9.80%) DV Cleared
3 5 (9.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.96%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) PMO
2 3 (5.88%) QA
3 1 (1.96%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.96%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (1.96%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (1.96%) XenApp
1 1 (1.96%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (3.92%) Ansible
1 2 (3.92%) Terraform
2 1 (1.96%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (9.80%) Atlassian
2 4 (7.84%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.92%) SAP
4 1 (1.96%) BT
4 1 (1.96%) Citrix
4 1 (1.96%) Ivanti
4 1 (1.96%) Openreach
4 1 (1.96%) Sparx