Business Case Jobs

Business Cases
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Business Case skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Business Case over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 175 215 269
Rank change year-on-year +40 +54 +59
Permanent jobs citing Business Case 1,718 1,619 2,734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.59% 1.73% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 1.82% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 635 834 1,530
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,063 £39,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £47,410
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +7.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,738 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,125 £93,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89,730 89,109 165,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.44% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 62,034 53,947 83,947
10th Percentile £29,500 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in the UK

Business Case
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Case.

Salary trend for Business Case in the UK

Business Case
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Case over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Case in the UK

Business Case
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Case within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +47 1,581 £60,000 -4.00% 366
UK excluding London +43 1,088 £55,000 -4.35% 226
Work from Home +82 1,063 £62,500 - 142
London +47 566 £85,000 +30.77% 129
South East +45 458 £56,960 -8.86% 38
North of England +26 183 £57,311 +4.20% 62
Midlands -25 162 £54,000 -6.09% 48
North West +13 120 £52,500 -8.36% 39
South West -26 101 £62,500 +19.05% 40
East Midlands +13 92 £54,000 -6.09% 20
East of England +10 89 £54,000 -12.55% 28
West Midlands -44 66 £54,000 -10.00% 28
Scotland -46 53 £50,000 -13.46% 12
Yorkshire +52 46 £62,500 +25.00% 17
Northern Ireland +32 26 £37,500 -36.71% 1
North East -6 17 £70,000 -15.15% 6
Wales +6 16 £54,205 +5.59% 3

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 21 (1.22%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.47%) ArcGIS
3 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.29%) Confluence
5 3 (0.17%) CMS
6 1 (0.058%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.058%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.058%) WebLogic
Applications
1 525 (30.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.70%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.058%) Trello
Business Applications
1 41 (2.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.23%) Lawson
4 3 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.12%) iTrent
5 2 (0.12%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.058%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.058%) HFM
6 1 (0.058%) Magento
6 1 (0.058%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.058%) Primavera
6 1 (0.058%) SAP CX
6 1 (0.058%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 86 (5.01%) Azure
2 58 (3.38%) Power Platform
3 54 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (3.03%) AWS
5 36 (2.10%) SaaS
6 34 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (1.28%) GCP
8 14 (0.81%) PaaS
9 12 (0.70%) IaaS
10 11 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (0.41%) Entra ID
11 7 (0.41%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.29%) Slack
13 4 (0.23%) Alation
13 4 (0.23%) Azure Storage
13 4 (0.23%) Collibra
13 4 (0.23%) Google Analytics
14 3 (0.17%) Google Workspace
14 3 (0.17%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 636 (37.02%) Broadband
2 33 (1.92%) Firewall
3 14 (0.81%) WAN
4 13 (0.76%) VPN
5 12 (0.70%) LAN
6 7 (0.41%) 5G
6 7 (0.41%) Network Security
6 7 (0.41%) Wireless
7 5 (0.29%) DNS
7 5 (0.29%) Internet
8 4 (0.23%) DHCP
8 4 (0.23%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.23%) TETRA
8 4 (0.23%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.17%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.12%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.12%) NAS
10 2 (0.12%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.12%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (2.91%) Power BI
2 29 (1.69%) Tableau
3 17 (0.99%) GIS
4 13 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
6 9 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (0.52%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.47%) Big Data
8 7 (0.41%) Data Mining
8 7 (0.41%) Power Query
8 7 (0.41%) Spatial Data
9 6 (0.35%) Metadata
9 6 (0.35%) MS Access
10 5 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
11 4 (0.23%) Essbase
11 4 (0.23%) QlikView
12 3 (0.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.12%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.12%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 11 (0.64%) JIRA
2 9 (0.52%) Git
3 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.058%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 900 (52.39%) Social Skills
2 824 (47.96%) Finance
3 612 (35.62%) Analytical Skills
4 513 (29.86%) Influencing Skills
5 237 (13.80%) Marketing
6 188 (10.94%) Advertising
7 82 (4.77%) Public Sector
8 63 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 58 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
10 55 (3.20%) Legal
11 53 (3.08%) Retail
12 45 (2.62%) Manufacturing
13 26 (1.51%) Banking
14 25 (1.46%) Law
15 24 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
16 23 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
16 23 (1.34%) Telecoms
17 18 (1.05%) Back Office
17 18 (1.05%) Local Government
18 10 (0.58%) Games
Job Titles
1 618 (35.97%) Analyst
2 401 (23.34%) Senior
3 268 (15.60%) Lead
4 261 (15.19%) Senior Analyst
5 243 (14.14%) Architect
6 239 (13.91%) Project Manager
7 167 (9.72%) Solutions Architect
8 128 (7.45%) Financial Analyst
9 121 (7.04%) Commercial Analyst
10 107 (6.23%) Business Analyst
11 101 (5.88%) IT Manager
12 96 (5.59%) Senior Manager
13 91 (5.30%) Presales Solution Architect
14 75 (4.37%) Senior Project Manager
15 67 (3.90%) IT Project Manager
16 58 (3.38%) Business Manager
17 36 (2.10%) Consultant
18 32 (1.86%) Enterprise Architect
19 31 (1.80%) Programme Manager
20 29 (1.69%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (2.39%) .NET
2 12 (0.70%) HTML
3 11 (0.64%) CSS
3 11 (0.64%) Spring
4 10 (0.58%) EDI
4 10 (0.58%) Web Services
5 9 (0.52%) .NET Core
5 9 (0.52%) ASP.NET
5 9 (0.52%) ASP.NET Core
5 9 (0.52%) Entity Framework
5 9 (0.52%) Hibernate
5 9 (0.52%) Spring MVC
6 6 (0.35%) Flash
6 6 (0.35%) REST
6 6 (0.35%) XML
7 5 (0.29%) SOAP
8 4 (0.23%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.23%) JSON
8 4 (0.23%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 3 (0.17%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 188 (10.94%) Marketing Technology
2 101 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
3 65 (3.78%) Management Information System
4 41 (2.39%) Product Ownership
5 32 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
6 31 (1.80%) Onboarding
7 23 (1.34%) NHS
8 15 (0.87%) Public Cloud
9 14 (0.81%) Data Centre
10 13 (0.76%) Virtual Team
11 12 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (0.64%) Life Science
13 10 (0.58%) Biopharmaceutical
13 10 (0.58%) Cloud Native
14 9 (0.52%) Renewable Energy
15 8 (0.47%) Low-Code
16 7 (0.41%) PMI
17 5 (0.29%) Driving Licence
17 5 (0.29%) Freedom of Information
17 5 (0.29%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.11%) Windows
2 7 (0.41%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.35%) Linux
4 5 (0.29%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.17%) Mac OS X
5 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.12%) Android
6 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.058%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 769 (44.76%) Agile
2 644 (37.49%) Decision-Making
3 618 (35.97%) Actionable Insight
4 505 (29.39%) Mentoring
5 459 (26.72%) Budgeting
6 456 (26.54%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 397 (23.11%) Project Management
8 353 (20.55%) Analytics
9 258 (15.02%) Problem-Solving
10 238 (13.85%) Process Improvement
11 210 (12.22%) Use Case
12 206 (11.99%) Change Management
13 204 (11.87%) Matrix Organization
14 203 (11.82%) Stakeholder Management
15 200 (11.64%) Data Strategy
16 193 (11.23%) Data Collection
17 186 (10.83%) Regulatory Change
18 184 (10.71%) Digital Marketing
19 179 (10.42%) PRINCE2
20 173 (10.07%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 43 (2.50%) Python
2 41 (2.39%) SQL
3 24 (1.40%) Java
4 20 (1.16%) JavaScript
5 18 (1.05%) C#
6 14 (0.81%) R
7 8 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 8 (0.47%) VB
8 7 (0.41%) VBA
9 4 (0.23%) PHP
10 3 (0.17%) Bicep
10 3 (0.17%) C
10 3 (0.17%) Perl
10 3 (0.17%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.12%) ABAP
11 2 (0.12%) Bash
12 1 (0.058%) Groovy
12 1 (0.058%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.058%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 468 (27.24%) CIMA
2 458 (26.66%) ACCA
3 249 (14.49%) Security Cleared
4 227 (13.21%) Degree
5 199 (11.58%) SC Cleared
6 68 (3.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 39 (2.27%) Master's Degree
8 31 (1.80%) TOGAF Certification
9 30 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 24 (1.40%) PMI Certification
11 23 (1.34%) PMP
12 17 (0.99%) CISSP
13 16 (0.93%) HNC
13 16 (0.93%) MBA
14 14 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 13 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
16 12 (0.70%) CISM
16 12 (0.70%) CRISC
16 12 (0.70%) DV Cleared
17 11 (0.64%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (2.44%) PMO
2 23 (1.34%) QA
3 20 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (0.76%) Data Quality
4 13 (0.76%) SLA
5 10 (0.58%) NIST
6 8 (0.47%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.17%) COBIT
9 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.17%) GDPR
9 3 (0.17%) HAZOP
9 3 (0.17%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.12%) EMIR
10 2 (0.12%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.12%) MiFID
11 1 (0.058%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.058%) NCSC
11 1 (0.058%) PMBOK
System Software
1 13 (0.76%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.58%) Docker
3 7 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.12%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (0.58%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.47%) SCCM
3 6 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.17%) Terraform
5 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.058%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.058%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 555 (32.31%) Microsoft
2 44 (2.56%) Sparx
3 34 (1.98%) SAP
4 23 (1.34%) Google
5 15 (0.87%) Oracle
6 12 (0.70%) Cisco
7 10 (0.58%) Salesforce
7 10 (0.58%) ServiceNow
8 8 (0.47%) Yardi
9 7 (0.41%) Alteryx
9 7 (0.41%) Dell
9 7 (0.41%) Juniper
9 7 (0.41%) Mapbox
10 6 (0.35%) Bloomberg
10 6 (0.35%) HP
11 5 (0.29%) Cognos
11 5 (0.29%) Virgin Media
12 4 (0.23%) ESRI
12 4 (0.23%) Informatica
12 4 (0.23%) Talend