Business Case Contracts in England

Business Cases
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 183 138 155
Rank change year-on-year -45 +17 0
Contract jobs citing Business Case 482 929 1,300
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.32% 1.93% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 2.14% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 661 846
10th Percentile £355 £406 £363
25th Percentile £463 £481 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £623
90th Percentile £725 £799 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £578 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +11.06% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 15
10th Percentile £22.67 £40.68 £21.78
25th Percentile £23.63 £53.88 £25.25
Median hourly rate £25.25 £62.75 £34.38
Median % change year-on-year -59.76% +82.55% +30.95%
75th Percentile £26.88 £64.88 £44.73
90th Percentile £31.45 £66.00 £65.18
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £62.75 £34.38
% change year-on-year -59.76% +82.55% +28.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,446 43,440 63,865
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.42% 90.15% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,588 30,513 45,420
10th Percentile £300 £325 £333
25th Percentile £413 £448 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,538 1,746
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £16.23 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £49.37
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in England

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Business Case in England

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in England

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in England

Business Case
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Case in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Case in England

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 16 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
London -37 245 £550 -13.39% 146
North of England -1 65 £575 +4.55% 60
South West -20 51 £530 -11.67% 26
South East -54 51 £525 -6.75% 39
North West +14 49 £579 +15.70% 40
Midlands +13 34 £525 +9.09% 34
West Midlands +15 25 £550 +22.22% 21
East of England 0 20 £350 -36.36% 29
Yorkshire -9 12 £538 -2.27% 18
East Midlands +8 9 £403 -25.12% 13
North East +9 3 £897 +80.29% 2
Business Case
UK

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 24 (4.98%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.53%) Confluence
3 3 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (0.62%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.41%) OpenStack
Applications
1 33 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (6.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (3.53%) Microsoft Project
4 16 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.24%) MS Visio
6 5 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.62%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.62%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.62%) Shopify
2 3 (0.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.41%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.21%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.21%) Endur
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle AGIS
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.21%) PeopleSoft HRMS
4 1 (0.21%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.21%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 37 (7.68%) Azure
2 25 (5.19%) AWS
3 24 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (4.15%) SaaS
5 18 (3.73%) Power Platform
6 13 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (2.28%) PaaS
8 8 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (0.62%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (0.62%) BigCommerce
10 3 (0.62%) dbt
10 3 (0.62%) IaaS
10 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.62%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.62%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.41%) Asana
11 2 (0.41%) GitHub
11 2 (0.41%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.28%) Firewall
2 9 (1.87%) DNS
3 8 (1.66%) Intranet
3 8 (1.66%) VPN
4 7 (1.45%) DHCP
4 7 (1.45%) Wireless
5 6 (1.24%) MPLS
5 6 (1.24%) VLAN
6 5 (1.04%) BGP
6 5 (1.04%) Cisco IOS
6 5 (1.04%) IOS XR
6 5 (1.04%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.83%) LAN
7 4 (0.83%) WAN
8 3 (0.62%) ATM
8 3 (0.62%) Skype
8 3 (0.62%) VoIP
8 3 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.41%) 2G
9 2 (0.41%) L2TP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.73%) Power BI
2 8 (1.66%) BusinessObjects
3 7 (1.45%) Tableau
4 6 (1.24%) Electronic Patient Records
4 6 (1.24%) GIS
5 4 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.83%) MS Access
5 4 (0.83%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.83%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.62%) MySQL
6 3 (0.62%) Spatial Data
7 2 (0.41%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.41%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.41%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.21%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.21%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.21%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 21 (4.36%) JIRA
2 8 (1.66%) Git
3 3 (0.62%) Maven
4 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket Server
4 2 (0.41%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.41%) Gatling
4 2 (0.41%) GitLab
4 2 (0.41%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.41%) JMeter
4 2 (0.41%) Selenium
4 2 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 181 (37.55%) Finance
2 149 (30.91%) Social Skills
3 74 (15.35%) Public Sector
4 67 (13.90%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (7.68%) Local Government
6 36 (7.47%) Influencing Skills
7 34 (7.05%) Presentation Skills
8 31 (6.43%) Banking
9 21 (4.36%) Legal
9 21 (4.36%) Retail
10 18 (3.73%) Marketing
11 17 (3.53%) Manufacturing
12 15 (3.11%) Military
13 13 (2.70%) Telecoms
14 11 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.87%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.45%) Investment Banking
16 7 (1.45%) Law
16 7 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (1.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 124 (25.73%) Project Manager
2 83 (17.22%) Analyst
3 72 (14.94%) Business Analyst
4 56 (11.62%) Senior
5 55 (11.41%) Architect
6 37 (7.68%) Lead
7 28 (5.81%) Senior Manager
8 26 (5.39%) Delivery Manager
9 24 (4.98%) Programme Manager
9 24 (4.98%) Solutions Architect
10 21 (4.36%) Senior Analyst
10 21 (4.36%) Senior Project Manager
11 20 (4.15%) Security Manager
11 20 (4.15%) Senior Business Analyst
12 19 (3.94%) IT Manager
13 17 (3.53%) Product Owner
14 15 (3.11%) Business Manager
14 15 (3.11%) Security Project Manager
15 14 (2.90%) Consultant
16 13 (2.70%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.87%) .NET
2 4 (0.83%) AngularJS
2 4 (0.83%) JSON
2 4 (0.83%) NETCONF
2 4 (0.83%) XML
2 4 (0.83%) YANG
3 3 (0.62%) ADO
3 3 (0.62%) CSS
3 3 (0.62%) Flask
3 3 (0.62%) J2EE
3 3 (0.62%) jQuery
3 3 (0.62%) Middleware
3 3 (0.62%) Pandas
3 3 (0.62%) REST
3 3 (0.62%) Sass
3 3 (0.62%) Spring
3 3 (0.62%) Spring MVC
3 3 (0.62%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 3 (0.62%) VML
3 3 (0.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.05%) Management Information System
2 32 (6.64%) Product Ownership
3 12 (2.49%) NHS
4 10 (2.07%) IoT
5 8 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.45%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.24%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.24%) Graphic Design
7 6 (1.24%) Industry 4.0
7 6 (1.24%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.24%) Robotics
8 5 (1.04%) PMI
9 4 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.83%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.83%) e-Health
9 4 (0.83%) Mobile Banking
9 4 (0.83%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.62%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.62%) Solar Panel
10 3 (0.62%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.53%) Windows
2 15 (3.11%) Linux
3 12 (2.49%) Unix
4 4 (0.83%) Windows 7
5 3 (0.62%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.62%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.41%) Android
6 2 (0.41%) Windows 8
6 2 (0.41%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (36.31%) Project Management
2 172 (35.68%) Agile
3 126 (26.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 92 (19.09%) Project Delivery
5 84 (17.43%) PRINCE2
5 84 (17.43%) Roadmaps
6 83 (17.22%) Change Management
7 82 (17.01%) Decision-Making
8 79 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
9 57 (11.83%) Business Analysis
10 56 (11.62%) DevOps
11 51 (10.58%) Programme Management
12 44 (9.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 44 (9.13%) Waterfall
13 40 (8.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 39 (8.09%) Business Strategy
14 39 (8.09%) Risk Management
15 38 (7.88%) Service Delivery
16 35 (7.26%) Budget Management
17 33 (6.85%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 21 (4.36%) SQL
2 9 (1.87%) Python
3 7 (1.45%) Java
4 5 (1.04%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.83%) C#
6 2 (0.41%) C
6 2 (0.41%) Go
6 2 (0.41%) VBA
7 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 88 (18.26%) Security Cleared
2 72 (14.94%) Degree
3 66 (13.69%) SC Cleared
4 32 (6.64%) DV Cleared
5 25 (5.19%) PMI Certification
5 25 (5.19%) PMP
6 19 (3.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 12 (2.49%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.66%) CISSP
8 8 (1.66%) MBA
9 7 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.24%) CISA
10 6 (1.24%) CISM
10 6 (1.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 5 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.04%) CCNP
12 4 (0.83%) ACCA
12 4 (0.83%) ISEB
13 3 (0.62%) APMG
14 2 (0.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.88%) PMO
2 28 (5.81%) QA
2 28 (5.81%) SLA
3 10 (2.07%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.04%) Government Security Classifications
5 3 (0.62%) ISO 22301
5 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.62%) NCSC
5 3 (0.62%) NIST
6 2 (0.41%) COBIT
6 2 (0.41%) GDPR
6 2 (0.41%) P3O
7 1 (0.21%) COREP
7 1 (0.21%) FINREP
7 1 (0.21%) GRC
7 1 (0.21%) IFRS
7 1 (0.21%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.21%) Solvency II
System Software
1 10 (2.07%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.83%) Docker
4 2 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.21%) Firmware
5 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.21%) vCloud
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.21%) XenApp
5 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (1.24%) Ansible
2 5 (1.04%) Terraform
3 4 (0.83%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.41%) SCCM
5 1 (0.21%) Avamar
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 75 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.39%) SAP
3 12 (2.49%) Oracle
4 11 (2.28%) Cisco
5 7 (1.45%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.24%) Atlassian
7 5 (1.04%) Google
7 5 (1.04%) Nokia
7 5 (1.04%) VMware
8 4 (0.83%) Alteryx
8 4 (0.83%) SmartStream
8 4 (0.83%) Splunk
9 3 (0.62%) Adobe
9 3 (0.62%) Dell
9 3 (0.62%) ESRI
9 3 (0.62%) Intel
9 3 (0.62%) Pega
9 3 (0.62%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.62%) Sitecore
9 3 (0.62%) Sparx