Business Case Contracts in London

Business Cases
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 173 136 153
Rank change year-on-year -37 +17 +38
Contract jobs citing Business Case 245 505 713
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.40% 1.95% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 2.15% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 339 454
10th Percentile £388 £425 £355
25th Percentile £475 £511 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £635 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.39% +15.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £643 £745 £625
90th Percentile £767 £823 £725
England median daily rate £550 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 3
10th Percentile £20.36 £58.25 £39.05
25th Percentile £20.86 £61.25 £46.25
Median hourly rate £22.22 £62.50 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.44% +5.04% +70.00%
75th Percentile £23.05 £64.00 £64.44
90th Percentile £23.22 £64.15 £66.65
England median hourly rate £25.25 £62.75 £34.38
% change year-on-year -59.76% +82.55% +30.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,475 23,527 35,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.65% 90.92% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,094 16,975 26,024
10th Percentile £343 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 269 415
10th Percentile £15.77 £18.40 £17.55
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.49 £24.25
Median hourly rate £27.84 £37.34 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% -0.43% +14.77%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.25 £51.61
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.30 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in London

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Business Case in London

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in London

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in London

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +15 43 £538 -14.00% 14
East London +1 8 £650 +6.12% 3
South London +7 4 £625 +25.68%
West London +16 3 £575 +15.00% 3
North London +1 1 - -
Business Case
England

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 15 (6.12%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.67%) Confluence
3 3 (1.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (1.22%) ArcGIS
3 3 (1.22%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (1.22%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.82%) OpenStack
Applications
1 23 (9.39%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (8.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (4.49%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (2.04%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (1.63%) MS Visio
7 3 (1.22%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (1.22%) Shopify
2 2 (0.82%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.41%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.41%) Endur
3 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.41%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 24 (9.80%) Azure
2 18 (7.35%) AWS
3 17 (6.94%) SaaS
4 14 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (3.27%) PaaS
6 4 (1.63%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.22%) BigCommerce
7 3 (1.22%) IaaS
7 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.82%) Asana
8 2 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.82%) Datadog
8 2 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.41%) Apple Pay
9 1 (0.41%) Google Pay
9 1 (0.41%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.41%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.41%) Serverless
9 1 (0.41%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.45%) Firewall
1 6 (2.45%) MPLS
2 5 (2.04%) BGP
2 5 (2.04%) Cisco IOS
2 5 (2.04%) IOS XR
3 4 (1.63%) DNS
4 3 (1.22%) ATM
4 3 (1.22%) VoIP
4 3 (1.22%) VPN
4 3 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.82%) Broadband
5 2 (0.82%) DHCP
5 2 (0.82%) Ethernet VPN
5 2 (0.82%) IPv6
5 2 (0.82%) L2TP
5 2 (0.82%) LAN
5 2 (0.82%) SAN
5 2 (0.82%) SNMP
5 2 (0.82%) WAN
5 2 (0.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.45%) GIS
2 4 (1.63%) Power BI
2 4 (1.63%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.22%) MySQL
3 3 (1.22%) Spatial Data
4 2 (0.82%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.82%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.82%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.82%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.41%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.41%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.41%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (4.90%) JIRA
2 3 (1.22%) Git
2 3 (1.22%) Maven
3 2 (0.82%) Gatling
3 2 (0.82%) GitLab
3 2 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.41%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.41%) Bitbucket Server
4 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.41%) JMeter
4 1 (0.41%) Selenium
4 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 102 (41.63%) Finance
2 87 (35.51%) Social Skills
3 36 (14.69%) Public Sector
4 26 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (10.61%) Banking
5 21 (8.57%) Influencing Skills
5 21 (8.57%) Local Government
6 19 (7.76%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (6.12%) Marketing
7 15 (6.12%) Retail
8 11 (4.49%) Legal
9 9 (3.67%) Military
10 7 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.86%) Investment Banking
10 7 (2.86%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.45%) Law
11 6 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.04%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.63%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.63%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 59 (24.08%) Project Manager
2 38 (15.51%) Analyst
3 34 (13.88%) Business Analyst
4 29 (11.84%) Architect
5 23 (9.39%) Senior
6 19 (7.76%) Programme Manager
7 16 (6.53%) Delivery Manager
7 16 (6.53%) Lead
7 16 (6.53%) Product Owner
8 14 (5.71%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (5.31%) Senior Manager
10 10 (4.08%) Consultant
11 9 (3.67%) Business IT Analyst
11 9 (3.67%) IT Analyst
11 9 (3.67%) IT Business Analyst
11 9 (3.67%) IT Manager
11 9 (3.67%) Senior Project Manager
11 9 (3.67%) Transformation Manager
12 8 (3.27%) Security Manager
13 7 (2.86%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.45%) .NET
2 4 (1.63%) AngularJS
2 4 (1.63%) JSON
2 4 (1.63%) NETCONF
2 4 (1.63%) XML
2 4 (1.63%) YANG
3 3 (1.22%) CSS
3 3 (1.22%) J2EE
3 3 (1.22%) jQuery
3 3 (1.22%) Middleware
3 3 (1.22%) REST
3 3 (1.22%) Sass
3 3 (1.22%) Spring
3 3 (1.22%) Spring MVC
3 3 (1.22%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 3 (1.22%) VML
3 3 (1.22%) Web Services
4 2 (0.82%) LDAP
4 2 (0.82%) Node.js
5 1 (0.41%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.57%) Product Ownership
2 8 (3.27%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.45%) NHS
5 5 (2.04%) PMI
6 4 (1.63%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.63%) IoT
6 4 (1.63%) Mobile Banking
6 4 (1.63%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.22%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.22%) Solar Panel
7 3 (1.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (1.22%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.82%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.82%) Clustering
8 2 (0.82%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.82%) Market Risk
8 2 (0.82%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.82%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.71%) Linux
2 10 (4.08%) Windows
3 8 (3.27%) Unix
4 3 (1.22%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.82%) Android
5 2 (0.82%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.41%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.41%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.41%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (44.08%) Agile
2 81 (33.06%) Project Management
3 51 (20.82%) PRINCE2
4 48 (19.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 45 (18.37%) Roadmaps
6 42 (17.14%) Decision-Making
6 42 (17.14%) DevOps
6 42 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (16.73%) Project Delivery
8 38 (15.51%) Change Management
9 32 (13.06%) Programme Management
10 28 (11.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 26 (10.61%) Budget Management
11 26 (10.61%) Business Analysis
12 24 (9.80%) Business Strategy
13 23 (9.39%) Waterfall
14 22 (8.98%) Scrum
15 21 (8.57%) Acceptance Criteria
15 21 (8.57%) Risk Management
16 20 (8.16%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.27%) SQL
2 6 (2.45%) Java
2 6 (2.45%) Python
3 4 (1.63%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.82%) C
4 2 (0.82%) C#
4 2 (0.82%) Go
4 2 (0.82%) VBA
Qualifications
1 44 (17.96%) Security Cleared
2 35 (14.29%) Degree
3 31 (12.65%) SC Cleared
4 22 (8.98%) PMI Certification
5 21 (8.57%) DV Cleared
5 21 (8.57%) PMP
6 13 (5.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 7 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.04%) CCNP
9 4 (1.63%) ACCA
9 4 (1.63%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (1.22%) APMG
11 2 (0.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.82%) CCSK
11 2 (0.82%) CISSP
11 2 (0.82%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.82%) MBA
12 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.41%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.80%) PMO
2 16 (6.53%) QA
3 12 (4.90%) SLA
4 4 (1.63%) Government Security Classifications
5 3 (1.22%) NIST
6 2 (0.82%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.82%) GDPR
6 2 (0.82%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.82%) NCSC
7 1 (0.41%) COBIT
System Software
1 7 (2.86%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.22%) Docker
4 1 (0.41%) Firmware
4 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.41%) vCloud
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (1.63%) Ansible
2 3 (1.22%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.41%) Avamar
3 1 (0.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 44 (17.96%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.53%) SAP
3 10 (4.08%) Cisco
4 6 (2.45%) Oracle
4 6 (2.45%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.04%) Nokia
5 5 (2.04%) VMware
6 4 (1.63%) Google
6 4 (1.63%) SmartStream
6 4 (1.63%) Splunk
7 3 (1.22%) Adobe
7 3 (1.22%) Dell
7 3 (1.22%) ESRI
7 3 (1.22%) Intel
7 3 (1.22%) Sitecore
8 2 (0.82%) Ariba
8 2 (0.82%) Civica
8 2 (0.82%) Huawei
8 2 (0.82%) Pega
8 2 (0.82%) Veeam