Business Case Contracts in the South East

Business Cases
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 147 94 123
Rank change year-on-year -53 +29 -13
Contract jobs citing Business Case 52 126 157
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.93% 2.25% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 2.53% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 97 99
10th Percentile £184 £409 £400
25th Percentile £439 £475 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.86% +7.24% +14.75%
75th Percentile £594 £650 £625
90th Percentile £649 £719 £675
England median daily rate £550 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.63 - -
Median hourly rate £25.25 - -
75th Percentile £26.88 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £25.25 £62.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -59.60% +78.57% +30.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,666 4,990 6,915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.55% 89.04% 89.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,714 3,437 4,712
10th Percentile £255 £250 £231
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% - +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £615 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 214 276
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.24 £12.28
25th Percentile £18.23 £22.16 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.95
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +127.79% -20.18%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.91 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.93 £75.00 £63.25
England median hourly rate £37.18 £37.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.38% +49.28% +11.11%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in the South East

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Business Case in the South East

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in the South East over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in the South East

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in the South East

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Thames Valley -41 28 £540 -1.82% 18
Berkshire -39 15 £550 -4.35% 11
Buckinghamshire +5 10 £563 +1.08% 3
Surrey +8 8 £198 -68.38% 4
Hampshire -9 8 £519 -11.70% 4
West Sussex +5 4 - - 3
Oxfordshire +6 3 £500 +5.26% 4
East Sussex +3 3 - - 2
Kent +8 2 £563 +4.17% 3
Middlesex - 1 £650 -
Business Case
England

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (1.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.77%) AutoCAD
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.92%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.92%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle AGIS
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle Retail
1 1 (1.92%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.62%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.77%) Azure
2 3 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (5.77%) PaaS
2 3 (5.77%) SaaS
3 2 (3.85%) NuGet
4 1 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.92%) Miro
4 1 (1.92%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.92%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.62%) DHCP
1 5 (9.62%) DNS
1 5 (9.62%) Firewall
1 5 (9.62%) TCP/IP
1 5 (9.62%) VLAN
1 5 (9.62%) VPN
1 5 (9.62%) Wireless
2 2 (3.85%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.62%) Power BI
2 4 (7.69%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (7.69%) MS Access
2 4 (7.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 11 (21.15%) Finance
1 11 (21.15%) Social Skills
2 9 (17.31%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.54%) Retail
4 5 (9.62%) Legal
5 4 (7.69%) Billing
5 4 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (7.69%) Military
5 4 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.85%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.85%) Banking
6 2 (3.85%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (32.69%) Analyst
2 14 (26.92%) Project Manager
3 12 (23.08%) Business Analyst
4 11 (21.15%) Senior
5 7 (13.46%) Senior Manager
5 7 (13.46%) Senior Project Manager
6 5 (9.62%) Architect
6 5 (9.62%) IT Support
6 5 (9.62%) IT Support Specialist
6 5 (9.62%) Network Specialist
6 5 (9.62%) Network Support
6 5 (9.62%) Network Support Specialist
6 5 (9.62%) Support Specialist
7 4 (7.69%) Data Analyst
7 4 (7.69%) IT Analyst
7 4 (7.69%) Lead
7 4 (7.69%) Project Analyst
7 4 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (7.69%) Senior Business Analyst
7 4 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.77%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.69%) e-Health
1 4 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.77%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.85%) Cyberattack
3 2 (3.85%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.69%) Unix
2 3 (5.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (42.31%) Project Management
2 16 (30.77%) Agile
2 16 (30.77%) Project Delivery
3 13 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (19.23%) Requirements Gathering
5 10 (19.23%) Waterfall
6 7 (13.46%) Project Governance
6 7 (13.46%) Roadmaps
7 6 (11.54%) Conflict Resolution
7 6 (11.54%) PRINCE2
7 6 (11.54%) Process Improvement
7 6 (11.54%) System Integration Testing
8 5 (9.62%) Acceptance Criteria
8 5 (9.62%) Business Analysis
8 5 (9.62%) Change Control
8 5 (9.62%) Contingency Planning
8 5 (9.62%) Problem Management
8 5 (9.62%) Programme Management
8 5 (9.62%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.69%) SQL
2 2 (3.85%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (19.23%) SC Cleared
1 10 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 7 (13.46%) Degree
3 4 (7.69%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.77%) ISEB
4 3 (5.77%) PMI Certification
4 3 (5.77%) PMP
5 1 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.54%) QA
2 4 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.92%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (11.54%) Oracle
2 4 (7.69%) Alteryx
2 4 (7.69%) SAP
3 3 (5.77%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.92%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (1.92%) Workday