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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 168 220 250
Rank change year-on-year +52 +30 +74
Permanent jobs citing Business Case 1,760 1,703 2,557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.78% 1.68% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 1.76% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 649 895 1,463
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,063 £39,474
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £47,440
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £93,750
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 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
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 9 May 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 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +59 1,593 £60,000 -1.41% 337
UK excluding London +66 1,129 £55,000 -4.35% 211
Work from Home +100 1,095 £62,500 - 128
London +67 562 £82,500 +26.92% 135
South East +37 455 £56,960 -8.86% 47
North of England +86 187 £57,311 +4.20% 61
Midlands -15 163 £54,000 -10.00% 33
North West +51 125 £52,500 -8.36% 36
South West -9 111 £62,500 +19.05% 23
East Midlands +29 95 £54,000 -10.00% 13
East of England +23 90 £54,000 -10.00% 26
Scotland -23 79 £50,000 -14.99% 17
West Midlands -45 64 £52,500 -12.58% 20
Yorkshire +80 45 £62,500 +19.05% 21
Northern Ireland +43 27 £37,500 -36.71% 3
Wales +5 17 £55,000 +23.14% 2
North East +4 17 £70,000 -7.59% 4

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 18 (1.02%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.45%) ArcGIS
3 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.34%) Confluence
5 3 (0.17%) CMS
6 1 (0.057%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.057%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.057%) WebLogic
Applications
1 522 (29.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.68%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.057%) Trello
Business Applications
1 45 (2.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 10 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.28%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.23%) Lawson
5 2 (0.11%) iTrent
5 2 (0.11%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.11%) SAP CX
6 1 (0.057%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.057%) HFM
6 1 (0.057%) Magento
6 1 (0.057%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.057%) Primavera
6 1 (0.057%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.057%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 93 (5.28%) Azure
2 63 (3.58%) AWS
3 60 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (2.90%) Power Platform
5 38 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
6 36 (2.05%) SaaS
7 17 (0.97%) GCP
8 13 (0.74%) PaaS
9 11 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (0.63%) IaaS
10 10 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (0.40%) Power Automate
12 6 (0.34%) Entra ID
13 5 (0.28%) Slack
14 4 (0.23%) Alation
14 4 (0.23%) Amazon EMR
14 4 (0.23%) Azure Storage
14 4 (0.23%) Collibra
14 4 (0.23%) Google Analytics
14 4 (0.23%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 631 (35.85%) Broadband
2 30 (1.70%) Firewall
3 15 (0.85%) VPN
4 13 (0.74%) WAN
5 11 (0.63%) LAN
6 6 (0.34%) Network Security
7 5 (0.28%) DNS
7 5 (0.28%) Internet
7 5 (0.28%) Wireless
8 4 (0.23%) TETRA
8 4 (0.23%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.17%) DHCP
9 3 (0.17%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.17%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.11%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.11%) NAS
10 2 (0.11%) PPP
10 2 (0.11%) SAN
10 2 (0.11%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (2.39%) Power BI
2 26 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (1.42%) Tableau
4 12 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
4 12 (0.68%) GIS
5 9 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (0.45%) Big Data
6 8 (0.45%) Metadata
7 7 (0.40%) Data Mining
7 7 (0.40%) Power Query
7 7 (0.40%) Spatial Data
7 7 (0.40%) SQL Server
8 6 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
8 6 (0.34%) MS Access
8 6 (0.34%) QlikView
9 5 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.23%) Essbase
10 4 (0.23%) PowerPivot
11 3 (0.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 13 (0.74%) JIRA
2 9 (0.51%) Git
3 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.057%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 930 (52.84%) Social Skills
2 834 (47.39%) Finance
3 615 (34.94%) Analytical Skills
4 512 (29.09%) Influencing Skills
5 233 (13.24%) Marketing
6 188 (10.68%) Advertising
7 99 (5.63%) Public Sector
8 79 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
9 59 (3.35%) Retail
10 57 (3.24%) Legal
11 56 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 47 (2.67%) Manufacturing
13 27 (1.53%) Banking
14 26 (1.48%) Law
15 24 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
15 24 (1.36%) Telecoms
16 19 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
17 15 (0.85%) Local Government
18 13 (0.74%) Back Office
19 10 (0.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 642 (36.48%) Analyst
2 421 (23.92%) Senior
3 264 (15.00%) Senior Analyst
4 263 (14.94%) Architect
4 263 (14.94%) Lead
5 240 (13.64%) Project Manager
6 194 (11.02%) Solutions Architect
7 130 (7.39%) Business Analyst
8 128 (7.27%) Financial Analyst
9 121 (6.88%) Commercial Analyst
10 103 (5.85%) Presales Solution Architect
11 100 (5.68%) IT Manager
12 95 (5.40%) Senior Manager
13 73 (4.15%) Senior Project Manager
14 68 (3.86%) IT Project Manager
15 52 (2.95%) Business Manager
16 34 (1.93%) Consultant
17 32 (1.82%) Senior Architect
18 31 (1.76%) Enterprise Architect
19 30 (1.70%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.44%) .NET
2 12 (0.68%) HTML
3 11 (0.63%) CSS
4 10 (0.57%) EDI
4 10 (0.57%) Spring
4 10 (0.57%) Web Services
5 9 (0.51%) .NET Core
5 9 (0.51%) ASP.NET
5 9 (0.51%) ASP.NET Core
5 9 (0.51%) Entity Framework
5 9 (0.51%) Hibernate
5 9 (0.51%) Spring MVC
6 6 (0.34%) Flash
7 5 (0.28%) REST
7 5 (0.28%) SOAP
7 5 (0.28%) XML
8 4 (0.23%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.23%) Django
8 4 (0.23%) JSON
8 4 (0.23%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 188 (10.68%) Marketing Technology
2 103 (5.85%) Self-Motivation
3 63 (3.58%) Management Information System
4 37 (2.10%) Product Ownership
5 36 (2.05%) Onboarding
6 33 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
7 20 (1.14%) NHS
8 17 (0.97%) Data Structures
9 16 (0.91%) Cloud Native
9 16 (0.91%) Data Centre
10 11 (0.63%) Life Science
11 10 (0.57%) Biopharmaceutical
11 10 (0.57%) Public Cloud
11 10 (0.57%) Virtual Team
12 9 (0.51%) PMI
12 9 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
12 9 (0.51%) Taxonomies
13 8 (0.45%) Low-Code
14 6 (0.34%) Driving Licence
14 6 (0.34%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (1.14%) Windows
2 6 (0.34%) Linux
2 6 (0.34%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.28%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.17%) Mac OS X
4 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.11%) Android
6 1 (0.057%) AIX
6 1 (0.057%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.057%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 792 (45.00%) Agile
2 648 (36.82%) Actionable Insight
3 646 (36.70%) Decision-Making
4 499 (28.35%) Mentoring
5 457 (25.97%) Budgeting
6 453 (25.74%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 400 (22.73%) Project Management
8 378 (21.48%) Analytics
9 271 (15.40%) Problem-Solving
10 237 (13.47%) Process Improvement
11 213 (12.10%) Stakeholder Management
12 212 (12.05%) Use Case
13 204 (11.59%) Change Management
14 203 (11.53%) Matrix Organization
15 198 (11.25%) Data Strategy
16 194 (11.02%) Data Collection
17 188 (10.68%) PRINCE2
18 186 (10.57%) Regulatory Change
19 185 (10.51%) Digital Marketing
20 170 (9.66%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 45 (2.56%) Python
2 42 (2.39%) SQL
3 22 (1.25%) Java
4 20 (1.14%) JavaScript
5 18 (1.02%) C#
6 16 (0.91%) R
7 9 (0.51%) VBA
8 8 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 8 (0.45%) VB
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 (0.11%) ABAP
11 2 (0.11%) Bash
12 1 (0.057%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 468 (26.59%) CIMA
2 458 (26.02%) ACCA
3 265 (15.06%) Security Cleared
4 227 (12.90%) Degree
5 212 (12.05%) SC Cleared
6 68 (3.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 47 (2.67%) TOGAF Certification
8 38 (2.16%) Master's Degree
9 34 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
10 22 (1.25%) PMI Certification
11 16 (0.91%) CISSP
11 16 (0.91%) HNC
11 16 (0.91%) MBA
11 16 (0.91%) PMP
12 15 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 13 (0.74%) DV Cleared
14 12 (0.68%) CISM
14 12 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
14 12 (0.68%) CRISC
14 12 (0.68%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (2.33%) PMO
2 22 (1.25%) QA
3 18 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (0.91%) Data Quality
5 11 (0.63%) SLA
6 10 (0.57%) NIST
7 8 (0.45%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.28%) GDPR
10 3 (0.17%) COBIT
10 3 (0.17%) HAZOP
10 3 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.11%) EMIR
11 2 (0.11%) MiFID
12 1 (0.057%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.057%) HL7
12 1 (0.057%) NCSC
12 1 (0.057%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.057%) PMBOK
System Software
1 12 (0.68%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.57%) Docker
3 6 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.057%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (0.63%) SCCM
2 10 (0.57%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (0.17%) Terraform
5 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.057%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.057%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 555 (31.53%) Microsoft
2 48 (2.73%) Sparx
3 38 (2.16%) SAP
4 23 (1.31%) Google
5 17 (0.97%) Oracle
6 11 (0.63%) Cisco
6 11 (0.63%) Salesforce
7 10 (0.57%) Dell
7 10 (0.57%) ServiceNow
8 9 (0.51%) Bloomberg
8 9 (0.51%) HP
9 8 (0.45%) Yardi
10 7 (0.40%) Alteryx
10 7 (0.40%) Juniper
10 7 (0.40%) Mapbox
11 6 (0.34%) Informatica
12 5 (0.28%) Cognos
13 4 (0.23%) ESRI
13 4 (0.23%) JD Edwards
13 4 (0.23%) MicroStrategy