Business Case Contracts

Business Cases
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 199 143 143
Rank change year-on-year -56 0 +28
Contract jobs citing Business Case 527 1,040 1,692
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.22% 1.87% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 2.09% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 748 1,120
10th Percentile £355 £400 £355
25th Percentile £463 £481 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +11.43% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £625
90th Percentile £728 £750 £720
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £563 £500
% change year-on-year -2.22% +12.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 19
10th Percentile £23.00 £30.00 £24.36
25th Percentile £23.63 £40.00 £25.57
Median hourly rate £25.25 £62.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.60% +78.57% +26.22%
75th Percentile £28.28 £64.50 £56.73
90th Percentile £42.90 £66.00 £64.03
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.25 £48.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -47.94% +61.67% +22.45%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Case in the UK

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in the UK

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in the UK

Business Case
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Case over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Case in the UK

Business Case
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 9 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -53 469 £550 -8.33% 387
UK excluding London -50 249 £550 -2.22% 230
London -58 238 £550 -12.70% 149
Work from Home -24 193 £563 -2.17% 152
North of England -4 67 £575 +4.55% 61
North West +5 53 £579 +11.25% 38
South East -53 52 £530 -7.02% 39
South West -27 42 £525 -16.66% 40
Midlands +5 30 £525 +2.44% 49
Scotland -10 30 £575 +9.52% 13
East of England -2 25 £350 -30.00% 29
West Midlands +3 24 £538 +13.16% 28
Yorkshire -13 10 £538 -2.27% 17
East Midlands +3 6 £403 -26.82% 21
North East +12 3 £897 +81.20% 6
Wales +16 2 £488 -11.36% 3
Northern Ireland +2 1 - - 2

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 28 (5.31%) Confluence
2 23 (4.36%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.57%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.38%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 34 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (5.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (3.04%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.14%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.57%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.57%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.38%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.14%) SAP CO
3 5 (0.95%) SAP FI
3 5 (0.95%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.57%) Shopify
5 2 (0.38%) Endur
5 2 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.38%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.19%) Cloudability
6 1 (0.19%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.19%) iTrent
6 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.19%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.19%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 36 (6.83%) Azure
2 25 (4.74%) AWS
2 25 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (3.98%) Power Platform
4 19 (3.61%) SaaS
5 13 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (2.09%) PaaS
7 9 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (0.76%) GCP
9 3 (0.57%) Apple Pay
9 3 (0.57%) BigCommerce
9 3 (0.57%) Datadog
9 3 (0.57%) Google Pay
9 3 (0.57%) IaaS
9 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.57%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.57%) PowerApps
9 3 (0.57%) SAP Fieldglass
9 3 (0.57%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.38%) Amazon MSK
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.85%) Firewall
2 10 (1.90%) DNS
3 8 (1.52%) Intranet
3 8 (1.52%) MPLS
3 8 (1.52%) VPN
4 7 (1.33%) ATM
4 7 (1.33%) DHCP
4 7 (1.33%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.33%) Wireless
5 6 (1.14%) VLAN
6 5 (0.95%) BGP
6 5 (0.95%) Cisco IOS
6 5 (0.95%) IOS XR
7 4 (0.76%) LAN
7 4 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.57%) Network Security
8 3 (0.57%) Skype
8 3 (0.57%) SNMP
8 3 (0.57%) VoIP
8 3 (0.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.98%) Power BI
2 8 (1.52%) Tableau
3 7 (1.33%) BusinessObjects
4 6 (1.14%) GIS
5 4 (0.76%) Electronic Patient Records
5 4 (0.76%) MS Access
5 4 (0.76%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.57%) MySQL
6 3 (0.57%) Spatial Data
6 3 (0.57%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.38%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.38%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.38%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.19%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.19%) Flink
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.19%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 33 (6.26%) JIRA
2 5 (0.95%) Git
3 3 (0.57%) GitLab
3 3 (0.57%) Maven
3 3 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket Server
4 2 (0.38%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.38%) Gatling
4 2 (0.38%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.38%) JMeter
4 2 (0.38%) Selenium
5 1 (0.19%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 205 (38.90%) Finance
2 158 (29.98%) Social Skills
3 91 (17.27%) Public Sector
4 64 (12.14%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (7.78%) Banking
5 41 (7.78%) Presentation Skills
6 34 (6.45%) Influencing Skills
7 33 (6.26%) Local Government
8 24 (4.55%) Marketing
9 23 (4.36%) Manufacturing
10 22 (4.17%) Retail
11 21 (3.98%) Legal
12 18 (3.42%) Telecoms
13 12 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (2.09%) Military
15 9 (1.71%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (1.52%) Electronics
16 8 (1.52%) Investment Banking
17 7 (1.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 137 (26.00%) Project Manager
2 93 (17.65%) Analyst
3 82 (15.56%) Business Analyst
4 55 (10.44%) Architect
5 51 (9.68%) Senior
6 43 (8.16%) Lead
7 28 (5.31%) Programme Manager
7 28 (5.31%) Solutions Architect
8 23 (4.36%) Consultant
8 23 (4.36%) Delivery Manager
8 23 (4.36%) IT Manager
8 23 (4.36%) Senior Analyst
8 23 (4.36%) Senior Manager
9 22 (4.17%) Senior Business Analyst
10 20 (3.80%) Security Manager
11 17 (3.23%) Product Owner
11 17 (3.23%) Senior Project Manager
12 16 (3.04%) Product Manager
13 15 (2.85%) Security Project Manager
14 14 (2.66%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.09%) .NET
2 7 (1.33%) Middleware
3 4 (0.76%) AngularJS
3 4 (0.76%) JSON
3 4 (0.76%) NETCONF
3 4 (0.76%) XML
3 4 (0.76%) YANG
4 3 (0.57%) CSS
4 3 (0.57%) HTML
4 3 (0.57%) J2EE
4 3 (0.57%) jQuery
4 3 (0.57%) Kafka
4 3 (0.57%) Pandas
4 3 (0.57%) REST
4 3 (0.57%) Sass
4 3 (0.57%) Spring
4 3 (0.57%) Spring MVC
4 3 (0.57%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 3 (0.57%) VML
4 3 (0.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.83%) Product Ownership
2 26 (4.93%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.47%) NHS
4 10 (1.90%) IoT
5 9 (1.71%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.52%) Data Centre
6 8 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.33%) PMI
7 7 (1.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 6 (1.14%) Graphic Design
8 6 (1.14%) Industry 4.0
8 6 (1.14%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.14%) Robotics
9 5 (0.95%) Data Structures
9 5 (0.95%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.76%) e-Health
11 3 (0.57%) Derivative
11 3 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.57%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.04%) Linux
2 15 (2.85%) Windows
3 12 (2.28%) Unix
4 4 (0.76%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.76%) Windows 7
4 4 (0.76%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.57%) Android
6 2 (0.38%) Windows 8
6 2 (0.38%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (36.43%) Agile
2 178 (33.78%) Project Management
3 121 (22.96%) Stakeholder Management
4 99 (18.79%) Project Delivery
5 89 (16.89%) Roadmaps
6 81 (15.37%) PRINCE2
7 77 (14.61%) Change Management
7 77 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
8 73 (13.85%) Decision-Making
9 63 (11.95%) Business Analysis
10 60 (11.39%) DevOps
11 54 (10.25%) Programme Management
12 47 (8.92%) Business Strategy
13 46 (8.73%) Continuous Improvement
14 44 (8.35%) Risk Management
15 42 (7.97%) Waterfall
16 39 (7.40%) Service Delivery
16 39 (7.40%) User Stories
17 38 (7.21%) Workshop Facilitation
18 37 (7.02%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 19 (3.61%) SQL
2 10 (1.90%) Python
3 7 (1.33%) Java
4 5 (0.95%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.76%) C#
6 2 (0.38%) C
6 2 (0.38%) Go
6 2 (0.38%) VBA
7 1 (0.19%) Julia
7 1 (0.19%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 82 (15.56%) Degree
1 82 (15.56%) Security Cleared
2 64 (12.14%) SC Cleared
3 29 (5.50%) DV Cleared
4 28 (5.31%) PMI Certification
5 27 (5.12%) PMP
6 18 (3.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 12 (2.28%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.71%) MBA
9 8 (1.52%) CISSP
10 7 (1.33%) CISA
10 7 (1.33%) CISM
11 6 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 5 (0.95%) ACCA
12 5 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.95%) CCNP
13 4 (0.76%) ISEB
14 3 (0.57%) APMG
15 2 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.02%) PMO
2 31 (5.88%) QA
3 28 (5.31%) SLA
4 10 (1.90%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.14%) Government Security Classifications
6 3 (0.57%) COBIT
6 3 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.38%) GDPR
7 2 (0.38%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.38%) NIST
7 2 (0.38%) P3O
8 1 (0.19%) GRC
8 1 (0.19%) IFRS
8 1 (0.19%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.19%) NCSC
8 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 12 (2.28%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.76%) Docker
4 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.19%) Firmware
5 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.19%) vCloud
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.19%) XenApp
5 1 (0.19%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (0.76%) Ansible
1 4 (0.76%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.57%) SCCM
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.38%) Terraform
4 1 (0.19%) Avamar
4 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (12.33%) Microsoft
2 41 (7.78%) SAP
3 13 (2.47%) Cisco
4 11 (2.09%) Oracle
5 7 (1.33%) Atlassian
5 7 (1.33%) Google
5 7 (1.33%) Nokia
5 7 (1.33%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.14%) Splunk
7 5 (0.95%) Apple
7 5 (0.95%) SmartStream
7 5 (0.95%) VMware
8 4 (0.76%) Alteryx
9 3 (0.57%) Adobe
9 3 (0.57%) BigPanda
9 3 (0.57%) Dell
9 3 (0.57%) Intel
9 3 (0.57%) Pega
9 3 (0.57%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.57%) Sitecore