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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 186 143 142
Rank change year-on-year -43 -1 +28
Contract jobs citing Business Case 536 1,047 1,690
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.24% 1.87% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 2.08% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 751 1,118
10th Percentile £363 £402 £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 £623
90th Percentile £725 £750 £708
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +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 £28.49
% change year-on-year -47.94% +70.24% +16.29%

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 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -51 473 £550 -8.33% 405
UK excluding London -52 247 £550 - 242
London -42 244 £550 -12.35% 170
Work from Home -26 196 £550 -4.35% 174
North of England -5 65 £575 +4.55% 62
North West +14 52 £575 +15.00% 40
South East -53 50 £525 -7.49% 48
South West -34 43 £525 -13.22% 37
Midlands +10 33 £525 +6.33% 44
Scotland -7 31 £572 +9.00% 17
West Midlands +5 24 £550 +18.92% 22
East of England -2 22 £350 -30.00% 29
East Midlands +6 9 £403 -26.82% 22
Yorkshire -8 9 £575 +4.55% 15
North East +11 3 £897 +81.20% 7
Wales +15 2 £488 -11.36% 6
Northern Ireland - 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 26 (4.85%) Confluence
2 23 (4.29%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.56%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.37%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 35 (6.53%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (5.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (3.54%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (2.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.31%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.56%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.56%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (2.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.93%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.75%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.75%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.56%) Shopify
5 2 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.37%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.19%) Cloudability
6 1 (0.19%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.19%) Endur
6 1 (0.19%) iTrent
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle AGIS
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.19%) PeopleSoft HRMS
6 1 (0.19%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 40 (7.46%) Azure
2 26 (4.85%) AWS
2 26 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (4.10%) Power Platform
4 18 (3.36%) SaaS
5 13 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (2.05%) PaaS
7 9 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (0.75%) GCP
9 3 (0.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (0.56%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (0.56%) BigCommerce
9 3 (0.56%) Datadog
9 3 (0.56%) dbt
9 3 (0.56%) IaaS
9 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.56%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.56%) PowerApps
9 3 (0.56%) SAP Fieldglass
9 3 (0.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.61%) Firewall
2 10 (1.87%) DNS
3 8 (1.49%) Intranet
3 8 (1.49%) MPLS
3 8 (1.49%) VPN
4 7 (1.31%) ATM
4 7 (1.31%) DHCP
4 7 (1.31%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.31%) Wireless
5 6 (1.12%) VLAN
6 5 (0.93%) BGP
6 5 (0.93%) Cisco IOS
6 5 (0.93%) IOS XR
7 4 (0.75%) LAN
7 4 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.56%) Network Security
8 3 (0.56%) Skype
8 3 (0.56%) SNMP
8 3 (0.56%) VoIP
8 3 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.10%) Power BI
2 8 (1.49%) BusinessObjects
2 8 (1.49%) Tableau
3 7 (1.31%) Electronic Patient Records
4 6 (1.12%) GIS
5 4 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.75%) MS Access
5 4 (0.75%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.56%) MySQL
6 3 (0.56%) Spatial Data
6 3 (0.56%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.37%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.37%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.37%) 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 32 (5.97%) JIRA
2 6 (1.12%) Git
3 3 (0.56%) GitLab
3 3 (0.56%) Maven
3 3 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket Server
4 2 (0.37%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.37%) Gatling
4 2 (0.37%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.37%) JMeter
4 2 (0.37%) Selenium
5 1 (0.19%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 213 (39.74%) Finance
2 162 (30.22%) Social Skills
3 92 (17.16%) Public Sector
4 69 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (7.28%) Banking
5 39 (7.28%) Presentation Skills
6 36 (6.72%) Influencing Skills
7 33 (6.16%) Local Government
8 24 (4.48%) Marketing
9 23 (4.29%) Legal
9 23 (4.29%) Manufacturing
10 21 (3.92%) Retail
11 19 (3.54%) Telecoms
12 13 (2.43%) Military
13 12 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.68%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (1.49%) Electronics
15 8 (1.49%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 139 (25.93%) Project Manager
2 92 (17.16%) Analyst
3 81 (15.11%) Business Analyst
4 57 (10.63%) Architect
5 51 (9.51%) Senior
6 42 (7.84%) Lead
7 27 (5.04%) Programme Manager
7 27 (5.04%) Solutions Architect
8 25 (4.66%) Delivery Manager
9 24 (4.48%) Senior Manager
10 23 (4.29%) Consultant
11 22 (4.10%) IT Manager
11 22 (4.10%) Senior Analyst
12 21 (3.92%) Senior Business Analyst
13 20 (3.73%) Security Manager
14 18 (3.36%) Senior Project Manager
15 17 (3.17%) Product Owner
16 16 (2.99%) Product Manager
17 15 (2.80%) Business Manager
17 15 (2.80%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.87%) .NET
2 7 (1.31%) Middleware
3 4 (0.75%) AngularJS
3 4 (0.75%) JSON
3 4 (0.75%) NETCONF
3 4 (0.75%) Pandas
3 4 (0.75%) XML
3 4 (0.75%) YANG
4 3 (0.56%) ADO
4 3 (0.56%) CSS
4 3 (0.56%) Flask
4 3 (0.56%) HTML
4 3 (0.56%) J2EE
4 3 (0.56%) jQuery
4 3 (0.56%) REST
4 3 (0.56%) Sass
4 3 (0.56%) Spring
4 3 (0.56%) Spring MVC
4 3 (0.56%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 3 (0.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.72%) Product Ownership
2 29 (5.41%) Management Information System
3 14 (2.61%) NHS
4 11 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (1.87%) IoT
6 9 (1.68%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.49%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.31%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 6 (1.12%) Graphic Design
9 6 (1.12%) Industry 4.0
9 6 (1.12%) PMI
9 6 (1.12%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.12%) Robotics
10 5 (0.93%) Data Structures
10 5 (0.93%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.75%) e-Health
12 3 (0.56%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.56%) Derivative
12 3 (0.56%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.36%) Windows
2 16 (2.99%) Linux
3 15 (2.80%) Unix
4 4 (0.75%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.75%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.75%) Windows 7
4 4 (0.75%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.56%) Android
6 2 (0.37%) Windows 8
6 2 (0.37%) Windows XP
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
1 195 (36.38%) Agile
2 190 (35.45%) Project Management
3 122 (22.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 100 (18.66%) Project Delivery
5 94 (17.54%) Roadmaps
6 85 (15.86%) PRINCE2
7 84 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
8 82 (15.30%) Change Management
9 79 (14.74%) Decision-Making
10 61 (11.38%) Business Analysis
11 59 (11.01%) DevOps
12 57 (10.63%) Programme Management
13 47 (8.77%) Business Strategy
13 47 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
14 46 (8.58%) Waterfall
15 42 (7.84%) Risk Management
16 40 (7.46%) Service Delivery
17 37 (6.90%) Analytics
17 37 (6.90%) Workshop Facilitation
18 36 (6.72%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 20 (3.73%) SQL
2 11 (2.05%) Python
3 7 (1.31%) Java
4 5 (0.93%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.75%) C#
6 2 (0.37%) C
6 2 (0.37%) Go
7 1 (0.19%) Julia
7 1 (0.19%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.19%) VBA
Qualifications
1 89 (16.60%) Security Cleared
2 78 (14.55%) Degree
3 67 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 34 (6.34%) DV Cleared
5 28 (5.22%) PMI Certification
5 28 (5.22%) PMP
6 19 (3.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 14 (2.61%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.68%) MBA
9 7 (1.31%) CISA
9 7 (1.31%) CISM
9 7 (1.31%) CISSP
10 6 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 5 (0.93%) ACCA
11 5 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.93%) CCNP
11 5 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.75%) ISEB
13 3 (0.56%) APMG
14 2 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.28%) PMO
2 30 (5.60%) QA
3 28 (5.22%) SLA
4 11 (2.05%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.12%) Government Security Classifications
6 3 (0.56%) COBIT
6 3 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.37%) GDPR
7 2 (0.37%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.37%) NIST
7 2 (0.37%) 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 11 (2.05%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.75%) Docker
4 2 (0.37%) 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 (0.75%) Ansible
1 4 (0.75%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.56%) SCCM
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.37%) Terraform
4 1 (0.19%) Avamar
4 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (12.87%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.28%) SAP
3 13 (2.43%) Cisco
4 11 (2.05%) Oracle
5 7 (1.31%) Atlassian
5 7 (1.31%) Nokia
5 7 (1.31%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.12%) Google
6 6 (1.12%) Splunk
7 5 (0.93%) SmartStream
7 5 (0.93%) VMware
8 4 (0.75%) Alteryx
8 4 (0.75%) Apple
9 3 (0.56%) Adobe
9 3 (0.56%) Ariba
9 3 (0.56%) BigPanda
9 3 (0.56%) Dell
9 3 (0.56%) ESRI
9 3 (0.56%) Intel
9 3 (0.56%) ServiceNow