Business Case Contracts in the South East

Business Cases
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Business Case skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Case over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 149 95 122
Rank change year-on-year -54 +27 -14
Contract jobs citing Business Case 51 124 152
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.89% 2.19% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 2.46% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 97 95
10th Percentile £184 £412 £402
25th Percentile £415 £500 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £570 £538
Median % change year-on-year -7.46% +6.05% +13.16%
75th Percentile £644 £650 £625
90th Percentile £675 £717 £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 falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,758 5,043 6,873
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.70% 89.05% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,760 3,463 4,677
10th Percentile £260 £250 £246
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +1.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 468 218 275
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £12.31
25th Percentile £18.32 £25.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £49.50 £52.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +133.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.16 £48.67
90th Percentile £76.90 £75.00 £64.90
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

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 13 June 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 13 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
Thames Valley -53 25 £530 -6.61% 16
Berkshire -44 12 £530 -7.83% 8
Buckinghamshire -3 10 £563 -1.32% 3
Hampshire -7 10 £581 +1.09% 4
Surrey +12 8 £198 -67.05% 3
West Sussex +7 4 - - 2
East Sussex +7 3 - - 1
Oxfordshire -1 3 £513 +9.92% 5
Kent +10 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 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.88%) AutoCAD
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.96%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.96%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Oracle AGIS
1 1 (1.96%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (1.96%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (1.96%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.96%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (1.96%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (1.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (1.96%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (1.96%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.76%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.88%) Azure
2 3 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.92%) NuGet
3 2 (3.92%) PaaS
3 2 (3.92%) SaaS
4 1 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.96%) Miro
4 1 (1.96%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.96%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.96%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.80%) DHCP
1 5 (9.80%) DNS
1 5 (9.80%) Firewall
1 5 (9.80%) TCP/IP
1 5 (9.80%) VLAN
1 5 (9.80%) VPN
1 5 (9.80%) Wireless
2 2 (3.92%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.76%) Power BI
2 4 (7.84%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (7.84%) MS Access
2 4 (7.84%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) JIRA
General
1 12 (23.53%) Finance
2 8 (15.69%) Social Skills
3 6 (11.76%) Legal
3 6 (11.76%) Retail
4 5 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.84%) Billing
5 4 (7.84%) Military
5 4 (7.84%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.92%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.92%) Banking
6 2 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.92%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (33.33%) Analyst
2 13 (25.49%) Project Manager
3 12 (23.53%) Business Analyst
4 8 (15.69%) Senior
5 5 (9.80%) Architect
5 5 (9.80%) IT Support
5 5 (9.80%) IT Support Specialist
5 5 (9.80%) Network Specialist
5 5 (9.80%) Network Support
5 5 (9.80%) Network Support Specialist
5 5 (9.80%) Support Specialist
6 4 (7.84%) Data Analyst
6 4 (7.84%) IT Analyst
6 4 (7.84%) IT Manager
6 4 (7.84%) Project Analyst
6 4 (7.84%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (7.84%) Senior Business Analyst
6 4 (7.84%) Senior Manager
6 4 (7.84%) Senior Project Manager
6 4 (7.84%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.88%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.84%) e-Health
1 4 (7.84%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.92%) Cyberattack
3 2 (3.92%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.96%) NHS
4 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.84%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (37.25%) Project Management
2 15 (29.41%) Agile
3 14 (27.45%) Project Delivery
4 12 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (17.65%) Requirements Gathering
6 8 (15.69%) Waterfall
7 7 (13.73%) Roadmaps
8 6 (11.76%) PRINCE2
8 6 (11.76%) Project Governance
9 5 (9.80%) Contingency Planning
9 5 (9.80%) Problem Management
9 5 (9.80%) Process Improvement
9 5 (9.80%) Programme Management
9 5 (9.80%) System Integration Testing
9 5 (9.80%) Technical Analysis
9 5 (9.80%) TOGAF
10 4 (7.84%) Impact Assessments
10 4 (7.84%) Product Roadmap
10 4 (7.84%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.84%) SQL
2 2 (3.92%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (19.61%) SC Cleared
1 10 (19.61%) Security Cleared
2 8 (15.69%) Degree
3 4 (7.84%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.88%) ISEB
4 3 (5.88%) PMI Certification
4 3 (5.88%) PMP
5 1 (1.96%) ACCA
5 1 (1.96%) CIMA
5 1 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) QA
2 4 (7.84%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.96%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (11.76%) Oracle
2 5 (9.80%) SAP
3 4 (7.84%) Alteryx
4 3 (5.88%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.96%) Workday