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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 171 226 261
Rank change year-on-year +55 +35 +69
Permanent jobs citing Business Case 1,725 1,658 2,582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.73% 1.67% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 1.75% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 635 865 1,455
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,000 £39,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £47,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
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 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
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 £96,250
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 18 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 18 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 +57 1,567 £60,000 -3.23% 384
UK excluding London +55 1,096 £55,000 -4.35% 250
Work from Home +100 1,070 £62,500 - 141
London +70 561 £85,000 +30.77% 156
South East +53 452 £56,421 -9.73% 53
North of England +72 177 £57,311 +4.20% 64
Midlands -16 159 £54,000 -10.00% 41
North West +33 118 £52,500 -8.42% 44
South West -15 104 £62,500 +15.74% 32
East Midlands +33 93 £54,000 -8.09% 18
East of England +15 89 £54,661 -8.90% 34
Scotland -25 75 £50,000 -14.99% 19
West Midlands -43 62 £52,500 -12.50% 23
Yorkshire +70 42 £62,500 +21.95% 18
Northern Ireland +33 25 £37,500 -36.71% 3
North East +3 17 £70,000 -7.59% 2
Wales +7 15 £55,000 +7.14% 6

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 (1.04%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.46%) ArcGIS
3 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.35%) Confluence
5 3 (0.17%) CMS
6 1 (0.058%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.058%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.058%) WebLogic
Applications
1 521 (30.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.64%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.058%) Trello
Business Applications
1 43 (2.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 10 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.23%) Lawson
5 2 (0.12%) iTrent
5 2 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.12%) SAP CX
6 1 (0.058%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.058%) HFM
6 1 (0.058%) Magento
6 1 (0.058%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.058%) Primavera
6 1 (0.058%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.058%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 80 (4.64%) Azure
2 57 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (3.13%) AWS
4 51 (2.96%) Power Platform
5 37 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
6 35 (2.03%) SaaS
7 18 (1.04%) GCP
8 13 (0.75%) PaaS
9 11 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (0.64%) IaaS
10 10 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (0.41%) Power Automate
12 6 (0.35%) Entra ID
13 5 (0.29%) 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
1 632 (36.64%) Broadband
2 30 (1.74%) Firewall
3 14 (0.81%) VPN
4 12 (0.70%) WAN
5 10 (0.58%) LAN
6 6 (0.35%) Network Security
7 5 (0.29%) DNS
7 5 (0.29%) Internet
7 5 (0.29%) Wireless
8 4 (0.23%) TETRA
8 4 (0.23%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.17%) 5G
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 (0.12%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.12%) PPP
10 2 (0.12%) SAN
10 2 (0.12%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (2.43%) Power BI
2 25 (1.45%) Tableau
3 14 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (0.75%) GIS
5 12 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
6 9 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (0.52%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.46%) Big Data
8 7 (0.41%) Data Mining
8 7 (0.41%) Metadata
8 7 (0.41%) Power Query
8 7 (0.41%) Spatial Data
9 6 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
9 6 (0.35%) MS Access
9 6 (0.35%) QlikView
10 5 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.23%) Essbase
11 4 (0.23%) PowerPivot
12 3 (0.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 12 (0.70%) JIRA
2 9 (0.52%) Git
3 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.058%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 915 (53.04%) Social Skills
2 827 (47.94%) Finance
3 612 (35.48%) Analytical Skills
4 512 (29.68%) Influencing Skills
5 232 (13.45%) Marketing
6 188 (10.90%) Advertising
7 99 (5.74%) Public Sector
8 79 (4.58%) Presentation Skills
9 58 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 58 (3.36%) Retail
10 57 (3.30%) Legal
11 46 (2.67%) Manufacturing
12 27 (1.57%) Banking
13 24 (1.39%) Law
13 24 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (1.33%) Telecoms
15 19 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
16 15 (0.87%) Local Government
17 14 (0.81%) Back Office
18 10 (0.58%) Games
Job Titles
1 636 (36.87%) Analyst
2 405 (23.48%) Senior
3 266 (15.42%) Lead
4 262 (15.19%) Senior Analyst
5 237 (13.74%) Architect
6 235 (13.62%) Project Manager
7 167 (9.68%) Solutions Architect
8 128 (7.42%) Financial Analyst
9 126 (7.30%) Business Analyst
10 121 (7.01%) Commercial Analyst
11 97 (5.62%) IT Manager
12 95 (5.51%) Senior Manager
13 91 (5.28%) Presales Solution Architect
14 73 (4.23%) Senior Project Manager
15 65 (3.77%) IT Project Manager
16 51 (2.96%) Business Manager
17 36 (2.09%) Consultant
18 31 (1.80%) Enterprise Architect
18 31 (1.80%) Programme Manager
19 28 (1.62%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.49%) .NET
2 12 (0.70%) HTML
3 11 (0.64%) CSS
3 11 (0.64%) Spring
4 10 (0.58%) EDI
4 10 (0.58%) Web Services
5 9 (0.52%) .NET Core
5 9 (0.52%) ASP.NET
5 9 (0.52%) ASP.NET Core
5 9 (0.52%) Entity Framework
5 9 (0.52%) Hibernate
5 9 (0.52%) Spring MVC
6 6 (0.35%) Flash
7 5 (0.29%) REST
7 5 (0.29%) SOAP
7 5 (0.29%) 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 (10.90%) Marketing Technology
2 101 (5.86%) Self-Motivation
3 63 (3.65%) Management Information System
4 40 (2.32%) Product Ownership
5 35 (2.03%) Onboarding
6 32 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
7 19 (1.10%) NHS
8 16 (0.93%) Data Centre
9 11 (0.64%) Life Science
9 11 (0.64%) Public Cloud
9 11 (0.64%) Virtual Team
10 10 (0.58%) Biopharmaceutical
11 9 (0.52%) Renewable Energy
11 9 (0.52%) Taxonomies
12 8 (0.46%) Low-Code
12 8 (0.46%) PMI
13 7 (0.41%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (0.35%) Cloud Native
14 6 (0.35%) Driving Licence
14 6 (0.35%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.10%) Windows
2 6 (0.35%) Linux
2 6 (0.35%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.29%) 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 (0.12%) Android
6 1 (0.058%) AIX
6 1 (0.058%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.058%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 772 (44.75%) Agile
2 643 (37.28%) Decision-Making
3 623 (36.12%) Actionable Insight
4 501 (29.04%) Mentoring
5 457 (26.49%) Budgeting
6 453 (26.26%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 395 (22.90%) Project Management
8 362 (20.99%) Analytics
9 257 (14.90%) Problem-Solving
10 239 (13.86%) Process Improvement
11 211 (12.23%) Stakeholder Management
11 211 (12.23%) Use Case
12 203 (11.77%) Matrix Organization
13 200 (11.59%) Change Management
14 198 (11.48%) Data Strategy
15 193 (11.19%) Data Collection
16 186 (10.78%) Regulatory Change
17 184 (10.67%) Digital Marketing
18 182 (10.55%) PRINCE2
19 170 (9.86%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 45 (2.61%) Python
2 42 (2.43%) SQL
3 23 (1.33%) Java
4 20 (1.16%) JavaScript
5 18 (1.04%) C#
6 16 (0.93%) R
7 9 (0.52%) VBA
8 8 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 8 (0.46%) 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 (0.12%) ABAP
11 2 (0.12%) Bash
12 1 (0.058%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 468 (27.13%) CIMA
2 458 (26.55%) ACCA
3 251 (14.55%) Security Cleared
4 226 (13.10%) Degree
5 199 (11.54%) SC Cleared
6 68 (3.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 38 (2.20%) Master's Degree
8 33 (1.91%) TOGAF Certification
9 32 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
10 22 (1.28%) PMI Certification
11 17 (0.99%) PMP
12 16 (0.93%) CISSP
12 16 (0.93%) HNC
12 16 (0.93%) MBA
13 14 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 13 (0.75%) DV Cleared
15 12 (0.70%) CISM
15 12 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
15 12 (0.70%) CRISC
15 12 (0.70%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (2.32%) PMO
2 23 (1.33%) QA
3 18 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (0.87%) Data Quality
5 11 (0.64%) SLA
6 10 (0.58%) NIST
7 8 (0.46%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.23%) GDPR
10 3 (0.17%) COBIT
10 3 (0.17%) HAZOP
10 3 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.17%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.12%) EMIR
11 2 (0.12%) MiFID
12 1 (0.058%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.058%) HL7
12 1 (0.058%) NCSC
12 1 (0.058%) PMBOK
System Software
1 12 (0.70%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.58%) Docker
3 6 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.058%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (0.58%) Kubernetes
1 10 (0.58%) SCCM
2 6 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (0.17%) Terraform
4 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.058%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.058%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 555 (32.17%) Microsoft
2 46 (2.67%) Sparx
3 37 (2.14%) SAP
4 23 (1.33%) Google
5 17 (0.99%) Oracle
6 11 (0.64%) Cisco
6 11 (0.64%) Salesforce
7 10 (0.58%) ServiceNow
8 9 (0.52%) Dell
9 8 (0.46%) Bloomberg
9 8 (0.46%) HP
9 8 (0.46%) Yardi
10 7 (0.41%) Alteryx
10 7 (0.41%) Juniper
10 7 (0.41%) Mapbox
11 5 (0.29%) Cognos
11 5 (0.29%) Informatica
12 4 (0.23%) ESRI
12 4 (0.23%) JD Edwards
12 4 (0.23%) MicroStrategy