Business Manager Contracts

Business Manager
UK

The median Business Manager daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 386 469 475
Rank change year-on-year +83 +6 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 194 220 425
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.39% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.41% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 160 296
10th Percentile £413 £413 £409
25th Percentile £459 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £659 £650 £638
90th Percentile £788 £714 £719
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% +8.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 3 2
10th Percentile £22.50 £54.80 -
25th Percentile £23.06 £57.22 -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £62.50 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year -56.00% +131.65% -
75th Percentile £45.56 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £62.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £57.13 £26.98
% change year-on-year -51.86% +111.73% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,969 53,015 83,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,870 37,031 58,844
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,841 1,476 1,963
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.33
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.13 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Business Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in the UK

Business Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Manager in the UK

Business Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Manager over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Manager in the UK

Business Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Manager in the UK

Business Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Manager over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Manager in the UK

Business Manager
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Manager 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 +69 177 £550 - 329
London +82 92 £582 +3.05% 91
UK excluding London +31 90 £500 -6.98% 242
Work from Home +97 79 £563 +2.27% 113
South East +27 32 £525 -4.50% 71
Midlands +41 25 £463 -9.76% 31
West Midlands +32 24 £469 -10.71% 20
North of England +1 16 £575 +9.52% 76
Scotland +29 8 £450 -18.18% 15
North West +18 8 £556 +11.25% 41
South West +3 8 £506 -22.12% 25
Yorkshire +3 7 £610 -6.15% 26
Wales +18 1 £800 - 3
East Midlands +12 1 £375 +66.67% 11
East of England -2 1 £618 +45.41% 21

Business Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Business Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 91 (46.91%) Finance
2 61 (31.44%) Change Management
3 58 (29.90%) Social Skills
4 42 (21.65%) Project Management
5 38 (19.59%) Stakeholder Management
6 31 (15.98%) Agile
7 24 (12.37%) Asset Management
8 23 (11.86%) Decision-Making
8 23 (11.86%) SQL
8 23 (11.86%) Marketing
9 21 (10.82%) Analytics
10 20 (10.31%) ERP
11 19 (9.79%) Front Office
12 18 (9.28%) Fixed Income
12 18 (9.28%) Business Transformation
12 18 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
12 18 (9.28%) Derivative
12 18 (9.28%) Investment Management
12 18 (9.28%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (9.28%) Public Sector
12 18 (9.28%) Product Ownership
13 17 (8.76%) Equities
13 17 (8.76%) Artificial Intelligence
13 17 (8.76%) Banking
13 17 (8.76%) Python
13 17 (8.76%) Microsoft
14 16 (8.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 16 (8.25%) Machine Learning
14 16 (8.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 16 (8.25%) Hedge funds

Business Manager Skill Set
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 5 (2.58%) Confluence
2 4 (2.06%) SAS
3 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (6.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.55%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.03%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 1 (0.52%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.52%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.22%) AWS
2 8 (4.12%) Power Platform
3 7 (3.61%) Azure
3 7 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.55%) Smartsheet
5 3 (1.55%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (1.03%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.52%) GCP
7 1 (0.52%) OCI
7 1 (0.52%) SaaS
7 1 (0.52%) Slack
7 1 (0.52%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.55%) Skype
2 2 (1.03%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.52%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.12%) Power BI
2 5 (2.58%) Tableau
3 4 (2.06%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 2 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.52%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 3 (1.55%) JIRA
General
1 91 (46.91%) Finance
2 58 (29.90%) Social Skills
3 23 (11.86%) Marketing
4 19 (9.79%) Front Office
5 18 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (9.28%) Public Sector
6 17 (8.76%) Banking
7 14 (7.22%) Manufacturing
8 9 (4.64%) Legal
9 7 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (3.09%) Retail
11 5 (2.58%) Telecoms
12 4 (2.06%) Electronics
12 4 (2.06%) French Language
12 4 (2.06%) Law
12 4 (2.06%) Police
12 4 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.55%) Advertising
13 3 (1.55%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.55%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.55%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.03%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (1.03%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.28%) Derivative
1 18 (9.28%) Fixed Income
1 18 (9.28%) Product Ownership
2 17 (8.76%) Equities
3 16 (8.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 16 (8.25%) Hedge funds
4 9 (4.64%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (3.61%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.06%) Life Science
7 3 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.55%) NHS
7 3 (1.55%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.55%) Social Media
8 2 (1.03%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.52%) PMI
9 1 (0.52%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.03%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (31.44%) Change Management
2 42 (21.65%) Project Management
3 38 (19.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 31 (15.98%) Agile
5 24 (12.37%) Asset Management
6 23 (11.86%) Decision-Making
7 21 (10.82%) Analytics
8 20 (10.31%) ERP
9 18 (9.28%) Business Transformation
9 18 (9.28%) Investment Management
9 18 (9.28%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (8.76%) Artificial Intelligence
11 16 (8.25%) Machine Learning
11 16 (8.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (7.73%) Business Case
12 15 (7.73%) Business Development
12 15 (7.73%) Product Management
13 14 (7.22%) Impact Assessments
14 13 (6.70%) Digital Marketing
15 12 (6.19%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 23 (11.86%) SQL
2 17 (8.76%) Python
3 1 (0.52%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (5.67%) Security Cleared
2 10 (5.15%) Degree
3 8 (4.12%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.55%) ACCA
4 3 (1.55%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.03%) CIMA
5 2 (1.03%) CIPD
5 2 (1.03%) CIPFA
5 2 (1.03%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.03%) PMP
5 2 (1.03%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (0.52%) APMG
6 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.52%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.52%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.15%) GDPR
2 6 (3.09%) PMO
3 2 (1.03%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.52%) IFRS
4 1 (0.52%) IFRS 17
Vendors
1 17 (8.76%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.61%) SAP
3 5 (2.58%) Oracle
4 4 (2.06%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.55%) Google
5 3 (1.55%) Workday
6 2 (1.03%) Sage
7 1 (0.52%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.52%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.52%) Charles River
7 1 (0.52%) DocuSign
7 1 (0.52%) ION Trading
7 1 (0.52%) MarketAxess
7 1 (0.52%) Remedy
7 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.52%) Tradeweb