Business Project Manager Contracts

Business Project Manager
UK

The median Business Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £508, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 537 642 730
Rank change year-on-year +105 +88 -89
Contract jobs requiring a Business Project Manager 47 55 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.099% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.10% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 41 88
10th Percentile £360 £413 £400
25th Percentile £456 £475 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% +4.76% +15.07%
75th Percentile £628 £603 £603
90th Percentile £738 £700 £741
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £525 £465
% change year-on-year -11.90% +12.90% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
Median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.00 £57.13 -
% change year-on-year +8.53% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Business Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Project Manager in the UK

Business Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Project Manager in the UK

Business Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Project Manager over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Project Manager in the UK

Business Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Project Manager in the UK

Business Project Manager
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +81 45 £508 -7.73% 6
London +76 29 £588 +3.98% 1
UK excluding London +29 16 £463 -11.90% 4
Work from Home +103 12 £694 +26.14% 1
West Midlands +24 7 £463 -2.63%
Midlands +23 7 £463 -2.63%
South East +15 5 £501 -10.22% 1
Scotland +48 2 - -
North of England +14 1 - - 3
South West - 1 £450 -

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Business Project 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 25 (53.19%) Finance
2 17 (36.17%) Project Management
2 17 (36.17%) Social Skills
3 13 (27.66%) Change Management
4 9 (19.15%) Business Transformation
4 9 (19.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (17.02%) Business Analysis
6 6 (12.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (12.77%) Risk Management
6 6 (12.77%) Legal
6 6 (12.77%) Microsoft
7 5 (10.64%) Asset Management
7 5 (10.64%) Agile
7 5 (10.64%) Retail
7 5 (10.64%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 5 (10.64%) Target Operating Model
8 4 (8.51%) Lean Six Sigma
8 4 (8.51%) Technical Architecture
8 4 (8.51%) Banking
8 4 (8.51%) TOGAF
8 4 (8.51%) PRINCE2
8 4 (8.51%) Manufacturing
8 4 (8.51%) ERP
8 4 (8.51%) Six Sigma
9 3 (6.38%) MS Visio
9 3 (6.38%) BPR
9 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
9 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
9 3 (6.38%) Investment Banking
9 3 (6.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint

Business Project 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 1 (2.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (6.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (6.38%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) SAP Business ByDesign
2 1 (2.13%) ION MarketView
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.38%) Azure
1 3 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (6.38%) Smartsheet
1 3 (6.38%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) FIX Connectivity
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) JIRA
General
1 25 (53.19%) Finance
2 17 (36.17%) Social Skills
3 6 (12.77%) Legal
4 5 (10.64%) Retail
5 4 (8.51%) Banking
5 4 (8.51%) Manufacturing
6 3 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (6.38%) Front Office
6 3 (6.38%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.13%) Advertising
7 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Marketing
7 1 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.26%) FIX Protocol
1 2 (4.26%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.38%) Life Science
2 2 (4.26%) Derivative
2 2 (4.26%) Fixed Income
2 2 (4.26%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.26%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.13%) Equities
3 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.13%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.17%) Project Management
2 13 (27.66%) Change Management
3 9 (19.15%) Business Transformation
3 9 (19.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (17.02%) Business Analysis
5 6 (12.77%) Risk Management
5 6 (12.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (10.64%) Agile
6 5 (10.64%) Asset Management
6 5 (10.64%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 5 (10.64%) Target Operating Model
7 4 (8.51%) ERP
7 4 (8.51%) Lean Six Sigma
7 4 (8.51%) PRINCE2
7 4 (8.51%) Six Sigma
7 4 (8.51%) Technical Architecture
7 4 (8.51%) TOGAF
8 3 (6.38%) Architectural Design
8 3 (6.38%) BPR
8 3 (6.38%) DevOps
Qualifications
1 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
1 1 (2.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.13%) PMO
1 1 (2.13%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.38%) Workday
3 2 (4.26%) SAP
4 1 (2.13%) Bloomberg
4 1 (2.13%) Charles River
4 1 (2.13%) DocuSign
4 1 (2.13%) ION Trading
4 1 (2.13%) MarketAxess
4 1 (2.13%) Sage
4 1 (2.13%) Tradeweb