Business Manager Contracts in the Midlands

Business Manager
England > Midlands

The median Business Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £463 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 154 184
Rank change year-on-year +43 +30 -53
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 20 6 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.73% 0.18% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.19% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 4 15
10th Percentile - £303 £406
25th Percentile £413 £438 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% +4.76% +30.43%
75th Percentile £506 £588 £550
90th Percentile £620 - -
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,522 3,231 4,815
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.88% 94.72% 95.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,703 2,272 3,527
10th Percentile £213 £223 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +3.26% +15.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 127 174
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.30 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.17 £13.81
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.38
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +15.07% +14.42%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.25 £22.08
90th Percentile £52.78 £60.50 £34.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in the Midlands

Business Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Business Manager in the Midlands

Business Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Manager in the Midlands

Business Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Manager in the Midlands

Business Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +40 20 £463 -19.57% 21
Business Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 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 across the Midlands region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 16 (80.00%) Finance
2 10 (50.00%) ERP
3 7 (35.00%) Decision-Making
3 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
4 6 (30.00%) Business Transformation
4 6 (30.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (30.00%) Change Management
4 6 (30.00%) Budgeting
5 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 4 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (15.00%) Manufacturing
7 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (10.00%) Law
8 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
8 2 (10.00%) Facilities Management
8 2 (10.00%) Project Management
8 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
8 2 (10.00%) Customer Service
9 1 (5.00%) APMG
9 1 (5.00%) Data Privacy
9 1 (5.00%) User Experience
9 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
9 1 (5.00%) Translating Business Requirements
9 1 (5.00%) Planning and Forecasting
9 1 (5.00%) Contract Management
9 1 (5.00%) GDPR
9 1 (5.00%) Business Process Analysis

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 16 (80.00%) Finance
2 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (15.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (10.00%) Law
6 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) ERP
2 7 (35.00%) Decision-Making
3 6 (30.00%) Budgeting
3 6 (30.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 6 (30.00%) Business Transformation
3 6 (30.00%) Change Management
3 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
5 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.00%) Customer Service
6 2 (10.00%) Facilities Management
6 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
6 2 (10.00%) Project Management
7 1 (5.00%) Business Case
7 1 (5.00%) Cost Reduction
7 1 (5.00%) Culture Change
7 1 (5.00%) Impact Assessments
7 1 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (5.00%) Regulatory Change
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) APMG
1 1 (5.00%) Degree
1 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle