Business Manager Contracts in the South East

Business Manager
England > South East

The median Business Manager daily rate in the South East is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 165 205 218
Rank change year-on-year +40 +13 -24
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 35 21 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.63% 0.36% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.38% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 18 27
10th Percentile £309 £456 £460
25th Percentile £434 £486 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.02% +3.75% +5.26%
75th Percentile £688 £597 £605
90th Percentile £738 £639 £640
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 0
10th Percentile £22.50 - -
25th Percentile £22.61 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - -
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile £52.40 - -
England median hourly rate £27.50 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year -56.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,114 5,511 7,446
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.54% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,065 3,843 5,039
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £615 £606 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 478 238 337
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.08 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.18 £15.63
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.45 £43.50
90th Percentile £76.90 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in the South East

Business Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Business Manager in the South East

Business Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Manager in the South East

Business Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Manager in the South East

Business Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Manager in the South East

Business Manager
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 Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +22 27 £442 -14.80% 26
Buckinghamshire +37 13 - - 7
Berkshire -2 13 £450 -13.25% 11
Surrey +16 5 £725 +41.46% 6
Oxfordshire +4 1 £259 - 8
West Sussex +3 1 £550 +18.92% 3
Hampshire -1 1 - - 12
Kent - 1 £400 - 10
Business Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 South East region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 10 (28.57%) Business Development
1 10 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.71%) GDPR
2 9 (25.71%) Data Protection Act
2 9 (25.71%) Digital Marketing
2 9 (25.71%) Marketing
2 9 (25.71%) Data Protection
3 7 (20.00%) Change Management
3 7 (20.00%) Finance
3 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
4 6 (17.14%) Business Strategy
5 5 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 5 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (11.43%) Test Strategy
6 4 (11.43%) Salesforce
6 4 (11.43%) Project Management
6 4 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (11.43%) Scenario Testing
6 4 (11.43%) End-to-End Testing
7 3 (8.57%) Decision-Making
7 3 (8.57%) Power Platform
7 3 (8.57%) Smartsheet
7 3 (8.57%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 3 (8.57%) Business Forecasting
7 3 (8.57%) Workday
7 3 (8.57%) Power BI
7 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (8.57%) Product Ownership

Business Manager Skill Set
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 3 (8.57%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.57%) Azure
1 3 (8.57%) Power Platform
1 3 (8.57%) Smartsheet
1 3 (8.57%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) Power BI
1 3 (8.57%) SAS Enterprise Guide
General
1 10 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.71%) Marketing
3 7 (20.00%) Finance
4 5 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.86%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.71%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (8.57%) Life Science
2 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.57%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.71%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (28.57%) Business Development
2 9 (25.71%) Data Protection
2 9 (25.71%) Digital Marketing
3 7 (20.00%) Change Management
3 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (17.14%) Business Strategy
5 5 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (11.43%) End-to-End Testing
6 4 (11.43%) Project Management
6 4 (11.43%) Scenario Testing
6 4 (11.43%) Test Strategy
7 3 (8.57%) BPR
7 3 (8.57%) Business Forecasting
7 3 (8.57%) CRM
7 3 (8.57%) Decision-Making
7 3 (8.57%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 3 (8.57%) Statistical Modelling
8 2 (5.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (5.71%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.57%) Degree
1 3 (8.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (25.71%) GDPR
2 1 (2.86%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.86%) PMO
2 1 (2.86%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) Salesforce
3 3 (8.57%) Workday