Business Manager Contracts in the Thames Valley

Business Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Business Manager daily rate in the Thames Valley is £434 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 141 133
Rank change year-on-year +26 -8 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 27 12 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.98% 0.40% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 0.43% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 22
10th Percentile £238 £456 £463
25th Percentile £344 £481 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.32% +2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £516 £538 £613
90th Percentile £553 £645 £640
South East median daily rate £525 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +5.26%
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 - -
South East median hourly rate £27.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,577 2,795 3,369
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 93.85% 96.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,467 1,936 2,294
10th Percentile £212 £313 £188
25th Percentile £367 £406 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £685 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 73 102
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.19 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.00 £12.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £45.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +157.14% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £66.21 £24.69
90th Percentile £83.47 £79.19 £65.53
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +5.56% +114.29% -15.15%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in the Thames Valley

Business Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Business Manager in the Thames Valley

Business Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Manager in the Thames Valley

Business Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Manager in the Thames Valley

Business Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Manager in the Thames Valley

Business Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 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
Buckinghamshire +40 14 £350 -34.73% 8
Berkshire -2 12 £442 -13.76% 13
Oxfordshire +8 1 £259 - 9
Business Manager
South East

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 Thames Valley region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 10 (37.04%) Business Development
2 9 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 9 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 9 (33.33%) Marketing
2 9 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 9 (33.33%) GDPR
3 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
3 7 (25.93%) Change Management
3 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (22.22%) Social Skills
5 5 (18.52%) Public Sector
5 5 (18.52%) Project Management
5 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (14.81%) SQL
6 4 (14.81%) Degree
6 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (14.81%) Decision-Making
7 3 (11.11%) Power Platform
7 3 (11.11%) Smartsheet
7 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 3 (11.11%) Business Forecasting
7 3 (11.11%) Workday
7 3 (11.11%) Power BI
7 3 (11.11%) Azure
7 3 (11.11%) Statistical Modelling
7 3 (11.11%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (11.11%) Life Science
7 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
7 3 (11.11%) SAS Enterprise Guide

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (11.11%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.11%) Azure
1 3 (11.11%) Power Platform
1 3 (11.11%) Smartsheet
1 3 (11.11%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) Power BI
1 3 (11.11%) SAS Enterprise Guide
General
1 9 (33.33%) Marketing
2 6 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Public Sector
4 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (11.11%) Finance
6 2 (7.41%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.70%) Banking
7 1 (3.70%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (11.11%) Life Science
2 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.41%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) Business Development
2 9 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 9 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
3 7 (25.93%) Change Management
4 5 (18.52%) Project Management
4 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (14.81%) Decision-Making
6 3 (11.11%) BPR
6 3 (11.11%) Business Forecasting
6 3 (11.11%) CRM
6 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 3 (11.11%) Statistical Modelling
7 2 (7.41%) Data Analysis
7 2 (7.41%) Risk Management
7 2 (7.41%) Service Management
7 2 (7.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (7.41%) User Experience
7 2 (7.41%) UX Design
7 2 (7.41%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) Degree
2 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (33.33%) GDPR
2 2 (7.41%) QA
3 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) Salesforce
2 3 (11.11%) Workday