Business Manager Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Business Manager
North West > Cheshire

The median Business Manager daily rate in Cheshire is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 - 51
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.16% - 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £478
25th Percentile £475 - £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £488
75th Percentile £525 - £494
90th Percentile - - £498
North West median daily rate £488 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -11.36% +10.00% -9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 569 406 350
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.91% 88.84% 87.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 408 236 235
10th Percentile £268 £303 £265
25th Percentile £358 £359 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £552 £575 £548
90th Percentile £694 £648 £587
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 20 28
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.35 £16.18
25th Percentile £19.00 £16.00 £17.58
Median hourly rate £23.50 £22.09 £25.14
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -12.11% +42.33%
75th Percentile £36.75 £25.45 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £86.00 £41.13
North West median hourly rate £30.99 £25.94 £35.00
% change year-on-year +19.46% -25.88% +62.79%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Business Manager job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Business Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Manager job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Manager job vacancies in Cheshire

Business Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Manager job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Manager job vacancies in Cheshire

Business Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, Business Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheshire region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Process Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) XML

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Process Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality