Business Manager Contracts 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 2 August 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 50 52
Rank change year-on-year -16 +2 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.33% 0.21% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.23% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £270 £475
Median % change year-on-year +85.19% -43.16% -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £500 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% -6.98%

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 540 443 399
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.70% 93.86% 88.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 407 305 252
10th Percentile £269 £298 £264
25th Percentile £358 £379 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% -7.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £520 £567 £575
90th Percentile £651 £638 £618
North West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 21 28
10th Percentile £12.82 - £14.18
25th Percentile £25.49 £13.49 £20.88
Median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -10.01% +14.60% +40.22%
75th Percentile £39.30 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £50.00 £47.50 £43.00
North West median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £29.65
% change year-on-year -22.86% +18.04% +23.03%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in Cheshire

Business Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Business Manager in Cheshire

Business Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Manager in Cheshire

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

For the 6 months to 2 August 2025, 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 Cheshire region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Process Management
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) BPMN
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills

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

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Process Management
2 1 (50.00%) BPMN
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality