Business Manager Contracts in the City of London

Business Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Business Manager daily rate in the City of London is £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 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
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 108 149
Rank change year-on-year -10 +41 +27
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Business Manager 8 15 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.43% 0.73% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.77% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 7
10th Percentile £456 £371 £453
25th Percentile £481 £469 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £586 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% +9.07% -21.82%
75th Percentile £725 £713 £575
90th Percentile £750 £893 £600
Central London median daily rate £475 £586 £544
% change year-on-year -18.98% +7.82% -20.91%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,729 1,950 3,054
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 94.71% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,135 1,288 2,103
10th Percentile £331 £363 £351
25th Percentile £425 £463 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +5.26%
75th Percentile £679 £688 £713
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +2.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 14 11
10th Percentile £17.89 £15.87 £14.18
25th Percentile £24.43 £20.88 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% -28.95% -9.52%
75th Percentile £47.00 £89.06 £60.63
90th Percentile £65.03 £137.50 £83.75
Central London median hourly rate £28.50 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +5.56% -22.86% -15.66%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in the City of London

Business Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Manager job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Manager job vacancies in the City of London

Business Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Manager in the City of London

Business Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 20 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 City of London region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Data Protection
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Power BI
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
2 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) Law
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) Police
3 2 (25.00%) GDPR
3 2 (25.00%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) BCP
3 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (25.00%) Records Management
3 2 (25.00%) Analytics
3 2 (25.00%) Information Governance
3 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity Planning

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Power BI
2 1 (12.50%) Power Query
General
1 3 (37.50%) Law
1 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Police
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Back Office
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
2 3 (37.50%) Data Protection
2 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Analytics
3 2 (25.00%) BCP
3 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity Planning
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (25.00%) Information Governance
3 2 (25.00%) Information Management
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Records Management
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Planview