Business Manager Contracts in England

Business Manager
UK > England

The median Business Manager daily rate in England is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 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 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 326 377 453
Rank change year-on-year +51 +76 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 162 165 221
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.66% 0.44% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.48% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 109 167
10th Percentile £425 £413 £413
25th Percentile £513 £456 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -
75th Percentile £756 £668 £650
90th Percentile £788 £748 £725
UK median daily rate £625 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 17 3
10th Percentile - £22.50 £54.80
25th Percentile - £22.61 £57.22
Median hourly rate - £27.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - -56.00% -
75th Percentile - £36.00 £63.75
90th Percentile - £62.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £27.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year - -56.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,595 34,453 47,601
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,023 22,865 33,797
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £640 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 899 2,434 1,402
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.30
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%
75th Percentile £64.13 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.95
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in England

Business Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Business Manager in England

Business Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Manager in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Manager in England

Business Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Manager in England

Business Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
London +89 132 £655 +13.72% 416
Midlands +11 12 £525 +13.51% 181
West Midlands +4 9 £500 +8.11% 112
North of England +13 5 £525 -8.70% 240
South East +15 4 £500 -9.09% 208
North West +9 4 £525 -5.62% 122
East Midlands - 3 £525 - 62
South West +39 2 £550 +8.64% 77
East of England +30 2 - - 111
Yorkshire +3 1 - - 87
Business Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 England region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 106 (65.43%) Finance
2 78 (48.15%) Agile
3 63 (38.89%) Investment Management
4 60 (37.04%) Asset Management
5 59 (36.42%) Front Office
6 56 (34.57%) Fixed Income
7 54 (33.33%) Derivative
7 54 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
7 54 (33.33%) Social Skills
8 53 (32.72%) Hedge funds
9 52 (32.10%) Business Analysis
10 43 (26.54%) Analytics
11 41 (25.31%) Business Intelligence
12 40 (24.69%) Stakeholder Management
13 38 (23.46%) SQL
14 37 (22.84%) Change Management
15 35 (21.60%) Python
16 33 (20.37%) Aladdin
17 32 (19.75%) BISAM
18 30 (18.52%) Project Management
18 30 (18.52%) Degree
19 23 (14.20%) Artificial Intelligence
19 23 (14.20%) Roadmaps
20 21 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
20 21 (12.96%) Equities
21 20 (12.35%) User Acceptance Testing
21 20 (12.35%) Onboarding
22 19 (11.73%) Data Mapping
22 19 (11.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
23 18 (11.11%) Charles River

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (1.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (8.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (4.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.85%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 33 (20.37%) Aladdin
2 15 (9.26%) thinkFolio
3 2 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.23%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.62%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (4.94%) Power Platform
2 5 (3.09%) Azure
3 1 (0.62%) Asana
3 1 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.62%) BigCommerce
3 1 (0.62%) Power Automate
3 1 (0.62%) PowerApps
3 1 (0.62%) SaaS
3 1 (0.62%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.62%) Internet
1 1 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.32%) Power BI
2 2 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.62%) Power Query
3 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.62%) JIRA
General
1 106 (65.43%) Finance
2 59 (36.42%) Front Office
3 54 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 18 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (8.64%) Banking
5 14 (8.64%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 8 (4.94%) Financial Institution
7 8 (4.94%) Legal
8 6 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.09%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.47%) Back Office
10 4 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.85%) Law
11 3 (1.85%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.23%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.23%) Police
12 2 (1.23%) Retail
13 1 (0.62%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.62%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (34.57%) Fixed Income
2 54 (33.33%) Derivative
3 53 (32.72%) Hedge funds
4 21 (12.96%) Equities
5 20 (12.35%) Onboarding
6 19 (11.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 18 (11.11%) Product Ownership
8 6 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (3.09%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.23%) Educational Technology
10 2 (1.23%) Freedom of Information
10 2 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.62%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.62%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.62%) Reference Data
11 1 (0.62%) Reinsurance
11 1 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.62%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (48.15%) Agile
2 63 (38.89%) Investment Management
3 60 (37.04%) Asset Management
4 54 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
5 52 (32.10%) Business Analysis
6 43 (26.54%) Analytics
7 41 (25.31%) Business Intelligence
8 40 (24.69%) Stakeholder Management
9 37 (22.84%) Change Management
10 30 (18.52%) Project Management
11 23 (14.20%) Artificial Intelligence
11 23 (14.20%) Roadmaps
12 21 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
13 20 (12.35%) User Acceptance Testing
14 19 (11.73%) Data Mapping
15 18 (11.11%) Front End Development
15 18 (11.11%) Machine Learning
15 18 (11.11%) Order Management
15 18 (11.11%) Quantitative Analysis
15 18 (11.11%) Risk Analytics
Programming Languages
1 38 (23.46%) SQL
2 35 (21.60%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (18.52%) Degree
2 5 (3.09%) SC Cleared
2 5 (3.09%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.47%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (1.85%) MBA
5 1 (0.62%) APMG
5 1 (0.62%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.62%) PMP
5 1 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.79%) PMO
2 2 (1.23%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.23%) GDPR
2 2 (1.23%) ISO 22301
2 2 (1.23%) ISO 31000
2 2 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.62%) Basel III
3 1 (0.62%) EMIR
3 1 (0.62%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 32 (19.75%) BISAM
2 18 (11.11%) Charles River
3 15 (9.26%) Calypso
3 15 (9.26%) SimCorp
4 12 (7.41%) Microsoft
5 8 (4.94%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.09%) SAP
6 5 (3.09%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.23%) Oracle
7 2 (1.23%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.62%) Adobe
8 1 (0.62%) Planview
8 1 (0.62%) Workday