Business Manager Contracts in England

Business Manager
UK > England

The median Business Manager daily rate in England is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 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
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 367 449
Rank change year-on-year +3 +82 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 149 168 165
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.54% 0.51% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.55% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 110 116
10th Percentile £386 £413 £413
25th Percentile £448 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £613 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% +11.36% -
75th Percentile £723 £731 £675
90th Percentile £788 £788 £725
UK median daily rate £575 £594 £550
% change year-on-year -3.16% +7.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 1
10th Percentile - £22.50 -
25th Percentile - £23.44 £53.19
Median hourly rate - £27.50 £57.13
Median % change year-on-year - -51.86% +111.73%
75th Percentile - £28.75 £61.06
90th Percentile - £50.83 -
UK median hourly rate - £27.50 £57.13
% change year-on-year - -51.86% +111.73%

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 25,461 30,794 41,684
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.57% 92.90% 94.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,436 20,200 29,410
10th Percentile £281 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,352 1,763 1,315
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.16 £14.85
25th Percentile £17.48 £21.15 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.23 £45.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.94% +8.43% +61.60%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.80
% change year-on-year -41.51% +2.87% +62.77%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 +27 108 £575 -16.36% 410
Midlands -14 14 £488 -2.50% 141
North of England -18 14 £413 -23.26% 208
East Midlands +7 8 £461 +22.93% 48
Yorkshire -17 7 £413 -38.89% 81
West Midlands -19 6 £525 +5.00% 92
South East 0 5 £488 -7.19% 201
North West -11 5 £500 -5.88% 113
South West +25 3 - - 63
North East - 2 £440 - 15
Business Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 England region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 79 (53.02%) Finance
2 56 (37.58%) Agile
3 52 (34.90%) Social Skills
4 51 (34.23%) Business Analysis
5 44 (29.53%) Business Intelligence
6 42 (28.19%) SQL
7 41 (27.52%) Project Management
7 41 (27.52%) Front Office
8 40 (26.85%) Asset Management
9 39 (26.17%) Python
9 39 (26.17%) Investment Management
10 37 (24.83%) Hedge funds
11 36 (24.16%) Portfolio Management
11 36 (24.16%) Derivative
11 36 (24.16%) Stakeholder Management
11 36 (24.16%) Fixed Income
12 33 (22.15%) Aladdin
13 32 (21.48%) BISAM
14 29 (19.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 27 (18.12%) Change Management
16 25 (16.78%) Onboarding
17 23 (15.44%) Analytics
17 23 (15.44%) Data Mapping
18 22 (14.77%) Charles River
19 21 (14.09%) Analytical Skills
20 19 (12.75%) thinkFolio
20 19 (12.75%) Calypso
20 19 (12.75%) SimCorp
21 18 (12.08%) Project Delivery
21 18 (12.08%) Decision-Making

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 6 (4.03%) Confluence
2 1 (0.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (8.72%) MS Visio
2 10 (6.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (6.71%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (6.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (6.04%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 33 (22.15%) Aladdin
2 19 (12.75%) thinkFolio
3 3 (2.01%) ResourceLink
4 2 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.67%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.70%) Power Platform
2 5 (3.36%) Azure
3 4 (2.68%) SaaS
4 1 (0.67%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (0.67%) Asana
4 1 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.67%) BigCommerce
4 1 (0.67%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.67%) GCP
4 1 (0.67%) Lucidchart
4 1 (0.67%) Power Automate
4 1 (0.67%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.67%) Smartsheet
4 1 (0.67%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.67%) Internet
1 1 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.70%) Power BI
2 2 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.67%) Big Data
3 1 (0.67%) Looker
3 1 (0.67%) Power Query
3 1 (0.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.68%) JIRA
General
1 79 (53.02%) Finance
2 52 (34.90%) Social Skills
3 41 (27.52%) Front Office
4 21 (14.09%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (10.07%) Banking
6 13 (8.72%) Legal
7 11 (7.38%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (7.38%) Public Sector
8 7 (4.70%) Marketing
9 6 (4.03%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.68%) Law
11 3 (2.01%) Back Office
11 3 (2.01%) Investment Banking
11 3 (2.01%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.34%) Police
12 2 (1.34%) Retail
13 1 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.67%) ATL
1 1 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.67%) SailPoint
1 1 (0.67%) VML
1 1 (0.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (24.83%) Hedge funds
2 36 (24.16%) Derivative
2 36 (24.16%) Fixed Income
3 25 (16.78%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.68%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.34%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.34%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.34%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.34%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.67%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.67%) Equities
7 1 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.67%) Life Science
7 1 (0.67%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.67%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (37.58%) Agile
2 51 (34.23%) Business Analysis
3 44 (29.53%) Business Intelligence
4 41 (27.52%) Project Management
5 40 (26.85%) Asset Management
6 39 (26.17%) Investment Management
7 36 (24.16%) Portfolio Management
7 36 (24.16%) Stakeholder Management
8 29 (19.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 27 (18.12%) Change Management
10 23 (15.44%) Analytics
10 23 (15.44%) Data Mapping
11 18 (12.08%) Decision-Making
11 18 (12.08%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (12.08%) Project Delivery
12 15 (10.07%) User Acceptance Testing
13 13 (8.72%) Performance Attribution
13 13 (8.72%) Quantitative Research
14 12 (8.05%) Artificial Intelligence
15 11 (7.38%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (28.19%) SQL
2 39 (26.17%) Python
3 3 (2.01%) C#
4 1 (0.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.67%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (8.72%) Degree
2 7 (4.70%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.36%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.01%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (2.01%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.01%) PMP
5 2 (1.34%) MBA
5 2 (1.34%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.67%) APMG
6 1 (0.67%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.68%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.68%) PMO
3 2 (1.34%) GDPR
3 2 (1.34%) ISO 22301
3 2 (1.34%) ISO 31000
4 1 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 32 (21.48%) BISAM
2 22 (14.77%) Charles River
3 19 (12.75%) Calypso
3 19 (12.75%) SimCorp
4 13 (8.72%) Microsoft
5 8 (5.37%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.36%) SAP
7 4 (2.68%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.01%) Oracle
9 2 (1.34%) Adobe
9 2 (1.34%) Concur
9 2 (1.34%) Sitecore
9 2 (1.34%) Workday
10 1 (0.67%) Google
10 1 (0.67%) Planview