Business Manager Contracts in England

Business Manager
UK > England

The median Business Manager daily rate in England is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 371 451 464
Rank change year-on-year +80 +13 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 172 209 344
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.47% 0.43% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.45% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 157 246
10th Percentile £413 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £468 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £659 £650 £639
90th Percentile £768 £705 £703
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 1
10th Percentile £22.50 £54.80 -
25th Percentile £22.61 £57.22 -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £62.50 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year -56.00% +131.65% +25.49%
75th Percentile £36.00 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £62.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £62.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year -56.00% +131.65% +25.49%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,105 46,424 66,840
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 94.64% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,627 32,967 47,588
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £640
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,373 1,839
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.26 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.92 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.55
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +99.60% +2.48%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.40 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

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 9 May 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Manager in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 9 May 2024. 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 +70 87 £588 +2.62% 81
South East +42 37 £525 - 66
Midlands +51 22 £463 -15.91% 29
West Midlands +39 22 £463 -19.57% 24
North of England +2 15 £575 +4.55% 49
North West +11 8 £556 +8.54% 28
South West +4 7 £538 +2.38% 30
Yorkshire 0 6 £645 -0.77% 17
East of England +1 1 £618 +54.50% 15
Business Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, 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 86 (50.00%) Finance
2 51 (29.65%) Change Management
3 46 (26.74%) Social Skills
4 39 (22.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 32 (18.60%) Project Management
6 29 (16.86%) Agile
7 24 (13.95%) Asset Management
8 22 (12.79%) Marketing
9 20 (11.63%) Analytics
9 20 (11.63%) Front Office
10 19 (11.05%) Decision-Making
10 19 (11.05%) Product Ownership
11 18 (10.47%) Derivative
11 18 (10.47%) Equities
11 18 (10.47%) Fixed Income
11 18 (10.47%) Business Transformation
12 17 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
12 17 (9.88%) Investment Management
12 17 (9.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 17 (9.88%) Artificial Intelligence
12 17 (9.88%) SQL
13 16 (9.30%) ERP
13 16 (9.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 16 (9.30%) Hedge funds
13 16 (9.30%) Machine Learning
14 15 (8.72%) Business Case
14 15 (8.72%) Python
15 13 (7.56%) Product Management
15 13 (7.56%) Digital Marketing
15 13 (7.56%) Microsoft

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 3 (1.74%) Confluence
1 3 (1.74%) SAS
2 1 (0.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (6.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.74%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.58%) ION MarketView
2 1 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.58%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.58%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 12 (6.98%) AWS
2 8 (4.65%) Power Platform
3 7 (4.07%) Azure
4 5 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.74%) Smartsheet
6 3 (1.74%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.58%) GCP
7 1 (0.58%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.58%) SaaS
7 1 (0.58%) Slack
7 1 (0.58%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.74%) Skype
2 2 (1.16%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.65%) Power BI
2 5 (2.91%) Tableau
3 3 (1.74%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (1.16%) JIRA
General
1 86 (50.00%) Finance
2 46 (26.74%) Social Skills
3 22 (12.79%) Marketing
4 20 (11.63%) Front Office
5 17 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (7.56%) Public Sector
7 12 (6.98%) Manufacturing
8 10 (5.81%) Banking
9 9 (5.23%) Legal
10 5 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.91%) Retail
10 5 (2.91%) Telecoms
11 4 (2.33%) Electronics
11 4 (2.33%) Law
11 4 (2.33%) Police
11 4 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.74%) Local Government
13 2 (1.16%) Advertising
13 2 (1.16%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.16%) FIX Protocol
1 2 (1.16%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.05%) Product Ownership
2 18 (10.47%) Derivative
2 18 (10.47%) Equities
2 18 (10.47%) Fixed Income
3 16 (9.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 16 (9.30%) Hedge funds
4 9 (5.23%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (4.07%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.33%) Life Science
7 3 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.74%) NHS
7 3 (1.74%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.74%) Social Media
8 2 (1.16%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.58%) PMI
9 1 (0.58%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.58%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (29.65%) Change Management
2 39 (22.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 32 (18.60%) Project Management
4 29 (16.86%) Agile
5 24 (13.95%) Asset Management
6 20 (11.63%) Analytics
7 19 (11.05%) Decision-Making
8 18 (10.47%) Business Transformation
9 17 (9.88%) Artificial Intelligence
9 17 (9.88%) Investment Management
9 17 (9.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 16 (9.30%) ERP
10 16 (9.30%) Machine Learning
11 15 (8.72%) Business Case
12 13 (7.56%) Digital Marketing
12 13 (7.56%) Impact Assessments
12 13 (7.56%) Product Management
13 12 (6.98%) Programme Management
13 12 (6.98%) Project Delivery
13 12 (6.98%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.88%) SQL
2 15 (8.72%) Python
3 1 (0.58%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (5.81%) Security Cleared
2 9 (5.23%) Degree
3 7 (4.07%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.16%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.16%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.16%) PMP
4 2 (1.16%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (0.58%) ACCA
5 1 (0.58%) APMG
5 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.58%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.81%) GDPR
2 4 (2.33%) PMO
3 2 (1.16%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.58%) IFRS
4 1 (0.58%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.58%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.58%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (7.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.91%) SAP
3 4 (2.33%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.74%) Workday
5 2 (1.16%) Google
5 2 (1.16%) Sage
6 1 (0.58%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.58%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.58%) Charles River
6 1 (0.58%) DocuSign
6 1 (0.58%) ION Trading
6 1 (0.58%) MarketAxess
6 1 (0.58%) Oracle
6 1 (0.58%) Remedy
6 1 (0.58%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.58%) Tradeweb