Senior Business Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Senior Business Manager
UK > England

The median Senior Business Manager daily rate in England is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 525 523 577
Rank change year-on-year -2 +54 +170
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Manager 3 9 5
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.011% 0.028% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.030% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 5
10th Percentile - - £494
25th Percentile £663 £644 £700
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £688 £750
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -8.33% +17.65%
75th Percentile £688 £731 -
90th Percentile - - £773
UK median daily rate £675 £688 £750
% change year-on-year -1.82% -8.33% +17.65%

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 25,877 29,537 38,059
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.09% 93.01% 93.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,643 18,048 26,525
10th Percentile £281 £300 £300
25th Percentile £404 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,469 1,194 1,399
10th Percentile £13.83 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -7.61% +59.17%
75th Percentile £50.00 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.96 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +64.94%

Senior Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Business Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Senior Business Manager job vacancy trend in England

Senior Business Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Business Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Business Manager job vacancies in England

Senior Business Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Business Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Business Manager job vacancies in England

Senior 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 Senior Business Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 22 October 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 +10 2 £675 -1.82% 30
East of England - 1 - - 3
Senior Business Manager
UK

Senior Business Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 22 October 2025, Senior Business Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Senior Business Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Generative AI
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Adobe
3 1 (33.33%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) ATL
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Contingency Planning
3 1 (33.33%) CRM
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Data Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Econometrics
3 1 (33.33%) GCP
3 1 (33.33%) Google
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (33.33%) Looker
3 1 (33.33%) Marketing Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Marketing Strategy

Senior Business Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
2 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Looker
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) e-Learning
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Generative AI
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Contingency Planning
3 1 (33.33%) CRM
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (33.33%) Data Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Map
3 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) R
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe
1 1 (33.33%) Google
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft