Business Manager Contracts in London

Business Manager
England > London

The median Business Manager daily rate in London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 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
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 264 296 386
Rank change year-on-year +32 +90 +32
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 109 95 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.81% 0.59% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 0.62% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 61 51
10th Percentile £393 £469 £419
25th Percentile £500 £569 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £688 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.36% +25.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £781 £788 £700
90th Percentile £788 - £763
England median daily rate £575 £588 £550
% change year-on-year -2.13% +6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £57.75 -
England median hourly rate - £27.50 £57.13
% change year-on-year - -51.86% +111.73%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

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

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,578 15,245 22,363
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 94.05% 94.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,479 10,726 16,384
10th Percentile £325 £350 £358
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 203 237
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.30 £18.37
25th Percentile £22.98 £22.00 £22.90
Median hourly rate £29.54 £34.25 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.77% -9.87% +13.43%
75th Percentile £50.13 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.75 £82.35
England median hourly rate £25.32 £45.00 £41.90
% change year-on-year -43.73% +7.40% +63.16%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in London

Business Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Business Manager in London

Business Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Manager in London over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Manager in London

Business Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Manager in London

Business Manager
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Central London -3 14 £475 -18.98% 20
East London +12 1 - - 2
Business Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 London region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 63 (57.80%) Finance
2 46 (42.20%) Agile
3 44 (40.37%) Business Analysis
4 41 (37.61%) SQL
4 41 (37.61%) Front Office
5 39 (35.78%) Python
5 39 (35.78%) Business Intelligence
5 39 (35.78%) Investment Management
6 38 (34.86%) Asset Management
7 37 (33.94%) Hedge funds
8 36 (33.03%) Portfolio Management
8 36 (33.03%) Derivative
8 36 (33.03%) Fixed Income
9 35 (32.11%) Social Skills
10 33 (30.28%) Aladdin
11 32 (29.36%) BISAM
12 28 (25.69%) Project Management
13 26 (23.85%) Stakeholder Management
14 24 (22.02%) Onboarding
15 23 (21.10%) Data Mapping
16 22 (20.18%) Charles River
17 21 (19.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 21 (19.27%) Analytics
18 19 (17.43%) thinkFolio
18 19 (17.43%) SimCorp
18 19 (17.43%) Calypso
19 18 (16.51%) Change Management
20 17 (15.60%) Decision-Making
21 14 (12.84%) User Acceptance Testing
21 14 (12.84%) Analytical Skills

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (0.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (8.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (5.50%) MS Visio
4 5 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 33 (30.28%) Aladdin
2 19 (17.43%) thinkFolio
3 3 (2.75%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.92%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.59%) Power Platform
2 4 (3.67%) Azure
3 1 (0.92%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (0.92%) Asana
3 1 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.92%) BigCommerce
3 1 (0.92%) Entra ID
3 1 (0.92%) GCP
3 1 (0.92%) Power Automate
3 1 (0.92%) PowerApps
3 1 (0.92%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.59%) Power BI
2 1 (0.92%) Big Data
2 1 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.92%) Looker
2 1 (0.92%) Power Query
2 1 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (0.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (3.67%) JIRA
General
1 63 (57.80%) Finance
2 41 (37.61%) Front Office
3 35 (32.11%) Social Skills
4 14 (12.84%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (9.17%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (9.17%) Public Sector
6 8 (7.34%) Banking
7 7 (6.42%) Legal
8 4 (3.67%) Back Office
8 4 (3.67%) Marketing
9 3 (2.75%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.75%) Law
9 3 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.83%) Police
10 2 (1.83%) Retail
11 1 (0.92%) Advertising
11 1 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.92%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.92%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.92%) ATL
1 1 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.92%) SailPoint
1 1 (0.92%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (33.94%) Hedge funds
2 36 (33.03%) Derivative
2 36 (33.03%) Fixed Income
3 24 (22.02%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.59%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.75%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.83%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.83%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.92%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.92%) Equities
7 1 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.92%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.92%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.92%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.92%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (42.20%) Agile
2 44 (40.37%) Business Analysis
3 39 (35.78%) Business Intelligence
3 39 (35.78%) Investment Management
4 38 (34.86%) Asset Management
5 36 (33.03%) Portfolio Management
6 28 (25.69%) Project Management
7 26 (23.85%) Stakeholder Management
8 23 (21.10%) Data Mapping
9 21 (19.27%) Analytics
9 21 (19.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 18 (16.51%) Change Management
11 17 (15.60%) Decision-Making
12 14 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (12.84%) User Acceptance Testing
13 13 (11.93%) Performance Attribution
13 13 (11.93%) Project Delivery
13 13 (11.93%) Quantitative Research
14 12 (11.01%) Artificial Intelligence
15 8 (7.34%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 41 (37.61%) SQL
2 39 (35.78%) Python
3 3 (2.75%) C#
4 1 (0.92%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (10.09%) Degree
2 6 (5.50%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.67%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.75%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.83%) MBA
5 2 (1.83%) PMP
6 1 (0.92%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.92%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.75%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.75%) PMO
3 2 (1.83%) GDPR
4 1 (0.92%) EMIR
4 1 (0.92%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.92%) ISO 31000
4 1 (0.92%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 32 (29.36%) BISAM
2 22 (20.18%) Charles River
3 19 (17.43%) Calypso
3 19 (17.43%) SimCorp
4 8 (7.34%) Salesforce
5 6 (5.50%) Microsoft
6 3 (2.75%) SAP
7 2 (1.83%) Adobe
7 2 (1.83%) Concur
7 2 (1.83%) Oracle
7 2 (1.83%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.92%) Google
8 1 (0.92%) Planview
8 1 (0.92%) Sitecore