Business Manager Contracts in the Midlands

Business Manager
England > Midlands

The median Business Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £463 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 161 186
Rank change year-on-year +46 +25 -49
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 19 8 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.70% 0.23% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.24% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 5 16
10th Percentile - £333 £403
25th Percentile £413 £513 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £575 £519
Median % change year-on-year -19.57% +10.84% +31.75%
75th Percentile £513 £588 £550
90th Percentile £635 £618 -
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,507 3,290 4,984
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.03% 94.40% 96.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,697 2,318 3,662
10th Percentile £211 £223 £205
25th Percentile £325 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.50% +12.56%
75th Percentile £588 £586 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 133 177
10th Percentile £11.97 £12.00 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.33 £15.25 £13.73
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +17.65% +10.03%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.00 £22.10
90th Percentile £52.67 £59.50 £34.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
% change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in the Midlands

Business Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Business Manager in the Midlands

Business Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Manager in the Midlands

Business Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Manager in the Midlands

Business Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
West Midlands +39 19 £463 -19.57% 28
Business Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 Midlands region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 15 (78.95%) Finance
2 9 (47.37%) ERP
3 6 (31.58%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 6 (31.58%) Decision-Making
3 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
3 6 (31.58%) Budgeting
4 5 (26.32%) Change Management
4 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (26.32%) Business Transformation
4 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
5 4 (21.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (15.79%) Manufacturing
7 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (10.53%) Law
7 2 (10.53%) Facilities Management
8 1 (5.26%) Regulatory Change
8 1 (5.26%) Culture Change
8 1 (5.26%) Customer Service
8 1 (5.26%) Cost Reduction
8 1 (5.26%) Project Delivery
8 1 (5.26%) Business Case
8 1 (5.26%) Planning and Forecasting
8 1 (5.26%) Contract Management
8 1 (5.26%) Business Change Management
8 1 (5.26%) Collaborative Working
8 1 (5.26%) APMG
8 1 (5.26%) Data Centre
8 1 (5.26%) Data Analysis
8 1 (5.26%) Trend Analysis
8 1 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Reports
General
1 15 (78.95%) Finance
2 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (15.79%) Manufacturing
5 2 (10.53%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) ERP
2 6 (31.58%) Budgeting
2 6 (31.58%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 6 (31.58%) Decision-Making
3 5 (26.32%) Business Transformation
3 5 (26.32%) Change Management
3 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (10.53%) Facilities Management
4 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (5.26%) Cost Reduction
5 1 (5.26%) Culture Change
5 1 (5.26%) Customer Service
5 1 (5.26%) Data Analysis
5 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2
5 1 (5.26%) Project Delivery
5 1 (5.26%) Project Management
5 1 (5.26%) Regulatory Change
5 1 (5.26%) Trend Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) APMG
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle