Business Manager Contracts in the Midlands

Business Manager
England > Midlands

The median Business Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 May 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 114 162
Rank change year-on-year +7 +48 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 12 24 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.61% 0.88% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.96% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 22 4
10th Percentile £359 £413 £303
25th Percentile £375 £423 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £469 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -14.77% +6.02%
75th Percentile £538 £517 £588
90th Percentile £557 £650 -
England median daily rate £600 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,765 2,498 3,180
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.24% 91.97% 94.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,166 1,687 2,235
10th Percentile £200 £213 £220
25th Percentile £356 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.70%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £685
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 215 119
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.83 £12.40
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £15.12
Median hourly rate £18.75 £19.13 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.95% -4.38% +14.29%
75th Percentile £25.15 £35.00 £29.00
90th Percentile £34.24 £52.56 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.20 £37.50 £44.06
% change year-on-year -19.47% -14.88% +91.54%

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 13 May 2025.

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 13 May 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
West Midlands +3 9 £500 +6.67% 129
East Midlands - 3 £525 - 81
Business Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 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 Midlands region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Change Management
2 6 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
3 5 (41.67%) Finance
4 4 (33.33%) ERP
4 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 4 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 4 (33.33%) Planning and Forecasting
4 4 (33.33%) Contract Management
4 4 (33.33%) Business Change Management
4 4 (33.33%) Agile
4 4 (33.33%) Budgeting
5 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (16.67%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
6 2 (16.67%) Oracle
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (16.67%) Educational Technology
6 2 (16.67%) Impact Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
6 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management

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:

Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (8.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (8.33%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Educational Technology
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Change Management
2 6 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 4 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 4 (33.33%) Business Change Management
3 4 (33.33%) Contract Management
3 4 (33.33%) ERP
3 4 (33.33%) Planning and Forecasting
4 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 2 (16.67%) Impact Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
6 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
6 1 (8.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) APMG
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) SAP