Business Manager Contracts in the North West

Business Manager
England > North West

The median Business Manager daily rate in the North West is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 126 141
Rank change year-on-year +5 +15 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 4 9 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.20% 0.33% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.35% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 10
10th Percentile £343 £431 £466
25th Percentile £406 £514 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £556 £519
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% +7.23% -0.72%
75th Percentile £556 £613 £625
90th Percentile £568 - £658
England median daily rate £625 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 1,822 2,569 3,005
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 94.38% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,205 1,673 2,153
10th Percentile £263 £281 £300
25th Percentile £380 £390 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £585 £588
90th Percentile £655 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 265 129
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £14.63
25th Percentile £17.44 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.80 £26.39 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +12.92% -13.59% +49.01%
75th Percentile £59.90 £46.18 £48.75
90th Percentile £83.78 £67.25 £65.80
England median hourly rate £30.45 £36.34 £44.77
% change year-on-year -16.20% -18.83% +98.96%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in the North West

Business Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Business Manager in the North West

Business Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Manager in the North West over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Manager in the North West

Business Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Manager in the North West

Business Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 3 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
Manchester +15 2 £425 -20.93% 71
Cheshire +1 2 £525 +94.44% 19
Business Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 North West region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Legal
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (25.00%) Service Continuity Management
3 1 (25.00%) ISO 22301
3 1 (25.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (25.00%) ISO 31000
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Law

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
General
1 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (25.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Service Continuity Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 22301
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 31000
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow