Business Manager Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Business Manager
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Business Manager daily rate in Oxfordshire is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 1.34% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £481 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - -
75th Percentile £494 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £494 £500 £519
% change year-on-year -1.30% -3.57% +8.07%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 132 134 201
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.59% 91.16% 91.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 81 150
10th Percentile £170 £170 £179
25th Percentile £222 £363 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% - -
75th Percentile £550 £525 £575
90th Percentile £640 £638 £651
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £510
% change year-on-year -0.99% -0.98% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 10 13
10th Percentile £18.87 £12.13 £25.05
25th Percentile £25.00 £19.25 £25.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £20.50 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +22.68% -36.53% +90.00%
75th Percentile £77.50 £27.12 £50.00
90th Percentile £89.63 £70.13 -
South East median hourly rate £23.00 £58.43 £52.50
% change year-on-year -60.65% +11.30% +80.35%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Business Manager job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Business Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Manager job vacancies in Oxfordshire

Business Manager
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Oxford - 1 - - 4
Thame - 1 £488 -
Business Manager
South East

Business Manager Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Lucidchart
2 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (50.00%) Operations Management
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Process Management
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Lucidchart
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Life Science
1 1 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Operations Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Process Management
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree