Business Manager Contracts in Scotland

Business Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Business Manager daily rate in Scotland is £456, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 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
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 106 140
Rank change year-on-year -8 +34 +36
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 5 8 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.30% 0.43% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.46% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 8
10th Percentile £355 £404 £444
25th Percentile £357 £409 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% -9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £553 £603 £591
90th Percentile - £721 £641
UK median daily rate £575 £594 £550
% change year-on-year -3.16% +7.95% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,539 1,753 2,422
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.28% 94.15% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 860 1,085 1,608
10th Percentile £237 £200 £232
25th Percentile £358 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% +1.06%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £588 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 81 61
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.40 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.08 £14.73 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.37 £18.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +7.58% +1.58% -10.73%
75th Percentile £26.21 £34.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £52.50 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +3.61% +61.60%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in Scotland

Business Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Business Manager in Scotland

Business Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Manager in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Manager in Scotland

Business Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Manager in Scotland

Business Manager
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 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
Glasgow -16 4 £456 -24.08% 6
Edinburgh -2 1 - - 16
Business Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 Scotland region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (40.00%) Corporate Banking
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Data Transformation
3 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (40.00%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (20.00%) Emotional Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (20.00%) Coaching
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Information Governance

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Data Transformation
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Emotional Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Information Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow