Business Manager Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Business Manager
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Business Manager daily rate in Sheffield is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 52 46
Rank change year-on-year -14 -6 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 4 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.70% 1.21% 1.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 1.40% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £391 - £473
25th Percentile £397 - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.70%
75th Percentile £419 - £538
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £413 - £525
% change year-on-year - - -8.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 514 357 377
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 86.23% 93.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 192 243
10th Percentile £300 £323 £375
25th Percentile £385 £447 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £535 £587
Median % change year-on-year -11.21% -8.93% +11.90%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £663
90th Percentile £625 £650 £745
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £525 £568
% change year-on-year -9.52% -7.57% +13.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile £14.98 £15.05 £14.67
25th Percentile £16.68 £20.00 £18.25
Median hourly rate £19.50 £21.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £22.33 £21.50 £22.75
90th Percentile £24.02 £21.80 £27.85
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.50 £21.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% +6.58%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in Sheffield

Business Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 1 October 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 Sheffield region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (75.00%) MS Visio
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Project Governance
1 3 (75.00%) Confluence
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 2 (50.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Inventory Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 3 (75.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (75.00%) MS Visio
General
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Project Governance
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 2 (50.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Inventory Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft