Business Manager Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Business Manager
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Business Manager daily rate in South Yorkshire is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 55 51
Rank change year-on-year -8 -4 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 7 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 1.14% 1.10% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.27% 1.28% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £395 - £473
25th Percentile £405 - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.70%
75th Percentile £419 - £538
90th Percentile £444 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £413 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -34.00% +4.17% +4.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 553 390 418
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.92% 85.90% 93.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 379 216 271
10th Percentile £289 £230 £280
25th Percentile £369 £425 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £650
90th Percentile £625 £644 £745
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £517
% change year-on-year -5.00% -3.29% +3.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 6
10th Percentile £14.98 £15.05 £15.27
25th Percentile £16.68 £20.00 £18.31
Median hourly rate £19.50 £21.00 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% +6.58%
75th Percentile £22.33 £21.50 £29.13
90th Percentile £24.02 £21.80 £40.63
Yorkshire median hourly rate £23.79 £23.34 £20.91
% change year-on-year +1.92% +11.65% +10.03%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in South Yorkshire

Business Manager
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Manager job vacancies in South Yorkshire

Business Manager
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 September 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
Sheffield -13 4 £413 - 15
Barnsley - 3 £433 - 1
Business Manager
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 30 September 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 South Yorkshire region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Project
1 6 (85.71%) MS Visio
1 6 (85.71%) Banking
1 6 (85.71%) Confluence
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Resource Management
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (57.14%) Project Management
3 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
4 3 (42.86%) Project Governance
4 3 (42.86%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 3 (42.86%) Agile
4 3 (42.86%) Finance
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
4 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
4 3 (42.86%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (28.57%) Data Management
5 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
5 2 (28.57%) Requirements Workshops
6 1 (14.29%) Inventory Management
6 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
6 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
6 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
6 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (14.29%) Validation

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 6 (85.71%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Project
1 6 (85.71%) MS Visio
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
General
1 6 (85.71%) Banking
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Resource Management
2 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
2 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Project Governance
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (42.86%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
3 3 (42.86%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Data Management
4 2 (28.57%) Requirements Workshops
5 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
5 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
5 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) Inventory Management
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft