Business Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Business Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Business Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £507 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 303 341 369
Rank change year-on-year +38 +28 -34
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 91 110 140
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.44% 0.47% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.50% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 83 93
10th Percentile £413 £413 £417
25th Percentile £434 £461 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £550
90th Percentile £694 £675 £640
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +11.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 1
10th Percentile £22.50 - -
25th Percentile £22.61 £53.19 -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £57.13 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year -51.86% +111.73% +25.49%
75th Percentile £28.75 £61.06 -
90th Percentile £52.40 - -
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £62.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year -56.00% +131.65% +25.49%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,943 22,066 29,076
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.30% 95.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,549 15,423 20,326
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,262 1,138 1,451
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £43.99
90th Percentile £73.98 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Business Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Business Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
South East +38 37 £525 - 67
Midlands +44 24 £469 -14.77% 29
West Midlands +37 24 £469 -18.48% 25
North of England +6 15 £575 +4.55% 50
North West +18 8 £556 +9.88% 28
Scotland +32 7 £550 - 11
South West +7 7 £538 +2.38% 31
Yorkshire 0 6 £645 -0.77% 18
Wales +17 1 £800 - 3
East of England +8 1 £618 +54.50% 16
Business Manager
UK

Business Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 37 (40.66%) Finance
2 36 (39.56%) Social Skills
3 33 (36.26%) Change Management
4 23 (25.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (16.48%) Marketing
6 14 (15.38%) ERP
6 14 (15.38%) Project Management
7 13 (14.29%) Decision-Making
8 12 (13.19%) Impact Assessments
8 12 (13.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 12 (13.19%) Business Transformation
8 12 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (12.09%) Business Development
10 10 (10.99%) Digital Marketing
10 10 (10.99%) GDPR
11 9 (9.89%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
11 9 (9.89%) Agile
11 9 (9.89%) Microsoft
11 9 (9.89%) Microsoft Excel
11 9 (9.89%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (9.89%) Data Protection
12 8 (8.79%) Business Intelligence
12 8 (8.79%) Business Case
13 7 (7.69%) Power Platform
13 7 (7.69%) Public Sector
13 7 (7.69%) Business Strategy
13 7 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
13 7 (7.69%) Power BI
14 6 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
14 6 (6.59%) Security Cleared

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (3.30%) Confluence
1 3 (3.30%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (9.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.10%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.69%) Power Platform
2 5 (5.49%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (3.30%) Azure
3 3 (3.30%) Smartsheet
3 3 (3.30%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.30%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.69%) Power BI
2 4 (4.40%) Tableau
3 3 (3.30%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 1 (1.10%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
General
1 37 (40.66%) Finance
2 36 (39.56%) Social Skills
3 15 (16.48%) Marketing
4 12 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 6 (6.59%) Manufacturing
7 5 (5.49%) Law
8 4 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (3.30%) Banking
9 3 (3.30%) Police
10 2 (2.20%) Local Government
11 1 (1.10%) Electronics
11 1 (1.10%) Legal
11 1 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.10%) Retail
11 1 (1.10%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.20%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.89%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (6.59%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.30%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.30%) Life Science
3 3 (3.30%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.20%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.20%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.10%) NHS
5 1 (1.10%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (36.26%) Change Management
2 23 (25.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (15.38%) ERP
3 14 (15.38%) Project Management
4 13 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 12 (13.19%) Business Transformation
5 12 (13.19%) Impact Assessments
5 12 (13.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 11 (12.09%) Business Development
7 10 (10.99%) Digital Marketing
8 9 (9.89%) Agile
8 9 (9.89%) Data Protection
8 9 (9.89%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
9 8 (8.79%) Business Case
9 8 (8.79%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (7.69%) Business Strategy
10 7 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (6.59%) Budgeting
11 6 (6.59%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 6 (6.59%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.40%) SQL
2 1 (1.10%) Python
2 1 (1.10%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (6.59%) Security Cleared
2 5 (5.49%) Degree
3 3 (3.30%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.20%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (1.10%) APMG
5 1 (1.10%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.99%) GDPR
2 1 (1.10%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.10%) PMO
2 1 (1.10%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (9.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.40%) Salesforce
3 3 (3.30%) Workday
4 1 (1.10%) Anaplan
4 1 (1.10%) Oracle
4 1 (1.10%) Sage
4 1 (1.10%) SAP