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 £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 May 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 302 335
Rank change year-on-year -6 +33 +38
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 30 88 111
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.43% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.46% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 63 84
10th Percentile £300 £413 £413
25th Percentile £424 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £613 £650
90th Percentile £555 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £618 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +12.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 14 1
10th Percentile - £22.50 -
25th Percentile - £22.61 £53.19
Median hourly rate - £27.50 £57.13
Median % change year-on-year - -51.86% -
75th Percentile - £28.75 £61.06
90th Percentile - £52.40 -
UK median hourly rate - £27.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year - -56.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 11,803 19,102 22,515
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.55% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,555 11,668 15,787
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £597 £600
90th Percentile £651 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 845 2,253 1,161
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £42.16
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -5.11% +115.96%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.55% -18.89% +88.21%

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 7 May 2025.

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
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 7 May 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
Midlands +14 12 £525 +13.51% 142
West Midlands +7 9 £500 +8.11% 94
North of England +9 7 £483 -16.09% 210
North West +12 4 £525 -5.62% 110
South East 0 4 £500 -4.76% 165
Scotland +11 3 £553 -14.92% 43
East Midlands - 3 £525 - 46
East of England +32 2 - - 88
South West +30 2 £550 +8.64% 60
North East - 2 £440 - 26
Yorkshire +10 1 - - 75
Business Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 15 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (43.33%) Finance
3 11 (36.67%) Change Management
4 8 (26.67%) Project Management
4 8 (26.67%) Agile
4 8 (26.67%) Impact Assessments
5 6 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (20.00%) ERP
5 6 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (16.67%) Waterfall
6 5 (16.67%) Legal
7 4 (13.33%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (13.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 4 (13.33%) Planning and Forecasting
7 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (13.33%) Contract Management
7 4 (13.33%) Business Change Management
7 4 (13.33%) Budgeting
8 3 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (10.00%) Business Strategy
8 3 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (10.00%) Decision-Making
8 3 (10.00%) Power Platform
8 3 (10.00%) Power BI
8 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (10.00%) ServiceNow

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:

Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) Power Platform
1 3 (10.00%) SaaS
2 1 (3.33%) Azure
2 1 (3.33%) Smartsheet
2 1 (3.33%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) Internet
1 1 (3.33%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) Power BI
General
1 15 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (43.33%) Finance
3 6 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (16.67%) Legal
5 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (13.33%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (10.00%) Manufacturing
6 3 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (6.67%) Marketing
8 1 (3.33%) Banking
8 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (3.33%) Law
8 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.67%) Educational Technology
3 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.33%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (36.67%) Change Management
2 8 (26.67%) Agile
2 8 (26.67%) Impact Assessments
2 8 (26.67%) Project Management
3 6 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (20.00%) ERP
3 6 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (16.67%) Waterfall
5 4 (13.33%) Budgeting
5 4 (13.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 4 (13.33%) Business Change Management
5 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (13.33%) Contract Management
5 4 (13.33%) Planning and Forecasting
5 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (10.00%) Business Strategy
6 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.33%) APMG
1 1 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (3.33%) ISO 22301
1 1 (3.33%) ISO 31000
1 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (10.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (6.67%) Oracle
3 1 (3.33%) SAP
3 1 (3.33%) Sitecore