Business Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Business Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Business Project Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 331 388 440
Rank change year-on-year +57 +52 +38
Contract jobs requiring a Business Project Manager 3 15 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.023% 0.073% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.078% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 14
10th Percentile £335 £406 £412
25th Percentile £397 £441 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £519
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -10.84% +9.21%
75th Percentile £519 £481 £566
90th Percentile £530 £501 £600
UK median daily rate £550 £508 £550
% change year-on-year +8.37% -7.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £53.19
Median hourly rate - £62.00 £57.13
Median % change year-on-year - +8.53% -
75th Percentile - - £61.06
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £62.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year - -0.80% -

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 11,776 19,130 22,540
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 92.57% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,547 11,679 15,813
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 842 2,253 1,158
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.66 £15.75 £18.01
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.37
Median % change year-on-year -29.22% -6.64% +117.03%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.89% -18.89% +91.49%

Business Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Business Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Project 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 Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
West Midlands +11 2 £406 -12.16%
Midlands +9 2 £406 -12.16%
North of England +17 1 £525 - 3
North West - 1 £525 - 1
Business Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Business Project 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Data Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management

Business Project 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Business Process Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft