Business Project Manager Contract Job Trends 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 £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 333 372
Rank change year-on-year -49 +39 +87
Contract jobs requiring a Business Project Manager 14 7 16
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.078% 0.050% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.055% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 14
10th Percentile £440 £409 £354
25th Percentile £472 £458 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +13.51% -9.76%
75th Percentile £584 £663 £497
90th Percentile £618 £688 £526
UK median daily rate £550 £650 £508
% change year-on-year -15.38% +28.08% -10.77%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 16,300 12,814 18,240
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.49% 92.26% 93.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,001 7,586 11,730
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,644 696 1,388
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.51 £44.78
Median % change year-on-year -20.18% -29.63% +65.05%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.20 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.46% -23.53% +28.79%

Business Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Business Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Business Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Project Manager job vacancies 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 11 January 2026.

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

Business Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Project Manager job vacancies 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 11 January 2026. 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 - 6 £575 -
West Midlands - 5 £594 -
South East -6 4 £500 - 1
Northern Ireland - 2 £538 - 2
East Midlands - 1 £475 -
South West - 1 - -
Scotland - 1 £450 -
Business Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Business Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of 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 8 (57.14%) Project Management
2 7 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (21.43%) Agile
4 3 (21.43%) Degree
4 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2
4 3 (21.43%) Scrum
5 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Business Enablement
5 2 (14.29%) Emotional Intelligence
5 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (14.29%) MiFID
5 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
5 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Record to Report
5 2 (14.29%) Regulatory Change
5 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
6 1 (7.14%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (7.14%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (7.14%) BT
6 1 (7.14%) Business Case
6 1 (7.14%) Cash Management
6 1 (7.14%) Change Management
6 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (7.14%) Cost Reduction
6 1 (7.14%) Customer Engagement
6 1 (7.14%) Customer Experience
6 1 (7.14%) Customer Service

Business Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
General
1 9 (64.29%) Finance
2 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Banking
4 2 (14.29%) Legal
4 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 1 (7.14%) Investment Banking
5 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 1 (7.14%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Project Management
2 7 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (21.43%) Agile
4 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2
4 3 (21.43%) Scrum
5 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Business Enablement
5 2 (14.29%) Emotional Intelligence
5 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
5 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Record to Report
5 2 (14.29%) Regulatory Change
5 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
6 1 (7.14%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (7.14%) Business Case
6 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
6 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Map
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) MiFID
2 1 (7.14%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) BT
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft