Business Relationship Manager Contract Job Trends

Business Relationships Manager
UK

The median Business Relationships Manager daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 617 513 576
Rank change year-on-year -104 +63 +131
Contract jobs requiring a Business Relationship Manager 8 5 8
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.018% 0.017% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.019% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 6
10th Percentile £456 - £434
25th Percentile £478 £488 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £495 £650
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -23.85% +30.00%
75th Percentile £575 £503 £688
90th Percentile £581 - £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £96.25 - -
Median hourly rate £97.50 - £36.00
75th Percentile £98.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 41,358 26,984 40,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 92.80% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,778 17,737 26,805
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.45%
75th Percentile £613 £629 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £486 £475 £489
% change year-on-year +2.37% -2.86% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,581 943 2,528
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.85 £20.47 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -1.52% -25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £71.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.16 £31.64 £33.00
% change year-on-year +26.91% -4.12% -21.43%

Business Relationship Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Business Relationship Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Business Relationship Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Relationship Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Relationship Manager job vacancies in the UK

Business Relationship Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Relationship Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Relationship Manager job vacancies in the UK

Business Relationship Manager
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Relationship Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 3 April 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
Work from Home -33 4 £550 - 2
UK excluding London -102 4 £550 - 6
England -102 4 £463 -6.52% 6
Scotland - 4 £550 -
London -65 3 £475 -4.04%

Business Relationship Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 April 2026, Business Relationship 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 featuring Business Relationship Manager in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Scorecard
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
4 1 (12.50%) Batch Processing
4 1 (12.50%) Budgeting
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (12.50%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (12.50%) Data Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (12.50%) Middleware
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Objectives and Key Results
4 1 (12.50%) Problem Management
4 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
4 1 (12.50%) Windows
4 1 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation

Business Relationship Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (12.50%) CMDB
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) NHS
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Scorecard
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (12.50%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (12.50%) Data Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Problem Management
4 1 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow