Business Manager Contracts

Business Manager
UK

The median Business Manager daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 414 481 496
Rank change year-on-year +67 +15 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 187 240 412
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.41% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.43% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 177 285
10th Percentile £413 £413 £406
25th Percentile £458 £470 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.18%
75th Percentile £673 £650 £638
90th Percentile £763 £705 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.67% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 0
10th Percentile £22.50 £54.80 -
25th Percentile £22.61 £57.22 -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -56.00% - -
75th Percentile £36.00 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £62.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £57.13 -
% change year-on-year -51.86% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,029 55,895 84,701
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,060 39,048 59,505
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,566 2,078
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.11 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in the UK

Business Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Manager.

Daily rate trend for Business Manager in the UK

Business Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Manager over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Manager in the UK

Business Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Business Manager in the UK

Business Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Manager over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Manager in the UK

Business Manager
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 5 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
England +74 169 £550 - 338
UK excluding London +35 88 £501 -4.67% 238
London +92 87 £577 +0.35% 106
Work from Home +113 79 £550 - 144
South East +38 37 £525 +1.20% 73
Midlands +43 20 £463 -15.91% 35
West Midlands +38 20 £463 -19.57% 26
North of England +5 15 £575 +4.55% 55
Scotland +35 9 £650 +18.18% 13
North West +23 8 £556 +8.54% 32
South West +11 6 £506 -3.57% 39
Yorkshire +1 6 £645 -0.77% 19
Wales +15 1 £800 - 4
East of England +10 1 £618 +54.50% 21

Business Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 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 featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 86 (45.99%) Finance
2 58 (31.02%) Change Management
3 49 (26.20%) Social Skills
4 41 (21.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 33 (17.65%) Project Management
6 31 (16.58%) Agile
7 25 (13.37%) Asset Management
8 21 (11.23%) Marketing
8 21 (11.23%) Analytics
9 20 (10.70%) Front Office
10 19 (10.16%) Product Ownership
11 18 (9.63%) Decision-Making
11 18 (9.63%) Derivative
11 18 (9.63%) Fixed Income
11 18 (9.63%) Equities
11 18 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
12 17 (9.09%) Investment Management
12 17 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
12 17 (9.09%) SQL
13 16 (8.56%) ERP
13 16 (8.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 16 (8.56%) Security Cleared
13 16 (8.56%) Hedge funds
13 16 (8.56%) Machine Learning
13 16 (8.56%) Business Transformation
14 15 (8.02%) Business Case
14 15 (8.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 15 (8.02%) Python
15 14 (7.49%) Business Intelligence
15 14 (7.49%) Manufacturing

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.60%) Confluence
1 3 (1.60%) SAS
2 2 (1.07%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.60%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.53%) ION MarketView
1 1 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.53%) Sage X3
1 1 (0.53%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 12 (6.42%) AWS
2 8 (4.28%) Power Platform
3 7 (3.74%) Azure
4 5 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.60%) Smartsheet
5 3 (1.60%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.53%) GCP
7 1 (0.53%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.53%) SaaS
7 1 (0.53%) Slack
7 1 (0.53%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.60%) Skype
2 2 (1.07%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.28%) Power BI
2 5 (2.67%) Tableau
3 3 (1.60%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (1.07%) JIRA
General
1 86 (45.99%) Finance
2 49 (26.20%) Social Skills
3 21 (11.23%) Marketing
4 20 (10.70%) Front Office
5 18 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (7.49%) Manufacturing
7 13 (6.95%) Public Sector
8 9 (4.81%) Banking
9 8 (4.28%) Legal
10 7 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (3.21%) Law
11 6 (3.21%) Retail
12 5 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.67%) Telecoms
13 4 (2.14%) Electronics
13 4 (2.14%) Local Government
13 4 (2.14%) Police
14 3 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.07%) FIX Protocol
1 2 (1.07%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.16%) Product Ownership
2 18 (9.63%) Derivative
2 18 (9.63%) Equities
2 18 (9.63%) Fixed Income
3 16 (8.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 16 (8.56%) Hedge funds
4 9 (4.81%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (3.74%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.14%) Life Science
7 3 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.60%) NHS
7 3 (1.60%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.07%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.07%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.53%) PMI
9 1 (0.53%) Smart Meter
9 1 (0.53%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.14%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (31.02%) Change Management
2 41 (21.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 33 (17.65%) Project Management
4 31 (16.58%) Agile
5 25 (13.37%) Asset Management
6 21 (11.23%) Analytics
7 18 (9.63%) Decision-Making
8 17 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
8 17 (9.09%) Investment Management
9 16 (8.56%) Business Transformation
9 16 (8.56%) ERP
9 16 (8.56%) Machine Learning
10 15 (8.02%) Business Case
10 15 (8.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (7.49%) Business Intelligence
12 13 (6.95%) Business Analysis
12 13 (6.95%) Business Development
12 13 (6.95%) Digital Marketing
12 13 (6.95%) Impact Assessments
12 13 (6.95%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.09%) SQL
2 15 (8.02%) Python
3 1 (0.53%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (8.56%) Security Cleared
2 12 (6.42%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.35%) Degree
4 2 (1.07%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.07%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.07%) PMP
4 2 (1.07%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (0.53%) ACCA
5 1 (0.53%) APMG
5 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.53%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.35%) GDPR
2 3 (1.60%) PMO
3 2 (1.07%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.53%) IFRS
4 1 (0.53%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.53%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.53%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (6.42%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.67%) SAP
3 4 (2.14%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.60%) Workday
5 2 (1.07%) Google
5 2 (1.07%) Sage
6 1 (0.53%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.53%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.53%) Charles River
6 1 (0.53%) DocuSign
6 1 (0.53%) ION Trading
6 1 (0.53%) MarketAxess
6 1 (0.53%) Oracle
6 1 (0.53%) Remedy
6 1 (0.53%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.53%) Tradeweb