Senior Business Manager Contracts

Senior Business Manager
UK

The median Senior Business Manager daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 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
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 526 582 680
Rank change year-on-year +56 +98 +151
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Manager 3 5 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.010% 0.012% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.012% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 10
10th Percentile - - £436
25th Percentile £475 - £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £434 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.21% -21.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £525 - £703
90th Percentile - - £755
UK excluding London median daily rate - £434 £550
% change year-on-year - -21.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 26,930 40,005 55,472
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 92.75% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,553 26,036 38,744
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,045 2,664 1,555
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.23% -18.89% +90.68%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.30 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £42.26
% change year-on-year -31.25% -5.35% +116.50%

Senior Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Manager in the UK

Senior Business Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Business Manager in the UK

Senior Business Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Business Manager in the UK

Senior Business Manager
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Business Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
England +71 3 £500 +15.21% 83
London +51 2 £500 - 54
UK excluding London +52 1 - - 39
South East +40 1 - - 13

Senior Business Manager Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Business Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (33.33%) Reinsurance
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Emotional Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Azure

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (33.33%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (33.33%) Emotional Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification