Business Manager Contracts in the West Midlands

Business Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Business Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £463 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 132 159
Rank change year-on-year +40 +27 -48
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 20 5 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.05% 0.21% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 0.23% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 3 11
10th Percentile - £523 £406
25th Percentile £413 £538 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -19.57% +4.55% +41.94%
75th Percentile £506 £588 -
90th Percentile £620 - -
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,743 2,211 3,414
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.35% 94.89% 96.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,174 1,518 2,490
10th Percentile £259 £250 £225
25th Percentile £363 £388 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +5.26% +15.85%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £713 £694 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 64 78
10th Percentile £12.04 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.88 £14.37
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £41.13 £27.35 £19.97
90th Percentile £55.75 £56.38 £22.25
England median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +100.00% +2.27%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in the West Midlands

Business Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Business Manager in the West Midlands

Business Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Manager in the West Midlands

Business Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Manager in the West Midlands

Business Manager
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 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
Birmingham +25 14 £463 -19.57% 12
Staffordshire - 3 £500 - 3
Warwickshire - 3 £700 -
Business Manager
England

Business Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 7 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 16 (80.00%) Finance
2 10 (50.00%) ERP
3 7 (35.00%) Decision-Making
3 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
4 6 (30.00%) Business Transformation
4 6 (30.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (30.00%) Change Management
4 6 (30.00%) Budgeting
5 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 4 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (15.00%) Manufacturing
7 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (10.00%) Law
8 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
8 2 (10.00%) Facilities Management
8 2 (10.00%) Project Management
8 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
8 2 (10.00%) Customer Service
9 1 (5.00%) APMG
9 1 (5.00%) Data Privacy
9 1 (5.00%) User Experience
9 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
9 1 (5.00%) Translating Business Requirements
9 1 (5.00%) Planning and Forecasting
9 1 (5.00%) Contract Management
9 1 (5.00%) GDPR
9 1 (5.00%) Business Process Analysis

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 16 (80.00%) Finance
2 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (15.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (10.00%) Law
6 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) ERP
2 7 (35.00%) Decision-Making
3 6 (30.00%) Budgeting
3 6 (30.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 6 (30.00%) Business Transformation
3 6 (30.00%) Change Management
3 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
5 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.00%) Customer Service
6 2 (10.00%) Facilities Management
6 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
6 2 (10.00%) Project Management
7 1 (5.00%) Business Case
7 1 (5.00%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (5.00%) Cost Reduction
7 1 (5.00%) Culture Change
7 1 (5.00%) Impact Assessments
7 1 (5.00%) Regulatory Change
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) APMG
1 1 (5.00%) Degree
1 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle