Business Manager Contracts in the West Midlands

Business Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Business Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 91 123
Rank change year-on-year -3 +32 +36
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 8 24 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.57% 1.24% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 1.35% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 22 4
10th Percentile £326 £413 £478
25th Percentile £375 £423 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £469 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.67% -14.77% +2.33%
75th Percentile £500 £517 £588
90th Percentile £580 £650 -
England median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,278 1,775 2,101
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.57% 91.45% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 831 1,210 1,434
10th Percentile £200 £255 £257
25th Percentile £363 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -3.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £640 £700 £700
England median daily rate £518 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.43% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 142 59
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.14 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.88 £14.43
Median hourly rate £19.50 £19.77 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.37% -1.15% +17.65%
75th Percentile £33.89 £40.38 £27.32
90th Percentile £50.00 £56.13 £59.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -16.67% +89.04%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 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
Birmingham -1 4 £400 -13.51% 47
Warwickshire -3 2 £500 -28.57% 14
Coventry - 2 £468 - 13
Business Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 4 (50.00%) ERP
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
1 4 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 4 (50.00%) Planning and Forecasting
1 4 (50.00%) Contract Management
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle
3 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (12.50%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
4 1 (12.50%) Power BI
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 1 (12.50%) Business Process Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
4 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology

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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
1 1 (12.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Budgeting
1 4 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 4 (50.00%) Contract Management
1 4 (50.00%) ERP
1 4 (50.00%) Planning and Forecasting
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (12.50%) Business Process Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) Change Control
4 1 (12.50%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) APMG
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) SAP