Business Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Business Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Business Project Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £463 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 384 423 469
Rank change year-on-year +39 +46 -61
Contract jobs requiring a Business Project Manager 16 15 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.077% 0.066% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% 0.070% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 36
10th Percentile £406 £413 £406
25th Percentile £441 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £465
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% +12.90% +3.33%
75th Percentile £481 £575 £533
90th Percentile £501 £603 £586
UK median daily rate £508 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -7.73% +4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Median hourly rate £62.00 £57.13 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.53% - -
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year -0.80% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 19,247 21,469 29,158
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.25% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,616 14,937 20,515
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,085 1,398
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.91
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Business Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Project Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Business Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Project Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Business Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Midlands +29 7 £463 -2.63%
West Midlands +20 7 £463 -2.63%
South East +11 5 £501 -10.22% 1
South West - 2 £431 -
Scotland +35 1 - - 1
North of England +21 1 - - 3
Business Project Manager
UK

Business Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Business Project 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 UK excluding London region featuring Business Project Manager in the job title.

1 11 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 9 (56.25%) Finance
3 7 (43.75%) Change Management
4 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (37.50%) Business Transformation
5 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
5 5 (31.25%) Project Management
6 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
6 3 (18.75%) BPR
6 3 (18.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (18.75%) Life Science
6 3 (18.75%) SuccessFactors
6 3 (18.75%) Workday
6 3 (18.75%) Smartsheet
7 2 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (12.50%) Smart Contracts
7 2 (12.50%) Workflow
7 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
7 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (6.25%) GAP Analysis
8 1 (6.25%) Programme Management
8 1 (6.25%) Agile
8 1 (6.25%) Retail
8 1 (6.25%) ERP
8 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2
8 1 (6.25%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (6.25%) Strategic Management
8 1 (6.25%) Marketing
8 1 (6.25%) Project Governance

Business Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (6.25%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Smartsheet
1 3 (18.75%) SuccessFactors
General
1 11 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 9 (56.25%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Marketing
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Life Science
2 2 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Change Management
2 6 (37.50%) Business Transformation
2 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (31.25%) Project Management
3 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 3 (18.75%) BPR
5 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (12.50%) Workflow
6 1 (6.25%) Agile
6 1 (6.25%) Conflict Resolution
6 1 (6.25%) Decision-Making
6 1 (6.25%) ERP
6 1 (6.25%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (6.25%) Impact Analysis
6 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2
6 1 (6.25%) Programme Management
6 1 (6.25%) Project Delivery
6 1 (6.25%) Project Governance
6 1 (6.25%) Regulatory Change
6 1 (6.25%) Strategic Management
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
1 3 (18.75%) Workday