Business Project Manager Contracts

Business Project Manager
UK

The median Business Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £508 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 22 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
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 527 630 736
Rank change year-on-year +103 +106 -105
Contract jobs requiring a Business Project Manager 51 52 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.092% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.097% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 39 83
10th Percentile £374 £469 £400
25th Percentile £456 £510 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £620 £619 £600
90th Percentile £738 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £525 £465
% change year-on-year -11.90% +12.90% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £56.40 £54.80 -
25th Percentile £58.50 £57.22 -
Median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% - -
75th Percentile - £63.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.00 £57.13 -
% change year-on-year +8.53% - -

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 39,379 53,564 83,565
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.82% 94.61% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,662 37,382 58,742
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,685 1,500 2,039
10th Percentile £12.81 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.39 £15.82
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.03 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Business Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Project Manager in the UK

Business Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Project Manager in the UK

Business Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Project Manager over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Project Manager in the UK

Business Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Project Manager in the UK

Business Project Manager
Top 9 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 22 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 +116 51 £508 -10.18% 8
London +93 35 £588 -0.84% 1
UK excluding London +55 15 £463 -11.90% 8
Work from Home +108 12 £694 +24.44% 3
West Midlands - 7 £463 -
Midlands - 7 £463 -
South East +14 5 £501 -10.22% 2
South West - 2 £431 -
North of England +33 1 - - 4

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 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 featuring Business Project Manager in the job title.

1 27 (52.94%) Finance
2 18 (35.29%) Project Management
3 16 (31.37%) Social Skills
4 14 (27.45%) Change Management
5 10 (19.61%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (17.65%) Business Transformation
7 8 (15.69%) Business Analysis
8 6 (11.76%) Legal
8 6 (11.76%) Risk Management
8 6 (11.76%) Microsoft
9 5 (9.80%) Retail
9 5 (9.80%) Asset Management
9 5 (9.80%) Target Operating Model
9 5 (9.80%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
9 5 (9.80%) Project Delivery
9 5 (9.80%) Business Case
10 4 (7.84%) Decision-Making
10 4 (7.84%) Technical Architecture
10 4 (7.84%) Lean Six Sigma
10 4 (7.84%) TOGAF
10 4 (7.84%) Agile
10 4 (7.84%) Banking
10 4 (7.84%) Manufacturing
10 4 (7.84%) Six Sigma
11 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
11 3 (5.88%) BPR
11 3 (5.88%) Front Office
11 3 (5.88%) PRINCE2
11 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel

Business Project 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 1 (1.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (5.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.92%) SAP Business ByDesign
2 1 (1.96%) ION MarketView
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.88%) Azure
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (5.88%) Smartsheet
1 3 (5.88%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.92%) FIX Connectivity
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) JIRA
General
1 27 (52.94%) Finance
2 16 (31.37%) Social Skills
3 6 (11.76%) Legal
4 5 (9.80%) Retail
5 4 (7.84%) Banking
5 4 (7.84%) Manufacturing
6 3 (5.88%) Front Office
6 3 (5.88%) Investment Banking
6 3 (5.88%) Marketing
7 2 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Advertising
8 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.92%) FIX Protocol
1 2 (3.92%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.88%) Life Science
2 2 (3.92%) Derivative
2 2 (3.92%) Fixed Income
2 2 (3.92%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.92%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (1.96%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.96%) Equities
3 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.96%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (35.29%) Project Management
2 14 (27.45%) Change Management
3 10 (19.61%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (17.65%) Business Transformation
4 9 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (15.69%) Business Analysis
6 6 (11.76%) Risk Management
7 5 (9.80%) Asset Management
7 5 (9.80%) Business Case
7 5 (9.80%) Project Delivery
7 5 (9.80%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 5 (9.80%) Target Operating Model
8 4 (7.84%) Agile
8 4 (7.84%) Decision-Making
8 4 (7.84%) Lean Six Sigma
8 4 (7.84%) Six Sigma
8 4 (7.84%) Technical Architecture
8 4 (7.84%) TOGAF
9 3 (5.88%) BPR
9 3 (5.88%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 1 (1.96%) Degree
1 1 (1.96%) PMI Certification
1 1 (1.96%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.96%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.88%) Workday
3 2 (3.92%) SAP
4 1 (1.96%) Bloomberg
4 1 (1.96%) Charles River
4 1 (1.96%) DocuSign
4 1 (1.96%) ION Trading
4 1 (1.96%) MarketAxess
4 1 (1.96%) Sage
4 1 (1.96%) Tradeweb