Business Manager Contracts

Business Manager
UK

The median Business Manager daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 393 465 485
Rank change year-on-year +72 +20 -29
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 194 224 409
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.39% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.42% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 161 282
10th Percentile £413 £413 £406
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £673 £625 £638
90th Percentile £788 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £507 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -3.52% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 1
10th Percentile £22.50 £54.80 -
25th Percentile £22.61 £57.22 -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £62.50 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year -56.00% +131.65% -
75th Percentile £36.00 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £62.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £57.13 £26.98
% change year-on-year -51.86% +111.73% -

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 39,484 53,902 83,447
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.62% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,682 37,660 58,636
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,662 1,503 2,044
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.38 £15.76
Median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.44 £76.20 £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 Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in the UK

Business Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Manager in the UK

Business Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Manager over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Manager in the UK

Business Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Manager in the UK

Business Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Manager over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Manager in the UK

Business Manager
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 16 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 +90 177 £550 - 278
UK excluding London +48 93 £507 -3.52% 204
London +88 89 £600 +6.19% 83
Work from Home +112 80 £550 - 124
South East +33 37 £525 -2.33% 59
West Midlands +45 24 £469 -18.48% 20
Midlands +45 24 £469 -14.77% 27
North of England +3 16 £575 +10.84% 58
Scotland +29 8 £488 -11.36% 7
North West +15 8 £556 +11.25% 40
South West +1 7 £538 +2.38% 31
Yorkshire -1 7 £645 -0.77% 14
Wales +18 1 £800 - 4
East of England +3 1 £618 +54.50% 19

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 90 (46.39%) Finance
2 61 (31.44%) Change Management
3 57 (29.38%) Social Skills
4 39 (20.10%) Stakeholder Management
5 35 (18.04%) Project Management
6 32 (16.49%) Agile
7 25 (12.89%) Asset Management
8 23 (11.86%) Marketing
9 22 (11.34%) Analytics
10 21 (10.82%) Front Office
10 21 (10.82%) Decision-Making
11 20 (10.31%) Product Ownership
11 20 (10.31%) ERP
12 19 (9.79%) Equities
12 19 (9.79%) Fixed Income
12 19 (9.79%) Derivative
12 19 (9.79%) Investment Management
13 18 (9.28%) Business Transformation
13 18 (9.28%) Artificial Intelligence
13 18 (9.28%) SQL
14 17 (8.76%) Public Sector
14 17 (8.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 17 (8.76%) Machine Learning
14 17 (8.76%) Analytical Skills
14 17 (8.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 17 (8.76%) Hedge funds
15 16 (8.25%) Python
16 15 (7.73%) Problem-Solving
16 15 (7.73%) Business Case
16 15 (7.73%) Impact Assessments

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.55%) Confluence
1 3 (1.55%) SAS
2 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (5.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.55%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.03%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 1 (0.52%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.52%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 13 (6.70%) AWS
2 8 (4.12%) Power Platform
3 7 (3.61%) Azure
3 7 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.55%) Smartsheet
5 3 (1.55%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.52%) GCP
6 1 (0.52%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.52%) OCI
6 1 (0.52%) SaaS
6 1 (0.52%) Slack
6 1 (0.52%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.55%) Skype
2 2 (1.03%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.12%) Power BI
2 5 (2.58%) Tableau
3 3 (1.55%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 2 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (1.03%) JIRA
General
1 90 (46.39%) Finance
2 57 (29.38%) Social Skills
3 23 (11.86%) Marketing
4 21 (10.82%) Front Office
5 17 (8.76%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (8.76%) Public Sector
6 14 (7.22%) Manufacturing
7 12 (6.19%) Banking
8 9 (4.64%) Legal
9 7 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (3.09%) Retail
11 5 (2.58%) Law
11 5 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.58%) Telecoms
12 4 (2.06%) Electronics
12 4 (2.06%) Local Government
12 4 (2.06%) Police
13 3 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (1.03%) Advertising
14 2 (1.03%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.55%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.03%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (1.03%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.31%) Product Ownership
2 19 (9.79%) Derivative
2 19 (9.79%) Equities
2 19 (9.79%) Fixed Income
3 17 (8.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 17 (8.76%) Hedge funds
4 9 (4.64%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (3.61%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.06%) Life Science
7 3 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.55%) NHS
7 3 (1.55%) Social Media
8 2 (1.03%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.03%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.52%) PMI
9 1 (0.52%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.06%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (31.44%) Change Management
2 39 (20.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 35 (18.04%) Project Management
4 32 (16.49%) Agile
5 25 (12.89%) Asset Management
6 22 (11.34%) Analytics
7 21 (10.82%) Decision-Making
8 20 (10.31%) ERP
9 19 (9.79%) Investment Management
10 18 (9.28%) Artificial Intelligence
10 18 (9.28%) Business Transformation
11 17 (8.76%) Machine Learning
11 17 (8.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (7.73%) Business Case
12 15 (7.73%) Impact Assessments
12 15 (7.73%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (7.22%) Business Development
13 14 (7.22%) Product Management
14 13 (6.70%) Business Intelligence
14 13 (6.70%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.28%) SQL
2 16 (8.25%) Python
3 1 (0.52%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (6.19%) Security Cleared
2 9 (4.64%) Degree
3 8 (4.12%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.55%) ACCA
5 2 (1.03%) CIMA
5 2 (1.03%) CIPD
5 2 (1.03%) CIPFA
5 2 (1.03%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.03%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.03%) PMP
5 2 (1.03%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (0.52%) APMG
6 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.52%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.15%) GDPR
2 4 (2.06%) PMO
3 2 (1.03%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.52%) IFRS
4 1 (0.52%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.52%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.52%) QA
Vendors
1 14 (7.22%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.09%) SAP
3 4 (2.06%) Oracle
3 4 (2.06%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.55%) Workday
5 2 (1.03%) Google
5 2 (1.03%) Sage
6 1 (0.52%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.52%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.52%) Charles River
6 1 (0.52%) DocuSign
6 1 (0.52%) ION Trading
6 1 (0.52%) MarketAxess
6 1 (0.52%) Remedy
6 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.52%) Tradeweb