Business Manager Contracts in London

Business Manager
England > London

The median Business Manager daily rate in London is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 June 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
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 239 315 388
Rank change year-on-year +76 +73 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Business Manager 107 82 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.85% 0.46% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 0.49% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 54 62
10th Percentile £413 £456 £413
25th Percentile £538 £500 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £582 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.34% +5.86% -8.33%
75th Percentile £788 £778 £650
90th Percentile - £788 £758
England median daily rate £575 £548 £550
% change year-on-year +5.02% -0.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £47.50 -
England median hourly rate - £27.50 £57.13
% change year-on-year - -51.86% +111.73%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 11,709 16,606 23,797
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 93.69% 94.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,936 11,915 17,372
10th Percentile £338 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £799 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 325 274
10th Percentile £19.25 £16.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £22.66
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £36.77
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -24.37% +5.06%
75th Percentile £50.50 £46.48 £63.94
90th Percentile £64.75 £66.80 £82.43
England median hourly rate £28.88 £39.55 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.99% -12.11% +87.30%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in London

Business Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Business Manager in London

Business Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Manager in London over the 6 months to 21 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Manager in London

Business Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Manager in London

Business Manager
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 21 June 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
Central London +8 13 £500 -6.98% 84
South London - 1 £388 - 8
Business Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 June 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 London region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 72 (67.29%) Finance
2 55 (51.40%) Agile
3 53 (49.53%) Business Analysis
4 47 (43.93%) Front Office
5 46 (42.99%) Asset Management
6 45 (42.06%) Investment Management
7 44 (41.12%) Fixed Income
7 44 (41.12%) Business Intelligence
8 43 (40.19%) SQL
9 42 (39.25%) Derivative
9 42 (39.25%) Portfolio Management
10 41 (38.32%) Hedge funds
10 41 (38.32%) Python
11 39 (36.45%) Aladdin
12 38 (35.51%) BISAM
13 30 (28.04%) Social Skills
14 26 (24.30%) Stakeholder Management
15 25 (23.36%) Analytics
16 23 (21.50%) Project Management
16 23 (21.50%) Data Mapping
16 23 (21.50%) Onboarding
17 22 (20.56%) Charles River
18 21 (19.63%) User Acceptance Testing
19 20 (18.69%) Change Management
20 19 (17.76%) Calypso
20 19 (17.76%) thinkFolio
20 19 (17.76%) SimCorp
20 19 (17.76%) Performance Attribution
20 19 (17.76%) Quantitative Research
21 14 (13.08%) Decision-Making

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.93%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.80%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 39 (36.45%) Aladdin
2 19 (17.76%) thinkFolio
3 1 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.93%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.67%) Power Platform
2 4 (3.74%) Azure
3 1 (0.93%) Asana
3 1 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.93%) BigCommerce
3 1 (0.93%) Power Automate
3 1 (0.93%) PowerApps
3 1 (0.93%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.74%) Power BI
2 2 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.93%) Power Query
3 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.93%) JIRA
General
1 72 (67.29%) Finance
2 47 (43.93%) Front Office
3 30 (28.04%) Social Skills
4 13 (12.15%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (8.41%) Banking
5 9 (8.41%) Influencing Skills
5 9 (8.41%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.61%) Legal
7 4 (3.74%) Back Office
7 4 (3.74%) Marketing
8 3 (2.80%) Law
8 3 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.87%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.87%) Police
9 2 (1.87%) Retail
10 1 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.93%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.93%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.93%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (41.12%) Fixed Income
2 42 (39.25%) Derivative
3 41 (38.32%) Hedge funds
4 23 (21.50%) Onboarding
5 5 (4.67%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.80%) Equities
7 2 (1.87%) Freedom of Information
7 2 (1.87%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.93%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.93%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.93%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.93%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.93%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.93%) Replication
8 1 (0.93%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (51.40%) Agile
2 53 (49.53%) Business Analysis
3 46 (42.99%) Asset Management
4 45 (42.06%) Investment Management
5 44 (41.12%) Business Intelligence
6 42 (39.25%) Portfolio Management
7 26 (24.30%) Stakeholder Management
8 25 (23.36%) Analytics
9 23 (21.50%) Data Mapping
9 23 (21.50%) Project Management
10 21 (19.63%) User Acceptance Testing
11 20 (18.69%) Change Management
12 19 (17.76%) Performance Attribution
12 19 (17.76%) Quantitative Research
13 14 (13.08%) Decision-Making
13 14 (13.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 13 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
15 9 (8.41%) Project Delivery
16 7 (6.54%) Data Governance
16 7 (6.54%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 43 (40.19%) SQL
2 41 (38.32%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (10.28%) Degree
2 4 (3.74%) Master's Degree
2 4 (3.74%) SC Cleared
2 4 (3.74%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.80%) MBA
4 2 (1.87%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.93%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.93%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.74%) PMO
2 2 (1.87%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.87%) GDPR
3 1 (0.93%) Basel III
3 1 (0.93%) EMIR
3 1 (0.93%) ISO 22301
3 1 (0.93%) ISO 31000
3 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.93%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (0.93%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 38 (35.51%) BISAM
2 22 (20.56%) Charles River
3 19 (17.76%) Calypso
3 19 (17.76%) SimCorp
4 8 (7.48%) Salesforce
5 6 (5.61%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.87%) SAP
6 2 (1.87%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.93%) Adobe
7 1 (0.93%) Oracle
7 1 (0.93%) Planview
7 1 (0.93%) Sitecore
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