Business Manager
UK

The median Business Manager salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 207 409 761
Rank change year-on-year +202 +352 -153
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Manager 1,420 778 508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.44% 0.75% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 0.82% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,179 401 349
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -30.77% +18.18% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,240 95,005 150,022
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 66,901 59,761 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.21% +5.50% +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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Manager in the UK

Business Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Manager over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Manager in the UK

Business Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +205 1,260 £42,500 -37.04% 299
UK excluding London +139 966 £45,000 -30.77% 225
Work from Home +171 783 £40,000 -43.34% 138
London +228 394 £40,000 -46.67% 80
South East +83 344 £40,000 -30.43% 65
Midlands +100 201 £42,500 -32.00% 30
North of England +146 198 £50,000 -29.18% 55
West Midlands +99 146 £38,500 -38.40% 21
North West +71 104 £52,500 -25.64% 34
Yorkshire +138 86 £50,000 -29.18% 18
Scotland -5 81 £52,500 -25.32% 11
South West -12 66 £52,396 -25.79% 44
East of England +24 51 £51,250 -18.00% 18
East Midlands +10 47 £52,500 -22.22% 9
Wales +41 38 £35,700 -49.43% 4
North East -5 8 £40,000 -43.34% 3
Northern Ireland +40 7 £60,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Business Manager 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 permanent job ads featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 991 (69.79%) Business Development
2 392 (27.61%) Salesforce
3 336 (23.66%) Social Skills
4 320 (22.54%) Customer Experience
5 319 (22.46%) Client Onboarding
6 227 (15.99%) CRM
7 208 (14.65%) Finance
8 151 (10.63%) Marketing
9 118 (8.31%) Project Management
10 116 (8.17%) Decision-Making
11 109 (7.68%) Degree
12 108 (7.61%) Agile
13 100 (7.04%) Business Strategy
14 96 (6.76%) Microsoft
15 92 (6.48%) Self-Motivation
16 86 (6.06%) Change Management
17 84 (5.92%) Microsoft Office
18 83 (5.85%) Microsoft Excel
19 81 (5.70%) SaaS
20 80 (5.63%) Telecoms
21 76 (5.35%) B2B
22 72 (5.07%) Analytics
23 70 (4.93%) Business Intelligence
23 70 (4.93%) Asset Management
24 69 (4.86%) Continuous Improvement
25 68 (4.79%) ERP
26 66 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
27 65 (4.58%) Stakeholder Management
28 64 (4.51%) Manufacturing
29 63 (4.44%) SQL

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 14 (0.99%) Confluence
2 7 (0.49%) SAS
3 6 (0.42%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.21%) Apache
5 2 (0.14%) CMS
5 2 (0.14%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.070%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 84 (5.92%) Microsoft Office
2 83 (5.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.21%) SPSS
6 1 (0.070%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.070%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.070%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.070%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.070%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 45 (3.17%) Salesforce CRM
2 16 (1.13%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.35%) iTrent
5 3 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.070%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.070%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.070%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.070%) Odoo
7 1 (0.070%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 81 (5.70%) SaaS
2 40 (2.82%) Azure
2 40 (2.82%) Power Platform
3 31 (2.18%) AWS
4 30 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
5 27 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (0.56%) Google Workspace
7 7 (0.49%) IBM Cloud
8 6 (0.42%) Asana
8 6 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 5 (0.35%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.28%) GCP
11 3 (0.21%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.21%) Dropbox
11 3 (0.21%) GitHub
11 3 (0.21%) Rubrik
11 3 (0.21%) Zapier
12 2 (0.14%) dbt
12 2 (0.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.55%) Broadband
1 22 (1.55%) Unified Communications
2 20 (1.41%) VoIP
3 11 (0.77%) Network Security
4 7 (0.49%) Firewall
4 7 (0.49%) Internet
5 5 (0.35%) WAN
6 4 (0.28%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.28%) WPA
7 3 (0.21%) MPLS
7 3 (0.21%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.21%) VPN
8 2 (0.14%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.14%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.14%) VPLS
9 1 (0.070%) 4G
9 1 (0.070%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (0.070%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.46%) Power BI
2 25 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (1.06%) SQL Server
4 12 (0.85%) Tableau
5 10 (0.70%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (0.63%) Star Schema
7 6 (0.42%) Power Query
7 6 (0.42%) PowerPivot
8 4 (0.28%) Big Data
8 4 (0.28%) GIS
8 4 (0.28%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.21%) EDRMS
9 3 (0.21%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.14%) Looker
11 1 (0.070%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.070%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 22 (1.55%) JIRA
2 6 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.14%) Git
4 1 (0.070%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 336 (23.66%) Social Skills
2 208 (14.65%) Finance
3 151 (10.63%) Marketing
4 80 (5.63%) Telecoms
5 66 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
6 64 (4.51%) Manufacturing
7 59 (4.15%) Analytical Skills
7 59 (4.15%) Public Sector
8 48 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 48 (3.38%) Retail
9 36 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
10 32 (2.25%) Front Office
11 27 (1.90%) Legal
12 21 (1.48%) Automotive
12 21 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
13 16 (1.13%) Law
13 16 (1.13%) Local Government
14 15 (1.06%) Health Technology
14 15 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (0.92%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.56%) HTML
2 7 (0.49%) Flash
3 5 (0.35%) CSS
3 5 (0.35%) JSON
4 4 (0.28%) .NET
5 3 (0.21%) MDX
6 2 (0.14%) web3js
7 1 (0.070%) ADO
7 1 (0.070%) Akka
7 1 (0.070%) EDI
7 1 (0.070%) Tapestry
Miscellaneous
1 92 (6.48%) Self-Motivation
2 37 (2.61%) Onboarding
3 35 (2.46%) Product Ownership
4 34 (2.39%) Derivative
4 34 (2.39%) Fixed Income
5 33 (2.32%) Driving Licence
5 33 (2.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 33 (2.32%) Management Information System
6 32 (2.25%) Equities
6 32 (2.25%) Hedge funds
7 23 (1.62%) Social Media
8 21 (1.48%) NHS
9 17 (1.20%) Life Science
10 12 (0.85%) Biopharmaceutical
11 10 (0.70%) Data Centre
11 10 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (0.56%) IoT
14 6 (0.42%) Digital Signage
14 6 (0.42%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.56%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.21%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 991 (69.79%) Business Development
2 320 (22.54%) Customer Experience
3 319 (22.46%) Client Onboarding
4 227 (15.99%) CRM
5 118 (8.31%) Project Management
6 116 (8.17%) Decision-Making
7 108 (7.61%) Agile
8 100 (7.04%) Business Strategy
9 86 (6.06%) Change Management
10 76 (5.35%) B2B
11 72 (5.07%) Analytics
12 70 (4.93%) Asset Management
12 70 (4.93%) Business Intelligence
13 69 (4.86%) Continuous Improvement
14 68 (4.79%) ERP
15 65 (4.58%) Stakeholder Management
16 63 (4.44%) Artificial Intelligence
17 59 (4.15%) Problem-Solving
18 55 (3.87%) Value Proposition
19 52 (3.66%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 63 (4.44%) SQL
2 42 (2.96%) Python
3 10 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (0.63%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.35%) VB
6 4 (0.28%) C#
6 4 (0.28%) R
7 3 (0.21%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 109 (7.68%) Degree
2 23 (1.62%) PMI Certification
3 20 (1.41%) PMP
4 15 (1.06%) DBS Check
4 15 (1.06%) Master's Degree
5 14 (0.99%) APMG
6 12 (0.85%) PhD
7 10 (0.70%) CFA
7 10 (0.70%) CIMA
7 10 (0.70%) MBA
8 4 (0.28%) BICSI RCDD
8 4 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (0.28%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.14%) ACCA
9 2 (0.14%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.070%) APMP
10 1 (0.070%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.070%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.070%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.070%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (4.15%) SLA
2 27 (1.90%) QA
3 15 (1.06%) GDPR
4 10 (0.70%) Accessibility
5 9 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.49%) ISO 9001
7 6 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.28%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.28%) PMO
9 3 (0.21%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.14%) GAAP
10 2 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.070%) IFRS
11 1 (0.070%) ISO 20022
Systems Management
1 1 (0.070%) PaperCut
1 1 (0.070%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 392 (27.61%) Salesforce
2 96 (6.76%) Microsoft
3 59 (4.15%) SAP
4 18 (1.27%) ServiceNow
5 15 (1.06%) YouTube
6 13 (0.92%) NetApp
7 11 (0.77%) IBM
8 10 (0.70%) Cisco
9 8 (0.56%) Google
9 8 (0.56%) Oracle
10 7 (0.49%) HubSpot
10 7 (0.49%) Sage
11 6 (0.42%) Adobe
11 6 (0.42%) BT
11 6 (0.42%) Concur
12 4 (0.28%) Dell
12 4 (0.28%) HP
12 4 (0.28%) Sophos
12 4 (0.28%) Veeam
12 4 (0.28%) Workday