Business Manager
UK

The median Business Manager salary in the UK is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 216 441 741
Rank change year-on-year +225 +300 -182
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Manager 1,423 695 561
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.39% 0.71% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 0.78% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,130 354 371
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,300 £41,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £51,250 £48,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.63% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,600 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,750 £86,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -24.00% +13.64% -

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 96,812 89,556 159,527
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.45% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 69,148 56,816 85,173
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

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 27 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 27 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 +224 1,249 £45,500 -32.59% 343
UK excluding London +156 953 £47,500 -24.00% 247
Work from Home +161 711 £40,000 -43.34% 141
London +254 401 £40,000 -46.67% 103
South East +51 279 £45,000 -21.74% 67
North of England +152 222 £50,000 -29.18% 78
Midlands +118 221 £45,000 -28.00% 33
West Midlands +101 160 £40,060 -35.90% 20
North West +85 121 £54,612 -22.65% 46
Yorkshire +123 92 £48,250 -1.53% 24
Scotland -3 82 £63,750 -9.70% 13
South West 0 65 £52,396 -25.79% 27
East of England +13 57 £51,250 -14.58% 22
East Midlands +13 53 £52,500 -16.00% 13
Wales +39 38 £35,700 -49.43% 4
Northern Ireland +32 10 £60,000 - 8
North East 0 9 £40,000 -43.34% 8

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

For the 6 months to 27 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.

1 981 (68.94%) Business Development
2 370 (26.00%) Social Skills
3 288 (20.24%) Salesforce
4 249 (17.50%) Finance
5 224 (15.74%) CRM
6 220 (15.46%) Client Onboarding
7 219 (15.39%) Customer Experience
8 165 (11.60%) Decision-Making
9 157 (11.03%) Marketing
10 136 (9.56%) Microsoft
11 126 (8.85%) Microsoft Excel
12 125 (8.78%) Microsoft Office
13 120 (8.43%) Project Management
14 109 (7.66%) Degree
15 107 (7.52%) Agile
15 107 (7.52%) Business Strategy
16 101 (7.10%) Self-Motivation
17 90 (6.32%) Retail
18 86 (6.04%) Change Management
19 80 (5.62%) Telecoms
20 79 (5.55%) SaaS
20 79 (5.55%) Analytics
21 77 (5.41%) Business Intelligence
22 76 (5.34%) Logistics
23 74 (5.20%) Asset Management
23 74 (5.20%) B2B
24 70 (4.92%) SQL
25 68 (4.78%) Continuous Improvement
26 65 (4.57%) ERP
26 65 (4.57%) Stakeholder Management

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 (0.98%) Confluence
2 7 (0.49%) SAS
2 7 (0.49%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.21%) Apache
4 2 (0.14%) CMS
4 2 (0.14%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.070%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 126 (8.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 125 (8.78%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (3.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.21%) SPSS
6 1 (0.070%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.070%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.070%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.070%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 43 (3.02%) Salesforce CRM
2 15 (1.05%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.35%) iTrent
5 3 (0.21%) Misys Midas
5 3 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.070%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.070%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.070%) Odoo
7 1 (0.070%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 79 (5.55%) SaaS
2 45 (3.16%) Power Platform
3 44 (3.09%) Azure
4 37 (2.60%) AWS
5 33 (2.32%) Dynamics 365
6 28 (1.97%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (0.56%) Google Workspace
8 7 (0.49%) IBM Cloud
9 6 (0.42%) Asana
9 6 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 5 (0.35%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.28%) GCP
12 3 (0.21%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (0.21%) Dropbox
12 3 (0.21%) GitHub
12 3 (0.21%) Rubrik
12 3 (0.21%) Zapier
13 2 (0.14%) dbt
13 2 (0.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.55%) Broadband
1 22 (1.55%) Unified Communications
1 22 (1.55%) VoIP
2 11 (0.77%) Network Security
3 8 (0.56%) Internet
4 7 (0.49%) Firewall
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%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.14%) VPLS
9 1 (0.070%) 4G
9 1 (0.070%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (0.070%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.070%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (2.60%) Power BI
2 26 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (0.98%) SQL Server
4 12 (0.84%) Tableau
5 10 (0.70%) Data Lake
5 10 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (0.63%) Star Schema
7 6 (0.42%) GIS
7 6 (0.42%) Power Query
7 6 (0.42%) PowerPivot
8 4 (0.28%) Big Data
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
1 370 (26.00%) Social Skills
2 249 (17.50%) Finance
3 157 (11.03%) Marketing
4 90 (6.32%) Retail
5 80 (5.62%) Telecoms
6 65 (4.57%) Presentation Skills
7 60 (4.22%) Manufacturing
8 58 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
9 55 (3.87%) Public Sector
10 46 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 45 (3.16%) Legal
12 36 (2.53%) Front Office
13 35 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
14 21 (1.48%) Automotive
15 19 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
16 18 (1.26%) Law
17 17 (1.19%) Local Government
18 15 (1.05%) Health Technology
18 15 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
19 13 (0.91%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.49%) Flash
1 7 (0.49%) HTML
2 5 (0.35%) CSS
2 5 (0.35%) JSON
3 3 (0.21%) .NET
3 3 (0.21%) MDX
4 2 (0.14%) web3js
5 1 (0.070%) ADO
5 1 (0.070%) Tapestry
Miscellaneous
1 101 (7.10%) Self-Motivation
2 39 (2.74%) Product Ownership
3 38 (2.67%) Derivative
3 38 (2.67%) Fixed Income
4 37 (2.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 36 (2.53%) Equities
5 36 (2.53%) Hedge funds
6 34 (2.39%) Driving Licence
7 32 (2.25%) Management Information System
7 32 (2.25%) Onboarding
8 23 (1.62%) Social Media
9 20 (1.41%) NHS
10 16 (1.12%) Life Science
11 11 (0.77%) Biopharmaceutical
12 10 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
13 9 (0.63%) Data Centre
13 9 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (0.56%) IoT
15 7 (0.49%) CCTV
16 6 (0.42%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.42%) Apple iOS
1 6 (0.42%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 981 (68.94%) Business Development
2 224 (15.74%) CRM
3 220 (15.46%) Client Onboarding
4 219 (15.39%) Customer Experience
5 165 (11.60%) Decision-Making
6 120 (8.43%) Project Management
7 107 (7.52%) Agile
7 107 (7.52%) Business Strategy
8 86 (6.04%) Change Management
9 79 (5.55%) Analytics
10 77 (5.41%) Business Intelligence
11 76 (5.34%) Logistics
12 74 (5.20%) Asset Management
12 74 (5.20%) B2B
13 68 (4.78%) Continuous Improvement
14 65 (4.57%) Artificial Intelligence
14 65 (4.57%) ERP
14 65 (4.57%) Stakeholder Management
15 64 (4.50%) Contract Negotiation
15 64 (4.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 70 (4.92%) SQL
2 50 (3.51%) Python
3 11 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (0.63%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.42%) R
6 5 (0.35%) VB
7 3 (0.21%) C#
7 3 (0.21%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 109 (7.66%) Degree
2 25 (1.76%) PMI Certification
3 22 (1.55%) PMP
4 15 (1.05%) DBS Check
4 15 (1.05%) Master's Degree
5 14 (0.98%) APMG
6 12 (0.84%) PhD
7 10 (0.70%) CFA
7 10 (0.70%) CIMA
7 10 (0.70%) MBA
8 5 (0.35%) Security Cleared
9 4 (0.28%) BICSI RCDD
9 4 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.14%) APMP
10 2 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.14%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.070%) ACCA
11 1 (0.070%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.070%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.070%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (4.01%) SLA
2 27 (1.90%) QA
3 15 (1.05%) GDPR
4 10 (0.70%) Accessibility
5 8 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.49%) ISO 9001
7 5 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.35%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.21%) PMO
9 2 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.070%) GAAP
10 1 (0.070%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.070%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 2 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.070%) PaperCut
1 1 (0.070%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 288 (20.24%) Salesforce
2 136 (9.56%) Microsoft
3 56 (3.94%) SAP
4 27 (1.90%) YouTube
5 18 (1.26%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.19%) NetApp
7 11 (0.77%) IBM
8 10 (0.70%) Cisco
9 8 (0.56%) Google
9 8 (0.56%) Intel
9 8 (0.56%) Oracle
10 7 (0.49%) Adobe
11 6 (0.42%) BT
11 6 (0.42%) Concur
11 6 (0.42%) HubSpot
12 5 (0.35%) Sage
13 4 (0.28%) Dell
13 4 (0.28%) HP
13 4 (0.28%) Sophos
13 4 (0.28%) Workday