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 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 215 442 767
Rank change year-on-year +227 +325 -191
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Manager 1,401 694 530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.40% 0.70% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% 0.76% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,134 362 349
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,100 £41,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £51,283 £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 £65,000 £70,600 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,500 £62,500 £54,875
% change year-on-year -27.20% +13.90% -0.23%

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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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 18 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 18 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 +216 1,233 £45,000 -33.33% 317
UK excluding London +142 949 £45,500 -27.20% 235
Work from Home +155 730 £40,000 -43.34% 130
London +251 387 £40,000 -46.67% 89
South East +61 300 £40,000 -30.43% 67
North of England +166 211 £50,000 -29.18% 68
Midlands +108 211 £45,000 -28.00% 31
West Midlands +103 153 £40,060 -35.90% 22
North West +77 113 £55,000 -22.10% 42
Yorkshire +137 90 £48,250 -19.31% 19
Scotland -6 80 £52,500 -25.64% 7
South West -1 66 £52,396 -25.79% 36
East of England +18 54 £51,250 -18.00% 22
East Midlands +21 50 £52,500 -22.22% 9
Wales +40 39 £35,700 -49.43% 3
Northern Ireland +28 9 £60,000 - 9
North East -4 8 £40,000 -43.34% 7

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 966 (68.95%) Business Development
2 353 (25.20%) Social Skills
3 322 (22.98%) Salesforce
4 254 (18.13%) Client Onboarding
5 253 (18.06%) Customer Experience
6 229 (16.35%) Finance
7 224 (15.99%) CRM
8 154 (10.99%) Marketing
9 143 (10.21%) Decision-Making
10 119 (8.49%) Project Management
11 116 (8.28%) Microsoft
12 109 (7.78%) Degree
13 107 (7.64%) Agile
14 105 (7.49%) Microsoft Excel
14 105 (7.49%) Microsoft Office
14 105 (7.49%) Business Strategy
15 93 (6.64%) Self-Motivation
16 86 (6.14%) Change Management
17 78 (5.57%) Telecoms
18 77 (5.50%) SaaS
18 77 (5.50%) Analytics
19 74 (5.28%) Business Intelligence
19 74 (5.28%) Asset Management
20 73 (5.21%) B2B
21 69 (4.93%) Retail
22 68 (4.85%) SQL
23 67 (4.78%) Continuous Improvement
24 66 (4.71%) Stakeholder Management
24 66 (4.71%) Presentation Skills
25 65 (4.64%) ERP

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 (1.00%) Confluence
2 7 (0.50%) SAS
2 7 (0.50%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.21%) Apache
4 2 (0.14%) CMS
4 2 (0.14%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.071%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 105 (7.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 105 (7.49%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.21%) SPSS
5 1 (0.071%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.071%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.071%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.071%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.071%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 43 (3.07%) Salesforce CRM
2 16 (1.14%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.36%) iTrent
5 3 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.14%) Misys Midas
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.071%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.071%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.071%) Odoo
7 1 (0.071%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 77 (5.50%) SaaS
2 43 (3.07%) Azure
2 43 (3.07%) Power Platform
3 35 (2.50%) AWS
4 32 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
5 28 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (0.57%) Google Workspace
7 7 (0.50%) IBM Cloud
8 6 (0.43%) Asana
8 6 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 5 (0.36%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.29%) 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 (1.57%) Broadband
1 22 (1.57%) Unified Communications
2 20 (1.43%) VoIP
3 11 (0.79%) Network Security
4 7 (0.50%) Firewall
5 6 (0.43%) Internet
6 5 (0.36%) WAN
7 4 (0.29%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.29%) WPA
8 3 (0.21%) MPLS
8 3 (0.21%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.21%) VPN
9 2 (0.14%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.14%) VPLS
10 1 (0.071%) 4G
10 1 (0.071%) LoRaWAN
10 1 (0.071%) Radio Access Network
10 1 (0.071%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (2.57%) Power BI
2 26 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (1.07%) SQL Server
4 12 (0.86%) Tableau
5 10 (0.71%) Data Lake
5 10 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (0.64%) Star Schema
7 6 (0.43%) Power Query
7 6 (0.43%) PowerPivot
8 5 (0.36%) GIS
9 4 (0.29%) Big Data
9 4 (0.29%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.21%) EDRMS
10 3 (0.21%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.14%) Looker
12 1 (0.071%) OLAP
12 1 (0.071%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 22 (1.57%) JIRA
2 6 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.14%) Git
4 1 (0.071%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 353 (25.20%) Social Skills
2 229 (16.35%) Finance
3 154 (10.99%) Marketing
4 78 (5.57%) Telecoms
5 69 (4.93%) Retail
6 66 (4.71%) Presentation Skills
7 63 (4.50%) Manufacturing
8 59 (4.21%) Analytical Skills
9 56 (4.00%) Public Sector
10 46 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 37 (2.64%) Legal
12 36 (2.57%) Front Office
12 36 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
13 21 (1.50%) Automotive
14 20 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
15 17 (1.21%) Local Government
16 16 (1.14%) Law
17 15 (1.07%) Health Technology
17 15 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
18 13 (0.93%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.57%) HTML
2 7 (0.50%) Flash
3 5 (0.36%) CSS
3 5 (0.36%) JSON
4 4 (0.29%) .NET
5 3 (0.21%) MDX
6 2 (0.14%) web3js
7 1 (0.071%) ADO
7 1 (0.071%) Tapestry
Miscellaneous
1 93 (6.64%) Self-Motivation
2 39 (2.78%) Product Ownership
3 38 (2.71%) Derivative
3 38 (2.71%) Fixed Income
4 37 (2.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 36 (2.57%) Equities
5 36 (2.57%) Hedge funds
6 33 (2.36%) Driving Licence
6 33 (2.36%) Management Information System
6 33 (2.36%) Onboarding
7 23 (1.64%) Social Media
8 21 (1.50%) NHS
9 17 (1.21%) Life Science
10 12 (0.86%) Biopharmaceutical
11 10 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (0.64%) Data Centre
12 9 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (0.57%) IoT
14 6 (0.43%) CCTV
14 6 (0.43%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.57%) Apple iOS
2 5 (0.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 966 (68.95%) Business Development
2 254 (18.13%) Client Onboarding
3 253 (18.06%) Customer Experience
4 224 (15.99%) CRM
5 143 (10.21%) Decision-Making
6 119 (8.49%) Project Management
7 107 (7.64%) Agile
8 105 (7.49%) Business Strategy
9 86 (6.14%) Change Management
10 77 (5.50%) Analytics
11 74 (5.28%) Asset Management
11 74 (5.28%) Business Intelligence
12 73 (5.21%) B2B
13 67 (4.78%) Continuous Improvement
14 66 (4.71%) Stakeholder Management
15 65 (4.64%) Artificial Intelligence
15 65 (4.64%) ERP
16 62 (4.43%) Problem-Solving
17 57 (4.07%) Logistics
18 53 (3.78%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 68 (4.85%) SQL
2 48 (3.43%) Python
3 11 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (0.64%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.43%) R
6 5 (0.36%) VB
7 4 (0.29%) C#
8 3 (0.21%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 109 (7.78%) Degree
2 24 (1.71%) PMI Certification
3 21 (1.50%) PMP
4 16 (1.14%) Master's Degree
5 15 (1.07%) DBS Check
6 14 (1.00%) APMG
7 13 (0.93%) PhD
8 10 (0.71%) CFA
8 10 (0.71%) CIMA
8 10 (0.71%) MBA
9 5 (0.36%) Security Cleared
10 4 (0.29%) BICSI RCDD
10 4 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.14%) APMP
11 2 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.14%) SC Cleared
12 1 (0.071%) ACCA
12 1 (0.071%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.071%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.071%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (4.07%) SLA
2 27 (1.93%) QA
3 15 (1.07%) GDPR
4 10 (0.71%) Accessibility
5 8 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.50%) ISO 9001
7 5 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.36%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.29%) PMO
9 2 (0.14%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.071%) GAAP
10 1 (0.071%) ISO 20022
Systems Management
1 1 (0.071%) PaperCut
1 1 (0.071%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 322 (22.98%) Salesforce
2 116 (8.28%) Microsoft
3 56 (4.00%) SAP
4 23 (1.64%) YouTube
5 18 (1.28%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.21%) NetApp
7 11 (0.79%) IBM
8 10 (0.71%) Cisco
9 8 (0.57%) Google
9 8 (0.57%) Oracle
10 7 (0.50%) Adobe
11 6 (0.43%) BT
11 6 (0.43%) Concur
11 6 (0.43%) HubSpot
11 6 (0.43%) Intel
12 5 (0.36%) Sage
13 4 (0.29%) Dell
13 4 (0.29%) HP
13 4 (0.29%) Sophos
13 4 (0.29%) Veeam