Business Manager Jobs

Business Manager
UK

The median Business Manager salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 April 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 215 465
Rank change year-on-year +7 +250 +290
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Manager 743 1,297 720
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.47% 1.40% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.64% 1.48% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 368 1,057 425
10th Percentile £28,822 £32,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £70,600
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -36.26% +12.96%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £85,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,000 £45,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% -33.33% +22.73%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 45,395 87,903 100,964
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.80% 94.66% 91.85%
Number of salaries quoted 26,615 64,309 62,934
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,550 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,645 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% -8.93% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,433 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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 3 April 2025.

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 3 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -14 614 £56,000 +24.44% 606
UK excluding London -20 388 £42,000 -6.67% 279
London +19 256 £85,000 +77.15% 371
Work from Home -62 214 £42,000 +5.00% 279
North of England -6 97 £56,000 +12.00% 79
Midlands +6 90 £28,822 -35.95% 32
West Midlands +22 84 £28,822 -35.95% 23
South East -63 76 £44,750 +17.76% 99
North West -11 64 £56,000 +12.00% 44
East of England +70 51 £60,250 +14.76% 30
South West +77 36 £38,000 -27.47% 17
Scotland +76 28 £57,500 +105.36% 14
Yorkshire +17 18 £60,743 +10.44% 22
North East +48 13 £35,000 -12.50% 14
Northern Ireland +34 5 £40,000 -33.33% 3
Wales +28 5 £62,500 +111.86% 9
East Midlands +2 5 £63,750 +21.72% 9

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

For the 6 months to 3 April 2025, 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.

1 522 (70.26%) Business Development
2 284 (38.22%) Social Skills
3 187 (25.17%) Finance
4 157 (21.13%) B2B
5 147 (19.78%) Business Strategy
6 138 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
7 134 (18.03%) Self-Motivation
8 133 (17.90%) CRM
9 115 (15.48%) Marketing
10 114 (15.34%) Decision-Making
11 111 (14.94%) Business Intelligence
12 101 (13.59%) Business Enablement
13 93 (12.52%) Roadmaps
14 88 (11.84%) Agile
15 86 (11.57%) Presentation Skills
15 86 (11.57%) Value Proposition
16 81 (10.90%) Degree
17 76 (10.23%) Salesforce
17 76 (10.23%) Customer Service
18 74 (9.96%) B2B Sales
19 73 (9.83%) SLA
20 71 (9.56%) SAP
21 66 (8.88%) Salesforce CRM
22 65 (8.75%) Active Listening
22 65 (8.75%) Deadline-Driven
22 65 (8.75%) Asset Management
23 64 (8.61%) YouTube
23 64 (8.61%) Technology Enablement
24 60 (8.08%) Portfolio Management
25 59 (7.94%) Lead Generation

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 11 (1.48%) Confluence
2 1 (0.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 34 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
1 34 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.13%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 66 (8.88%) Salesforce CRM
2 19 (2.56%) Aladdin
3 18 (2.42%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 12 (1.62%) thinkFolio
5 7 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.13%) Odoo
6 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 29 (3.90%) SaaS
2 22 (2.96%) Power Platform
3 12 (1.62%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (1.48%) Azure
5 7 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (0.81%) PowerApps
7 5 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.27%) AWS
8 2 (0.27%) GCP
8 2 (0.27%) GitHub
8 2 (0.27%) Google Sheets
8 2 (0.27%) Lucidchart
8 2 (0.27%) OCI
9 1 (0.13%) Amplience
9 1 (0.13%) BigCommerce
9 1 (0.13%) Bloomreach
9 1 (0.13%) Cloudinary
9 1 (0.13%) Commercetools
9 1 (0.13%) Contentful
9 1 (0.13%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.29%) WPA
2 6 (0.81%) Broadband
2 6 (0.81%) VoIP
3 5 (0.67%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.40%) Internet
4 3 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.40%) Wireless
5 2 (0.27%) LAN
5 2 (0.27%) Mobile Broadband
5 2 (0.27%) WAN
6 1 (0.13%) 5G
6 1 (0.13%) MPLS
6 1 (0.13%) Network Security
6 1 (0.13%) PBX
6 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.13%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.35%) Power BI
2 3 (0.40%) Tableau
3 2 (0.27%) Big Data
3 2 (0.27%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.13%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.13%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 13 (1.75%) JIRA
General
1 284 (38.22%) Social Skills
2 187 (25.17%) Finance
3 115 (15.48%) Marketing
4 86 (11.57%) Presentation Skills
5 58 (7.81%) Front Office
6 49 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
7 41 (5.52%) Manufacturing
8 35 (4.71%) Electronics
9 30 (4.04%) Pharmaceutical
10 29 (3.90%) Banking
11 22 (2.96%) Local Government
12 19 (2.56%) Public Sector
13 18 (2.42%) Telecoms
14 17 (2.29%) Retail
15 13 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
16 12 (1.62%) Brand Awareness
17 10 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
18 9 (1.21%) Automotive
19 6 (0.81%) Advertising
20 5 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.13%) EDI
1 1 (0.13%) MACH
1 1 (0.13%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 134 (18.03%) Self-Motivation
2 58 (7.81%) Derivative
2 58 (7.81%) Fixed Income
2 58 (7.81%) Hedge funds
3 47 (6.33%) Management Information System
4 43 (5.79%) Product Ownership
5 40 (5.38%) Onboarding
6 33 (4.44%) Equities
6 33 (4.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 31 (4.17%) Data Centre
8 27 (3.63%) Life Science
8 27 (3.63%) Pharmacovigilance
9 23 (3.10%) Social Media
10 10 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.35%) Reinsurance
11 9 (1.21%) Tandem
11 9 (1.21%) Virtual Team
12 7 (0.94%) Robotics
13 6 (0.81%) Cyber Security Posture
13 6 (0.81%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.44%) Apple iOS
2 18 (2.42%) Windows
2 18 (2.42%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 522 (70.26%) Business Development
2 157 (21.13%) B2B
3 147 (19.78%) Business Strategy
4 138 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
5 133 (17.90%) CRM
6 114 (15.34%) Decision-Making
7 111 (14.94%) Business Intelligence
8 101 (13.59%) Business Enablement
9 93 (12.52%) Roadmaps
10 88 (11.84%) Agile
11 86 (11.57%) Value Proposition
12 76 (10.23%) Customer Service
13 74 (9.96%) B2B Sales
14 65 (8.75%) Active Listening
14 65 (8.75%) Asset Management
14 65 (8.75%) Deadline-Driven
15 64 (8.61%) Technology Enablement
16 60 (8.08%) Portfolio Management
17 59 (7.94%) Lead Generation
18 58 (7.81%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (5.25%) SQL
2 32 (4.31%) Python
Qualifications
1 81 (10.90%) Degree
2 17 (2.29%) ACCA
2 17 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 17 (2.29%) DBS Check
3 14 (1.88%) CFA
3 14 (1.88%) CIMA
4 5 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (0.54%) Master's Degree
5 4 (0.54%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
6 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.40%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.27%) APMG
7 2 (0.27%) IIBA
7 2 (0.27%) MBA
7 2 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (0.27%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.27%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.13%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.13%) CITP
8 1 (0.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (9.83%) SLA
2 11 (1.48%) Good Clinical Practice
3 9 (1.21%) ISO 20022
4 6 (0.81%) QA
5 5 (0.67%) PMO
6 4 (0.54%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.40%) GAAP
7 3 (0.40%) IFRS
8 2 (0.27%) GDPR
8 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.13%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 76 (10.23%) Salesforce
2 71 (9.56%) SAP
3 64 (8.61%) YouTube
4 50 (6.73%) Microsoft
5 39 (5.25%) Intel
6 19 (2.56%) BISAM
7 18 (2.42%) Charles River
8 16 (2.15%) Pure Storage
9 15 (2.02%) NetApp
10 14 (1.88%) Fortinet
11 12 (1.62%) Calypso
11 12 (1.62%) SimCorp
12 7 (0.94%) Google
12 7 (0.94%) Oracle
13 6 (0.81%) VMware
14 5 (0.67%) BT
15 4 (0.54%) ServiceNow
15 4 (0.54%) Tenable
16 3 (0.40%) HubSpot
17 2 (0.27%) Workday