The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Business Manager role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Business Manager
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank316282219
Rank change year-on-year
Down-34Down-63
Matching permanent IT job ads9181011941
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.757 %0.829 %0.988 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.800 %0.879 %1.059 %
Number of salaries quoted772776725
Average salary£57,500£57,500£52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+9.52 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£35,000£36,600
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£87,500£90,000
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£50,000£45,000
% change year-on-year
-+11.11 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11478411495588866
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK94.71 %94.21 %93.33 %
Number of salaries quoted984679705973610
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33 %+2.73 %

Business Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Business Manager within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Business Manager Demand Trend

Business Manager
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Business Manager within the UK.

Business Manager Salary Trend

Business Manager
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Manager over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

Business Manager Salary Histogram

Business Manager
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-24844£60,000+4.34 %
LondonDown-36474£65,000-
South EastDown-22144£56,750+8.09 %
City of LondonUp+15111£67,500-5.26 %
North WestUp+246£40,000+1.26 %
ScotlandUp+841£40,000-15.78 %
YorkshireDown-2839£49,750+4.73 %
BerkshireDown-4339£65,000+13.04 %
West MidlandsDown-1033£51,250+20.58 %
SurreyDown-528£56,000+24.44 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1327£57,500-
ManchesterUp+325£32,500-14.47 %
East of EnglandDown-3725£53,750+7.50 %
South WestDown-1724£57,500+15.00 %
East MidlandsDown-1322£51,500+17.71 %
South YorkshireUp+1121£52,500+21.38 %
North EastUp+821£55,000+42.85 %
Milton KeynesUp+1416£70,000+91.78 %
West YorkshireDown-5016£43,625-12.75 %
OxfordshireUp+1614£71,000+13.60 %
CheshireUp+114£45,000-20.00 %
SloughDown-514£65,000+23.80 %
NorthamptonshireUp+1412£51,500+106.00 %
LeedsDown-1912£49,750+10.55 %
HampshireDown-2912£32,500-35.00 %
BirminghamDown-811£52,500+23.52 %
EdinburghUp+110£35,000-41.66 %
HertfordshireDown-310£57,500+15.00 %
OxfordNew entry-10£77,500-
SheffieldUp+99£55,000+59.42 %

Business Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited Business Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Business Manager in their job title.

1635 (35.51 %)Finance
2551 (30.82 %)Business Development
3480 (26.85 %)Project Management
4286 (16.00 %)Business Analysis
5251 (14.04 %)Marketing
6227 (12.70 %)Business Intelligence
7209 (11.69 %)Degree
8198 (11.07 %)PRINCE2
9169 (9.452 %)Banking
9169 (9.452 %)Retail
10153 (8.557 %)Microsoft
11152 (8.501 %)Oracle
12140 (7.830 %)Stakeholder Management
13139 (7.774 %)Telecoms
14128 (7.159 %)CRM
15117 (6.544 %)SAP
16114 (6.376 %)ERP
17112 (6.264 %)B2B
18106 (5.928 %)SQL
19102 (5.705 %)E-Commerce
19102 (5.705 %)Change Management
20101 (5.649 %)MS Visio
2197 (5.425 %)Data Warehouse
2281 (4.530 %)Service Delivery
2281 (4.530 %)Management Information System
2380 (4.474 %)MS Excel
2465 (3.635 %)Investment Banking
2563 (3.523 %)Business Objects
2659 (3.300 %)ITIL
2758 (3.244 %)Scrum

Business Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited Business Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Business Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
122 (1.230 %).NET
214 (0.783 %)CSS
313 (0.727 %)XML
412 (0.671 %)MDX
510 (0.559 %)Web Services
69 (0.503 %)HTML
78 (0.447 %)HTML5
78 (0.447 %)Middleware
78 (0.447 %)J2EE
87 (0.391 %)LAMP
87 (0.391 %)Hibernate
87 (0.391 %)Spring
87 (0.391 %)WebSphere
94 (0.224 %)Silverlight
94 (0.224 %)WPF
94 (0.224 %)Ajax
103 (0.168 %)XSL
103 (0.168 %)XSLT
103 (0.168 %)ADO
103 (0.168 %)EDIFACT
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
142 (2.349 %)SharePoint
224 (1.342 %)SAS
315 (0.839 %)Apache
49 (0.503 %)WebLogic
58 (0.447 %)CMS
67 (0.391 %)Drupal
76 (0.336 %)Joomla!
84 (0.224 %)Confluence
92 (0.112 %)Force.com
92 (0.112 %)Oracle Workflow
92 (0.112 %)Documentum
101 (0.056 %)Tomcat
101 (0.056 %)Site Server
101 (0.056 %)Office Project Server
101 (0.056 %)SugarCRM
101 (0.056 %)SharePoint 2010
101 (0.056 %)RabbitMQ
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1101 (5.649 %)MS Visio
280 (4.474 %)MS Excel
354 (3.020 %)MS Office
437 (2.069 %)MS PowerPoint
521 (1.174 %)MS Project
66 (0.336 %)Spreadsheet
75 (0.280 %)Office 365
83 (0.168 %)SPSS
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
133 (1.846 %)Oracle EBS
225 (1.398 %)Oracle ERP
313 (0.727 %)Oracle EBS R12
411 (0.615 %)Dynamics CRM
510 (0.559 %)SAP CRM
69 (0.503 %)Dynamics NAV
69 (0.503 %)Oracle BRM
78 (0.447 %)Oracle BPM
78 (0.447 %)SAP Business One
78 (0.447 %)SAP Oil and Gas
78 (0.447 %)Oracle Financials
87 (0.391 %)GoldMine
96 (0.336 %)Solarsoft Tropos
96 (0.336 %)Dynamics AX
96 (0.336 %)Beauchamp
96 (0.336 %)BPCS
104 (0.224 %)SAP xRPM
104 (0.224 %)SAP ERP
104 (0.224 %)Hyperion Enterprise
104 (0.224 %)SAP PS
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
143 (2.405 %)Internet
231 (1.734 %)Unified Communications
318 (1.007 %)Intranet
414 (0.783 %)WAN
512 (0.671 %)VoIP
68 (0.447 %)Network Security
77 (0.391 %)Extranet
77 (0.391 %)DSL
86 (0.336 %)Broadband
94 (0.224 %)MPLS
94 (0.224 %)LAN
103 (0.168 %)HTTP
103 (0.168 %)Wireless
112 (0.112 %)Firewall
112 (0.112 %)SMS
121 (0.056 %)Bluetooth
121 (0.056 %)DECT
121 (0.056 %)GSM
121 (0.056 %)3GPP
121 (0.056 %)PBX
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
197 (5.425 %)Data Warehouse
252 (2.908 %)SQL Server
343 (2.405 %)ETL
436 (2.013 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
535 (1.957 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
633 (1.846 %)QlikView
731 (1.734 %)SQL Server Integration Services
830 (1.678 %)BusinessObjects
922 (1.230 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1019 (1.063 %)Crystal Reports
1117 (0.951 %)Oracle Reports
1117 (0.951 %)Oracle BI EE
1215 (0.839 %)Data Mining
1310 (0.559 %)Oracle 8/8i
148 (0.447 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
148 (0.447 %)Xcelsius
148 (0.447 %)SQL Server 2008
157 (0.391 %)MySQL
157 (0.391 %)SQL Server 2005
166 (0.336 %)ProClarity
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (0.391 %)JIRA
22 (0.112 %)Hudson
31 (0.056 %)Oracle Forms
31 (0.056 %)Rational Rose
31 (0.056 %)Synon
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1635 (35.51 %)Finance
2251 (14.04 %)Marketing
3169 (9.452 %)Banking
3169 (9.452 %)Retail
4139 (7.774 %)Telecoms
565 (3.635 %)Investment Banking
648 (2.685 %)Back Office
746 (2.573 %)Manufacturing
845 (2.517 %)Front Office
939 (2.181 %)Legal
1036 (2.013 %)Pharmaceutical
1132 (1.790 %)Games
1226 (1.454 %)Advertising
1321 (1.174 %)Retail Banking
1418 (1.007 %)Financial Institution
1515 (0.839 %)Billing
1614 (0.783 %)French Language
1713 (0.727 %)Law
1713 (0.727 %)Publishing
1810 (0.559 %)German Language
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
181 (4.530 %)Management Information System
244 (2.461 %)Derivative
343 (2.405 %)SaaS
419 (1.063 %)Computer Science
518 (1.007 %)Economics
518 (1.007 %)Mathematics
617 (0.951 %)FMCG
716 (0.895 %)NHS
716 (0.895 %)Statistics
815 (0.839 %)Fixed Income
815 (0.839 %)EFT
913 (0.727 %)Equities
913 (0.727 %)SWIFT
1012 (0.671 %)Life Science
1012 (0.671 %)Online Games
1012 (0.671 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1110 (0.559 %)Social Media
1110 (0.559 %)Data Integration
1110 (0.559 %)BBC
1110 (0.559 %)EPoS
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
115 (0.839 %)Windows
29 (0.503 %)UNIX
37 (0.391 %)Linux
37 (0.391 %)Windows XP
46 (0.336 %)Android
55 (0.280 %)Apple iOS
63 (0.168 %)Windows Server 2003
63 (0.168 %)Windows Vista
72 (0.112 %)Solaris
81 (0.056 %)Windows 7
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1551 (30.82 %)Business Development
2480 (26.85 %)Project Management
3286 (16.00 %)Business Analysis
4227 (12.70 %)Business Intelligence
5198 (11.07 %)PRINCE2
6140 (7.830 %)Stakeholder Management
7128 (7.159 %)CRM
8114 (6.376 %)ERP
9112 (6.264 %)B2B
10102 (5.705 %)E-Commerce
10102 (5.705 %)Change Management
1181 (4.530 %)Service Delivery
1259 (3.300 %)ITIL
1358 (3.244 %)Scrum
1457 (3.188 %)Risk Management
1551 (2.852 %)Time Management
1650 (2.796 %)Agile Software Development
1742 (2.349 %)Six Sigma
1840 (2.237 %)Programme Management
1840 (2.237 %)User Acceptance Testing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1106 (5.928 %)SQL
234 (1.902 %)C
329 (1.622 %)Java
422 (1.230 %)T-SQL
516 (0.895 %)VBA
614 (0.783 %)C#
76 (0.336 %)PL/SQL
85 (0.280 %)PHP
94 (0.224 %)JavaScript
103 (0.168 %)C++
112 (0.112 %)Perl
121 (0.056 %)Python
121 (0.056 %)VB.NET
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1209 (11.69 %)Degree
236 (2.013 %)PRINCE2 Certification
331 (1.734 %)ISEB
420 (1.119 %)PMI Certification
517 (0.951 %)MBA
517 (0.951 %)Security Cleared
615 (0.839 %)PMP
714 (0.783 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
714 (0.783 %)ITIL Certification
89 (0.503 %)ISEB Practitioner
98 (0.447 %)DV Cleared
107 (0.391 %)SC Cleared
107 (0.391 %)APMP
115 (0.280 %)Six Sigma Black Belt
115 (0.280 %)Six Sigma Green Belt
124 (0.224 %)NVQ Level 3
124 (0.224 %)HNC
133 (0.168 %)MCP
133 (0.168 %)CCSP
133 (0.168 %)Cisco Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
148 (2.685 %)QA
214 (0.783 %)ISO 9001
313 (0.727 %)SLA
412 (0.671 %)ISO/IEC 27001
56 (0.336 %)Basel III
56 (0.336 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
65 (0.280 %)ISO 14001
72 (0.112 %)Data Quality
72 (0.112 %)COBIT
81 (0.056 %)EFQM
81 (0.056 %)PCI DSS
81 (0.056 %)Solvency II
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (0.391 %)VMware Infrastructure
24 (0.224 %)Hyper-V
24 (0.224 %)Oracle RAC
33 (0.168 %)Active Directory
42 (0.112 %)vSphere
51 (0.056 %)VMware ESX
51 (0.056 %)XenApp
51 (0.056 %)XenDesktop
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.168 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
22 (0.112 %)Data Guard
31 (0.056 %)WMI
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1153 (8.557 %)Microsoft
2152 (8.501 %)Oracle
3117 (6.544 %)SAP
463 (3.523 %)Business Objects
551 (2.852 %)Cisco
636 (2.013 %)Cognos
734 (1.902 %)IBM
827 (1.510 %)VMware
924 (1.342 %)Salesforce.com
1020 (1.119 %)Citrix
1117 (0.951 %)HP
1215 (0.839 %)Teradata
1313 (0.727 %)Siebel
1313 (0.727 %)Avaya
1313 (0.727 %)NetApp
1412 (0.671 %)EMC
1511 (0.615 %)Hyperion
1511 (0.615 %)Sage
1511 (0.615 %)Charles River
1511 (0.615 %)Fortinet