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 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 211 419 750
Rank change year-on-year +208 +331 -169
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Manager 1,413 760 503
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.44% 0.73% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 0.80% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,173 405 344
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,030 £41,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £75,125
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 92,813 95,219 148,250
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.52% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,625 59,878 85,347
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 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +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 28 April 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 28 April 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 +203 1,256 £42,500 -37.04% 288
UK excluding London +151 962 £45,000 -30.77% 208
Work from Home +181 783 £40,000 -43.34% 125
London +231 393 £40,000 -46.67% 87
South East +91 343 £40,000 -30.43% 62
Midlands +92 200 £41,280 -38.84% 30
North of England +140 198 £50,000 -29.18% 49
West Midlands +98 145 £38,500 -42.15% 23
North West +81 105 £51,250 -27.41% 30
Yorkshire +136 85 £50,000 -29.18% 15
Scotland -7 81 £52,500 -25.32% 11
South West -4 66 £52,396 -25.79% 34
East of England +21 50 £50,000 -20.00% 19
East Midlands +13 47 £52,500 -22.22% 7
Wales +41 37 £35,700 -49.43% 3
North East -2 8 £40,000 -43.34% 5
Northern Ireland +31 6 £60,000 - 6

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 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.

1 988 (69.92%) Business Development
2 396 (28.03%) Salesforce
3 335 (23.71%) Social Skills
4 323 (22.86%) Customer Experience
4 323 (22.86%) Client Onboarding
5 227 (16.07%) CRM
6 206 (14.58%) Finance
7 150 (10.62%) Marketing
8 116 (8.21%) Decision-Making
9 114 (8.07%) Project Management
10 110 (7.78%) Degree
11 109 (7.71%) Agile
12 97 (6.86%) Business Strategy
13 95 (6.72%) Microsoft
14 92 (6.51%) Self-Motivation
15 86 (6.09%) Change Management
16 84 (5.94%) Microsoft Excel
17 83 (5.87%) Microsoft Office
18 82 (5.80%) SaaS
19 80 (5.66%) Telecoms
20 77 (5.45%) B2B
21 73 (5.17%) Analytics
22 70 (4.95%) Business Intelligence
22 70 (4.95%) Asset Management
23 68 (4.81%) ERP
23 68 (4.81%) Continuous Improvement
24 66 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
25 64 (4.53%) Manufacturing
25 64 (4.53%) SQL
26 61 (4.32%) 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 13 (0.92%) 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
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.071%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 84 (5.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 83 (5.87%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.21%) SPSS
6 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.071%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.071%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.071%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.071%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 46 (3.26%) Salesforce CRM
2 16 (1.13%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.35%) iTrent
5 3 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.071%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.071%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.071%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.071%) Odoo
7 1 (0.071%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 82 (5.80%) SaaS
2 41 (2.90%) Power Platform
3 40 (2.83%) Azure
4 31 (2.19%) AWS
5 28 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
6 26 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (0.50%) Google Workspace
7 7 (0.50%) 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 (1.56%) Broadband
1 22 (1.56%) Unified Communications
2 20 (1.42%) VoIP
3 11 (0.78%) Network Security
4 7 (0.50%) Firewall
4 7 (0.50%) 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 (0.071%) 4G
9 1 (0.071%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (0.071%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (2.55%) Power BI
2 25 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (1.06%) SQL Server
4 13 (0.92%) 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 (0.42%) 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 (0.071%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.071%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 22 (1.56%) JIRA
2 6 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.14%) Git
4 1 (0.071%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 335 (23.71%) Social Skills
2 206 (14.58%) Finance
3 150 (10.62%) Marketing
4 80 (5.66%) Telecoms
5 66 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
6 64 (4.53%) Manufacturing
7 60 (4.25%) Analytical Skills
7 60 (4.25%) Public Sector
8 48 (3.40%) Retail
9 46 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 35 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
11 32 (2.26%) Front Office
12 27 (1.91%) Legal
13 21 (1.49%) Automotive
13 21 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
14 16 (1.13%) Law
14 16 (1.13%) Local Government
15 15 (1.06%) Health Technology
15 15 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (0.92%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.57%) HTML
2 7 (0.50%) 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 (0.071%) ADO
7 1 (0.071%) Akka
7 1 (0.071%) EDI
7 1 (0.071%) Tapestry
Miscellaneous
1 92 (6.51%) Self-Motivation
2 37 (2.62%) Onboarding
3 35 (2.48%) Product Ownership
4 34 (2.41%) Derivative
4 34 (2.41%) Fixed Income
5 33 (2.34%) Driving Licence
5 33 (2.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 33 (2.34%) Management Information System
6 32 (2.26%) Equities
6 32 (2.26%) Hedge funds
7 23 (1.63%) Social Media
8 22 (1.56%) NHS
9 17 (1.20%) Life Science
10 12 (0.85%) Biopharmaceutical
11 10 (0.71%) Data Centre
11 10 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (0.57%) IoT
14 6 (0.42%) Digital Signage
14 6 (0.42%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.57%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.21%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 988 (69.92%) Business Development
2 323 (22.86%) Client Onboarding
2 323 (22.86%) Customer Experience
3 227 (16.07%) CRM
4 116 (8.21%) Decision-Making
5 114 (8.07%) Project Management
6 109 (7.71%) Agile
7 97 (6.86%) Business Strategy
8 86 (6.09%) Change Management
9 77 (5.45%) B2B
10 73 (5.17%) Analytics
11 70 (4.95%) Asset Management
11 70 (4.95%) Business Intelligence
12 68 (4.81%) Continuous Improvement
12 68 (4.81%) ERP
13 61 (4.32%) Artificial Intelligence
13 61 (4.32%) Stakeholder Management
14 59 (4.18%) Problem-Solving
15 56 (3.96%) Value Proposition
16 52 (3.68%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 64 (4.53%) SQL
2 43 (3.04%) Python
3 10 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (0.64%) 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
1 110 (7.78%) Degree
2 22 (1.56%) PMI Certification
3 19 (1.34%) PMP
4 16 (1.13%) Master's Degree
5 15 (1.06%) DBS Check
6 13 (0.92%) APMG
7 12 (0.85%) PhD
8 10 (0.71%) CFA
8 10 (0.71%) CIMA
8 10 (0.71%) MBA
9 4 (0.28%) BICSI RCDD
9 4 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (0.28%) Security Cleared
10 3 (0.21%) SC Cleared
11 2 (0.14%) ACCA
12 1 (0.071%) APMP
12 1 (0.071%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.071%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.071%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (4.25%) SLA
2 27 (1.91%) QA
3 15 (1.06%) GDPR
4 10 (0.71%) Accessibility
5 9 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.50%) 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 (0.071%) IFRS
11 1 (0.071%) ISO 20022
Systems Management
1 1 (0.071%) PaperCut
1 1 (0.071%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 396 (28.03%) Salesforce
2 95 (6.72%) Microsoft
3 60 (4.25%) SAP
4 17 (1.20%) ServiceNow
5 13 (0.92%) YouTube
6 11 (0.78%) IBM
6 11 (0.78%) NetApp
7 10 (0.71%) Cisco
8 8 (0.57%) Oracle
9 7 (0.50%) Google
9 7 (0.50%) HubSpot
9 7 (0.50%) Sage
10 6 (0.42%) Adobe
10 6 (0.42%) BT
10 6 (0.42%) Concur
11 4 (0.28%) Dell
11 4 (0.28%) HP
11 4 (0.28%) Sophos
11 4 (0.28%) Veeam
11 4 (0.28%) Workday