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 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 211 413 752
Rank change year-on-year +202 +339 -169
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Manager 1,387 738 525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.40% 0.73% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% 0.80% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,133 378 352
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,700 £41,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £52,111 £48,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £67,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +5.88% -1.92%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,600 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £64,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -29.96% +16.82% -

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 93,937 92,745 151,578
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.52% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,282 58,546 84,308
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,627 £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 12 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 12 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 +208 1,224 £45,000 -33.33% 288
UK excluding London +134 934 £45,000 -29.96% 212
Work from Home +156 731 £40,000 -43.34% 130
London +238 391 £40,000 -46.67% 84
South East +60 303 £40,000 -30.43% 64
Midlands +106 204 £45,000 -28.00% 28
North of England +156 203 £50,000 -29.18% 59
West Midlands +108 147 £38,500 -38.40% 22
North West +70 106 £55,000 -22.10% 34
Yorkshire +128 89 £50,000 -29.18% 19
Scotland -2 80 £52,500 -25.64% 9
South West -3 65 £52,396 -25.79% 34
East of England +27 53 £51,250 -18.00% 18
East Midlands +17 49 £52,500 -22.22% 6
Wales +46 39 £35,700 -49.43% 4
Northern Ireland +29 8 £60,000 - 4
North East -3 8 £40,000 -43.34% 6

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

For the 6 months to 12 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.

1 953 (68.71%) Business Development
2 345 (24.87%) Social Skills
3 328 (23.65%) Salesforce
4 260 (18.75%) Client Onboarding
4 260 (18.75%) Customer Experience
5 226 (16.29%) CRM
6 219 (15.79%) Finance
7 153 (11.03%) Marketing
8 131 (9.44%) Decision-Making
9 118 (8.51%) Project Management
10 110 (7.93%) Agile
11 107 (7.71%) Degree
12 106 (7.64%) Microsoft
13 103 (7.43%) Business Strategy
14 95 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
15 94 (6.78%) Microsoft Excel
16 93 (6.71%) Self-Motivation
17 87 (6.27%) Change Management
18 79 (5.70%) Telecoms
18 79 (5.70%) SaaS
19 77 (5.55%) Analytics
20 74 (5.34%) Asset Management
21 73 (5.26%) B2B
22 72 (5.19%) Business Intelligence
23 68 (4.90%) Continuous Improvement
24 67 (4.83%) ERP
24 67 (4.83%) SQL
25 66 (4.76%) Artificial Intelligence
25 66 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
26 65 (4.69%) 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 (1.01%) Confluence
2 7 (0.50%) SAS
3 6 (0.43%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.22%) Apache
5 2 (0.14%) CMS
5 2 (0.14%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.072%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 95 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
2 94 (6.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.22%) SPSS
6 1 (0.072%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.072%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.072%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.072%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.072%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 43 (3.10%) Salesforce CRM
2 16 (1.15%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.36%) iTrent
5 3 (0.22%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.072%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.072%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.072%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.072%) Odoo
7 1 (0.072%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 79 (5.70%) SaaS
2 40 (2.88%) Azure
2 40 (2.88%) Power Platform
3 35 (2.52%) AWS
4 32 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
5 27 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (0.58%) 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 (0.22%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.22%) Dropbox
11 3 (0.22%) GitHub
11 3 (0.22%) Rubrik
11 3 (0.22%) Zapier
12 2 (0.14%) dbt
12 2 (0.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.59%) Broadband
1 22 (1.59%) Unified Communications
2 20 (1.44%) VoIP
3 11 (0.79%) Network Security
4 7 (0.50%) Firewall
4 7 (0.50%) Internet
5 5 (0.36%) WAN
6 4 (0.29%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.29%) WPA
7 3 (0.22%) MPLS
7 3 (0.22%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.22%) VPN
8 2 (0.14%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.14%) VPLS
9 1 (0.072%) 4G
9 1 (0.072%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (0.072%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.072%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.52%) Power BI
2 25 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (1.08%) SQL Server
4 12 (0.87%) Tableau
5 10 (0.72%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (0.65%) Star Schema
7 6 (0.43%) Power Query
7 6 (0.43%) PowerPivot
8 4 (0.29%) Big Data
8 4 (0.29%) GIS
8 4 (0.29%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.22%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.22%) EDRMS
9 3 (0.22%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.14%) Looker
11 1 (0.072%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.072%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 22 (1.59%) JIRA
2 6 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.14%) Git
4 1 (0.072%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 345 (24.87%) Social Skills
2 219 (15.79%) Finance
3 153 (11.03%) Marketing
4 79 (5.70%) Telecoms
5 66 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
6 64 (4.61%) Manufacturing
7 58 (4.18%) Analytical Skills
7 58 (4.18%) Retail
8 57 (4.11%) Public Sector
9 46 (3.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 36 (2.60%) Front Office
10 36 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
11 32 (2.31%) Legal
12 21 (1.51%) Automotive
12 21 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
13 17 (1.23%) Law
13 17 (1.23%) Local Government
14 15 (1.08%) Health Technology
14 15 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (0.94%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.58%) HTML
2 7 (0.50%) Flash
3 5 (0.36%) CSS
3 5 (0.36%) JSON
4 4 (0.29%) .NET
5 3 (0.22%) MDX
6 2 (0.14%) web3js
7 1 (0.072%) ADO
7 1 (0.072%) Akka
7 1 (0.072%) EDI
7 1 (0.072%) Tapestry
Miscellaneous
1 93 (6.71%) Self-Motivation
2 39 (2.81%) Product Ownership
3 38 (2.74%) Derivative
3 38 (2.74%) Fixed Income
4 37 (2.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 36 (2.60%) Equities
5 36 (2.60%) Hedge funds
6 34 (2.45%) Onboarding
7 33 (2.38%) Driving Licence
7 33 (2.38%) Management Information System
8 23 (1.66%) Social Media
9 21 (1.51%) NHS
10 17 (1.23%) Life Science
11 12 (0.87%) Biopharmaceutical
12 10 (0.72%) Data Centre
12 10 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (0.58%) IoT
15 6 (0.43%) Digital Signage
15 6 (0.43%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.58%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 953 (68.71%) Business Development
2 260 (18.75%) Client Onboarding
2 260 (18.75%) Customer Experience
3 226 (16.29%) CRM
4 131 (9.44%) Decision-Making
5 118 (8.51%) Project Management
6 110 (7.93%) Agile
7 103 (7.43%) Business Strategy
8 87 (6.27%) Change Management
9 77 (5.55%) Analytics
10 74 (5.34%) Asset Management
11 73 (5.26%) B2B
12 72 (5.19%) Business Intelligence
13 68 (4.90%) Continuous Improvement
14 67 (4.83%) ERP
15 66 (4.76%) Artificial Intelligence
16 65 (4.69%) Stakeholder Management
17 60 (4.33%) Problem-Solving
18 53 (3.82%) Value Proposition
19 52 (3.75%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 67 (4.83%) SQL
2 47 (3.39%) Python
3 10 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (0.65%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.36%) R
5 5 (0.36%) VB
6 4 (0.29%) C#
7 3 (0.22%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 107 (7.71%) Degree
2 23 (1.66%) PMI Certification
3 20 (1.44%) PMP
4 16 (1.15%) Master's Degree
5 15 (1.08%) DBS Check
6 14 (1.01%) APMG
7 13 (0.94%) PhD
8 10 (0.72%) CFA
8 10 (0.72%) CIMA
8 10 (0.72%) MBA
9 5 (0.36%) Security Cleared
10 4 (0.29%) BICSI RCDD
10 4 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.14%) SC Cleared
12 1 (0.072%) ACCA
12 1 (0.072%) APMP
12 1 (0.072%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.072%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.072%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (4.11%) SLA
2 27 (1.95%) QA
3 15 (1.08%) GDPR
4 10 (0.72%) Accessibility
5 8 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.50%) ISO 9001
7 5 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.29%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.29%) PMO
9 2 (0.14%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.072%) GAAP
10 1 (0.072%) ISO 20022
Systems Management
1 1 (0.072%) PaperCut
1 1 (0.072%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 328 (23.65%) Salesforce
2 106 (7.64%) Microsoft
3 57 (4.11%) SAP
4 19 (1.37%) YouTube
5 18 (1.30%) ServiceNow
6 15 (1.08%) NetApp
7 11 (0.79%) IBM
8 10 (0.72%) Cisco
9 8 (0.58%) Google
9 8 (0.58%) Oracle
10 6 (0.43%) Adobe
10 6 (0.43%) BT
10 6 (0.43%) Concur
10 6 (0.43%) HubSpot
10 6 (0.43%) Sage
11 4 (0.29%) Dell
11 4 (0.29%) HP
11 4 (0.29%) Sophos
11 4 (0.29%) Veeam
11 4 (0.29%) Workday