Business Manager Jobs in Birmingham

Business Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Business Manager salary in Birmingham is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 August 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 83 101
Rank change year-on-year +9 +18 +68
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Business Manager 29 46 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.15% 1.92% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.25% 2.00% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 27 34 9
10th Percentile £49,720 £35,000 -
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -18.75% +20.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,200 £63,750
90th Percentile - £90,000 -
West Midlands median annual salary £43,750 £36,000 £29,250
% change year-on-year +21.53% +23.08% -41.50%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,288 2,295 1,453
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.34% 95.63% 93.26%
Number of salaries quoted 842 1,650 1,176
10th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £80,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings that featured Business Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in Birmingham

Business Manager
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for Business Manager job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for Business Manager job vacancies in Birmingham

Business Manager
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Manager in Birmingham over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Manager in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 21 August 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 across the Birmingham region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 23 (79.31%) Business Development
2 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
3 6 (20.69%) Finance
4 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (10.34%) ITIL
4 3 (10.34%) Retail
4 3 (10.34%) Information Management
4 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
4 3 (10.34%) Change Management
4 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
4 3 (10.34%) LIMS
4 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (10.34%) Contract Negotiation
4 3 (10.34%) Social Housing
4 3 (10.34%) Housing Association
4 3 (10.34%) Project Delivery
4 3 (10.34%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Customer Service
5 2 (6.90%) Budgeting
5 2 (6.90%) DBS Check
5 2 (6.90%) Business Process Modelling
5 2 (6.90%) Innovative Thinking
5 2 (6.90%) Local Government
6 1 (3.45%) B2B
6 1 (3.45%) Sun
6 1 (3.45%) Project Management
6 1 (3.45%) Business Process Mapping
6 1 (3.45%) Commercial Awareness
6 1 (3.45%) Workshop Facilitation

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

General
1 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Finance
3 3 (10.34%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Retail
3 3 (10.34%) Social Housing
4 2 (6.90%) Local Government
5 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Housing Association
1 3 (10.34%) LIMS
1 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (79.31%) Business Development
2 3 (10.34%) Change Management
2 3 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (10.34%) Contract Negotiation
2 3 (10.34%) Customer Service
2 3 (10.34%) Information Management
2 3 (10.34%) ITIL
2 3 (10.34%) Project Delivery
2 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
2 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (6.90%) Budgeting
3 2 (6.90%) Business Process Modelling
3 2 (6.90%) Innovative Thinking
4 1 (3.45%) B2B
4 1 (3.45%) B2B Sales
4 1 (3.45%) Business Process Mapping
4 1 (3.45%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (3.45%) Project Management
4 1 (3.45%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (3.45%) Sun