Business Manager Jobs in England

Business Manager
UK > England

The median Business Manager salary in England is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2025.

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

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 201 416
Rank change year-on-year +23 +215 +314
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Manager 939 1,254 637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.93% 1.41% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.13% 1.49% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 372 1,057 324
10th Percentile £30,058 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% -32.59% +3.85%
75th Percentile £69,063 £65,000 £70,600
90th Percentile £103,625 £81,250 £86,750
UK median annual salary £42,042 £47,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -11.49% -29.63% +8.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 44,066 84,104 79,158
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.65% 91.44%
Number of salaries quoted 23,206 62,399 50,596
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in England

Business Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Manager in England.

Salary trend for Business Manager in England

Business Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Manager in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Manager in England

Business Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
London +24 278 £85,000 +112.50% 284
South East +15 184 £59,250 +31.67% 516
East of England +114 177 £41,000 -20.00% 321
Midlands -27 107 £30,580 -32.04% 426
North of England -59 99 £50,890 +1.78% 496
West Midlands +5 96 £30,580 -23.66% 233
South West +120 68 £38,000 -27.47% 215
North West -46 66 £55,000 +0.71% 238
Yorkshire -14 20 £50,000 - 198
North East +48 11 £35,000 -12.50% 63
East Midlands -10 10 £50,750 -3.33% 172
Business Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 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 England region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 774 (82.43%) Business Development
2 464 (49.41%) Social Skills
3 432 (46.01%) Finance
4 343 (36.53%) Marketing
5 278 (29.61%) Public Sector
6 273 (29.07%) Collaborative Culture
7 271 (28.86%) Marketing Strategy
8 268 (28.54%) Collaborative Working
9 266 (28.33%) Facilities Management
10 150 (15.97%) B2B
11 130 (13.84%) Business Strategy
12 122 (12.99%) Business Intelligence
13 121 (12.89%) CRM
14 93 (9.90%) Value Proposition
15 88 (9.37%) Decision-Making
16 87 (9.27%) Salesforce
17 85 (9.05%) SLA
18 84 (8.95%) Customer Service
19 81 (8.63%) SAP
20 79 (8.41%) Agile
21 78 (8.31%) Self-Motivation
21 78 (8.31%) Salesforce CRM
22 77 (8.20%) Active Listening
22 77 (8.20%) Deadline-Driven
23 72 (7.67%) Business Enablement
24 67 (7.14%) B2B Sales
25 63 (6.71%) SQL
26 61 (6.50%) Technology Enablement
26 61 (6.50%) YouTube
27 60 (6.39%) Problem-Solving

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (0.75%) Confluence
2 1 (0.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 78 (8.31%) Salesforce CRM
2 46 (4.90%) Aladdin
3 39 (4.15%) thinkFolio
4 14 (1.49%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 25 (2.66%) SaaS
2 19 (2.02%) Power Platform
3 7 (0.75%) Azure
3 7 (0.75%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (0.43%) PowerApps
5 3 (0.32%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.21%) Google Sheets
6 2 (0.21%) Lucidchart
7 1 (0.11%) Algolia
7 1 (0.11%) Amplience
7 1 (0.11%) AWS
7 1 (0.11%) BigCommerce
7 1 (0.11%) Bloomreach
7 1 (0.11%) Cloudinary
7 1 (0.11%) Commercetools
7 1 (0.11%) Contentful
7 1 (0.11%) Matillion
7 1 (0.11%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.49%) WPA
2 3 (0.32%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (0.21%) LAN
3 2 (0.21%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.21%) VoIP
3 2 (0.21%) WAN
4 1 (0.11%) 5G
4 1 (0.11%) Internet
4 1 (0.11%) MPLS
4 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.11%) Wireless
4 1 (0.11%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.06%) Power BI
2 2 (0.21%) Big Data
2 2 (0.21%) Tableau
3 1 (0.11%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.11%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.11%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 10 (1.06%) JIRA
General
1 464 (49.41%) Social Skills
2 432 (46.01%) Finance
3 343 (36.53%) Marketing
4 278 (29.61%) Public Sector
5 54 (5.75%) Front Office
6 41 (4.37%) Presentation Skills
7 37 (3.94%) Manufacturing
8 35 (3.73%) Analytical Skills
9 23 (2.45%) Banking
10 18 (1.92%) Retail
11 17 (1.81%) Local Government
12 12 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.06%) Electronics
13 10 (1.06%) Legal
14 9 (0.96%) Automotive
14 9 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.75%) Law
16 5 (0.53%) Games
17 4 (0.43%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.11%) EDI
1 1 (0.11%) MACH
1 1 (0.11%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 78 (8.31%) Self-Motivation
2 55 (5.86%) Derivative
3 54 (5.75%) Hedge funds
4 52 (5.54%) Fixed Income
5 49 (5.22%) Onboarding
6 31 (3.30%) Management Information System
7 22 (2.34%) Social Media
8 17 (1.81%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.17%) Driving Licence
10 8 (0.85%) FMCG
11 7 (0.75%) Reinsurance
12 6 (0.64%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.32%) CCTV
13 3 (0.32%) EPoS
13 3 (0.32%) Equities
14 2 (0.21%) Legacy Systems
14 2 (0.21%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 1 (0.11%) Cyber Threat
15 1 (0.11%) Marketing Technology
15 1 (0.11%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.49%) Windows
1 14 (1.49%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 774 (82.43%) Business Development
2 273 (29.07%) Collaborative Culture
3 271 (28.86%) Marketing Strategy
4 268 (28.54%) Collaborative Working
5 266 (28.33%) Facilities Management
6 150 (15.97%) B2B
7 130 (13.84%) Business Strategy
8 122 (12.99%) Business Intelligence
9 121 (12.89%) CRM
10 93 (9.90%) Value Proposition
11 88 (9.37%) Decision-Making
12 84 (8.95%) Customer Service
13 79 (8.41%) Agile
14 77 (8.20%) Active Listening
14 77 (8.20%) Deadline-Driven
15 72 (7.67%) Business Enablement
16 67 (7.14%) B2B Sales
17 61 (6.50%) Technology Enablement
18 60 (6.39%) Business Analysis
18 60 (6.39%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 63 (6.71%) SQL
2 56 (5.96%) Python
Qualifications
1 33 (3.51%) Degree
2 18 (1.92%) DBS Check
3 16 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (0.43%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
6 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.32%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.21%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.21%) IIBA
7 2 (0.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (0.21%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.11%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.11%) CBAP
8 1 (0.11%) HND
8 1 (0.11%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.11%) MRICS
8 1 (0.11%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (9.05%) SLA
2 6 (0.64%) ISO 20022
3 5 (0.53%) PMO
4 4 (0.43%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.32%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (0.64%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 87 (9.27%) Salesforce
2 81 (8.63%) SAP
3 61 (6.50%) YouTube
4 46 (4.90%) BISAM
5 45 (4.79%) Charles River
6 39 (4.15%) Calypso
6 39 (4.15%) SimCorp
7 33 (3.51%) Microsoft
8 14 (1.49%) Oracle
9 9 (0.96%) Intel
9 9 (0.96%) Tenable
10 8 (0.85%) Fortinet
10 8 (0.85%) Sophos
11 6 (0.64%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.43%) BT
12 4 (0.43%) Google
13 3 (0.32%) ServiceNow
14 2 (0.21%) NetApp
15 1 (0.11%) Dell
15 1 (0.11%) HP