Business Manager Jobs in Manchester

Business Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Business Manager salary in Manchester is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 148 223
Rank change year-on-year +5 +75 +28
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Manager 23 74 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.03% 1.35% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 1.43% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 11 46 10
10th Percentile £50,000 £35,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £51,973
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £66,550
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -9.84% +17.15%
75th Percentile £75,625 £72,500 £70,600
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £71,540
North West median annual salary £55,000 £54,612 £70,600
% change year-on-year +0.71% -22.65% +40.15%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,037 5,181 4,268
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.14% 94.72% 91.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,181 3,964 2,576
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,988 £43,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,503 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.47% -6.95% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,840 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £80,305 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in Manchester

Business Manager
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Business Manager in Manchester

Business Manager
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Manager in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 Manchester region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 15 (65.22%) Business Development
2 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
3 6 (26.09%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (26.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (21.74%) Time Management
4 5 (21.74%) Coaching
5 4 (17.39%) Lead Generation
5 4 (17.39%) SaaS
5 4 (17.39%) Automotive
5 4 (17.39%) Business Strategy
6 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
6 3 (13.04%) Product Ownership
6 3 (13.04%) Legal
6 3 (13.04%) Migration
6 3 (13.04%) Agile
6 3 (13.04%) CCTV
6 3 (13.04%) JIRA
6 3 (13.04%) Scrum
6 3 (13.04%) Financial Institution
6 3 (13.04%) Finance
6 3 (13.04%) EPoS
6 3 (13.04%) Confluence
6 3 (13.04%) Social Media
6 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (13.04%) Market Research
6 3 (13.04%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (13.04%) Line Management
6 3 (13.04%) ISO 20022
6 3 (13.04%) Servant Leadership
6 3 (13.04%) Commercialisation

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 3 (13.04%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) JIRA
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Automotive
4 3 (13.04%) Finance
4 3 (13.04%) Financial Institution
4 3 (13.04%) Legal
5 2 (8.70%) Banking
5 2 (8.70%) Marketing
5 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) CCTV
1 3 (13.04%) EPoS
1 3 (13.04%) Product Ownership
1 3 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (13.04%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Business Development
2 6 (26.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (21.74%) Coaching
3 5 (21.74%) Time Management
4 4 (17.39%) Business Strategy
4 4 (17.39%) Lead Generation
5 3 (13.04%) Agile
5 3 (13.04%) Agile Coaching
5 3 (13.04%) Commercialisation
5 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (13.04%) Contract Negotiation
5 3 (13.04%) Line Management
5 3 (13.04%) Market Research
5 3 (13.04%) Migration
5 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (13.04%) Release Train
5 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
5 3 (13.04%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (13.04%) Scrum
5 3 (13.04%) Servant Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
1 2 (8.70%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) ISO 20022
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle
1 1 (4.35%) SAP