Business Manager
UK > Scotland
The median Business Manager salary in Scotland is £38,000 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 | 136 | 205 | 191 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +69 | -14 | +38 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Business Manager | 30 | 83 | 21 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 0.99% | 1.22% | 0.48% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.15% | 1.25% | 0.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 19 | 15 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £42,750 | £42,500 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £45,875 | £63,875 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £38,000 | £62,500 | £70,600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -39.20% | -11.47% | +73.87% |
| 75th Percentile | £49,505 | £80,000 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £60,000 | £86,000 | £72,500 |
| 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
Scotland
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title | 2,619 | 6,624 | 3,947 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 86.35% | 97.04% | 89.64% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,246 | 2,756 | 2,139 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £27,750 | £31,150 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,063 | £40,000 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -4.55% | +4.19% |
| 75th Percentile | £63,000 | £65,000 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,625 | £80,000 | £85,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings that featured Business Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
Business Manager
Salary Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Manager in Scotland.
Business Manager
Salary Histogram in Scotland
Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Manager in Scotland over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
Business Manager
Job Locations in Scotland
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Manager within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh | +35 | 10 | - | - | 13 |
| Glasgow | +141 | 6 | £57,500 | +23.66% | 16 |
| Stirling | - | 2 | £48,798 | - | |
| Highlands | - | 2 | £38,000 | - | |
| Argyll and Bute | - | 2 | £38,000 | - | |
| South Ayrshire | - | 2 | £38,000 | - | |
| Dumfries and Galloway | - | 2 | £38,000 | - | |
| Business Manager UK |
|||||
Business Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland
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 Scotland region featuring Business Manager in the job title.
|
|
Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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: