Business Manager Jobs in the South East

Business Manager
England > South East

The median Business Manager salary in the South East is £61,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 150 200
Rank change year-on-year +17 +50 +201
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Manager 193 316 221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.07% 1.88% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.39% 2.00% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 28 284 84
10th Percentile £39,700 - £42,150
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £40,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +53.13% -30.43% +4.55%
75th Percentile £64,063 £59,500 £70,600
90th Percentile £94,125 £75,000 £71,055
England median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +22.22% -33.33% +3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,064 15,797 13,153
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.48% 93.98% 90.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,562 11,357 8,268
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in the South East

Business Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Manager in the South East.

Salary trend for Business Manager in the South East

Business Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Manager in the South East

Business Manager
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 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
Surrey +50 78 £102,500 +105.00% 23
Kent +33 41 £42,000 +5.00% 25
Thames Valley -27 39 £60,000 +57.89% 65
Berkshire +10 20 £47,500 +25.00% 34
Hampshire +42 11 £57,500 +4.55% 36
Middlesex -4 11 - - 1
Oxfordshire +9 10 £62,500 +64.47% 28
Buckinghamshire -6 9 £90,000 +136.84% 16
East Sussex +33 7 £62,500 +1.63% 6
West Sussex +24 6 £62,500 +13.64% 8
Business Manager
England

Business Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 10 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 South East region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 172 (89.12%) Business Development
2 158 (81.87%) Social Skills
3 140 (72.54%) Marketing
4 138 (71.50%) Finance
5 130 (67.36%) Collaborative Culture
5 130 (67.36%) Public Sector
6 128 (66.32%) Marketing Strategy
7 127 (65.80%) Facilities Management
7 127 (65.80%) Collaborative Working
8 19 (9.84%) Business Strategy
9 14 (7.25%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (7.25%) Manufacturing
10 12 (6.22%) Time Management
11 11 (5.70%) Coaching
11 11 (5.70%) Banking
12 10 (5.18%) Project Delivery
12 10 (5.18%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (4.66%) Agile
14 8 (4.15%) Project Management
15 6 (3.11%) CRM
15 6 (3.11%) Analytical Skills
15 6 (3.11%) Degree
15 6 (3.11%) Roadmaps
15 6 (3.11%) Decision-Making
16 5 (2.59%) Strategic Roadmap
16 5 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (2.59%) Business Transformation
16 5 (2.59%) Management Information System
17 4 (2.07%) Retail
17 4 (2.07%) Information Security

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (0.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.55%) SaaS
2 2 (1.04%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.52%) Algolia
3 1 (0.52%) Amplience
3 1 (0.52%) Azure
3 1 (0.52%) BigCommerce
3 1 (0.52%) Bloomreach
3 1 (0.52%) Cloudinary
3 1 (0.52%) Commercetools
3 1 (0.52%) Contentful
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.04%) Unified Communications
1 2 (1.04%) Wireless
2 1 (0.52%) Broadband
2 1 (0.52%) Internet
2 1 (0.52%) LAN
2 1 (0.52%) Mobile Broadband
2 1 (0.52%) Network Security
2 1 (0.52%) WAN
2 1 (0.52%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.04%) Power BI
1 2 (1.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.52%) JIRA
General
1 158 (81.87%) Social Skills
2 140 (72.54%) Marketing
3 138 (71.50%) Finance
4 130 (67.36%) Public Sector
5 14 (7.25%) Manufacturing
6 11 (5.70%) Banking
7 10 (5.18%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.11%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.07%) Retail
11 3 (1.55%) Automotive
11 3 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.55%) Military
11 3 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.04%) Advertising
12 2 (1.04%) Social Science
13 1 (0.52%) Billing
13 1 (0.52%) Games
13 1 (0.52%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.52%) MACH
Miscellaneous
1 5 (2.59%) Management Information System
2 4 (2.07%) FMCG
3 2 (1.04%) Social Media
4 1 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.52%) PMI
4 1 (0.52%) SCADA
4 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (89.12%) Business Development
2 130 (67.36%) Collaborative Culture
3 128 (66.32%) Marketing Strategy
4 127 (65.80%) Collaborative Working
4 127 (65.80%) Facilities Management
5 19 (9.84%) Business Strategy
6 14 (7.25%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (6.22%) Time Management
8 11 (5.70%) Coaching
9 10 (5.18%) Project Delivery
10 9 (4.66%) Agile
11 8 (4.15%) Project Management
12 6 (3.11%) CRM
12 6 (3.11%) Decision-Making
12 6 (3.11%) Roadmaps
13 5 (2.59%) Business Transformation
13 5 (2.59%) Strategic Roadmap
14 4 (2.07%) Artificial Intelligence
14 4 (2.07%) Continuous Improvement
14 4 (2.07%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.07%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (3.11%) Degree
2 2 (1.04%) DBS Check
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.52%) CBAP
3 1 (0.52%) PMI Certification
3 1 (0.52%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.55%) GDPR
2 2 (1.04%) QA
3 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.52%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (2.07%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.04%) Google
2 2 (1.04%) HubSpot
2 2 (1.04%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.52%) Adyen
3 1 (0.52%) Dell
3 1 (0.52%) HP
3 1 (0.52%) NEC
3 1 (0.52%) SAP
3 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow
3 1 (0.52%) Sophos
3 1 (0.52%) Veeam
3 1 (0.52%) VMware
3 1 (0.52%) Workday