Business Manager Jobs in the Thames Valley

Business Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Business Manager salary in the Thames Valley is £40,000 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 145 150 180
Rank change year-on-year +5 +30 +62
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Manager 36 99 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.05% 1.40% 1.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 1.48% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 5 84 27
10th Percentile £38,100 - £40,700
25th Percentile £39,000 - £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -30.91% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £55,000 £67,925
90th Percentile £73,500 £69,375 £70,600
South East median annual salary £57,500 £45,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +27.78% -21.74% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,917 6,671 5,179
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.29% 94.60% 89.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,231 4,565 3,069
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,614 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in the Thames Valley

Business Manager
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Manager in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Business Manager in the Thames Valley

Business Manager
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Business Manager in the Thames Valley

Business Manager
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Manager within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +13 18 £40,000 +5.26% 29
Oxfordshire +26 9 £40,000 -11.11% 30
Buckinghamshire +8 9 £90,000 +136.84% 19
Business Manager
South East

Business Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 34 (94.44%) Business Development
2 24 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 17 (47.22%) Finance
4 14 (38.89%) Marketing
5 11 (30.56%) Collaborative Culture
5 11 (30.56%) Marketing Strategy
5 11 (30.56%) Collaborative Working
5 11 (30.56%) Public Sector
5 11 (30.56%) Facilities Management
6 10 (27.78%) Time Management
6 10 (27.78%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (25.00%) Coaching
7 9 (25.00%) Banking
8 4 (11.11%) Business Strategy
9 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (8.33%) FMCG
9 3 (8.33%) Manufacturing
10 2 (5.56%) CRM
10 2 (5.56%) Retail
10 2 (5.56%) Customer Service
10 2 (5.56%) Project Delivery
10 2 (5.56%) Decision-Making
11 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (2.78%) Commercial Awareness
11 1 (2.78%) Product Backlog
11 1 (2.78%) Business Case
11 1 (2.78%) Presales
11 1 (2.78%) Lead Generation
11 1 (2.78%) Business Transformation
11 1 (2.78%) Infrastructure Management

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.78%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) LAN
1 1 (2.78%) Unified Communications
1 1 (2.78%) WAN
1 1 (2.78%) Wireless
1 1 (2.78%) Wireless Security
General
1 24 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 17 (47.22%) Finance
3 14 (38.89%) Marketing
4 11 (30.56%) Public Sector
5 10 (27.78%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (25.00%) Banking
7 3 (8.33%) Manufacturing
8 2 (5.56%) Retail
9 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) FMCG
2 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (94.44%) Business Development
2 11 (30.56%) Collaborative Culture
2 11 (30.56%) Collaborative Working
2 11 (30.56%) Facilities Management
2 11 (30.56%) Marketing Strategy
3 10 (27.78%) Time Management
4 9 (25.00%) Coaching
5 4 (11.11%) Business Strategy
6 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (5.56%) CRM
7 2 (5.56%) Customer Service
7 2 (5.56%) Decision-Making
7 2 (5.56%) Project Delivery
8 1 (2.78%) B2B
8 1 (2.78%) B2C
8 1 (2.78%) Market Research
8 1 (2.78%) Product Management
8 1 (2.78%) Programme Management
8 1 (2.78%) Project Management
8 1 (2.78%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (2.78%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (2.78%) Dell
1 1 (2.78%) HP
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.78%) Sophos
1 1 (2.78%) Veeam
1 1 (2.78%) VMware