Business Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Business Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Business Manager salary in the UK excluding London 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 182 213 369
Rank change year-on-year +31 +156 +202
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Manager 685 972 475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.73% 1.30% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.91% 1.37% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 265 744 242
10th Percentile £28,822 £31,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £34,440 £38,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £47,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -24.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £56,000 £60,000 £70,600
90th Percentile £64,300 £73,750 -
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
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,806 71,101 51,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.94% 89.01%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 50,103 29,550
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Business Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Business Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Manager within the UK excluding London 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
South East +12 186 £57,500 +27.78% 148
East of England +115 179 £41,000 -18.00% 102
Midlands -23 108 £30,580 -32.04% 168
North of England -64 100 £50,890 +1.78% 208
West Midlands +7 97 £30,580 -23.66% 100
South West +113 68 £38,000 -27.47% 50
North West -52 66 £55,000 +0.71% 104
Scotland +69 30 £38,000 -39.20% 43
Yorkshire -19 20 £50,000 - 79
North East +52 12 £35,000 -12.50% 28
East Midlands 0 10 £50,750 -3.33% 68
Wales +12 9 £75,000 +110.08% 23
Northern Ireland +35 5 £40,000 -33.33% 9
Business Manager
UK

Business Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 610 (89.05%) Business Development
2 306 (44.67%) Social Skills
3 266 (38.83%) Marketing
4 242 (35.33%) Finance
5 213 (31.09%) Public Sector
6 209 (30.51%) Marketing Strategy
6 209 (30.51%) Collaborative Working
7 208 (30.36%) Collaborative Culture
8 204 (29.78%) Facilities Management
9 119 (17.37%) Business Strategy
10 99 (14.45%) CRM
11 88 (12.85%) B2B
11 88 (12.85%) Value Proposition
12 85 (12.41%) SLA
13 81 (11.82%) SAP
13 81 (11.82%) Customer Service
14 80 (11.68%) Salesforce
15 77 (11.24%) Active Listening
15 77 (11.24%) Salesforce CRM
15 77 (11.24%) Deadline-Driven
16 73 (10.66%) Business Enablement
17 62 (9.05%) Technology Enablement
17 62 (9.05%) YouTube
18 53 (7.74%) Problem-Solving
19 45 (6.57%) Presentation Skills
20 43 (6.28%) Time Management
21 40 (5.84%) Sales Enablement
21 40 (5.84%) Roadmaps
22 39 (5.69%) Coaching
23 37 (5.40%) Manufacturing

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (1.02%) Confluence
2 1 (0.15%) Moodle
2 1 (0.15%) Totara
Applications
1 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 77 (11.24%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.29%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 25 (3.65%) SaaS
2 2 (0.29%) Azure
2 2 (0.29%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.15%) Algolia
3 1 (0.15%) Amplience
3 1 (0.15%) AWS
3 1 (0.15%) BigCommerce
3 1 (0.15%) Bloomreach
3 1 (0.15%) Cloudinary
3 1 (0.15%) Commercetools
3 1 (0.15%) Contentful
3 1 (0.15%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.73%) IP Telephony
1 5 (0.73%) Network Security
2 3 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (0.29%) WPA
4 1 (0.15%) LAN
4 1 (0.15%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.15%) WAN
4 1 (0.15%) Wireless
4 1 (0.15%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.29%) Big Data
1 2 (0.29%) Power BI
1 2 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (1.31%) JIRA
General
1 306 (44.67%) Social Skills
2 266 (38.83%) Marketing
3 242 (35.33%) Finance
4 213 (31.09%) Public Sector
5 45 (6.57%) Presentation Skills
6 37 (5.40%) Manufacturing
7 24 (3.50%) Banking
8 16 (2.34%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (1.46%) Electronics
9 10 (1.46%) Legal
10 9 (1.31%) Automotive
11 8 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.02%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.73%) Games
13 5 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.73%) Retail
14 3 (0.44%) Law
14 3 (0.44%) Local Government
14 3 (0.44%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.15%) MACH
Miscellaneous
1 29 (4.23%) Management Information System
2 16 (2.34%) Data Centre
3 15 (2.19%) Driving Licence
3 15 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (1.31%) Social Media
5 6 (0.88%) Product Ownership
6 5 (0.73%) Private Cloud
7 4 (0.58%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.44%) CCTV
8 3 (0.44%) EPoS
8 3 (0.44%) FMCG
9 2 (0.29%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.29%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.29%) PMI
9 2 (0.29%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.15%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.15%) IoT
10 1 (0.15%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.15%) Media Streaming
10 1 (0.15%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.29%) Windows
1 2 (0.29%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 610 (89.05%) Business Development
2 209 (30.51%) Collaborative Working
2 209 (30.51%) Marketing Strategy
3 208 (30.36%) Collaborative Culture
4 204 (29.78%) Facilities Management
5 119 (17.37%) Business Strategy
6 99 (14.45%) CRM
7 88 (12.85%) B2B
7 88 (12.85%) Value Proposition
8 81 (11.82%) Customer Service
9 77 (11.24%) Active Listening
9 77 (11.24%) Deadline-Driven
10 73 (10.66%) Business Enablement
11 62 (9.05%) Technology Enablement
12 53 (7.74%) Problem-Solving
13 43 (6.28%) Time Management
14 40 (5.84%) Roadmaps
14 40 (5.84%) Sales Enablement
15 39 (5.69%) Coaching
16 35 (5.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (3.07%) Degree
2 16 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (0.58%) DBS Check
4 3 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.29%) ACCA
5 2 (0.29%) CFA
5 2 (0.29%) CIMA
5 2 (0.29%) IIBA
5 2 (0.29%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.29%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
6 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (0.15%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.15%) CBAP
6 1 (0.15%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (12.41%) SLA
2 6 (0.88%) ISO 20022
3 3 (0.44%) GDPR
4 2 (0.29%) PMO
5 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 81 (11.82%) SAP
2 80 (11.68%) Salesforce
3 62 (9.05%) YouTube
4 13 (1.90%) Oracle
5 11 (1.61%) Microsoft
6 9 (1.31%) HubSpot
6 9 (1.31%) Intel
6 9 (1.31%) Tenable
7 8 (1.17%) Fortinet
7 8 (1.17%) Sophos
8 5 (0.73%) Google
9 2 (0.29%) NetApp
10 1 (0.15%) Dell
10 1 (0.15%) HP
10 1 (0.15%) LexisNexis
10 1 (0.15%) NEC
10 1 (0.15%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.15%) Veeam
10 1 (0.15%) VMware
10 1 (0.15%) Workday