Business Manager
UK

The median Business Manager salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 206 409 758
Rank change year-on-year +203 +349 -180
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Manager 1,426 782 518
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.45% 0.76% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 0.83% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,180 394 353
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,075 £41,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £52,500 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,088 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £97,125 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -30.77% +18.18% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in the UK

Business Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Manager in the UK

Business Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Manager over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Manager in the UK

Business Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
England +212 1,265 £42,500 -37.04% 340
UK excluding London +142 970 £45,000 -30.77% 241
Work from Home +168 784 £40,000 -43.34% 146
London +232 395 £40,000 -47.54% 106
South East +81 345 £40,000 -30.43% 73
Midlands +114 202 £42,500 -34.62% 37
North of England +150 199 £50,000 -29.18% 55
West Midlands +97 146 £38,500 -38.40% 26
North West +82 106 £51,250 -27.41% 32
Yorkshire +128 85 £50,000 -29.18% 19
Scotland -10 81 £52,500 -25.64% 14
South West -13 66 £52,396 -25.79% 39
East of England +27 52 £51,250 -18.00% 21
East Midlands +15 48 £52,500 -22.22% 11
Wales +41 38 £35,700 -49.43% 4
North East -5 8 £40,000 -43.34% 4
Northern Ireland +30 7 £60,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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 featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 997 (69.92%) Business Development
2 392 (27.49%) Salesforce
3 336 (23.56%) Social Skills
4 320 (22.44%) Customer Experience
5 319 (22.37%) Client Onboarding
6 228 (15.99%) CRM
7 210 (14.73%) Finance
8 153 (10.73%) Marketing
9 121 (8.49%) Decision-Making
10 117 (8.20%) Project Management
11 109 (7.64%) Agile
12 108 (7.57%) Degree
13 101 (7.08%) Business Strategy
14 97 (6.80%) Microsoft
15 93 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
16 87 (6.10%) Change Management
17 86 (6.03%) Microsoft Office
18 85 (5.96%) Microsoft Excel
19 80 (5.61%) Telecoms
19 80 (5.61%) SaaS
20 76 (5.33%) B2B
21 74 (5.19%) Analytics
22 72 (5.05%) Asset Management
23 70 (4.91%) Business Intelligence
24 69 (4.84%) Continuous Improvement
25 67 (4.70%) Presentation Skills
26 66 (4.63%) Stakeholder Management
26 66 (4.63%) ERP
27 65 (4.56%) SQL
27 65 (4.56%) Artificial Intelligence

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 14 (0.98%) Confluence
2 7 (0.49%) SAS
3 6 (0.42%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.21%) Apache
5 2 (0.14%) CMS
5 2 (0.14%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.070%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 86 (6.03%) Microsoft Office
2 85 (5.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.21%) SPSS
6 1 (0.070%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.070%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.070%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.070%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.070%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 45 (3.16%) Salesforce CRM
2 16 (1.12%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.35%) iTrent
5 3 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.070%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.070%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.070%) Odoo
7 1 (0.070%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 80 (5.61%) SaaS
2 40 (2.81%) Azure
2 40 (2.81%) Power Platform
3 33 (2.31%) AWS
4 31 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
5 27 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (0.56%) Google Workspace
7 7 (0.49%) IBM Cloud
8 6 (0.42%) Asana
8 6 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 5 (0.35%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.28%) GCP
11 3 (0.21%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.21%) Dropbox
11 3 (0.21%) GitHub
11 3 (0.21%) Rubrik
11 3 (0.21%) Zapier
12 2 (0.14%) dbt
12 2 (0.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.54%) Broadband
1 22 (1.54%) Unified Communications
2 20 (1.40%) VoIP
3 11 (0.77%) Network Security
4 7 (0.49%) Firewall
4 7 (0.49%) Internet
5 5 (0.35%) WAN
6 4 (0.28%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.28%) WPA
7 3 (0.21%) MPLS
7 3 (0.21%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.21%) VPN
8 2 (0.14%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.14%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.14%) VPLS
9 1 (0.070%) 4G
9 1 (0.070%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (0.070%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.45%) Power BI
2 25 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (1.05%) SQL Server
4 12 (0.84%) Tableau
5 10 (0.70%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (0.63%) Star Schema
7 6 (0.42%) Power Query
7 6 (0.42%) PowerPivot
8 4 (0.28%) Big Data
8 4 (0.28%) GIS
8 4 (0.28%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.21%) EDRMS
9 3 (0.21%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.14%) Looker
11 1 (0.070%) OLAP
11 1 (0.070%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 22 (1.54%) JIRA
2 6 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.14%) Git
4 1 (0.070%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 336 (23.56%) Social Skills
2 210 (14.73%) Finance
3 153 (10.73%) Marketing
4 80 (5.61%) Telecoms
5 67 (4.70%) Presentation Skills
6 63 (4.42%) Manufacturing
7 59 (4.14%) Analytical Skills
7 59 (4.14%) Public Sector
8 50 (3.51%) Retail
9 47 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 36 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
11 34 (2.38%) Front Office
12 28 (1.96%) Legal
13 21 (1.47%) Automotive
13 21 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
14 17 (1.19%) Local Government
15 16 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
15 16 (1.12%) Law
16 15 (1.05%) Health Technology
17 13 (0.91%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.56%) HTML
2 7 (0.49%) Flash
3 5 (0.35%) CSS
3 5 (0.35%) JSON
4 4 (0.28%) .NET
5 3 (0.21%) MDX
6 2 (0.14%) web3js
7 1 (0.070%) ADO
7 1 (0.070%) Akka
7 1 (0.070%) EDI
7 1 (0.070%) Tapestry
Miscellaneous
1 93 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
2 37 (2.59%) Onboarding
2 37 (2.59%) Product Ownership
3 36 (2.52%) Derivative
3 36 (2.52%) Fixed Income
4 35 (2.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 34 (2.38%) Equities
5 34 (2.38%) Hedge funds
6 33 (2.31%) Driving Licence
6 33 (2.31%) Management Information System
7 23 (1.61%) Social Media
8 22 (1.54%) NHS
9 17 (1.19%) Life Science
10 12 (0.84%) Biopharmaceutical
11 10 (0.70%) Data Centre
11 10 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (0.56%) IoT
14 6 (0.42%) Digital Signage
14 6 (0.42%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.56%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.21%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 997 (69.92%) Business Development
2 320 (22.44%) Customer Experience
3 319 (22.37%) Client Onboarding
4 228 (15.99%) CRM
5 121 (8.49%) Decision-Making
6 117 (8.20%) Project Management
7 109 (7.64%) Agile
8 101 (7.08%) Business Strategy
9 87 (6.10%) Change Management
10 76 (5.33%) B2B
11 74 (5.19%) Analytics
12 72 (5.05%) Asset Management
13 70 (4.91%) Business Intelligence
14 69 (4.84%) Continuous Improvement
15 66 (4.63%) ERP
15 66 (4.63%) Stakeholder Management
16 65 (4.56%) Artificial Intelligence
17 59 (4.14%) Problem-Solving
18 55 (3.86%) Value Proposition
19 52 (3.65%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 65 (4.56%) SQL
2 44 (3.09%) Python
3 10 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (0.63%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.35%) VB
6 4 (0.28%) C#
6 4 (0.28%) R
7 3 (0.21%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 108 (7.57%) Degree
2 23 (1.61%) PMI Certification
3 20 (1.40%) PMP
4 15 (1.05%) DBS Check
4 15 (1.05%) Master's Degree
5 14 (0.98%) APMG
6 12 (0.84%) PhD
7 10 (0.70%) CFA
7 10 (0.70%) CIMA
7 10 (0.70%) MBA
8 4 (0.28%) BICSI RCDD
8 4 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (0.28%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.14%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.070%) ACCA
10 1 (0.070%) APMP
10 1 (0.070%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.070%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.070%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.070%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (4.14%) SLA
2 27 (1.89%) QA
3 15 (1.05%) GDPR
4 10 (0.70%) Accessibility
5 9 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.49%) ISO 9001
7 6 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.28%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.28%) PMO
9 3 (0.21%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.070%) GAAP
11 1 (0.070%) ISO 20022
Systems Management
1 1 (0.070%) PaperCut
1 1 (0.070%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 392 (27.49%) Salesforce
2 97 (6.80%) Microsoft
3 59 (4.14%) SAP
4 18 (1.26%) ServiceNow
5 16 (1.12%) YouTube
6 13 (0.91%) NetApp
7 11 (0.77%) IBM
8 10 (0.70%) Cisco
9 8 (0.56%) Google
9 8 (0.56%) Oracle
10 7 (0.49%) HubSpot
11 6 (0.42%) Adobe
11 6 (0.42%) BT
11 6 (0.42%) Concur
11 6 (0.42%) Sage
12 4 (0.28%) Dell
12 4 (0.28%) HP
12 4 (0.28%) Sophos
12 4 (0.28%) Veeam
12 4 (0.28%) Workday