Business Manager
UK

The median Business Manager salary in the UK is £39,085 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 December 2023.

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 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 167 485 663
Rank change year-on-year +318 +178 -159
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Manager 1,132 802 484
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.12% 0.65% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% 0.68% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 748 483 375
10th Percentile £25,000 £40,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £50,000 £51,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,085 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.93% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £88,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £89,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -30.91% - +10.00%

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 50,985 118,425 121,174
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 95.37% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 37,346 74,222 83,417
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +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 December 2023.

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 December 2023. 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 +272 850 £39,085 -38.93% 310
UK excluding London +332 798 £38,000 -30.91% 190
Work from Home +267 438 £38,000 -39.20% 142
London +165 275 £62,500 -16.67% 110
Scotland +153 181 £25,000 -54.55% 3
South East +185 175 £38,000 -36.67% 60
North of England +198 165 £46,250 -8.86% 53
Midlands +182 129 £27,300 -56.32% 41
North West +177 106 £50,000 -1.47% 31
West Midlands +141 67 £26,500 -57.60% 21
East Midlands +85 61 £38,000 -25.85% 20
Yorkshire +105 50 £45,000 -18.18% 16
East of England +153 48 £39,085 -26.94% 15
South West +105 46 £33,000 -43.83% 18
Wales +51 37 £32,000 -45.40% 4
Northern Ireland +58 23 - -
North East +53 8 £32,000 -39.05% 9

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

For the 6 months to 5 December 2023, 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.

1 844 (74.56%) Business Development
2 595 (52.56%) Social Skills
3 360 (31.80%) Customer Experience
4 276 (24.38%) Finance
5 248 (21.91%) Presentation Skills
6 234 (20.67%) Coaching
7 230 (20.32%) Retail
8 222 (19.61%) Decision-Making
9 217 (19.17%) Games
10 196 (17.31%) Telecoms
11 195 (17.23%) B2B
12 189 (16.70%) Salesforce
13 185 (16.34%) Influencing Skills
14 184 (16.25%) Collaborative Working
15 179 (15.81%) Security Cleared
16 178 (15.72%) Client Onboarding
17 177 (15.64%) Local Government
17 177 (15.64%) B2C
17 177 (15.64%) Broadband
17 177 (15.64%) BT
18 174 (15.37%) Actionable Insight
19 146 (12.90%) Service Delivery
20 141 (12.46%) NHS
21 132 (11.66%) DBS Check
22 130 (11.48%) Financial Modelling
23 77 (6.80%) Business Continuity
23 77 (6.80%) Cybersecurity
24 71 (6.27%) Service Management
25 68 (6.01%) SC Cleared
26 65 (5.74%) Problem-Solving

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 4 (0.35%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.18%) IIS
3 1 (0.088%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.44%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 24 (2.12%) SAP ERP
2 11 (0.97%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.80%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.35%) Infor M3
5 3 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.27%) ReMetrica
6 2 (0.18%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 31 (2.74%) Power Platform
2 19 (1.68%) SaaS
3 18 (1.59%) Azure
4 8 (0.71%) AWS
4 8 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
4 8 (0.71%) Power Automate
4 8 (0.71%) PowerApps
5 4 (0.35%) Intacct
6 2 (0.18%) Canva
6 2 (0.18%) Figma
6 2 (0.18%) IaaS
6 2 (0.18%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.088%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.088%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.088%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.088%) GitHub
7 1 (0.088%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.088%) Slack
7 1 (0.088%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 177 (15.64%) Broadband
2 60 (5.30%) Intrusion Detection
2 60 (5.30%) LAN
2 60 (5.30%) WAN
3 2 (0.18%) Internet
3 2 (0.18%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.088%) Intranet
4 1 (0.088%) Network Security
4 1 (0.088%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (2.74%) Power BI
2 15 (1.33%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (0.97%) Tableau
6 8 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (0.71%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 8 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 4 (0.35%) MS Access
9 3 (0.27%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.18%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.18%) ThoughtSpot
11 1 (0.088%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.088%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.088%) Metadata
11 1 (0.088%) OLAP
11 1 (0.088%) Power Query
11 1 (0.088%) ProClarity
Development Applications
1 6 (0.53%) JIRA
2 1 (0.088%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 595 (52.56%) Social Skills
2 276 (24.38%) Finance
3 248 (21.91%) Presentation Skills
4 230 (20.32%) Retail
5 217 (19.17%) Games
6 196 (17.31%) Telecoms
7 185 (16.34%) Influencing Skills
8 177 (15.64%) Local Government
9 54 (4.77%) Analytical Skills
10 51 (4.51%) Marketing
11 49 (4.33%) Public Sector
12 43 (3.80%) Manufacturing
13 32 (2.83%) Front Office
14 31 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 24 (2.12%) Aerospace
15 24 (2.12%) Automotive
15 24 (2.12%) Aviation
16 21 (1.86%) Electronics
17 16 (1.41%) Banking
17 16 (1.41%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.27%) Velocity
2 2 (0.18%) HTML
2 2 (0.18%) MDX
3 1 (0.088%) .NET
3 1 (0.088%) Akka
3 1 (0.088%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 141 (12.46%) NHS
2 60 (5.30%) Security Operations Centre
3 34 (3.00%) Low-Code
3 34 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (2.47%) Fixed Income
4 28 (2.47%) Product Ownership
5 27 (2.39%) Derivative
5 27 (2.39%) Equities
5 27 (2.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 27 (2.39%) Hedge funds
6 15 (1.33%) Driving Licence
7 14 (1.24%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.06%) Management Information System
9 7 (0.62%) Life Science
10 5 (0.44%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.44%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.35%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.35%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.35%) Smart Meter
12 3 (0.27%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 62 (5.48%) Windows
2 60 (5.30%) Unix
3 22 (1.94%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.18%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 844 (74.56%) Business Development
2 360 (31.80%) Customer Experience
3 234 (20.67%) Coaching
4 222 (19.61%) Decision-Making
5 195 (17.23%) B2B
6 184 (16.25%) Collaborative Working
7 178 (15.72%) Client Onboarding
8 177 (15.64%) B2C
9 174 (15.37%) Actionable Insight
10 146 (12.90%) Service Delivery
11 130 (11.48%) Financial Modelling
12 77 (6.80%) Business Continuity
12 77 (6.80%) Cybersecurity
13 71 (6.27%) Service Management
14 65 (5.74%) Problem-Solving
15 64 (5.65%) Impact Analysis
16 62 (5.48%) ERP
16 62 (5.48%) Impact Assessments
16 62 (5.48%) Security Operations
17 61 (5.39%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (2.92%) SQL
2 11 (0.97%) Python
3 5 (0.44%) T-SQL
4 3 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.18%) R
6 1 (0.088%) C#
6 1 (0.088%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.088%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.088%) VBA
Qualifications
1 179 (15.81%) Security Cleared
2 132 (11.66%) DBS Check
3 68 (6.01%) SC Cleared
4 61 (5.39%) CISM
4 61 (5.39%) CISSP
5 60 (5.30%) SSCP
6 57 (5.04%) Degree
7 6 (0.53%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.44%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 4 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.27%) ACCA
10 3 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.27%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.27%) Postgraduate
10 3 (0.27%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
11 2 (0.18%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.18%) PhD
11 2 (0.18%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.088%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (5.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (5.48%) GDPR
3 9 (0.80%) SLA
4 6 (0.53%) ISO 22301
5 5 (0.44%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.35%) QA
7 3 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.27%) GAAP
7 3 (0.27%) IFRS
7 3 (0.27%) PMO
8 2 (0.18%) EMIR
9 1 (0.088%) GRC
9 1 (0.088%) PSD2
System Software
1 3 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
1 2 (0.18%) Nessus
Vendors
1 189 (16.70%) Salesforce
2 177 (15.64%) BT
3 41 (3.62%) Microsoft
4 37 (3.27%) SAP
5 14 (1.24%) Intel
6 11 (0.97%) YouTube
7 6 (0.53%) Citrix
8 5 (0.44%) Sage
8 5 (0.44%) VMware
9 4 (0.35%) IBM
9 4 (0.35%) Infor
9 4 (0.35%) Sun
10 3 (0.27%) CA
11 2 (0.18%) arcserve
11 2 (0.18%) Cisco
11 2 (0.18%) eFront
11 2 (0.18%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.18%) Sophos
12 1 (0.088%) Peregrine
12 1 (0.088%) Veritas