Business Manager Jobs

Business Manager
UK

The median Business Manager salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 April 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 201 212 445
Rank change year-on-year +11 +233 +300
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Manager 775 1,388 722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.49% 1.43% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.66% 1.51% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 415 1,155 408
10th Percentile £28,822 £35,000 £42,350
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £70,600
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -36.26% +12.96%
75th Percentile £77,500 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £81,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -33.33% +22.73%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 46,641 91,861 97,284
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.43% 94.62% 91.62%
Number of salaries quoted 27,168 66,209 60,975
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,686 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.14% -12.19% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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 21 April 2025.

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 21 April 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
England -18 644 £56,000 +35.66% 757
UK excluding London -18 409 £40,000 -11.11% 419
London +9 257 £90,000 +125.00% 410
Work from Home -63 244 £42,292 +5.73% 311
North of England -1 105 £51,695 +3.39% 104
Midlands 0 102 £30,580 -32.04% 67
West Midlands +5 95 £30,580 -20.57% 39
North West -15 71 £55,000 +10.00% 53
South East -81 67 £61,250 +61.18% 133
East of England +72 59 £50,000 - 40
South West +96 38 £38,000 -27.47% 30
Scotland +79 30 £38,000 -27.62% 29
Yorkshire +20 18 £60,743 +21.49% 36
North East +53 14 £35,000 -12.50% 16
Wales +27 6 £75,000 +110.08% 11
East Midlands +23 6 £63,750 +21.43% 27
Northern Ireland +37 2 £40,000 -33.33% 14

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

For the 6 months to 21 April 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 featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 551 (71.10%) Business Development
2 275 (35.48%) Social Skills
3 170 (21.94%) B2B
4 169 (21.81%) Finance
5 150 (19.35%) CRM
6 139 (17.94%) Business Strategy
7 134 (17.29%) Self-Motivation
8 123 (15.87%) Marketing
9 122 (15.74%) Decision-Making
10 117 (15.10%) Business Enablement
11 113 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
12 112 (14.45%) Business Intelligence
13 102 (13.16%) Value Proposition
14 101 (13.03%) Presentation Skills
15 100 (12.90%) Roadmaps
16 98 (12.65%) Agile
17 95 (12.26%) Customer Service
18 90 (11.61%) Salesforce
19 86 (11.10%) SLA
20 84 (10.84%) SAP
21 79 (10.19%) Degree
21 79 (10.19%) Salesforce CRM
22 78 (10.06%) Active Listening
22 78 (10.06%) Deadline-Driven
23 77 (9.94%) YouTube
23 77 (9.94%) Technology Enablement
24 76 (9.81%) B2B Sales
24 76 (9.81%) Asset Management
25 72 (9.29%) Portfolio Management
26 70 (9.03%) Hedge funds

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 11 (1.42%) Confluence
2 1 (0.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.39%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.13%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 79 (10.19%) Salesforce CRM
2 31 (4.00%) Aladdin
3 24 (3.10%) thinkFolio
4 22 (2.84%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 7 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.13%) Odoo
7 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 33 (4.26%) SaaS
2 24 (3.10%) Power Platform
3 12 (1.55%) Azure
3 12 (1.55%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (0.77%) PowerApps
6 5 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.26%) AWS
7 2 (0.26%) GCP
7 2 (0.26%) GitHub
7 2 (0.26%) Google Sheets
7 2 (0.26%) Lucidchart
7 2 (0.26%) OCI
8 1 (0.13%) BigCommerce
8 1 (0.13%) Bloomreach
8 1 (0.13%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.13%) Cloudinary
8 1 (0.13%) Commercetools
8 1 (0.13%) Contentful
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.71%) WPA
2 5 (0.65%) VoIP
3 4 (0.52%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.39%) Broadband
4 3 (0.39%) Internet
4 3 (0.39%) Network Security
4 3 (0.39%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.39%) Wireless
5 2 (0.26%) IP Telephony
5 2 (0.26%) LAN
5 2 (0.26%) Mobile Broadband
5 2 (0.26%) WAN
6 1 (0.13%) 5G
6 1 (0.13%) MPLS
6 1 (0.13%) PBX
6 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.13%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.42%) Power BI
2 3 (0.39%) Tableau
3 2 (0.26%) Big Data
3 2 (0.26%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.13%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.13%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 13 (1.68%) JIRA
General
1 275 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 169 (21.81%) Finance
3 123 (15.87%) Marketing
4 101 (13.03%) Presentation Skills
5 70 (9.03%) Front Office
6 43 (5.55%) Analytical Skills
7 37 (4.77%) Electronics
7 37 (4.77%) Manufacturing
8 26 (3.35%) Banking
8 26 (3.35%) Local Government
9 23 (2.97%) Pharmaceutical
10 20 (2.58%) Public Sector
11 16 (2.06%) Retail
12 14 (1.81%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (1.42%) Brand Awareness
15 9 (1.16%) Automotive
15 9 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 4 (0.52%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.13%) EDI
1 1 (0.13%) MACH
1 1 (0.13%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 134 (17.29%) Self-Motivation
2 70 (9.03%) Derivative
2 70 (9.03%) Fixed Income
2 70 (9.03%) Hedge funds
3 49 (6.32%) Onboarding
4 43 (5.55%) Product Ownership
5 40 (5.16%) Management Information System
6 36 (4.65%) Data Centre
7 33 (4.26%) Equities
7 33 (4.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 25 (3.23%) Social Media
9 20 (2.58%) Life Science
9 20 (2.58%) Pharmacovigilance
10 12 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.29%) Reinsurance
12 9 (1.16%) Tandem
12 9 (1.16%) Virtual Team
13 7 (0.90%) Robotics
14 6 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (0.77%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.26%) Apple iOS
2 21 (2.71%) Windows
2 21 (2.71%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 551 (71.10%) Business Development
2 170 (21.94%) B2B
3 150 (19.35%) CRM
4 139 (17.94%) Business Strategy
5 122 (15.74%) Decision-Making
6 117 (15.10%) Business Enablement
7 113 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
8 112 (14.45%) Business Intelligence
9 102 (13.16%) Value Proposition
10 100 (12.90%) Roadmaps
11 98 (12.65%) Agile
12 95 (12.26%) Customer Service
13 78 (10.06%) Active Listening
13 78 (10.06%) Deadline-Driven
14 77 (9.94%) Technology Enablement
15 76 (9.81%) Asset Management
15 76 (9.81%) B2B Sales
16 72 (9.29%) Portfolio Management
17 70 (9.03%) Investment Management
18 58 (7.48%) Lead Generation
Programming Languages
1 49 (6.32%) SQL
2 44 (5.68%) Python
Qualifications
1 79 (10.19%) Degree
2 23 (2.97%) DBS Check
3 17 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (0.65%) Security Cleared
5 4 (0.52%) SC Cleared
5 4 (0.52%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
6 3 (0.39%) ACCA
6 3 (0.39%) CFA
6 3 (0.39%) CIMA
6 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.39%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.26%) APMG
7 2 (0.26%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.26%) IIBA
7 2 (0.26%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.13%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (11.10%) SLA
2 10 (1.29%) Good Clinical Practice
3 9 (1.16%) ISO 20022
4 5 (0.65%) PMO
5 4 (0.52%) QA
6 3 (0.39%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.39%) GDPR
7 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 90 (11.61%) Salesforce
2 84 (10.84%) SAP
3 77 (9.94%) YouTube
4 40 (5.16%) Intel
5 35 (4.52%) Microsoft
6 31 (4.00%) BISAM
7 30 (3.87%) Charles River
8 24 (3.10%) Calypso
8 24 (3.10%) SimCorp
9 17 (2.19%) Pure Storage
10 15 (1.94%) NetApp
11 14 (1.81%) Fortinet
12 12 (1.55%) Oracle
13 7 (0.90%) Google
13 7 (0.90%) HubSpot
14 6 (0.77%) Tenable
15 4 (0.52%) BT
15 4 (0.52%) ServiceNow
15 4 (0.52%) VMware
16 3 (0.39%) Workday