Business Systems Manager Jobs

Business System Manager
UK

The median Business System Manager salary in the UK is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 683 708 944
Rank change year-on-year +25 +236 +232
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Systems Manager 29 170 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.17% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.18% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 29 150 17
10th Percentile £46,250 £35,000 £39,697
25th Percentile £56,250 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% -1.60%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,850 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.08% -7.55% -12.00%

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 49,912 93,707 92,673
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.63% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 27,050 67,086 58,518
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £80,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

Business Systems Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Systems Manager in the UK

Business Systems Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Systems Manager in the UK

Business Systems Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Systems Manager over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Systems Manager in the UK

Business Systems Manager
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Systems Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
England +14 28 £60,000 +11.63% 12
London +102 13 £62,500 -7.41% 2
UK excluding London +58 12 £57,500 +13.08% 9
Midlands +45 10 £57,500 +18.92% 3
West Midlands +48 9 £57,500 -2.04% 1
Work from Home +74 7 £67,500 - 3
North of England +13 2 £52,125 +15.83% 3
Yorkshire +52 1 £54,250 +20.56% 1
East Midlands +23 1 £50,000 +42.86% 2
North West -10 1 £50,000 +42.86% 2

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Business Systems 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 Systems Manager in the job title.

1 12 (41.38%) Service Delivery
2 10 (34.48%) Management Information System
2 10 (34.48%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (31.03%) Power Platform
3 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
4 8 (27.59%) Incident Management
4 8 (27.59%) Change Management
4 8 (27.59%) SLA
5 7 (24.14%) Finance
6 6 (20.69%) Retail
6 6 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (20.69%) Reinsurance
6 6 (20.69%) PowerApps
7 5 (17.24%) ERP
8 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
8 4 (13.79%) Project Delivery
9 3 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (10.34%) Change Control
9 3 (10.34%) DevOps
9 3 (10.34%) FMCG
9 3 (10.34%) Azure
9 3 (10.34%) Logistics
10 2 (6.90%) PRINCE2
10 2 (6.90%) E-Commerce
10 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
10 2 (6.90%) Knowledge Transfer
10 2 (6.90%) Business Strategy
11 1 (3.45%) Roadmaps
11 1 (3.45%) Onboarding

Business Systems 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 1 (3.45%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 10 (34.48%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (31.03%) Power Platform
3 6 (20.69%) PowerApps
4 3 (10.34%) Azure
4 3 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Copilot
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Finance
3 6 (20.69%) Retail
4 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) EDI
1 1 (3.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 10 (34.48%) Management Information System
2 6 (20.69%) Reinsurance
3 3 (10.34%) FMCG
4 1 (3.45%) CMDB
4 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Service Delivery
2 9 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (27.59%) Change Management
3 8 (27.59%) Incident Management
4 6 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (17.24%) ERP
6 4 (13.79%) Project Delivery
7 3 (10.34%) Change Control
7 3 (10.34%) DevOps
7 3 (10.34%) Logistics
8 2 (6.90%) Business Strategy
8 2 (6.90%) E-Commerce
8 2 (6.90%) Knowledge Transfer
8 2 (6.90%) PRINCE2
9 1 (3.45%) Analytics
9 1 (3.45%) Collaborative Culture
9 1 (3.45%) Cost Management
9 1 (3.45%) Digital Strategy
9 1 (3.45%) Roadmaps
9 1 (3.45%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.45%) APMG
1 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (3.45%) CITP
1 1 (3.45%) Degree
1 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
1 1 (3.45%) PMP
1 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
1 1 (3.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (27.59%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle
2 1 (3.45%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.45%) SAP
2 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow