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 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 205 427 768
Rank change year-on-year +222 +341 -190
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Manager 1,409 741 490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.44% 0.70% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 0.77% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,174 406 338
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,038 £41,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £52,500 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £70,600 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.26% +12.96% -3.85%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,188 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% +22.73% -

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 92,477 96,786 147,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 66,588 60,676 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,075
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 23 April 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 23 April 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 +234 1,253 £40,060 -43.26% 296
UK excluding London +164 960 £45,000 -33.33% 211
Work from Home +190 785 £40,000 -43.34% 124
London +233 392 £40,000 -46.67% 92
South East +119 342 £40,000 -30.43% 59
North of England +142 201 £50,000 -29.18% 55
Midlands +120 200 £40,060 -43.26% 38
West Midlands +103 145 £38,500 -45.47% 27
North West +71 107 £51,250 -27.41% 29
Yorkshire +127 84 £50,000 -29.18% 22
Scotland -9 81 £52,500 -25.00% 8
South West +1 64 £52,396 -25.79% 31
East of England +39 48 £50,000 -20.00% 15
East Midlands +17 47 £52,500 -22.22% 11
Wales +28 37 £35,700 -49.43% 4
North East +6 9 £40,000 -43.34% 5
Northern Ireland +26 6 £60,000 - 5

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 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.

1 989 (70.19%) Business Development
2 401 (28.46%) Salesforce
3 334 (23.70%) Social Skills
4 327 (23.21%) Customer Experience
4 327 (23.21%) Client Onboarding
5 226 (16.04%) CRM
6 204 (14.48%) Finance
7 145 (10.29%) Marketing
8 113 (8.02%) Project Management
8 113 (8.02%) Decision-Making
9 110 (7.81%) Degree
10 109 (7.74%) Agile
11 96 (6.81%) Microsoft
11 96 (6.81%) Business Strategy
12 90 (6.39%) Self-Motivation
13 86 (6.10%) Change Management
14 84 (5.96%) Microsoft Excel
15 82 (5.82%) Microsoft Office
15 82 (5.82%) SaaS
16 80 (5.68%) Telecoms
17 78 (5.54%) B2B
18 71 (5.04%) Analytics
19 69 (4.90%) Asset Management
20 68 (4.83%) ERP
20 68 (4.83%) Business Intelligence
21 67 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
21 67 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
22 64 (4.54%) Manufacturing
22 64 (4.54%) SQL
23 61 (4.33%) SAP

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 13 (0.92%) Confluence
2 8 (0.57%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.43%) SAS
4 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.14%) Apache
5 2 (0.14%) CMS
5 2 (0.14%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.071%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 84 (5.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 82 (5.82%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.21%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.21%) SPSS
6 1 (0.071%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.071%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.071%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.071%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 47 (3.34%) Salesforce CRM
2 16 (1.14%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.35%) iTrent
5 3 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.071%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.071%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.071%) Odoo
7 1 (0.071%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 82 (5.82%) SaaS
2 41 (2.91%) Power Platform
3 40 (2.84%) Azure
4 30 (2.13%) AWS
5 27 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
6 26 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (0.50%) Google Workspace
7 7 (0.50%) IBM Cloud
8 6 (0.43%) Asana
8 6 (0.43%) 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%) Rubrik
11 3 (0.21%) Zapier
12 2 (0.14%) GitHub
12 2 (0.14%) Intacct
12 2 (0.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.56%) Broadband
1 22 (1.56%) Unified Communications
2 20 (1.42%) VoIP
3 11 (0.78%) Network Security
4 7 (0.50%) Firewall
4 7 (0.50%) 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 (0.071%) 4G
9 1 (0.071%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (0.071%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (2.56%) Power BI
2 25 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (1.06%) SQL Server
4 12 (0.85%) Tableau
5 11 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (0.71%) Data Lake
7 9 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (0.64%) Star Schema
8 6 (0.43%) Power Query
8 6 (0.43%) PowerPivot
9 4 (0.28%) Big Data
9 4 (0.28%) GIS
9 4 (0.28%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.21%) EDRMS
10 3 (0.21%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.14%) MS Access
12 1 (0.071%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.071%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 23 (1.63%) JIRA
2 6 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.071%) Git
3 1 (0.071%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 334 (23.70%) Social Skills
2 204 (14.48%) Finance
3 145 (10.29%) Marketing
4 80 (5.68%) Telecoms
5 67 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
6 64 (4.54%) Manufacturing
7 61 (4.33%) Analytical Skills
8 59 (4.19%) Public Sector
9 47 (3.34%) Retail
10 46 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 35 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
12 31 (2.20%) Front Office
13 27 (1.92%) Legal
14 21 (1.49%) Automotive
14 21 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
15 16 (1.14%) Law
15 16 (1.14%) Local Government
16 15 (1.06%) Health Technology
16 15 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
17 13 (0.92%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.57%) HTML
2 7 (0.50%) 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 (0.071%) ADO
7 1 (0.071%) Akka
7 1 (0.071%) EDI
7 1 (0.071%) Tapestry
Miscellaneous
1 90 (6.39%) Self-Motivation
2 37 (2.63%) Onboarding
3 34 (2.41%) Product Ownership
4 33 (2.34%) Derivative
4 33 (2.34%) Driving Licence
4 33 (2.34%) Fixed Income
5 32 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 32 (2.27%) Management Information System
6 31 (2.20%) Equities
6 31 (2.20%) Hedge funds
7 23 (1.63%) NHS
7 23 (1.63%) Social Media
8 17 (1.21%) Life Science
9 12 (0.85%) Biopharmaceutical
10 10 (0.71%) Data Centre
10 10 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (0.57%) IoT
13 6 (0.43%) Digital Signage
13 6 (0.43%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.57%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.21%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 989 (70.19%) Business Development
2 327 (23.21%) Client Onboarding
2 327 (23.21%) Customer Experience
3 226 (16.04%) CRM
4 113 (8.02%) Decision-Making
4 113 (8.02%) Project Management
5 109 (7.74%) Agile
6 96 (6.81%) Business Strategy
7 86 (6.10%) Change Management
8 78 (5.54%) B2B
9 71 (5.04%) Analytics
10 69 (4.90%) Asset Management
11 68 (4.83%) Business Intelligence
11 68 (4.83%) ERP
12 67 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
13 59 (4.19%) Artificial Intelligence
13 59 (4.19%) Stakeholder Management
14 57 (4.05%) Problem-Solving
14 57 (4.05%) Value Proposition
15 52 (3.69%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 64 (4.54%) SQL
2 42 (2.98%) Python
3 10 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (0.64%) 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
1 110 (7.81%) Degree
2 22 (1.56%) PMI Certification
3 19 (1.35%) PMP
4 16 (1.14%) Master's Degree
5 15 (1.06%) DBS Check
6 13 (0.92%) APMG
7 12 (0.85%) PhD
8 10 (0.71%) CFA
8 10 (0.71%) CIMA
8 10 (0.71%) MBA
9 4 (0.28%) BICSI RCDD
9 4 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (0.28%) Security Cleared
10 3 (0.21%) ACCA
10 3 (0.21%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.071%) APMP
11 1 (0.071%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.071%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.071%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (4.33%) SLA
2 27 (1.92%) QA
3 14 (0.99%) GDPR
4 10 (0.71%) Accessibility
5 9 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.50%) ISO 9001
7 6 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.28%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.28%) PMO
9 3 (0.21%) GAAP
9 3 (0.21%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.14%) IFRS
10 2 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.071%) ISO 20022
Systems Management
1 1 (0.071%) PaperCut
1 1 (0.071%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 401 (28.46%) Salesforce
2 96 (6.81%) Microsoft
3 61 (4.33%) SAP
4 17 (1.21%) ServiceNow
5 11 (0.78%) IBM
6 10 (0.71%) Cisco
6 10 (0.71%) NetApp
6 10 (0.71%) YouTube
7 8 (0.57%) Oracle
8 7 (0.50%) Google
8 7 (0.50%) HubSpot
8 7 (0.50%) Sage
9 6 (0.43%) Adobe
9 6 (0.43%) BT
9 6 (0.43%) Concur
10 4 (0.28%) Dell
10 4 (0.28%) HP
10 4 (0.28%) Sophos
10 4 (0.28%) Veeam
10 4 (0.28%) Workday