Business Manager Jobs in the West Midlands

Business Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Business Manager salary in the West Midlands is £30,580 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 110 219
Rank change year-on-year +1 +109 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Manager 99 147 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.28% 1.99% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.52% 2.12% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 78 137 19
10th Percentile - £27,420 £58,250
25th Percentile £28,822 £28,119 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,580 £38,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.57% -38.40% +8.23%
75th Percentile - £50,000 £70,600
90th Percentile £58,750 £73,000 £71,480
England median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -33.33% +3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,930 6,948 5,785
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 94.17% 90.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,781 5,218 3,296
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £35,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,387 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.77% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,688 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Business Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Manager in the West Midlands

Business Manager
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Business Manager in the West Midlands

Business Manager
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Manager in the West Midlands

Business Manager
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
Staffordshire +25 49 £28,822 +2.50% 19
Warwickshire - 17 £30,580 - 14
Sutton Coldfield - 16 £30,580 -
Coventry - 8 £57,500 - 10
Birmingham -4 4 £38,750 -20.51% 49
Shropshire - 2 £55,000 - 12
Solihull -2 1 - - 2
Dudley - 1 - - 1
Business Manager
England

Business Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 13 May 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Business Manager in the job title.

1 89 (89.90%) Business Development
2 86 (86.87%) SLA
3 84 (84.85%) CRM
4 79 (79.80%) SAP
4 79 (79.80%) B2B
4 79 (79.80%) Salesforce
5 78 (78.79%) Salesforce CRM
5 78 (78.79%) Active Listening
5 78 (78.79%) Value Proposition
5 78 (78.79%) Deadline-Driven
6 24 (24.24%) Customer Value Proposition
7 17 (17.17%) Social Skills
8 13 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (9.09%) Service Delivery
9 9 (9.09%) Change Management
10 8 (8.08%) Management Information System
10 8 (8.08%) Incident Management
11 6 (6.06%) Marketing
11 6 (6.06%) Microsoft
12 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
12 4 (4.04%) Degree
12 4 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (4.04%) Collaborative Working
13 3 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
13 3 (3.03%) Telecoms
14 2 (2.02%) Finance
14 2 (2.02%) Project Management
14 2 (2.02%) ITIL
14 2 (2.02%) ERP
14 2 (2.02%) Logistics

Business Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (1.01%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 78 (78.79%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.01%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.01%) AWS
2 1 (1.01%) Azure
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.01%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 1 (1.01%) JIRA
General
1 17 (17.17%) Social Skills
2 6 (6.06%) Marketing
3 3 (3.03%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.02%) Finance
4 2 (2.02%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.01%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.01%) Games
5 1 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.01%) Local Government
5 1 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.01%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.01%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.08%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.01%) CMDB
3 1 (1.01%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.01%) Media Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (89.90%) Business Development
2 84 (84.85%) CRM
3 79 (79.80%) B2B
4 78 (78.79%) Active Listening
4 78 (78.79%) Deadline-Driven
4 78 (78.79%) Value Proposition
5 24 (24.24%) Customer Value Proposition
6 13 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (9.09%) Change Management
7 9 (9.09%) Service Delivery
8 8 (8.08%) Incident Management
9 4 (4.04%) Collaborative Working
10 2 (2.02%) Business Strategy
10 2 (2.02%) Collaborative Culture
10 2 (2.02%) Commercial Awareness
10 2 (2.02%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (2.02%) ERP
10 2 (2.02%) Logistics
10 2 (2.02%) Project Management
10 2 (2.02%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 4 (4.04%) Degree
2 1 (1.01%) APMG
2 1 (1.01%) AWS Certification
2 1 (1.01%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 1 (1.01%) Azure Certification
2 1 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.01%) CITP
2 1 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.01%) HND
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (1.01%) PMI Certification
2 1 (1.01%) PMP
2 1 (1.01%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.01%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (86.87%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.01%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 79 (79.80%) Salesforce
1 79 (79.80%) SAP
2 6 (6.06%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.01%) ServiceNow