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 8 May 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 208 416 754
Rank change year-on-year +208 +338 -167
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Manager 1,396 771 522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.41% 0.76% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 0.83% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,147 385 351
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,100 £41,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,600 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £93,800 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £64,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -29.96% +16.82% -

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 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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 8 May 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 8 May 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 +194 1,236 £45,000 -33.33% 287
UK excluding London +133 946 £45,000 -29.96% 208
Work from Home +152 747 £40,000 -43.34% 126
London +231 390 £40,000 -47.54% 88
South East +62 316 £40,000 -30.43% 68
Midlands +106 205 £43,520 -33.05% 31
North of England +148 202 £50,000 -29.18% 50
West Midlands +87 148 £38,500 -38.40% 25
North West +76 108 £54,612 -22.65% 29
Yorkshire +125 86 £50,000 -29.18% 17
Scotland -5 80 £52,500 -25.64% 11
South West -10 66 £52,396 -25.79% 29
East of England +22 52 £51,250 -18.00% 15
East Midlands +14 49 £52,500 -22.22% 6
Wales +38 39 £35,700 -49.43% 4
North East 0 8 £40,000 -43.34% 4
Northern Ireland +32 7 £60,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 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.

1 966 (69.20%) Business Development
2 347 (24.86%) Salesforce
3 343 (24.57%) Social Skills
4 278 (19.91%) Customer Experience
5 277 (19.84%) Client Onboarding
6 228 (16.33%) CRM
7 216 (15.47%) Finance
8 153 (10.96%) Marketing
9 128 (9.17%) Decision-Making
10 117 (8.38%) Project Management
11 109 (7.81%) Agile
12 108 (7.74%) Degree
13 104 (7.45%) Microsoft
14 101 (7.23%) Business Strategy
15 94 (6.73%) Microsoft Office
16 93 (6.66%) Microsoft Excel
17 92 (6.59%) Self-Motivation
18 87 (6.23%) Change Management
19 79 (5.66%) Telecoms
19 79 (5.66%) SaaS
20 75 (5.37%) Analytics
21 74 (5.30%) B2B
22 72 (5.16%) Asset Management
23 71 (5.09%) Business Intelligence
24 68 (4.87%) Continuous Improvement
25 67 (4.80%) ERP
25 67 (4.80%) Presentation Skills
26 65 (4.66%) Stakeholder Management
26 65 (4.66%) SQL
27 64 (4.58%) Manufacturing

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 14 (1.00%) Confluence
2 7 (0.50%) SAS
3 6 (0.43%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.21%) Apache
5 2 (0.14%) CMS
5 2 (0.14%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.072%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 94 (6.73%) Microsoft Office
2 93 (6.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.21%) SPSS
6 1 (0.072%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.072%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.072%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.072%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.072%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 44 (3.15%) Salesforce CRM
2 16 (1.15%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.36%) iTrent
5 3 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.072%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.072%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.072%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.072%) Odoo
7 1 (0.072%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 79 (5.66%) SaaS
2 40 (2.87%) Azure
2 40 (2.87%) Power Platform
3 33 (2.36%) AWS
4 31 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
5 27 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (0.57%) Google Workspace
7 7 (0.50%) IBM Cloud
8 6 (0.43%) Asana
8 6 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 5 (0.36%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.29%) GCP
11 3 (0.21%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.21%) Dropbox
11 3 (0.21%) GitHub
11 3 (0.21%) Rubrik
11 3 (0.21%) Zapier
12 2 (0.14%) dbt
12 2 (0.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.58%) Broadband
1 22 (1.58%) Unified Communications
2 20 (1.43%) VoIP
3 11 (0.79%) Network Security
4 7 (0.50%) Firewall
4 7 (0.50%) Internet
5 5 (0.36%) WAN
6 4 (0.29%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.29%) WPA
7 3 (0.21%) MPLS
7 3 (0.21%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.21%) VPN
8 2 (0.14%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.14%) VPLS
9 1 (0.072%) 4G
9 1 (0.072%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (0.072%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.072%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.51%) Power BI
2 25 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (1.07%) SQL Server
4 12 (0.86%) Tableau
5 10 (0.72%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (0.64%) Star Schema
7 6 (0.43%) Power Query
7 6 (0.43%) PowerPivot
8 4 (0.29%) Big Data
8 4 (0.29%) GIS
8 4 (0.29%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.21%) EDRMS
9 3 (0.21%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.14%) Looker
11 1 (0.072%) OLAP
11 1 (0.072%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 22 (1.58%) JIRA
2 6 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.14%) Git
4 1 (0.072%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 343 (24.57%) Social Skills
2 216 (15.47%) Finance
3 153 (10.96%) Marketing
4 79 (5.66%) Telecoms
5 67 (4.80%) Presentation Skills
6 64 (4.58%) Manufacturing
7 58 (4.15%) Analytical Skills
8 57 (4.08%) Public Sector
8 57 (4.08%) Retail
9 46 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 36 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
11 34 (2.44%) Front Office
12 31 (2.22%) Legal
13 21 (1.50%) Automotive
13 21 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
14 17 (1.22%) Law
14 17 (1.22%) Local Government
15 16 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
16 15 (1.07%) Health Technology
17 13 (0.93%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.57%) HTML
2 7 (0.50%) Flash
3 5 (0.36%) CSS
3 5 (0.36%) JSON
4 4 (0.29%) .NET
5 3 (0.21%) MDX
6 2 (0.14%) web3js
7 1 (0.072%) ADO
7 1 (0.072%) Akka
7 1 (0.072%) EDI
7 1 (0.072%) Tapestry
Miscellaneous
1 92 (6.59%) Self-Motivation
2 37 (2.65%) Product Ownership
3 36 (2.58%) Derivative
3 36 (2.58%) Fixed Income
4 35 (2.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 35 (2.51%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.44%) Equities
5 34 (2.44%) Hedge funds
6 33 (2.36%) Driving Licence
6 33 (2.36%) Management Information System
7 23 (1.65%) Social Media
8 21 (1.50%) NHS
9 17 (1.22%) Life Science
10 12 (0.86%) Biopharmaceutical
11 10 (0.72%) Data Centre
11 10 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (0.57%) IoT
14 6 (0.43%) Digital Signage
14 6 (0.43%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.57%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.21%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 966 (69.20%) Business Development
2 278 (19.91%) Customer Experience
3 277 (19.84%) Client Onboarding
4 228 (16.33%) CRM
5 128 (9.17%) Decision-Making
6 117 (8.38%) Project Management
7 109 (7.81%) Agile
8 101 (7.23%) Business Strategy
9 87 (6.23%) Change Management
10 75 (5.37%) Analytics
11 74 (5.30%) B2B
12 72 (5.16%) Asset Management
13 71 (5.09%) Business Intelligence
14 68 (4.87%) Continuous Improvement
15 67 (4.80%) ERP
16 65 (4.66%) Stakeholder Management
17 64 (4.58%) Artificial Intelligence
18 59 (4.23%) Problem-Solving
19 54 (3.87%) Value Proposition
20 52 (3.72%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 65 (4.66%) SQL
2 45 (3.22%) Python
3 10 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (0.64%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.36%) R
5 5 (0.36%) VB
6 4 (0.29%) C#
7 3 (0.21%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 108 (7.74%) Degree
2 23 (1.65%) PMI Certification
3 20 (1.43%) PMP
4 16 (1.15%) Master's Degree
5 15 (1.07%) DBS Check
6 14 (1.00%) APMG
7 13 (0.93%) PhD
8 10 (0.72%) CFA
8 10 (0.72%) CIMA
8 10 (0.72%) MBA
9 5 (0.36%) Security Cleared
10 4 (0.29%) BICSI RCDD
10 4 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.14%) SC Cleared
12 1 (0.072%) ACCA
12 1 (0.072%) APMP
12 1 (0.072%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.072%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.072%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (4.15%) SLA
2 27 (1.93%) QA
3 15 (1.07%) GDPR
4 10 (0.72%) Accessibility
5 8 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.50%) ISO 9001
7 5 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.29%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.29%) PMO
9 2 (0.14%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.072%) GAAP
10 1 (0.072%) ISO 20022
Systems Management
1 1 (0.072%) PaperCut
1 1 (0.072%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 347 (24.86%) Salesforce
2 104 (7.45%) Microsoft
3 58 (4.15%) SAP
4 18 (1.29%) ServiceNow
5 16 (1.15%) YouTube
6 13 (0.93%) NetApp
7 11 (0.79%) IBM
8 10 (0.72%) Cisco
9 8 (0.57%) Google
9 8 (0.57%) Oracle
10 6 (0.43%) Adobe
10 6 (0.43%) BT
10 6 (0.43%) Concur
10 6 (0.43%) HubSpot
10 6 (0.43%) Sage
11 4 (0.29%) Dell
11 4 (0.29%) HP
11 4 (0.29%) Sophos
11 4 (0.29%) Veeam
11 4 (0.29%) Workday