Business Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Business Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Business Development over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 215 296
Rank change year-on-year +112 +81 -68
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 2,571 1,673 2,343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.51% 1.72% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.97% 1.80% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,520 619 792
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,000 £32,626
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,750 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £61,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% -8.89% +17.39%
75th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Business Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Business Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Development in the UK

Business Development
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Development in the UK

Business Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Development over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Development in the UK

Business Development
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 Development within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 +110 2,211 £45,000 -25.00% 1,490
UK excluding London +124 1,724 £45,000 -10.00% 926
Work from Home +144 1,055 £40,000 -38.46% 601
London +99 684 £40,000 -38.46% 577
South East +45 498 £43,750 -7.89% 214
North of England +144 401 £47,500 +26.67% 289
Midlands +160 359 £40,060 -30.33% 152
West Midlands +147 251 £41,280 -36.49% 92
North West +111 234 £55,000 +4.76% 172
South West +15 151 £50,000 -9.09% 115
Yorkshire +125 146 £45,000 +20.00% 86
Scotland +21 135 £70,000 +47.37% 64
East of England +41 133 £52,500 -8.70% 81
East Midlands +57 108 £40,000 -20.00% 60
Wales +40 64 £35,700 -35.09% 17
Northern Ireland +27 28 £60,000 - 17
North East +16 25 £35,000 -50.00% 33

Business Development
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 (0.51%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.35%) CMS
3 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.23%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.19%) Appian
5 5 (0.19%) SAS
6 3 (0.12%) Confluence
6 3 (0.12%) IIS
7 2 (0.078%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.078%) Drupal
7 2 (0.078%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.039%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.039%) Umbraco
Applications
1 338 (13.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 294 (11.44%) Microsoft Office
3 130 (5.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.19%) SPSS
7 4 (0.16%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.12%) Stata
9 2 (0.078%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.078%) InDesign
9 2 (0.078%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.039%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.039%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 49 (1.91%) Salesforce CRM
2 14 (0.54%) SAP BPC
2 14 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.39%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.27%) SAP HCM
4 7 (0.27%) Workday HCM
5 6 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
7 4 (0.16%) SAP IBP
7 4 (0.16%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.12%) Misys Midas
9 2 (0.078%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
9 2 (0.078%) Relativity
9 2 (0.078%) SAP CRM
10 1 (0.039%) Endur
10 1 (0.039%) Findur
10 1 (0.039%) HiPortfolio
10 1 (0.039%) Magento
10 1 (0.039%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 168 (6.53%) SaaS
2 155 (6.03%) Azure
3 124 (4.82%) AWS
4 64 (2.49%) Power Platform
5 43 (1.67%) GCP
6 29 (1.13%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (0.47%) Asana
9 8 (0.31%) IBM Cloud
10 7 (0.27%) IaaS
10 7 (0.27%) Mavenlink
10 7 (0.27%) PaaS
10 7 (0.27%) SuccessFactors
11 6 (0.23%) Azure AKS
11 6 (0.23%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (0.23%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 6 (0.23%) OneDrive
12 5 (0.19%) OCI
13 4 (0.16%) Entra ID
13 4 (0.16%) FinancialForce
Communications & Networking
1 44 (1.71%) Firewall
2 37 (1.44%) Wireless
3 36 (1.40%) Unified Communications
4 35 (1.36%) WAN
5 31 (1.21%) SD-WAN
5 31 (1.21%) VoIP
6 19 (0.74%) Internet
6 19 (0.74%) LAN
7 18 (0.70%) Broadband
8 12 (0.47%) Ethernet
9 10 (0.39%) Network Security
10 9 (0.35%) 4G
10 9 (0.35%) VPN
11 8 (0.31%) 5G
11 8 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.23%) DNS
13 5 (0.19%) SAN
14 4 (0.16%) Bluetooth
14 4 (0.16%) TCP/IP
14 4 (0.16%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
2 57 (2.22%) Power BI
3 50 (1.94%) Tableau
4 36 (1.40%) Data Vault
5 18 (0.70%) Metadata
6 17 (0.66%) Data Lake
6 17 (0.66%) SAP BW
7 15 (0.58%) GIS
8 14 (0.54%) SAP HANA
9 10 (0.39%) MySQL
10 9 (0.35%) SQL Server
11 5 (0.19%) CockroachDB
11 5 (0.19%) Data Mining
11 5 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.19%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.16%) Big Data
12 4 (0.16%) DTS
13 3 (0.12%) Power Query
13 3 (0.12%) QlikView
14 2 (0.078%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (0.89%) JIRA
2 13 (0.51%) Git
3 6 (0.23%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.23%) Subversion
4 5 (0.19%) Jaeger
4 5 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.16%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.12%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.12%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.12%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.078%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.039%) Appium
8 1 (0.039%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.039%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.039%) Grunt
8 1 (0.039%) gulp
8 1 (0.039%) Hudson
8 1 (0.039%) Selenium
General
1 890 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 730 (28.39%) Finance
3 568 (22.09%) Marketing
4 269 (10.46%) Analytical Skills
5 268 (10.42%) Retail
6 254 (9.88%) Presentation Skills
7 201 (7.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 195 (7.58%) Public Sector
9 122 (4.75%) Telecoms
10 112 (4.36%) Billing
11 99 (3.85%) Legal
12 80 (3.11%) Manufacturing
13 78 (3.03%) Automotive
14 77 (2.99%) Local Government
15 70 (2.72%) Pharmaceutical
16 69 (2.68%) Law
17 58 (2.26%) Banking
17 58 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
18 49 (1.91%) Aerospace
19 40 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1,020 (39.67%) Development Manager
2 984 (38.27%) Business Manager
3 977 (38.00%) Business Development Manager
4 205 (7.97%) Architect
5 188 (7.31%) Senior
6 134 (5.21%) Consultant
7 121 (4.71%) Solutions Architect
8 100 (3.89%) Lead
9 95 (3.70%) Business Development Executive
10 77 (2.99%) Senior Manager
11 71 (2.76%) Project Manager
12 65 (2.53%) Audit Manager
13 55 (2.14%) Data Architect
14 54 (2.10%) IT Manager
15 50 (1.94%) Analyst
15 50 (1.94%) Business Systems Manager
16 45 (1.75%) Sales Manager
16 45 (1.75%) Senior Architect
17 38 (1.48%) Account Manager
18 36 (1.40%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (0.78%) .NET
2 13 (0.51%) Web Services
3 9 (0.35%) AngularJS
4 8 (0.31%) ASP.NET Web API
4 8 (0.31%) HTML
5 7 (0.27%) CSS
6 6 (0.23%) Kafka
6 6 (0.23%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.19%) EDI
7 5 (0.19%) Middleware
7 5 (0.19%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (0.19%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.16%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.16%) ASP.NET
8 4 (0.16%) jQuery
8 4 (0.16%) JSON
8 4 (0.16%) React
8 4 (0.16%) Vue
8 4 (0.16%) WCF
8 4 (0.16%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 228 (8.87%) Self-Motivation
2 103 (4.01%) Management Information System
3 72 (2.80%) Onboarding
4 64 (2.49%) Social Media
5 63 (2.45%) Driving Licence
6 58 (2.26%) Virtual Team
7 56 (2.18%) NHS
8 48 (1.87%) IoT
9 47 (1.83%) Life Science
10 36 (1.40%) Data Centre
11 35 (1.36%) Blog
12 33 (1.28%) Housing Association
13 31 (1.21%) Algorithms
14 27 (1.05%) Mobile App
15 26 (1.01%) Client/Server
16 22 (0.86%) Operational Technology
17 21 (0.82%) Cyberattack
17 21 (0.82%) Reinsurance
18 18 (0.70%) Raspberry Pi
19 17 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 40 (1.56%) Linux
1 40 (1.56%) Windows
2 22 (0.86%) Android
3 20 (0.78%) Apple iOS
4 14 (0.54%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.16%) Windows Vista
6 3 (0.12%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.039%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
2 335 (13.03%) CRM
3 312 (12.14%) Agile
4 310 (12.06%) Decision-Making
5 260 (10.11%) Customer Experience
6 253 (9.84%) Project Management
7 250 (9.72%) Coaching
8 238 (9.26%) Client Onboarding
9 208 (8.09%) Business Strategy
10 203 (7.90%) Logistics
11 201 (7.82%) Actionable Insight
12 186 (7.23%) Customer Requirements
13 180 (7.00%) Analytics
14 176 (6.85%) Cybersecurity
15 168 (6.53%) Data Management
16 160 (6.22%) B2B
17 154 (5.99%) Commercial Awareness
18 153 (5.95%) Mentoring
19 141 (5.48%) Collaborative Working
20 122 (4.75%) Facilities Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (1.83%) SQL
2 39 (1.52%) Python
3 27 (1.05%) C
4 23 (0.89%) Java
5 14 (0.54%) C#
6 11 (0.43%) R
7 10 (0.39%) C++
8 7 (0.27%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.19%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.16%) Embedded C
10 4 (0.16%) PHP
11 1 (0.039%) Ruby
11 1 (0.039%) Scala
11 1 (0.039%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 294 (11.44%) Degree
2 175 (6.81%) Security Cleared
3 135 (5.25%) SC Cleared
4 108 (4.20%) ACCA
5 49 (1.91%) Master's Degree
6 37 (1.44%) AWS Certification
6 37 (1.44%) DBS Check
7 31 (1.21%) Azure Certification
7 31 (1.21%) MBA
8 30 (1.17%) PhD
9 27 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (0.82%) CISSP
11 19 (0.74%) CISM
12 17 (0.66%) DV Cleared
12 17 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
13 15 (0.58%) CIMA
13 15 (0.58%) HND
14 11 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (0.43%) HNC
15 10 (0.39%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (2.88%) GAAP
2 73 (2.84%) IFRS
3 61 (2.37%) SLA
4 60 (2.33%) PMO
5 33 (1.28%) QA
6 20 (0.78%) JSP 440
7 16 (0.62%) GDPR
8 13 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (0.43%) NIST
10 9 (0.35%) Data Quality
11 8 (0.31%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.23%) NEBOSH
13 5 (0.19%) Accessibility
13 5 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.19%) IASME
13 5 (0.19%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.16%) COSHH
14 4 (0.16%) IEC 62304
14 4 (0.16%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 28 (1.09%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.51%) Docker
3 9 (0.35%) Hyper-V
3 9 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.078%) Firmware
4 2 (0.078%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.039%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 6 (0.23%) Kubernetes
1 6 (0.23%) Terraform
2 5 (0.19%) Ansible
2 5 (0.19%) Kiali
3 4 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.12%) PaperCut
4 3 (0.12%) SafeCom
5 2 (0.078%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.039%) Autotask
6 1 (0.039%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.039%) MOM
Vendors
1 365 (14.20%) Microsoft
2 298 (11.59%) Salesforce
3 103 (4.01%) SAP
4 94 (3.66%) CA
5 33 (1.28%) Cisco
6 29 (1.13%) YouTube
7 27 (1.05%) Oracle
8 20 (0.78%) Juniper
9 19 (0.74%) Fortinet
10 17 (0.66%) Dell
10 17 (0.66%) NetApp
11 16 (0.62%) Google
12 15 (0.58%) HubSpot
13 11 (0.43%) BT
13 11 (0.43%) Cadence
13 11 (0.43%) IBM
14 10 (0.39%) Logitech
14 10 (0.39%) VMware
15 9 (0.35%) Adobe
15 9 (0.35%) Pega