Business Development Manager Jobs

Business Development Manager
UK

The median Business Development Manager salary in the UK is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 286 670 1118
Rank change year-on-year +384 +448 -317
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Development Manager 998 345 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.01% 0.33% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 0.36% 0.063%
Number of salaries quoted 818 60 54
10th Percentile £32,500 - £25,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £41,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.79% -15.83% -0.83%
75th Percentile £52,500 £61,438 £84,063
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,250 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -14.29%

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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
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 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Business Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Development Manager in the UK

Business Development Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Development Manager in the UK

Business Development Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Development Manager over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Development Manager in the UK

Business Development 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 Development Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +342 859 £40,000 -20.79% 231
UK excluding London +251 702 £40,000 -20.00% 173
Work from Home +285 607 £40,000 -23.81% 110
South East +121 291 £38,000 -24.75% 47
London +274 254 £40,000 -27.27% 62
Midlands +130 141 £38,500 -35.83% 28
West Midlands +119 125 £35,700 -52.40% 19
North of England +118 111 £45,000 +20.00% 41
Scotland +4 73 £65,000 - 7
North West +66 64 £47,500 -7.32% 25
Yorkshire +111 40 £45,000 +20.00% 14
Wales +45 38 £35,700 - 2
East of England +33 31 £45,000 -21.74% 20
South West -16 30 £40,000 +6.67% 30
East Midlands -1 16 £40,000 -20.00% 9
Northern Ireland +31 7 £60,000 - 3
North East - 7 £40,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Business Development 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 Development Manager in the job title.

1 990 (99.20%) Business Development
2 360 (36.07%) Salesforce
3 319 (31.96%) Client Onboarding
4 313 (31.36%) Customer Experience
5 223 (22.34%) Social Skills
6 195 (19.54%) CRM
7 136 (13.63%) Marketing
8 97 (9.72%) Decision-Making
9 84 (8.42%) Self-Motivation
10 82 (8.22%) Microsoft Office
11 80 (8.02%) Microsoft Excel
11 80 (8.02%) SaaS
12 76 (7.62%) B2B
13 75 (7.52%) Finance
14 71 (7.11%) Telecoms
15 68 (6.81%) Degree
16 59 (5.91%) Microsoft
16 59 (5.91%) Presentation Skills
17 53 (5.31%) Value Proposition
18 52 (5.21%) Manufacturing
19 49 (4.91%) SAP
20 46 (4.61%) SLA
21 45 (4.51%) Active Listening
21 45 (4.51%) Salesforce CRM
21 45 (4.51%) Deadline-Driven
21 45 (4.51%) Public Sector
22 43 (4.31%) Business Strategy
23 36 (3.61%) Onboarding
24 34 (3.41%) Logistics
25 33 (3.31%) Driving Licence

Business Development 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 2 (0.20%) Confluence
1 2 (0.20%) Ethereum
Applications
1 82 (8.22%) Microsoft Office
2 80 (8.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 45 (4.51%) Salesforce CRM
2 10 (1.00%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.10%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 80 (8.02%) SaaS
2 21 (2.10%) Azure
3 13 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (0.70%) AWS
4 7 (0.70%) IBM Cloud
5 6 (0.60%) Asana
6 4 (0.40%) GCP
7 3 (0.30%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (0.30%) Google Workspace
7 3 (0.30%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.00%) VoIP
2 18 (1.80%) Unified Communications
3 16 (1.60%) Broadband
4 9 (0.90%) Network Security
5 5 (0.50%) WAN
6 3 (0.30%) Firewall
6 3 (0.30%) MPLS
6 3 (0.30%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.30%) VPN
7 2 (0.20%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (0.20%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.20%) VPLS
8 1 (0.10%) 4G
8 1 (0.10%) LoRaWAN
8 1 (0.10%) Modbus
8 1 (0.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.40%) GIS
Development Applications
1 8 (0.80%) JIRA
General
1 223 (22.34%) Social Skills
2 136 (13.63%) Marketing
3 75 (7.52%) Finance
4 71 (7.11%) Telecoms
5 59 (5.91%) Presentation Skills
6 52 (5.21%) Manufacturing
7 45 (4.51%) Public Sector
8 32 (3.21%) Retail
9 28 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 24 (2.40%) Analytical Skills
11 19 (1.90%) Automotive
12 18 (1.80%) Pharmaceutical
13 16 (1.60%) Legal
13 16 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (1.50%) Local Government
15 7 (0.70%) Advertising
15 7 (0.70%) German Language
16 6 (0.60%) French Language
16 6 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.60%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.20%) HTML
1 2 (0.20%) web3js
2 1 (0.10%) Tapestry
Miscellaneous
1 84 (8.42%) Self-Motivation
2 36 (3.61%) Onboarding
3 33 (3.31%) Driving Licence
4 22 (2.20%) Social Media
5 17 (1.70%) Life Science
6 12 (1.20%) Biopharmaceutical
7 9 (0.90%) Data Centre
8 8 (0.80%) NHS
9 7 (0.70%) IoT
10 6 (0.60%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.50%) Blockchain
11 5 (0.50%) Marketing Technology
12 4 (0.40%) CCTV
13 3 (0.30%) Cyber Threat
13 3 (0.30%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.30%) iPad
13 3 (0.30%) Video Conferencing
13 3 (0.30%) Virtual Team
14 2 (0.20%) Blog
14 2 (0.20%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 990 (99.20%) Business Development
2 319 (31.96%) Client Onboarding
3 313 (31.36%) Customer Experience
4 195 (19.54%) CRM
5 97 (9.72%) Decision-Making
6 76 (7.62%) B2B
7 53 (5.31%) Value Proposition
8 45 (4.51%) Active Listening
8 45 (4.51%) Deadline-Driven
9 43 (4.31%) Business Strategy
10 34 (3.41%) Logistics
11 32 (3.21%) Cybersecurity
11 32 (3.21%) Lead Generation
11 32 (3.21%) Problem-Solving
12 27 (2.71%) Strategic Thinking
13 25 (2.51%) Market Research
14 24 (2.40%) Facilities Management
15 23 (2.30%) Asset Management
16 22 (2.20%) Customer Service
16 22 (2.20%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 68 (6.81%) Degree
2 12 (1.20%) Master's Degree
2 12 (1.20%) PhD
3 10 (1.00%) CFA
3 10 (1.00%) CIMA
3 10 (1.00%) MBA
4 4 (0.40%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.20%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.10%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (4.61%) SLA
2 8 (0.80%) GDPR
3 4 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.30%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.30%) QA
5 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
Systems Management
1 1 (0.10%) PaperCut
1 1 (0.10%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 360 (36.07%) Salesforce
2 59 (5.91%) Microsoft
3 49 (4.91%) SAP
4 16 (1.60%) YouTube
5 13 (1.30%) NetApp
6 10 (1.00%) IBM
7 7 (0.70%) HubSpot
8 6 (0.60%) BT
8 6 (0.60%) Cisco
9 4 (0.40%) Dell
9 4 (0.40%) HP
9 4 (0.40%) Sage
9 4 (0.40%) Sophos
9 4 (0.40%) Veeam
10 3 (0.30%) Acronis
10 3 (0.30%) Aruba
10 3 (0.30%) Kaspersky
10 3 (0.30%) Meraki
10 3 (0.30%) Veritas
10 3 (0.30%) Zoho