Business Development Job Trends in Cardiff

Business Development
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Business Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 44 42
Rank change year-on-year +24 -2 +29
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 17 7 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 4.83% 1.94% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.72% 2.40% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 13 0 6
10th Percentile £32,000 - £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 - £34,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £47,500
75th Percentile £77,500 - £51,563
90th Percentile £97,750 - £68,750
South Wales median annual salary £40,000 £30,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -36.84% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Business Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 253 292 337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 71.88% 80.89% 90.59%
Number of salaries quoted 174 183 302
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,650 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,528
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -2.97% +3.06%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,563 £67,375
90th Percentile £78,646 £79,180 £73,750
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,375 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.27% -1.25% +1.12%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Business Development relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Business Development job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Business Development
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Business Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Business Development

Business Development
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Development in Cardiff over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Development in Cardiff

Business Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
1 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
2 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Marketing
2 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Business Development Manager
1 11 (64.71%) Business Manager
1 11 (64.71%) Development Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Architect
2 2 (11.76%) Business Development Executive
2 2 (11.76%) Finance Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (5.88%) Area Sales Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Data Centre Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Product Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Sales Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (11.76%) Virtual Team
2 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) B2B
1 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (11.76%) AI
2 2 (11.76%) Analytics
2 2 (11.76%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 2 (11.76%) Customer Experience
2 2 (11.76%) Customer Insight
2 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
2 2 (11.76%) Due Diligence
2 2 (11.76%) Financial Modelling
2 2 (11.76%) Logistics
2 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (11.76%) Project Management
2 2 (11.76%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (11.76%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (5.88%) B2B Sales
3 1 (5.88%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (5.88%) Content Marketing
3 1 (5.88%) Lead Generation
3 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft