Business Development Job Trends in the East of England

Business Development
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Business Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 20 103
Rank change year-on-year +15 +83 +38
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 650 325 139
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 10.39% 10.78% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.92% 11.66% 2.62%
Number of salaries quoted 515 60 99
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £30,363
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% -21.90% -8.70%
75th Percentile £60,000 £44,063 £61,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £60,187 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -25.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,358 2,787 5,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 69.63% 92.41% 77.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,986 1,402 3,936
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,025 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,200 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,560 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.24% +4.65% -12.00%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Business Development job vacancy trend in the East of England

Business Development
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Business Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Business Development

Business Development
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Development in the East of England over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Development in the East of England

Business Development
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Development within the East of England region over the 6 months to 14 June 2026. 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
Hertfordshire +19 233 £50,000 +21.95% 26
Cambridgeshire +32 127 £45,000 +18.42% 20
Essex +6 115 £55,000 +34.15% 27
Bedfordshire +49 77 £50,000 +17.65% 11
Norfolk +5 64 £40,000 +23.08% 11
Suffolk -12 34 £36,250 -11.59% 3
Business Development
England

Business Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 12 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 27 (4.15%) SaaS
2 1 (0.15%) Google Docs
2 1 (0.15%) Google Sheets
2 1 (0.15%) H2O.ai
2 1 (0.15%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.54%) Broadband
2 1 (0.15%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.77%) DTS
2 1 (0.15%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.15%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 25 (3.85%) JIRA
2 4 (0.62%) PEAR
General
1 57 (8.77%) Marketing
2 53 (8.15%) Social Skills
3 43 (6.62%) Automotive
4 36 (5.54%) Presentation Skills
5 25 (3.85%) Manufacturing
6 23 (3.54%) Finance
7 21 (3.23%) Public Sector
8 12 (1.85%) Telecoms
9 11 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (1.54%) Fire and Rescue
11 9 (1.38%) Retail
12 8 (1.23%) Electronics
13 6 (0.92%) Local Government
14 5 (0.77%) Analytical Skills
14 5 (0.77%) Games
15 4 (0.62%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.46%) Billing
16 3 (0.46%) Cantonese Language
16 3 (0.46%) Mandarin Language
16 3 (0.46%) Punjabi Language
Job Titles
1 468 (72.00%) Business Manager
2 454 (69.85%) Business Development Manager
2 454 (69.85%) Development Manager
3 91 (14.00%) Business Development Executive
4 40 (6.15%) Sales Executive
5 37 (5.69%) Sales Manager
6 31 (4.77%) Sales Business Development Manager
7 27 (4.15%) Business Sales Executive
8 26 (4.00%) Senior
9 17 (2.62%) Consultant
10 16 (2.46%) New Business Sales Executive
10 16 (2.46%) Solutions Sales Executive
11 14 (2.15%) Senior Business Development Manager
11 14 (2.15%) Senior Business Manager
11 14 (2.15%) Senior Development Manager
11 14 (2.15%) Senior Manager
12 13 (2.00%) Technical Development Manager
12 13 (2.00%) Technical Manager
12 13 (2.00%) Technical Sales Manager
13 10 (1.54%) Commercial Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.15%) Keras
1 1 (0.15%) PyTorch
1 1 (0.15%) TensorFlow
1 1 (0.15%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 42 (6.46%) Self-Motivation
2 35 (5.38%) Onboarding
3 10 (1.54%) FMCG
4 8 (1.23%) Social Media
5 7 (1.08%) Driving Licence
6 6 (0.92%) Data Centre
7 4 (0.62%) Learning Management System
7 4 (0.62%) Life Science
7 4 (0.62%) Robotics
8 1 (0.15%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.15%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.15%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.31%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (9.69%) B2B
2 54 (8.31%) Lead Generation
3 51 (7.85%) Decision-Making
4 48 (7.38%) CRM
5 43 (6.62%) B2B Sales
6 34 (5.23%) Business Strategy
7 30 (4.62%) Telesales
8 25 (3.85%) ITIL
8 25 (3.85%) ITSM
8 25 (3.85%) Service Management
8 25 (3.85%) SIAM
9 21 (3.23%) GTM Strategy
10 19 (2.92%) Use Case
11 18 (2.77%) Customer Service
11 18 (2.77%) Digital Marketing
11 18 (2.77%) Service Delivery
11 18 (2.77%) Workflow
12 17 (2.62%) Logistics
13 16 (2.46%) Product Strategy
14 14 (2.15%) Business Enablement
Qualifications
1 12 (1.85%) Degree
2 5 (0.77%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.31%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.15%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.31%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.15%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 28 (4.31%) HubSpot
2 25 (3.85%) BMC
2 25 (3.85%) Salesforce
2 25 (3.85%) ServiceNow
3 15 (2.31%) Dell
4 14 (2.15%) Microsoft
5 13 (2.00%) YouTube
6 1 (0.15%) Databricks
6 1 (0.15%) Google
6 1 (0.15%) HP
6 1 (0.15%) Intel
6 1 (0.15%) NVIDIA