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 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 112 73
Rank change year-on-year +95 -39 +64
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 362 73 76
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 8.66% 2.07% 3.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.67% 2.37% 3.62%
Number of salaries quoted 236 14 62
10th Percentile - £28,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £66,375 £39,085
Median % change year-on-year -32.20% +69.82% -5.82%
75th Percentile £55,000 £83,750 £51,375
90th Percentile £75,000 £118,750 £60,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,750 £39,085
% change year-on-year -10.31% +42.64% -37.46%

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 3,101 3,079 2,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 74.17% 87.30% 86.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,821 1,190 1,578
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 January 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 January 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 +65 114 £37,500 -66.67% 89
Essex +30 74 £55,000 -12.00% 74
Suffolk +7 65 £40,000 -51.52% 55
Cambridgeshire +49 57 £50,000 - 66
Norfolk +25 34 £40,000 +29.03% 58
Bedfordshire - 18 £30,000 - 60
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 19 (5.25%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (7.46%) SaaS
2 1 (0.28%) H2O.ai
2 1 (0.28%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.49%) Broadband
2 2 (0.55%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.28%) PBX
3 1 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.28%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.28%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.28%) DTS
1 1 (0.28%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (1.10%) JIRA
2 1 (0.28%) PEAR
General
1 42 (11.60%) Marketing
2 38 (10.50%) Finance
3 16 (4.42%) Social Skills
4 13 (3.59%) Local Government
5 12 (3.31%) Automotive
6 10 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (2.49%) Retail
8 8 (2.21%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.66%) Games
10 5 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.10%) Agriculture
11 4 (1.10%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.10%) Electronics
11 4 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.83%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.55%) Brand Awareness
14 1 (0.28%) Back Office
14 1 (0.28%) Legal
14 1 (0.28%) Military
Job Titles
1 226 (62.43%) Business Manager
2 206 (56.91%) Development Manager
3 204 (56.35%) Business Development Manager
4 48 (13.26%) Business Development Executive
5 13 (3.59%) Senior
6 11 (3.04%) Account Manager
7 10 (2.76%) Sales Manager
8 9 (2.49%) Account Executive
9 8 (2.21%) Consultant
9 8 (2.21%) Recruitment Consultant
9 8 (2.21%) Senior Business Development Manager
9 8 (2.21%) Senior Business Manager
9 8 (2.21%) Senior Development Manager
9 8 (2.21%) Senior Manager
10 7 (1.93%) Business Development Director
10 7 (1.93%) Development Director
11 6 (1.66%) Sales Business Development Manager
12 5 (1.38%) Sales Executive
12 5 (1.38%) Senior Consultant
12 5 (1.38%) Senior Recruitment Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.28%) Keras
1 1 (0.28%) PyTorch
1 1 (0.28%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.08%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (2.76%) Social Media
3 6 (1.66%) Data Centre
4 5 (1.38%) Driving Licence
4 5 (1.38%) Web Conferencing
5 4 (1.10%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.28%) Biopharmaceutical
7 1 (0.28%) FPGA
7 1 (0.28%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.28%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (12.43%) Customer Service
2 42 (11.60%) Business Enablement
2 42 (11.60%) Technology Enablement
3 36 (9.94%) Business Strategy
4 32 (8.84%) Sales Enablement
5 31 (8.56%) Decision-Making
6 25 (6.91%) Logistics
7 24 (6.63%) Lead Generation
8 23 (6.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (5.52%) CRM
10 16 (4.42%) B2B
10 16 (4.42%) Value Proposition
11 15 (4.14%) Performance Management
11 15 (4.14%) Performance Metrics
11 15 (4.14%) Product Roadmap
11 15 (4.14%) Roadmaps
12 14 (3.87%) B2B Sales
13 13 (3.59%) Digital Marketing
14 11 (3.04%) Time Management
15 10 (2.76%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 13 (3.59%) Degree
2 3 (0.83%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
1 1 (0.28%) GDPR
1 1 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 42 (11.60%) YouTube
2 10 (2.76%) HubSpot
3 6 (1.66%) Microsoft
3 6 (1.66%) Tenable
4 5 (1.38%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.10%) BMC
5 4 (1.10%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.55%) Dell
7 1 (0.28%) Databricks
7 1 (0.28%) F5
7 1 (0.28%) Google
7 1 (0.28%) NVIDIA
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle
7 1 (0.28%) Sophos
7 1 (0.28%) Xilinx