Business Developer Job Trends in England

Business Developer
UK > England

The median Business Developer salary in England is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 620 680
Rank change year-on-year +82 +60 +147
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 70 53 76
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.12% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.13% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 54 35 69
10th Percentile - £42,050 £36,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -15.38%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £71,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -15.38%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 51,952 42,265 61,470
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.12% 91.73% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 33,226 22,167 49,184
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Business Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Business Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Business Developer job vacancy trend in England

Business Developer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Business Developer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Business Developer job vacancies in England

Business Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Developer in England over the 6 months to 5 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Developer in England

Business Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 5 February 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
Midlands +43 26 £40,000 -27.27% 14
West Midlands +46 25 £40,000 -27.27% 11
South East +36 24 £62,500 +34.99% 4
East of England - 8 £60,000 - 1
South West +9 7 £52,500 -
North of England -2 5 £47,085 +10.79% 13
North West +3 3 £55,000 +29.41% 12
London +26 2 £50,000 -9.71% 6
Yorkshire -20 2 £47,085 -
East Midlands - 1 £55,000 - 3
Business Developer
UK

Business Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 5 February 2026, Business Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Business Developer in the job title.

1 40 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
2 37 (52.86%) Power BI
2 37 (52.86%) Power Platform
3 25 (35.71%) SQL
4 22 (31.43%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (27.14%) ETL
6 18 (25.71%) Decision-Making
7 17 (24.29%) Analytics
7 17 (24.29%) SQL Server
7 17 (24.29%) Visualisation
8 15 (21.43%) .NET
8 15 (21.43%) Data Visualisation
9 14 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 13 (18.57%) Computer Science
10 13 (18.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 13 (18.57%) Degree
11 12 (17.14%) ERP
11 12 (17.14%) SAP
11 12 (17.14%) TETRA
12 11 (15.71%) Data Analytics
12 11 (15.71%) Data Integration
13 10 (14.29%) Budgeting
13 10 (14.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 10 (14.29%) Business Strategy
13 10 (14.29%) Data Modelling
13 10 (14.29%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 9 (12.86%) Azure
14 9 (12.86%) SAP CO
14 9 (12.86%) SAP CO-PA
15 8 (11.43%) Microsoft

Business Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (12.86%) SAP CO
2 2 (2.86%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (2.86%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.43%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 37 (52.86%) Power Platform
2 9 (12.86%) Azure
3 5 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
3 5 (7.14%) Power Automate
3 5 (7.14%) PowerApps
4 4 (5.71%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.86%) IaaS
5 2 (2.86%) PaaS
5 2 (2.86%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.43%) AWS
6 1 (1.43%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 1 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.43%) GCP
6 1 (1.43%) SaaS
6 1 (1.43%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 12 (17.14%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (52.86%) Power BI
2 17 (24.29%) SQL Server
3 14 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (8.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.86%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (2.86%) Star Schema
6 2 (2.86%) Tableau
7 1 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (1.43%) BigQuery
7 1 (1.43%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (1.43%) Data Mining
7 1 (1.43%) Looker
7 1 (1.43%) MySQL
7 1 (1.43%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.43%) OLAP
7 1 (1.43%) OLAP Cube
7 1 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Git
1 2 (2.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (2.86%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 21 (30.00%) Finance
2 20 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 15 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (17.14%) Manufacturing
5 6 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.71%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.86%) Legal
8 1 (1.43%) French Language
8 1 (1.43%) Local Government
8 1 (1.43%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (21.43%) .NET
2 9 (12.86%) SAP CO-PA
3 4 (5.71%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.86%) REST
4 2 (2.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
1 5 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.86%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.43%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (31.43%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (27.14%) ETL
4 18 (25.71%) Decision-Making
5 17 (24.29%) Analytics
5 17 (24.29%) Visualisation
6 15 (21.43%) Data Visualisation
7 13 (18.57%) Computer Science
8 12 (17.14%) ERP
9 11 (15.71%) Data Analytics
9 11 (15.71%) Data Integration
10 10 (14.29%) Budgeting
10 10 (14.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 10 (14.29%) Business Strategy
10 10 (14.29%) Data Modelling
10 10 (14.29%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 7 (10.00%) Process Improvement
12 6 (8.57%) Data Analysis
13 5 (7.14%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 4 (5.71%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 25 (35.71%) SQL
2 13 (18.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (4.29%) Python
4 2 (2.86%) T-SQL
4 2 (2.86%) VB.NET
5 1 (1.43%) C
5 1 (1.43%) C#
5 1 (1.43%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (18.57%) Degree
2 1 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (1.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.43%) GDPR
Vendors
1 12 (17.14%) SAP
2 8 (11.43%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.86%) Oracle
4 1 (1.43%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.43%) Databricks
4 1 (1.43%) Infor
4 1 (1.43%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.43%) Teradata