Business Developer Job Trends in England

Business Developer
UK > England

The median Business Developer salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 March 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 545 594 704
Rank change year-on-year +49 +110 +132
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 89 40 81
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.10% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.11% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 73 35 73
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,539 £33,250
25th Percentile £46,104 £46,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,084
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +0.80% -19.87%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £73,250 £71,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,084
% change year-on-year +4.76% +0.80% -19.87%

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 59,045 35,767 69,614
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.78% 90.67% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 38,347 20,975 55,049
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
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 10 March 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 10 March 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
South East +13 31 £62,500 +25.00% 8
Midlands +8 27 £40,000 -11.11% 7
West Midlands +22 25 £40,000 -11.11% 5
North of England -25 11 £55,000 +100.00% 8
North West - 9 £55,000 - 6
London -8 8 £75,000 +39.53% 6
East of England - 8 £60,000 - 1
South West -25 6 £52,500 -
Yorkshire -47 2 £47,085 +71.22%
East Midlands - 2 £63,750 - 2
Business Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 March 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 41 (46.07%) Business Intelligence
2 38 (42.70%) Power BI
2 38 (42.70%) Power Platform
3 25 (28.09%) SQL
4 22 (24.72%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (22.47%) Decision-Making
6 18 (20.22%) ETL
7 17 (19.10%) Analytics
7 17 (19.10%) Visualisation
8 16 (17.98%) Data Visualisation
8 16 (17.98%) SQL Server
9 15 (16.85%) .NET
10 14 (15.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 13 (14.61%) Computer Science
11 13 (14.61%) Degree
11 13 (14.61%) Microsoft
12 12 (13.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (13.48%) ERP
12 12 (13.48%) TETRA
13 11 (12.36%) Data Analytics
13 11 (12.36%) Data Integration
13 11 (12.36%) SAP
14 10 (11.24%) Budgeting
14 10 (11.24%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 10 (11.24%) Business Strategy
14 10 (11.24%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 9 (10.11%) Azure
15 9 (10.11%) Data Modelling
15 9 (10.11%) SAP CO
15 9 (10.11%) SAP CO-PA

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 5 (5.62%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (10.11%) SAP CO
2 7 (7.87%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (3.37%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (1.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 38 (42.70%) Power Platform
2 9 (10.11%) Azure
3 6 (6.74%) Azure Data Factory
3 6 (6.74%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (5.62%) Power Automate
4 5 (5.62%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.25%) IaaS
5 2 (2.25%) PaaS
6 1 (1.12%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 1 (1.12%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.12%) GCP
6 1 (1.12%) SaaS
6 1 (1.12%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.12%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.48%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (42.70%) Power BI
2 16 (17.98%) SQL Server
3 14 (15.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (6.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (3.37%) Tableau
7 2 (2.25%) Star Schema
8 1 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (1.12%) BigQuery
8 1 (1.12%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (1.12%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (1.12%) Looker
8 1 (1.12%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.25%) Git
1 2 (2.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (2.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 24 (26.97%) Finance
2 19 (21.35%) Social Skills
3 17 (19.10%) Manufacturing
4 16 (17.98%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (7.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (5.62%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.25%) Legal
8 1 (1.12%) French Language
8 1 (1.12%) Games
8 1 (1.12%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.12%) Local Government
8 1 (1.12%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (16.85%) .NET
2 9 (10.11%) SAP CO-PA
3 4 (4.49%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.25%) REST
4 2 (2.25%) Web Services
5 1 (1.12%) JSON
5 1 (1.12%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.74%) Management Information System
1 6 (6.74%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (5.62%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.25%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.12%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.12%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.12%) Self-Driving Car
4 1 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (46.07%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (24.72%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (22.47%) Decision-Making
4 18 (20.22%) ETL
5 17 (19.10%) Analytics
5 17 (19.10%) Visualisation
6 16 (17.98%) Data Visualisation
7 13 (14.61%) Computer Science
8 12 (13.48%) ERP
9 11 (12.36%) Data Analytics
9 11 (12.36%) Data Integration
10 10 (11.24%) Budgeting
10 10 (11.24%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 10 (11.24%) Business Strategy
10 10 (11.24%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 9 (10.11%) Data Modelling
12 7 (7.87%) Process Improvement
13 6 (6.74%) Data Analysis
14 5 (5.62%) Case Management
14 5 (5.62%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 25 (28.09%) SQL
2 12 (13.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (3.37%) Python
4 2 (2.25%) VB.NET
5 1 (1.12%) C
5 1 (1.12%) C#
5 1 (1.12%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (14.61%) Degree
2 1 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (1.12%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.87%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.12%) GDPR
2 1 (1.12%) ITGC
2 1 (1.12%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.12%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (14.61%) Microsoft
2 11 (12.36%) SAP
3 7 (7.87%) Oracle
4 1 (1.12%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.12%) Infor
4 1 (1.12%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.12%) Teradata