Business Developer Job Trends in England

Business Developer
UK > England

The median Business Developer salary in England is £46,042 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 September 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 668 620 679
Rank change year-on-year -48 +59 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 81 36 71
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.083% 0.083% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.091% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 62 32 40
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,000 £36,138
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,042 £49,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.99% +10.00% -21.74%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,594 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £110,000 £68,025
UK median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +20.00% -18.28%

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 91,352 39,429 67,522
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 90.48% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 64,592 23,886 43,564
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 3 September 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 3 September 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 - 22 £46,250 - 3
Midlands -33 20 £47,085 +4.63% 7
London -53 19 £60,000 -21.95% 15
North of England -37 13 £45,000 -8.16% 5
West Midlands -31 10 £70,000 +55.56% 3
East Midlands - 10 £40,000 - 4
North West -11 6 £87,500 +101.15% 3
East of England - 5 £32,500 - 5
North East - 4 £45,000 - 1
Yorkshire -53 3 £45,000 -8.16% 2
South West -75 1 £42,500 -26.09% 1
Business Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 September 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 44 (54.32%) Business Intelligence
1 44 (54.32%) Power Platform
2 41 (50.62%) Microsoft
3 32 (39.51%) SQL
4 29 (35.80%) Azure
5 25 (30.86%) Analytics
6 23 (28.40%) Power BI
7 21 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (24.69%) SharePoint
9 18 (22.22%) AI
10 17 (20.99%) Dashboard Development
10 17 (20.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 16 (19.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (18.52%) Workflow
13 14 (17.28%) DevOps
13 14 (17.28%) ERP
13 14 (17.28%) Translating Business Requirements
14 13 (16.05%) Data Warehouse
14 13 (16.05%) Power Automate
14 13 (16.05%) Python
15 12 (14.81%) Data Analysis
15 12 (14.81%) Data Quality
15 12 (14.81%) ETL
16 11 (13.58%) API Integration
16 11 (13.58%) Azure Data Factory
16 11 (13.58%) Computer Science
16 11 (13.58%) Data Engineering
16 11 (13.58%) Data Modelling
16 11 (13.58%) Degree
16 11 (13.58%) SQL Server

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 20 (24.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (7.41%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 44 (54.32%) Power Platform
2 29 (35.80%) Azure
3 13 (16.05%) Power Automate
4 11 (13.58%) Azure Data Factory
5 10 (12.35%) PowerApps
6 9 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (6.17%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (4.94%) Azure Databricks
9 4 (4.94%) SaaS
10 3 (3.70%) Azure Functions
10 3 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (3.70%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (3.70%) GitHub
10 3 (3.70%) Serverless
11 2 (2.47%) AWS
11 2 (2.47%) Azure Stack
11 2 (2.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (28.40%) Power BI
2 13 (16.05%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (13.58%) SQL Server
4 6 (7.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (7.41%) Star Schema
4 6 (7.41%) Tableau
5 5 (6.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (4.94%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (4.94%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 3 (3.70%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (2.47%) Data Lake
8 2 (2.47%) Metadata
8 2 (2.47%) Power Query
8 2 (2.47%) RDBMS
8 2 (2.47%) Relational Database
8 2 (2.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (1.23%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 4 (4.94%) Visual Studio Code
2 3 (3.70%) Git
3 1 (1.23%) JIRA
General
1 27 (33.33%) Finance
2 25 (30.86%) Social Skills
3 13 (16.05%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (14.81%) Manufacturing
5 6 (7.41%) Banking
6 5 (6.17%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (6.17%) Investment Banking
6 5 (6.17%) Legal
7 4 (4.94%) Law
8 3 (3.70%) Back Office
9 2 (2.47%) Marketing
9 2 (2.47%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.47%) Retail
10 1 (1.23%) Billing
10 1 (1.23%) Games
10 1 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.17%) REST
1 5 (6.17%) Web Services
2 4 (4.94%) JSON
2 4 (4.94%) PySpark
2 4 (4.94%) XML
3 1 (1.23%) .NET
3 1 (1.23%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.23%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.23%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.23%) Kafka
3 1 (1.23%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.58%) Management Information System
2 8 (9.88%) Low-Code
3 5 (6.17%) Onboarding
3 5 (6.17%) Online Gambling
4 4 (4.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (4.94%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.23%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.23%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.23%) Self-Driving Car
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (54.32%) Business Intelligence
2 25 (30.86%) Analytics
3 21 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (22.22%) AI
5 17 (20.99%) Dashboard Development
6 16 (19.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 15 (18.52%) Workflow
8 14 (17.28%) DevOps
8 14 (17.28%) ERP
8 14 (17.28%) Translating Business Requirements
9 12 (14.81%) Data Analysis
9 12 (14.81%) ETL
10 11 (13.58%) API Integration
10 11 (13.58%) Computer Science
10 11 (13.58%) Data Engineering
10 11 (13.58%) Data Modelling
11 10 (12.35%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (12.35%) Data Management
11 10 (12.35%) Mentoring
12 9 (11.11%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 32 (39.51%) SQL
2 17 (20.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 13 (16.05%) Python
4 7 (8.64%) T-SQL
4 7 (8.64%) VBA
5 4 (4.94%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.23%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (13.58%) Degree
2 9 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.94%) Tableau Certification
4 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (14.81%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.94%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.23%) QA
Vendors
1 41 (50.62%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.41%) Databricks
3 3 (3.70%) Foundry
4 1 (1.23%) Blue Prism
4 1 (1.23%) IBM
4 1 (1.23%) Pega