Business Developer Job Trends in England

Business Developer
UK > England

The median Business Developer salary in England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 October 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 691 606 671
Rank change year-on-year -85 +65 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 68 31 65
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.065% 0.072% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.079% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 51 28 32
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,600 £35,972
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,000 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.66% +27.22% -14.49%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,594 £58,875
90th Percentile £87,500 £110,000 £75,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +33.33% -14.49%

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 96,512 39,065 63,578
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 90.52% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 67,878 23,017 36,945
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -37 18 £40,000 -11.11% 9
London -54 17 £60,000 -40.00% 9
South East - 17 £47,500 - 6
North of England -66 13 £85,000 +73.47% 6
East Midlands - 11 £40,000 - 6
North West -24 8 £85,000 +95.40% 4
West Midlands -49 7 £70,000 +55.56% 3
Yorkshire -33 4 £45,000 -8.16% 2
East of England -28 2 £32,500 -45.83% 4
South West -78 1 £42,500 -22.02%
North East - 1 £45,000 -
Business Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 October 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 (58.82%) Power Platform
2 36 (52.94%) Business Intelligence
2 36 (52.94%) Microsoft
3 26 (38.24%) Azure
3 26 (38.24%) SQL
4 21 (30.88%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (29.41%) Power BI
6 18 (26.47%) AI
6 18 (26.47%) Analytics
6 18 (26.47%) SharePoint
7 16 (23.53%) Dashboard Development
8 15 (22.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 15 (22.06%) DevOps
9 14 (20.59%) ERP
9 14 (20.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 14 (20.59%) Translating Business Requirements
9 14 (20.59%) Workflow
10 13 (19.12%) Data Engineering
11 12 (17.65%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (17.65%) Data Quality
11 12 (17.65%) ETL
11 12 (17.65%) Power Automate
12 11 (16.18%) API Integration
12 11 (16.18%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (16.18%) SQL Server
13 10 (14.71%) Computer Science
13 10 (14.71%) Data Analysis
13 10 (14.71%) Data Management
13 10 (14.71%) Degree
13 10 (14.71%) Mentoring

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 18 (26.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (7.35%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 40 (58.82%) Power Platform
2 26 (38.24%) Azure
3 12 (17.65%) Azure Data Factory
3 12 (17.65%) Power Automate
4 9 (13.24%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (13.24%) PowerApps
5 8 (11.76%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (8.82%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (5.88%) SaaS
8 3 (4.41%) Azure Functions
8 3 (4.41%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (4.41%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (4.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (4.41%) Copilot Studio
8 3 (4.41%) GitHub
8 3 (4.41%) Serverless
9 2 (2.94%) AWS
9 2 (2.94%) Azure Stack
10 1 (1.47%) Azure Databricks
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.47%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (29.41%) Power BI
2 11 (16.18%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (16.18%) SQL Server
3 5 (7.35%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 5 (7.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (7.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (5.88%) Star Schema
5 3 (4.41%) Metadata
5 3 (4.41%) Power Query
5 3 (4.41%) Tableau
6 2 (2.94%) Data Lake
6 2 (2.94%) RDBMS
6 2 (2.94%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.47%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Visual Studio Code
2 3 (4.41%) Git
3 1 (1.47%) JIRA
General
1 25 (36.76%) Social Skills
2 22 (32.35%) Finance
3 14 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (17.65%) Manufacturing
5 6 (8.82%) Banking
5 6 (8.82%) Investment Banking
6 5 (7.35%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (7.35%) Law
6 5 (7.35%) Legal
7 3 (4.41%) Back Office
8 2 (2.94%) Marketing
9 1 (1.47%) Billing
9 1 (1.47%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.47%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.82%) REST
2 5 (7.35%) JSON
2 5 (7.35%) PySpark
2 5 (7.35%) XML
3 4 (5.88%) Web Services
4 1 (1.47%) .NET
4 1 (1.47%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.47%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.47%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.47%) Kafka
4 1 (1.47%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.71%) Management Information System
2 8 (11.76%) Low-Code
2 8 (11.76%) Online Gambling
3 4 (5.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.47%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (52.94%) Business Intelligence
2 21 (30.88%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (26.47%) AI
3 18 (26.47%) Analytics
4 16 (23.53%) Dashboard Development
5 15 (22.06%) DevOps
6 14 (20.59%) ERP
6 14 (20.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 14 (20.59%) Translating Business Requirements
6 14 (20.59%) Workflow
7 13 (19.12%) Data Engineering
8 12 (17.65%) ETL
9 11 (16.18%) API Integration
10 10 (14.71%) Computer Science
10 10 (14.71%) Data Analysis
10 10 (14.71%) Data Management
10 10 (14.71%) Mentoring
11 9 (13.24%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (13.24%) Data Analytics
11 9 (13.24%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (38.24%) SQL
2 15 (22.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 10 (14.71%) Python
4 8 (11.76%) T-SQL
5 6 (8.82%) VBA
6 4 (5.88%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.47%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (14.71%) Degree
2 9 (13.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.47%) BC Cleared
4 1 (1.47%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.47%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.65%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.88%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.47%) QA
Vendors
1 36 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.41%) Databricks
2 3 (4.41%) Foundry
3 1 (1.47%) IBM