Business Developer Jobs 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 16 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 652 767 781
Rank change year-on-year +115 +14 +267
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 45 80 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.086% 0.089% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% 0.094% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 41 57 50
10th Percentile £42,500 £32,450 £31,225
25th Percentile £44,000 £35,000 £41,352
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £52,625
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.49% -4.32%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £73,500 £85,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £45,000 £53,908
% change year-on-year +20.00% -16.52% +2.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 47,366 84,988 69,006
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.24% 94.67% 91.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,430 61,085 48,189
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,900 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.97% -11.83% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Business Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Business Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Business Developer in England

Business Developer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Developer in England.

Salary trend for Business Developer in England

Business Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Developer in England over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

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 16 July 2025. 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
London +115 23 £65,000 +7.44% 19
West Midlands +72 10 £45,000 -18.18% 4
Midlands +66 10 £45,000 - 4
North of England +37 6 £49,000 -10.91% 14
Yorkshire +46 4 £49,000 -8.84% 5
South West +82 3 £52,500 +50.00% 4
South East +77 3 £50,000 +25.00% 8
North West -6 2 £43,500 -20.91% 8
Business Developer
UK

Business Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 July 2025, Business Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Business Developer in the job title.

1 27 (60.00%) SQL
2 21 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 21 (46.67%) Power Platform
3 19 (42.22%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (42.22%) Business Intelligence
4 18 (40.00%) Finance
4 18 (40.00%) Azure
4 18 (40.00%) Decision-Making
5 17 (37.78%) ETL
6 16 (35.56%) Power BI
7 14 (31.11%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (31.11%) Social Skills
8 13 (28.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (26.67%) Analytics
9 12 (26.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 12 (26.67%) PowerApps
9 12 (26.67%) Power Automate
10 11 (24.44%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (24.44%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (24.44%) Retail
10 11 (24.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (22.22%) Management Information System
11 10 (22.22%) Star Schema
11 10 (22.22%) CRM
11 10 (22.22%) SharePoint
11 10 (22.22%) Case Management
11 10 (22.22%) Data Quality
11 10 (22.22%) IaaS
11 10 (22.22%) Kimball Methodology
11 10 (22.22%) PaaS

Business Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (6.67%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 21 (46.67%) Power Platform
2 18 (40.00%) Azure
3 12 (26.67%) Power Automate
3 12 (26.67%) PowerApps
4 11 (24.44%) Azure Data Factory
4 11 (24.44%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (22.22%) IaaS
5 10 (22.22%) PaaS
6 3 (6.67%) SaaS
7 2 (4.44%) AWS
7 2 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (4.44%) Boomi
7 2 (4.44%) GitHub
8 1 (2.22%) Azure Functions
8 1 (2.22%) GCP
8 1 (2.22%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (35.56%) Power BI
2 14 (31.11%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (28.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (24.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (22.22%) Star Schema
6 3 (6.67%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (4.44%) SQL Server
8 1 (2.22%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (2.22%) Looker
8 1 (2.22%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (2.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (2.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (26.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 4 (8.89%) Git
3 3 (6.67%) JIRA
4 2 (4.44%) NUnit
General
1 18 (40.00%) Finance
2 14 (31.11%) Social Skills
3 11 (24.44%) Retail
4 8 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (11.11%) Marketing
6 2 (4.44%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.22%) Banking
7 1 (2.22%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.33%) .NET
2 4 (8.89%) REST
3 3 (6.67%) ASP.NET
3 3 (6.67%) Web Services
4 2 (4.44%) .NET Framework
4 2 (4.44%) ASP.NET Core
4 2 (4.44%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 2 (4.44%) Bootstrap
4 2 (4.44%) Entity Framework
4 2 (4.44%) HTML
4 2 (4.44%) jQuery
4 2 (4.44%) LINQ
4 2 (4.44%) LINQ to SQL
4 2 (4.44%) SOAP
4 2 (4.44%) XML
5 1 (2.22%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.44%) EPoS
2 2 (4.44%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (42.22%) Business Intelligence
1 19 (42.22%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 17 (37.78%) ETL
4 12 (26.67%) Analytics
5 10 (22.22%) Case Management
5 10 (22.22%) Critical Thinking
5 10 (22.22%) CRM
5 10 (22.22%) Customer Service
5 10 (22.22%) Data Mapping
5 10 (22.22%) Kimball Methodology
6 8 (17.78%) ERP
7 5 (11.11%) Computer Science
7 5 (11.11%) Data Modelling
7 5 (11.11%) Process Improvement
8 4 (8.89%) Data Analysis
8 4 (8.89%) Data Management
9 3 (6.67%) Agile
9 3 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence
9 3 (6.67%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 27 (60.00%) SQL
2 5 (11.11%) C#
3 4 (8.89%) JavaScript
3 4 (8.89%) Python
4 3 (6.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (4.44%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (13.33%) Degree
2 3 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.44%) MOS
4 1 (2.22%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.22%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (22.22%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.44%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.22%) QA
Vendors
1 21 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.67%) Oracle
2 3 (6.67%) SAP
3 2 (4.44%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.22%) Databricks
4 1 (2.22%) MicroStrategy
4 1 (2.22%) ServiceNow