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 29 July 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 662 608 719
Rank change year-on-year -54 +111 +28
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 73 40 67
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.081% 0.092% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.10% 0.093%
Number of salaries quoted 60 36 46
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,500 £32,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -21.74%
75th Percentile £70,938 £67,500 £59,375
90th Percentile £75,000 £110,000 £66,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.10% +18.33% -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 85,184 39,343 71,903
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.41% 90.58% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 59,787 23,812 50,509
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £92,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 29 July 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 29 July 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 -11 25 £50,000 - 1
North of England -23 19 £47,085 -3.91% 2
London -32 14 £75,000 +10.09% 3
Midlands -34 13 £43,542 -3.24% 5
North West -7 10 £55,000 +26.44%
West Midlands -33 7 £47,085 +4.63% 2
East Midlands - 6 £37,500 - 3
Yorkshire -28 5 £45,000 -8.16%
North East - 4 £45,000 - 2
East of England - 3 - -
Business Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 July 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 34 (46.58%) Business Intelligence
2 33 (45.21%) Microsoft
2 33 (45.21%) Power Platform
3 25 (34.25%) SQL
4 22 (30.14%) Analytics
5 20 (27.40%) Azure
6 19 (26.03%) SharePoint
7 18 (24.66%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (23.29%) Power BI
9 13 (17.81%) AI
10 12 (16.44%) Data Analysis
10 12 (16.44%) Power Automate
11 11 (15.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 11 (15.07%) Workflow
12 10 (13.70%) Computer Science
12 10 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (13.70%) Dashboard Development
12 10 (13.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (13.70%) Decision-Making
12 10 (13.70%) Degree
12 10 (13.70%) Mentoring
12 10 (13.70%) Python
13 9 (12.33%) DevOps
13 9 (12.33%) ERP
13 9 (12.33%) PowerApps
14 8 (10.96%) API Integration
14 8 (10.96%) Data Analytics
14 8 (10.96%) Data Management
14 8 (10.96%) Data Quality
14 8 (10.96%) Data Warehouse

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 19 (26.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (6.85%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (6.85%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.37%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 33 (45.21%) Power Platform
2 20 (27.40%) Azure
3 12 (16.44%) Power Automate
4 9 (12.33%) PowerApps
5 7 (9.59%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (9.59%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (6.85%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (5.48%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (4.11%) Copilot Studio
8 3 (4.11%) GitHub
9 2 (2.74%) IaaS
9 2 (2.74%) PaaS
10 1 (1.37%) Azure Functions
10 1 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (1.37%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (1.37%) Azure Stack
10 1 (1.37%) Fivetran
10 1 (1.37%) SaaS
10 1 (1.37%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (23.29%) Power BI
2 8 (10.96%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (8.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (8.22%) Star Schema
3 6 (8.22%) Tableau
4 5 (6.85%) SQL Server
4 5 (6.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (5.48%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (4.11%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.37%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.37%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.37%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.37%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Git
2 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (1.37%) JIRA
3 1 (1.37%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 21 (28.77%) Finance
2 20 (27.40%) Social Skills
3 14 (19.18%) Manufacturing
4 11 (15.07%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.11%) Legal
6 2 (2.74%) Banking
6 2 (2.74%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.37%) Back Office
7 1 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Games
7 1 (1.37%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.37%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.37%) Marketing
7 1 (1.37%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.74%) Web Services
2 1 (1.37%) .NET
2 1 (1.37%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.37%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.37%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.37%) JSON
2 1 (1.37%) Kafka
2 1 (1.37%) PySpark
2 1 (1.37%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (1.37%) REST
2 1 (1.37%) SAP CO-PA
2 1 (1.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.07%) Management Information System
2 9 (12.33%) Renewable Energy
3 6 (8.22%) Low-Code
4 4 (5.48%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.37%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.37%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.37%) Self-Driving Car
7 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (46.58%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (30.14%) Analytics
3 18 (24.66%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (17.81%) AI
5 12 (16.44%) Data Analysis
6 11 (15.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 11 (15.07%) Workflow
7 10 (13.70%) Computer Science
7 10 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (13.70%) Dashboard Development
7 10 (13.70%) Decision-Making
7 10 (13.70%) Mentoring
8 9 (12.33%) DevOps
8 9 (12.33%) ERP
9 8 (10.96%) API Integration
9 8 (10.96%) Data Analytics
9 8 (10.96%) Data Management
9 8 (10.96%) Translating Business Requirements
10 7 (9.59%) Business Process Analysis
10 7 (9.59%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 25 (34.25%) SQL
2 10 (13.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 10 (13.70%) Python
3 4 (5.48%) VBA
4 3 (4.11%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.11%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.37%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (13.70%) Degree
2 7 (9.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (5.48%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.96%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.11%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.74%) QA
4 1 (1.37%) ITGC
System Software
1 1 (1.37%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 33 (45.21%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.85%) Databricks
2 5 (6.85%) Oracle
3 3 (4.11%) Foundry
4 1 (1.37%) Blue Prism
4 1 (1.37%) IBM
4 1 (1.37%) Pega
4 1 (1.37%) SAP