Business Developer Job Trends 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 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 540 613 615
Rank change year-on-year +73 +2 +216
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 62 49 68
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.12% 0.10% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.11% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 46 29 62
10th Percentile - £41,650 £36,275
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,750 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +6.44% -15.83%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £74,063
90th Percentile £63,750 £73,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £53,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.33% +7.50% -16.67%

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 48,271 44,715 46,672
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.92% 92.72% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 30,563 23,396 36,518
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,419
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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 +46 22 £62,500 +25.00% 3
Midlands +37 21 £40,000 -44.83% 10
West Midlands +36 20 £40,000 - 10
East of England - 8 £60,000 - 1
South West +3 7 £52,500 - 1
London +40 3 £75,000 +39.53% 2
North West +19 1 £40,000 -6.98% 6
North of England +5 1 £40,000 -6.98% 7
East Midlands -12 1 £55,000 -24.14%
Business Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 January 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 33 (53.23%) Business Intelligence
2 30 (48.39%) Power BI
2 30 (48.39%) Power Platform
3 19 (30.65%) SQL
4 17 (27.42%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (27.42%) SQL Server
5 15 (24.19%) .NET
6 14 (22.58%) ETL
6 14 (22.58%) Visualisation
7 13 (20.97%) Analytics
7 13 (20.97%) Decision-Making
8 12 (19.35%) Data Visualisation
8 12 (19.35%) ERP
8 12 (19.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (19.35%) TETRA
9 11 (17.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (16.13%) SAP
11 9 (14.52%) Computer Science
11 9 (14.52%) Data Analytics
11 9 (14.52%) Data Integration
11 9 (14.52%) Degree
12 8 (12.90%) Budgeting
12 8 (12.90%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 8 (12.90%) Business Strategy
12 8 (12.90%) Data Modelling
12 8 (12.90%) Microsoft
13 7 (11.29%) Process Improvement
13 7 (11.29%) SAP CO
13 7 (11.29%) SAP CO-PA
14 6 (9.68%) Data-Driven Decision Making

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:

Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (11.29%) SAP CO
2 2 (3.23%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (1.61%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 30 (48.39%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.45%) Azure
3 3 (4.84%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (4.84%) Snowflake
4 2 (3.23%) Power Automate
4 2 (3.23%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.61%) AWS
5 1 (1.61%) Azure Cognitive Services
5 1 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.61%) GCP
5 1 (1.61%) SaaS
5 1 (1.61%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 12 (19.35%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (48.39%) Power BI
2 17 (27.42%) SQL Server
3 12 (19.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (4.84%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.23%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (3.23%) Data Mining
5 2 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.23%) Tableau
6 1 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (1.61%) BigQuery
6 1 (1.61%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (1.61%) Looker
6 1 (1.61%) MySQL
6 1 (1.61%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.61%) OLAP
6 1 (1.61%) OLAP Cube
6 1 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Git
1 2 (3.23%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 17 (27.42%) Social Skills
2 14 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (22.58%) Finance
3 8 (12.90%) Manufacturing
4 6 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.23%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.61%) French Language
6 1 (1.61%) Local Government
6 1 (1.61%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (24.19%) .NET
2 7 (11.29%) SAP CO-PA
3 4 (6.45%) .NET Framework
4 2 (3.23%) REST
4 2 (3.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.84%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (3.23%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (53.23%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (27.42%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (22.58%) ETL
3 14 (22.58%) Visualisation
4 13 (20.97%) Analytics
4 13 (20.97%) Decision-Making
5 12 (19.35%) Data Visualisation
5 12 (19.35%) ERP
6 9 (14.52%) Computer Science
6 9 (14.52%) Data Analytics
6 9 (14.52%) Data Integration
7 8 (12.90%) Budgeting
7 8 (12.90%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 8 (12.90%) Business Strategy
7 8 (12.90%) Data Modelling
8 7 (11.29%) Process Improvement
9 6 (9.68%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 5 (8.06%) Actionable Insight
10 5 (8.06%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 3 (4.84%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 19 (30.65%) SQL
2 11 (17.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (6.45%) Python
4 3 (4.84%) T-SQL
5 2 (3.23%) VB.NET
6 1 (1.61%) C
6 1 (1.61%) C#
6 1 (1.61%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (14.52%) Degree
2 1 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (1.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.45%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.61%) GDPR
Vendors
1 10 (16.13%) SAP
2 8 (12.90%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.23%) Databricks
4 1 (1.61%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.61%) Infor
4 1 (1.61%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.61%) Teradata