Business Developer Job Trends in England

Business Developer
UK > England

The median Business Developer salary in England is £54,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 616 692 676
Rank change year-on-year +76 -16 +309
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 35 68 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.081% 0.099% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.10% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 31 35 50
10th Percentile £41,750 £35,000 £36,725
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £45,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.11% -21.74% +9.52%
75th Percentile £69,688 £56,875 £72,188
90th Percentile £110,000 £70,050 £85,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £45,000 £55,065
% change year-on-year +27.78% -18.28% +4.89%

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 39,065 65,689 50,712
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 95.18% 94.03%
Number of salaries quoted 23,443 39,893 39,224
10th Percentile £28,260 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

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

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +68 16 £82,500 +30.95% 7
West Midlands +48 10 £45,000 +9.09% 3
Midlands +44 10 £45,000 - 3
North of England +4 5 £49,000 +13.95% 3
South West +70 3 £54,500 +55.71% 7
Yorkshire +24 3 £49,000 -8.84% 1
North West -6 2 £43,500 +1.16% 1
East of England - 1 £60,000 - 3
Business Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 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 21 (60.00%) SQL
2 18 (51.43%) Decision-Making
3 17 (48.57%) Business Intelligence
4 16 (45.71%) Power Platform
5 15 (42.86%) Power BI
5 15 (42.86%) ETL
6 14 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (40.00%) Azure
7 12 (34.29%) Analytics
7 12 (34.29%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (34.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 12 (34.29%) Finance
8 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
9 10 (28.57%) Retail
9 10 (28.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 10 (28.57%) Data Quality
10 9 (25.71%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (25.71%) Social Skills
10 9 (25.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (22.86%) Management Information System
11 8 (22.86%) Star Schema
11 8 (22.86%) ERP
11 8 (22.86%) CRM
11 8 (22.86%) SharePoint
11 8 (22.86%) Case Management
11 8 (22.86%) PowerApps
11 8 (22.86%) Power Automate
11 8 (22.86%) Critical Thinking
11 8 (22.86%) IaaS
11 8 (22.86%) Kimball Methodology

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 8 (22.86%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (8.57%) SAP Business One
2 1 (2.86%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 16 (45.71%) Power Platform
2 14 (40.00%) Azure
3 9 (25.71%) Azure Data Factory
4 8 (22.86%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (22.86%) IaaS
4 8 (22.86%) PaaS
4 8 (22.86%) Power Automate
4 8 (22.86%) PowerApps
5 3 (8.57%) SaaS
6 2 (5.71%) Snowflake
7 1 (2.86%) AWS
7 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.86%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (42.86%) Power BI
2 12 (34.29%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (34.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 9 (25.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (22.86%) Star Schema
5 3 (8.57%) Crystal Reports
5 3 (8.57%) SQL Server
6 2 (5.71%) Data Mining
7 1 (2.86%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (2.86%) NoSQL
7 1 (2.86%) OLAP
7 1 (2.86%) OLAP Cube
7 1 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (2.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (28.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (2.86%) Git
2 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 12 (34.29%) Finance
2 10 (28.57%) Retail
3 9 (25.71%) Social Skills
4 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Marketing
6 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.86%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) Web Services
1 2 (5.71%) XML
2 1 (2.86%) .NET
2 1 (2.86%) Middleware
2 1 (2.86%) REST
2 1 (2.86%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.86%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.86%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (51.43%) Decision-Making
2 17 (48.57%) Business Intelligence
3 15 (42.86%) ETL
4 14 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (34.29%) Analytics
6 8 (22.86%) Case Management
6 8 (22.86%) Critical Thinking
6 8 (22.86%) CRM
6 8 (22.86%) Customer Service
6 8 (22.86%) Data Mapping
6 8 (22.86%) ERP
6 8 (22.86%) Kimball Methodology
7 5 (14.29%) Data Analysis
7 5 (14.29%) Data Modelling
7 5 (14.29%) Process Improvement
8 4 (11.43%) Artificial Intelligence
8 4 (11.43%) Business Development
8 4 (11.43%) Computer Science
8 4 (11.43%) Visualisation
9 3 (8.57%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 21 (60.00%) SQL
2 5 (14.29%) Python
3 3 (8.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (8.57%) T-SQL
4 2 (5.71%) C#
4 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.86%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.86%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (11.43%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (11.43%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (28.57%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.86%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) SAP
3 3 (8.57%) Databricks
4 1 (2.86%) Alteryx
4 1 (2.86%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.86%) MicroStrategy
4 1 (2.86%) Teradata