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 27 May 2026.

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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 593 757
Rank change year-on-year -5 +164 +46
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 92 38 83
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.11% 0.10% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.11% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 77 35 72
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £31,450
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £64,375
90th Percentile £75,000 £69,200 £78,375
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -15.38%

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 77,460 34,019 81,747
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.39% 89.60% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 52,716 19,492 61,957
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,501
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -13.65%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 +21 38 £50,000 -
Midlands -19 22 £40,000 -11.11%
North of England -8 21 £47,085 +8.24% 6
West Midlands -26 20 £40,000 -11.11%
North West -1 12 £55,000 +26.44% 1
London -30 9 £75,000 +15.38% 3
Yorkshire -37 5 £45,000 +17.65% 4
North East - 4 £45,000 - 1
East of England - 3 - -
East Midlands - 2 £63,750 -
Business Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 May 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 50 (54.35%) Business Intelligence
2 41 (44.57%) Power Platform
3 39 (42.39%) Power BI
4 34 (36.96%) SQL
5 26 (28.26%) Analytics
6 22 (23.91%) Decision-Making
7 21 (22.83%) Microsoft
8 19 (20.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 19 (20.65%) ETL
8 19 (20.65%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (18.48%) Visualisation
10 16 (17.39%) Azure
10 16 (17.39%) Data Visualisation
11 14 (15.22%) Computer Science
11 14 (15.22%) Degree
12 13 (14.13%) Data Modelling
13 11 (11.96%) Business Strategy
13 11 (11.96%) Data Analytics
13 11 (11.96%) Data Integration
14 10 (10.87%) Budgeting
14 10 (10.87%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 10 (10.87%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 10 (10.87%) SAP
14 10 (10.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 9 (9.78%) SAP CO
15 9 (9.78%) SAP CO-PA
15 9 (9.78%) TETRA
16 8 (8.70%) Data Quality
16 8 (8.70%) Data Warehouse
16 8 (8.70%) SharePoint

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 8 (8.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (9.78%) SAP CO
2 7 (7.61%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (4.35%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 41 (44.57%) Power Platform
2 16 (17.39%) Azure
3 7 (7.61%) Azure Data Factory
3 7 (7.61%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (7.61%) Power Automate
3 7 (7.61%) PowerApps
4 2 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.17%) GitHub
4 2 (2.17%) IaaS
4 2 (2.17%) PaaS
5 1 (1.09%) Azure Cognitive Services
5 1 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.09%) Fivetran
5 1 (1.09%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.09%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.78%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (42.39%) Power BI
2 10 (10.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (8.70%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (8.70%) SQL Server
4 7 (7.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (6.52%) Star Schema
5 6 (6.52%) Tableau
6 4 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (3.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.09%) Looker
8 1 (1.09%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.17%) Git
1 2 (2.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (1.09%) JIRA
General
1 29 (31.52%) Finance
2 17 (18.48%) Manufacturing
3 16 (17.39%) Social Skills
4 13 (14.13%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.52%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.26%) Legal
7 1 (1.09%) Banking
7 1 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.09%) Games
7 1 (1.09%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.09%) Local Government
7 1 (1.09%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.78%) SAP CO-PA
2 5 (5.43%) .NET
3 1 (1.09%) JSON
3 1 (1.09%) Web Services
3 1 (1.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.78%) Renewable Energy
2 6 (6.52%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.09%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.09%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.09%) Self-Driving Car
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (54.35%) Business Intelligence
2 26 (28.26%) Analytics
3 22 (23.91%) Decision-Making
4 19 (20.65%) ETL
4 19 (20.65%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (18.48%) Visualisation
6 16 (17.39%) Data Visualisation
7 14 (15.22%) Computer Science
8 13 (14.13%) Data Modelling
9 11 (11.96%) Business Strategy
9 11 (11.96%) Data Analytics
9 11 (11.96%) Data Integration
10 10 (10.87%) Budgeting
10 10 (10.87%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 10 (10.87%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 7 (7.61%) Actionable Insight
11 7 (7.61%) Data Analysis
12 6 (6.52%) Case Management
12 6 (6.52%) CRM
12 6 (6.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 34 (36.96%) SQL
2 19 (20.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 7 (7.61%) Python
4 2 (2.17%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.09%) R
5 1 (1.09%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (15.22%) Degree
2 4 (4.35%) Tableau Certification
3 1 (1.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.09%) ITGC
2 1 (1.09%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.09%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 21 (22.83%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.87%) SAP
3 7 (7.61%) Oracle
4 4 (4.35%) Databricks
5 1 (1.09%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.09%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.09%) Pega