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 6 August 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 664 613 704
Rank change year-on-year -51 +91 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 77 41 67
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.083% 0.094% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.088% 0.10% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 63 37 44
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £31,850
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 £69,875 £67,500 £58,125
90th Percentile £75,000 £110,000 £62,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -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 87,430 39,496 69,091
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.21% 90.67% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 61,472 23,894 47,595
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 £75,754 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £92,500
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 6 August 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 6 August 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 -15 24 £50,000 - 1
North of England -26 17 £55,000 +12.24% 2
London -52 17 £70,500 +3.49% 4
Midlands -35 14 £40,000 -11.11% 8
North West +5 10 £55,000 +26.44%
East Midlands - 8 £38,750 - 5
West Midlands -34 6 £47,085 +4.63% 3
North East - 4 £45,000 - 2
Yorkshire -25 3 £45,000 -8.16%
East of England - 3 - - 1
South West -62 1 £42,500 -27.66% 3
Business Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 August 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 36 (46.75%) Microsoft
2 35 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
2 35 (45.45%) Power Platform
3 26 (33.77%) SQL
4 22 (28.57%) Analytics
5 21 (27.27%) Azure
6 18 (23.38%) SharePoint
7 17 (22.08%) Power BI
7 17 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (19.48%) AI
9 12 (15.58%) Power Automate
9 12 (15.58%) Python
9 12 (15.58%) Workflow
10 11 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 10 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (12.99%) Dashboard Development
11 10 (12.99%) Data Analysis
11 10 (12.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (12.99%) DevOps
11 10 (12.99%) ERP
11 10 (12.99%) Mentoring
12 9 (11.69%) API Integration
12 9 (11.69%) Computer Science
12 9 (11.69%) Data Modelling
12 9 (11.69%) Data Quality
12 9 (11.69%) Degree
12 9 (11.69%) PowerApps
13 8 (10.39%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (10.39%) Data Management
13 8 (10.39%) Dynamics 365

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 18 (23.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (6.49%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 35 (45.45%) Power Platform
2 21 (27.27%) Azure
3 12 (15.58%) Power Automate
4 9 (11.69%) PowerApps
5 8 (10.39%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (10.39%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (5.19%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (3.90%) Copilot Studio
8 3 (3.90%) GitHub
9 2 (2.60%) AWS
9 2 (2.60%) Azure Functions
9 2 (2.60%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (2.60%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (2.60%) Azure Stack
9 2 (2.60%) SaaS
9 2 (2.60%) Serverless
10 1 (1.30%) Fivetran
10 1 (1.30%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (22.08%) Power BI
2 8 (10.39%) SQL Server
3 7 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (9.09%) Tableau
4 6 (7.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (6.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (5.19%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (5.19%) Star Schema
7 3 (3.90%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (2.60%) Data Lake
8 2 (2.60%) RDBMS
8 2 (2.60%) Relational Database
8 2 (2.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (1.30%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.90%) Git
2 2 (2.60%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (1.30%) JIRA
General
1 21 (27.27%) Finance
2 20 (25.97%) Social Skills
3 14 (18.18%) Manufacturing
4 11 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.60%) Back Office
5 2 (2.60%) Banking
5 2 (2.60%) Marketing
5 2 (2.60%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.30%) Games
6 1 (1.30%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.30%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.30%) Legal
6 1 (1.30%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) Web Services
2 2 (2.60%) PySpark
3 1 (1.30%) .NET
3 1 (1.30%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.30%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.30%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.30%) JSON
3 1 (1.30%) Kafka
3 1 (1.30%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (1.30%) REST
3 1 (1.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.69%) Management Information System
1 9 (11.69%) Renewable Energy
2 7 (9.09%) Low-Code
3 5 (6.49%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.30%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.30%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.30%) Self-Driving Car
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (28.57%) Analytics
3 17 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (19.48%) AI
5 12 (15.58%) Workflow
6 11 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (12.99%) Dashboard Development
7 10 (12.99%) Data Analysis
7 10 (12.99%) DevOps
7 10 (12.99%) ERP
7 10 (12.99%) Mentoring
8 9 (11.69%) API Integration
8 9 (11.69%) Computer Science
8 9 (11.69%) Data Modelling
9 8 (10.39%) Data Management
9 8 (10.39%) Translating Business Requirements
10 7 (9.09%) Data Analytics
10 7 (9.09%) Data Architecture
10 7 (9.09%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (33.77%) SQL
2 12 (15.58%) Python
3 10 (12.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (6.49%) T-SQL
4 5 (6.49%) VBA
5 4 (5.19%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.30%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (11.69%) Degree
2 7 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (5.19%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.69%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.19%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.60%) QA
4 1 (1.30%) ITGC
System Software
1 1 (1.30%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 36 (46.75%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.79%) Databricks
3 5 (6.49%) Oracle
4 3 (3.90%) Foundry
5 1 (1.30%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.30%) IBM
5 1 (1.30%) Pega