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 24 June 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 638 595 756
Rank change year-on-year -43 +161 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 77 42 92
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.091% 0.10% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.12% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 70 38 69
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,275 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% -11.30%
75th Percentile £70,938 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,063 £75,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.66%

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 79,578 36,065 89,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.10% 89.96% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 56,025 21,047 66,131
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
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 24 June 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 24 June 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 0 26 £50,000 - 4
North of England -20 22 £51,042 +10.36% 3
Midlands -16 17 £47,085 +4.63% 2
North West +8 13 £55,000 +26.44%
West Midlands -10 13 £47,085 +4.63% 1
London -32 10 £75,000 +15.38% 1
Yorkshire -41 5 £45,000 -8.16% 3
East Midlands - 4 £46,250 - 1
North East - 4 £45,000 -
East of England - 3 - -
Business Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 June 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 39 (50.65%) Business Intelligence
2 33 (42.86%) Power Platform
3 30 (38.96%) SQL
4 29 (37.66%) Power BI
5 23 (29.87%) Microsoft
6 22 (28.57%) Analytics
7 18 (23.38%) Azure
7 18 (23.38%) Decision-Making
8 15 (19.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 14 (18.18%) ETL
9 14 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (15.58%) Visualisation
11 11 (14.29%) Data Modelling
11 11 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
12 10 (12.99%) Computer Science
12 10 (12.99%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 10 (12.99%) Degree
12 10 (12.99%) SharePoint
13 8 (10.39%) Data Quality
13 8 (10.39%) Power Automate
14 7 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
14 7 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (9.09%) Business Strategy
14 7 (9.09%) Data Analysis
14 7 (9.09%) Data Analytics
14 7 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (9.09%) DevOps
14 7 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (9.09%) Oracle
14 7 (9.09%) Oracle EBS

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 10 (12.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (9.09%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (7.79%) SAP CO
3 5 (6.49%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 33 (42.86%) Power Platform
2 18 (23.38%) Azure
3 8 (10.39%) Power Automate
4 7 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
4 7 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (7.79%) PowerApps
6 5 (6.49%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (3.90%) GitHub
8 2 (2.60%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (2.60%) IaaS
8 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (2.60%) PaaS
9 1 (1.30%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 1 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (1.30%) Fivetran
9 1 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (1.30%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.60%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (37.66%) Power BI
2 7 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (9.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (7.79%) Star Schema
4 5 (6.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (6.49%) Tableau
5 4 (5.19%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (5.19%) SQL Server
6 3 (3.90%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.30%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.90%) Git
2 2 (2.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (1.30%) JIRA
General
1 27 (35.06%) Finance
2 14 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 13 (16.88%) Manufacturing
4 8 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.49%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.90%) Legal
7 2 (2.60%) Banking
8 1 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.30%) Games
8 1 (1.30%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.30%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.30%) Local Government
8 1 (1.30%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.79%) SAP CO-PA
2 1 (1.30%) .NET
2 1 (1.30%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.30%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.30%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.30%) JSON
2 1 (1.30%) Kafka
2 1 (1.30%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (1.30%) REST
2 1 (1.30%) Web Services
2 1 (1.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.69%) Renewable Energy
2 6 (7.79%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.60%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.30%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.30%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.30%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.30%) Self-Driving Car
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (50.65%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (28.57%) Analytics
3 18 (23.38%) Decision-Making
4 14 (18.18%) ETL
4 14 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (15.58%) Visualisation
6 11 (14.29%) Data Modelling
6 11 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
7 10 (12.99%) Computer Science
7 10 (12.99%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 7 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (9.09%) Business Strategy
8 7 (9.09%) Data Analysis
8 7 (9.09%) Data Analytics
8 7 (9.09%) DevOps
9 6 (7.79%) Budgeting
9 6 (7.79%) Case Management
9 6 (7.79%) CRM
9 6 (7.79%) Data Integration
9 6 (7.79%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 30 (38.96%) SQL
2 15 (19.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 7 (9.09%) Python
4 3 (3.90%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.30%) C#
5 1 (1.30%) R
5 1 (1.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (12.99%) Degree
2 4 (5.19%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.39%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.60%) QA
3 1 (1.30%) ITGC
System Software
1 1 (1.30%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 23 (29.87%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.09%) Oracle
3 6 (7.79%) SAP
4 4 (5.19%) Databricks
5 2 (2.60%) Foundry
6 1 (1.30%) Blue Prism
6 1 (1.30%) IBM
6 1 (1.30%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.30%) Pega