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 3 June 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 609 590 747
Rank change year-on-year -19 +157 +45
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 84 39 87
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.10% 0.10% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.11% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 72 35 73
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £31,650
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% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £69,000 £78,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -4.35%

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 77,813 34,859 84,745
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 89.80% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 53,004 20,024 63,676
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -13.32%
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 3 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 3 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 +15 35 £50,000 -
North of England -14 22 £51,042 +10.36% 7
Midlands -25 16 £47,085 +4.63% 1
West Midlands -33 14 £43,542 -3.24%
North West +8 13 £55,000 +26.44%
London -21 9 £75,000 +15.38% 2
Yorkshire -46 5 £45,000 -8.16% 5
North East - 4 £45,000 - 2
East of England - 3 - -
East Midlands - 2 £63,750 - 1
Business Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 43 (51.19%) Business Intelligence
2 34 (40.48%) Power Platform
3 33 (39.29%) SQL
4 32 (38.10%) Power BI
5 25 (29.76%) Analytics
6 20 (23.81%) Decision-Making
6 20 (23.81%) Microsoft
7 17 (20.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (20.24%) ETL
7 17 (20.24%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (19.05%) Azure
8 16 (19.05%) Visualisation
9 15 (17.86%) Data Visualisation
10 13 (15.48%) Computer Science
10 13 (15.48%) Degree
11 11 (13.10%) Data Modelling
12 10 (11.90%) Business Strategy
12 10 (11.90%) Data Analytics
12 10 (11.90%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 9 (10.71%) Budgeting
13 9 (10.71%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 9 (10.71%) Data Integration
13 9 (10.71%) SAP
13 9 (10.71%) SAP CO
13 9 (10.71%) SAP CO-PA
14 8 (9.52%) Data Quality
14 8 (9.52%) SharePoint
15 7 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
15 7 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (8.33%) Data Analysis

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 (9.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (10.71%) SAP CO
2 7 (8.33%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (5.95%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 34 (40.48%) Power Platform
2 16 (19.05%) Azure
3 7 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 7 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (5.95%) Power Automate
4 5 (5.95%) PowerApps
5 3 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.57%) GitHub
6 2 (2.38%) IaaS
6 2 (2.38%) PaaS
7 1 (1.19%) Azure Cognitive Services
7 1 (1.19%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.19%) Fivetran
7 1 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.19%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.33%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (38.10%) Power BI
2 7 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (8.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (7.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (7.14%) Star Schema
3 6 (7.14%) Tableau
4 4 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (4.76%) SQL Server
5 3 (3.57%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.19%) Looker
6 1 (1.19%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.57%) Git
2 2 (2.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (1.19%) JIRA
General
1 28 (33.33%) Finance
2 16 (19.05%) Manufacturing
3 15 (17.86%) Social Skills
4 11 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.95%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.57%) Legal
7 1 (1.19%) Banking
7 1 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.19%) Games
7 1 (1.19%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.19%) Local Government
7 1 (1.19%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.71%) SAP CO-PA
2 1 (1.19%) .NET
2 1 (1.19%) JSON
2 1 (1.19%) Web Services
2 1 (1.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.71%) Renewable Energy
2 6 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.19%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.19%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.19%) Self-Driving Car
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (51.19%) Business Intelligence
2 25 (29.76%) Analytics
3 20 (23.81%) Decision-Making
4 17 (20.24%) ETL
4 17 (20.24%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (19.05%) Visualisation
6 15 (17.86%) Data Visualisation
7 13 (15.48%) Computer Science
8 11 (13.10%) Data Modelling
9 10 (11.90%) Business Strategy
9 10 (11.90%) Data Analytics
9 10 (11.90%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 9 (10.71%) Budgeting
10 9 (10.71%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 9 (10.71%) Data Integration
11 7 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
11 7 (8.33%) Data Analysis
12 6 (7.14%) Case Management
12 6 (7.14%) CRM
12 6 (7.14%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 33 (39.29%) SQL
2 17 (20.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 7 (8.33%) Python
4 3 (3.57%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.19%) R
5 1 (1.19%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (15.48%) Degree
2 4 (4.76%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.52%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.19%) ITGC
2 1 (1.19%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.19%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 20 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.71%) SAP
3 7 (8.33%) Oracle
4 4 (4.76%) Databricks
5 1 (1.19%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.19%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.19%) Pega