Business Developer Job Trends in England

Business Developer
UK > England

The median Business Developer salary in England is £47,085 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 August 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 662 602 685
Rank change year-on-year -60 +83 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 81 38 76
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.084% 0.087% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.096% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 64 34 47
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,085 £49,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% +10.00% -21.74%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £83,875 £110,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -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 90,906 39,668 69,473
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.95% 90.47% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 64,143 24,006 45,974
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,313 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 27 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 27 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 -7 23 £50,000 - 2
Midlands -22 19 £43,542 -3.24% 3
London -50 18 £60,000 -21.95% 2
North of England -36 15 £45,000 -8.16% 2
East Midlands - 10 £40,000 - 1
West Midlands -36 9 £70,000 +55.56% 2
North West -6 8 £85,000 +95.40% 2
North East - 4 £45,000 -
East of England - 4 £32,500 - 2
Yorkshire -37 3 £45,000 -8.16%
South West -73 1 £42,500 -26.09%
Business Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 41 (50.62%) Business Intelligence
1 41 (50.62%) Power Platform
2 39 (48.15%) Microsoft
3 30 (37.04%) SQL
4 26 (32.10%) Azure
5 25 (30.86%) Analytics
6 21 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (24.69%) Power BI
7 20 (24.69%) SharePoint
8 18 (22.22%) AI
9 15 (18.52%) Dashboard Development
9 15 (18.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 15 (18.52%) Workflow
10 14 (17.28%) ERP
10 14 (17.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 13 (16.05%) Power Automate
11 13 (16.05%) Python
12 12 (14.81%) Data Analysis
12 12 (14.81%) DevOps
12 12 (14.81%) Translating Business Requirements
13 11 (13.58%) API Integration
13 11 (13.58%) Computer Science
13 11 (13.58%) Data Modelling
13 11 (13.58%) Data Quality
13 11 (13.58%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (13.58%) Degree
13 11 (13.58%) SQL Server
14 10 (12.35%) Continuous Improvement
14 10 (12.35%) Data Management
14 10 (12.35%) ETL

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 20 (24.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (6.17%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (2.47%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 41 (50.62%) Power Platform
2 26 (32.10%) Azure
3 13 (16.05%) Power Automate
4 10 (12.35%) PowerApps
5 9 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (9.88%) Azure Data Factory
6 8 (9.88%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (6.17%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (3.70%) Azure Functions
9 3 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (3.70%) Copilot Studio
9 3 (3.70%) GitHub
9 3 (3.70%) SaaS
9 3 (3.70%) Serverless
10 2 (2.47%) AWS
10 2 (2.47%) Azure Stack
10 2 (2.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (1.23%) Fivetran
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (24.69%) Power BI
2 11 (13.58%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (13.58%) SQL Server
3 6 (7.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (7.41%) Star Schema
3 6 (7.41%) Tableau
4 5 (6.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (4.94%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (3.70%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (2.47%) Data Lake
7 2 (2.47%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 2 (2.47%) Metadata
7 2 (2.47%) Power Query
7 2 (2.47%) RDBMS
7 2 (2.47%) Relational Database
7 2 (2.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (1.23%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Git
1 3 (3.70%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (1.23%) JIRA
General
1 24 (29.63%) Finance
2 23 (28.40%) Social Skills
3 14 (17.28%) Manufacturing
4 13 (16.05%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.94%) Banking
6 3 (3.70%) Back Office
6 3 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.70%) Investment Banking
6 3 (3.70%) Legal
7 2 (2.47%) Law
7 2 (2.47%) Marketing
7 2 (2.47%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.47%) Retail
8 1 (1.23%) Games
8 1 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.94%) PySpark
1 4 (4.94%) Web Services
2 3 (3.70%) REST
3 2 (2.47%) JSON
3 2 (2.47%) XML
4 1 (1.23%) .NET
4 1 (1.23%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.23%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.23%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.23%) Kafka
4 1 (1.23%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.58%) Management Information System
2 8 (9.88%) Low-Code
3 5 (6.17%) Onboarding
3 5 (6.17%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (4.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (4.94%) Online Gambling
5 3 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.23%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.23%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.23%) Self-Driving Car
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (50.62%) Business Intelligence
2 25 (30.86%) Analytics
3 21 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (22.22%) AI
5 15 (18.52%) Dashboard Development
5 15 (18.52%) Workflow
6 14 (17.28%) ERP
6 14 (17.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 12 (14.81%) Data Analysis
7 12 (14.81%) DevOps
7 12 (14.81%) Translating Business Requirements
8 11 (13.58%) API Integration
8 11 (13.58%) Computer Science
8 11 (13.58%) Data Modelling
9 10 (12.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (12.35%) Data Management
9 10 (12.35%) ETL
9 10 (12.35%) Mentoring
10 9 (11.11%) Data Analytics
10 9 (11.11%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (37.04%) SQL
2 15 (18.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 13 (16.05%) Python
4 7 (8.64%) T-SQL
4 7 (8.64%) VBA
5 4 (4.94%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.23%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (13.58%) Degree
2 9 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.94%) Tableau Certification
4 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.58%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.94%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.23%) QA
Vendors
1 39 (48.15%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.41%) Databricks
3 3 (3.70%) Foundry
4 2 (2.47%) Oracle
5 1 (1.23%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.23%) IBM
5 1 (1.23%) Pega