Business Developer Job Trends in England

Business Developer
UK > England

The median Business Developer salary in England is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 558 569 706
Rank change year-on-year +11 +137 +128
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 100 37 86
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.15% 0.100% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.11% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 82 34 77
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,529 £31,950
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,250 £52,084
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -1.60% -19.87%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £74,875 £69,400 £78,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,084
% change year-on-year - +0.80% -19.87%

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 62,550 33,359 72,252
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.03% 90.12% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 40,855 20,991 56,654
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 24 March 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 March 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 36 £50,000 - 9
Midlands -2 29 £40,000 -11.11% 7
West Midlands +20 27 £40,000 -11.11% 4
North of England -29 13 £55,000 +100.00% 5
London -7 10 £75,000 +39.53% 4
North West - 9 £55,000 - 3
East of England - 8 £60,000 - 4
South West -25 5 £52,500 -
Yorkshire -44 2 £47,085 +71.22% 1
East Midlands - 2 £63,750 - 3
North East - 2 £45,000 - 1
Business Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 March 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 47 (47.00%) Business Intelligence
2 41 (41.00%) Power Platform
3 40 (40.00%) Power BI
4 29 (29.00%) SQL
5 21 (21.00%) Decision-Making
5 21 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (20.00%) Analytics
7 19 (19.00%) ETL
8 18 (18.00%) Microsoft
9 17 (17.00%) Visualisation
10 16 (16.00%) Data Visualisation
10 16 (16.00%) SQL Server
11 15 (15.00%) .NET
11 15 (15.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 14 (14.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 13 (13.00%) Computer Science
13 13 (13.00%) Degree
14 12 (12.00%) Azure
14 12 (12.00%) Data Modelling
14 12 (12.00%) TETRA
15 11 (11.00%) Data Analytics
15 11 (11.00%) Data Integration
15 11 (11.00%) ERP
15 11 (11.00%) SAP
16 10 (10.00%) Budgeting
16 10 (10.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
16 10 (10.00%) Business Strategy
17 9 (9.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
17 9 (9.00%) SAP CO
17 9 (9.00%) SAP CO-PA

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 6 (6.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (9.00%) SAP CO
2 7 (7.00%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (4.00%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (1.00%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 41 (41.00%) Power Platform
2 12 (12.00%) Azure
3 7 (7.00%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (6.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 6 (6.00%) Power Automate
4 6 (6.00%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.00%) IaaS
5 2 (2.00%) PaaS
5 2 (2.00%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 1 (1.00%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.00%) Fivetran
6 1 (1.00%) GCP
6 1 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.00%) SaaS
6 1 (1.00%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 12 (12.00%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (40.00%) Power BI
2 16 (16.00%) SQL Server
3 14 (14.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (6.00%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (6.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (4.00%) Star Schema
5 4 (4.00%) Tableau
6 2 (2.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.00%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (1.00%) BigQuery
7 1 (1.00%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (1.00%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (1.00%) Looker
7 1 (1.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.00%) Git
1 2 (2.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (2.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 28 (28.00%) Finance
2 20 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 17 (17.00%) Manufacturing
4 15 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (7.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (5.00%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.00%) Legal
8 1 (1.00%) French Language
8 1 (1.00%) Games
8 1 (1.00%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.00%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (15.00%) .NET
2 9 (9.00%) SAP CO-PA
3 4 (4.00%) .NET Framework
4 3 (3.00%) Web Services
5 2 (2.00%) REST
6 1 (1.00%) JSON
6 1 (1.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.00%) Renewable Energy
2 6 (6.00%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.00%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.00%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.00%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.00%) Self-Driving Car
5 1 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (47.00%) Business Intelligence
2 21 (21.00%) Decision-Making
2 21 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (20.00%) Analytics
4 19 (19.00%) ETL
5 17 (17.00%) Visualisation
6 16 (16.00%) Data Visualisation
7 13 (13.00%) Computer Science
8 12 (12.00%) Data Modelling
9 11 (11.00%) Data Analytics
9 11 (11.00%) Data Integration
9 11 (11.00%) ERP
10 10 (10.00%) Budgeting
10 10 (10.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 10 (10.00%) Business Strategy
11 9 (9.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 6 (6.00%) Data Analysis
13 5 (5.00%) CRM
13 5 (5.00%) Process Improvement
13 5 (5.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 29 (29.00%) SQL
2 15 (15.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 6 (6.00%) Python
4 2 (2.00%) VB.NET
5 1 (1.00%) C
5 1 (1.00%) C#
5 1 (1.00%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (13.00%) Degree
2 2 (2.00%) Tableau Certification
3 1 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (1.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.00%) GDPR
2 1 (1.00%) ITGC
2 1 (1.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 18 (18.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.00%) SAP
3 7 (7.00%) Oracle
4 2 (2.00%) Databricks
5 1 (1.00%) Infor
5 1 (1.00%) OpenAI