Business Developer Job Trends in England

Business Developer
UK > England

The median Business Developer salary in England is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 September 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 696 609 694
Rank change year-on-year -87 +85 -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 71 36 64
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.069% 0.084% 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.092% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 53 32 31
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,975 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.40% +27.22% -14.49%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,594 £56,875
90th Percentile £87,500 £110,000 £71,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +33.33% -14.49%

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 96,021 38,933 64,766
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.16% 90.43% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 67,503 23,350 38,276
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,325 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.73% - -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 September 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 September 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
Midlands -42 18 £40,000 -11.11% 10
South East - 18 £40,000 - 5
London -54 17 £60,000 -27.27% 17
North of England -51 14 £85,000 +73.47% 8
East Midlands - 11 £40,000 - 5
North West -17 9 £85,000 +95.40% 5
West Midlands -49 7 £70,000 +55.56% 5
East of England -32 3 £32,500 -45.83% 8
Yorkshire -39 3 £45,000 -8.16% 3
North East - 2 £45,000 -
South West -80 1 £42,500 -22.02%
Business Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 September 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 (57.75%) Power Platform
2 38 (53.52%) Business Intelligence
3 37 (52.11%) Microsoft
4 28 (39.44%) SQL
5 27 (38.03%) Azure
6 21 (29.58%) Power BI
6 21 (29.58%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (28.17%) Analytics
8 18 (25.35%) AI
8 18 (25.35%) SharePoint
9 16 (22.54%) Dashboard Development
9 16 (22.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 15 (21.13%) DevOps
10 15 (21.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (19.72%) ERP
11 14 (19.72%) Translating Business Requirements
11 14 (19.72%) Workflow
12 13 (18.31%) Data Engineering
13 12 (16.90%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (16.90%) Data Quality
13 12 (16.90%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (16.90%) ETL
13 12 (16.90%) Power Automate
14 11 (15.49%) API Integration
14 11 (15.49%) Python
14 11 (15.49%) SQL Server
15 10 (14.08%) Computer Science
15 10 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
15 10 (14.08%) Data Analysis
15 10 (14.08%) Data Management

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 (25.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 41 (57.75%) Power Platform
2 27 (38.03%) Azure
3 12 (16.90%) Azure Data Factory
3 12 (16.90%) Power Automate
4 9 (12.68%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (12.68%) PowerApps
5 8 (11.27%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (8.45%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (5.63%) SaaS
8 3 (4.23%) Azure Functions
8 3 (4.23%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (4.23%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (4.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (4.23%) Copilot Studio
8 3 (4.23%) GitHub
8 3 (4.23%) Serverless
9 2 (2.82%) AWS
9 2 (2.82%) Azure Databricks
9 2 (2.82%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.41%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (29.58%) Power BI
2 12 (16.90%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (15.49%) SQL Server
4 5 (7.04%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 5 (7.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (7.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (7.04%) Star Schema
5 4 (5.63%) Tableau
6 3 (4.23%) Metadata
6 3 (4.23%) Power Query
7 2 (2.82%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (2.82%) Data Lake
7 2 (2.82%) RDBMS
7 2 (2.82%) Relational Database
7 2 (2.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (1.41%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.41%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.63%) Visual Studio Code
2 3 (4.23%) Git
3 1 (1.41%) JIRA
General
1 25 (35.21%) Social Skills
2 24 (33.80%) Finance
3 14 (19.72%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (16.90%) Manufacturing
5 7 (9.86%) Banking
6 6 (8.45%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (8.45%) Investment Banking
6 6 (8.45%) Legal
7 5 (7.04%) Law
8 3 (4.23%) Back Office
9 2 (2.82%) Marketing
9 2 (2.82%) Retail
10 1 (1.41%) Billing
10 1 (1.41%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.45%) REST
2 5 (7.04%) JSON
2 5 (7.04%) PySpark
2 5 (7.04%) XML
3 4 (5.63%) Web Services
4 1 (1.41%) .NET
4 1 (1.41%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.41%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.41%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.41%) Kafka
4 1 (1.41%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.08%) Management Information System
2 8 (11.27%) Low-Code
2 8 (11.27%) Online Gambling
3 4 (5.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (5.63%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.41%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.41%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (53.52%) Business Intelligence
2 21 (29.58%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (28.17%) Analytics
4 18 (25.35%) AI
5 16 (22.54%) Dashboard Development
6 15 (21.13%) DevOps
6 15 (21.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 14 (19.72%) ERP
7 14 (19.72%) Translating Business Requirements
7 14 (19.72%) Workflow
8 13 (18.31%) Data Engineering
9 12 (16.90%) ETL
10 11 (15.49%) API Integration
11 10 (14.08%) Computer Science
11 10 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (14.08%) Data Analysis
11 10 (14.08%) Data Management
11 10 (14.08%) Mentoring
12 9 (12.68%) Data Analytics
12 9 (12.68%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (39.44%) SQL
2 16 (22.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 11 (15.49%) Python
4 8 (11.27%) T-SQL
5 7 (9.86%) VBA
6 4 (5.63%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.41%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (14.08%) Degree
2 9 (12.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.82%) Tableau Certification
5 1 (1.41%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (16.90%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.63%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.41%) QA
Vendors
1 37 (52.11%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.63%) Databricks
3 3 (4.23%) Foundry
4 1 (1.41%) Blue Prism
4 1 (1.41%) IBM
4 1 (1.41%) Pega