Business Developer Job Trends in England

Business Developer
UK > England

The median Business Developer salary in England is £54,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 563 635 599
Rank change year-on-year +72 -36 +252
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 51 64 57
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.10% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.13% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 40 34 48
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,375 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,375 £45,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,250 £51,875 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.58% +9.21% -13.64%
75th Percentile £60,625 £66,375 £66,563
90th Percentile £110,000 £75,125 £80,000
UK median annual salary £54,750 £53,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year +1.86% +13.16% -13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 45,987 49,051 41,744
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.31% 93.74% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 28,714 26,856 32,612
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £31,872
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,000 £43,226
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.45% -0.95% -

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 14 December 2025.

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 14 December 2025. 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
West Midlands +42 17 £40,000 -11.11% 6
Midlands +38 17 £40,000 -31.91% 6
South East +46 10 £62,500 +38.89% 12
London +52 8 £100,000 +86.05% 2
East of England - 8 £60,000 - 2
South West +15 7 £52,500 - 3
North of England +7 1 £54,000 +25.58% 5
Yorkshire -3 1 £54,000 - 3
Business Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, 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 24 (47.06%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (43.14%) Power BI
2 22 (43.14%) Power Platform
3 17 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 15 (29.41%) .NET
5 14 (27.45%) SQL
6 13 (25.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (23.53%) Decision-Making
7 12 (23.53%) ERP
7 12 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (17.65%) ETL
9 8 (15.69%) Microsoft
9 8 (15.69%) Visualisation
10 7 (13.73%) Analytics
10 7 (13.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (13.73%) Data Modelling
10 7 (13.73%) Data Visualisation
10 7 (13.73%) Process Improvement
10 7 (13.73%) TETRA
11 5 (9.80%) Business Development
11 5 (9.80%) Business Strategy
11 5 (9.80%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 5 (9.80%) SAP
12 4 (7.84%) .NET Framework
12 4 (7.84%) Actionable Insight
12 4 (7.84%) Computer Science
12 4 (7.84%) Data Analysis
12 4 (7.84%) Data Integration
12 4 (7.84%) Degree
12 4 (7.84%) Lead Generation

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:

Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (3.92%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.96%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 22 (43.14%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.88%) Azure
2 3 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (5.88%) Snowflake
3 2 (3.92%) Power Automate
3 2 (3.92%) PowerApps
3 2 (3.92%) SaaS
4 1 (1.96%) AWS
4 1 (1.96%) GCP
4 1 (1.96%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.73%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (43.14%) Power BI
2 17 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 13 (25.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.92%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (3.92%) Data Mining
5 2 (3.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.92%) Tableau
6 1 (1.96%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (1.96%) BigQuery
6 1 (1.96%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (1.96%) Looker
6 1 (1.96%) MySQL
6 1 (1.96%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.96%) OLAP
6 1 (1.96%) OLAP Cube
6 1 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Git
1 2 (3.92%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 13 (25.49%) Social Skills
2 9 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (13.73%) Finance
4 6 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.88%) Marketing
6 1 (1.96%) French Language
6 1 (1.96%) Law
6 1 (1.96%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.96%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (29.41%) .NET
2 4 (7.84%) .NET Framework
3 2 (3.92%) REST
3 2 (3.92%) SAP CO-PA
3 2 (3.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (3.92%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.96%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (47.06%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (23.53%) Decision-Making
2 12 (23.53%) ERP
2 12 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (17.65%) ETL
4 8 (15.69%) Visualisation
5 7 (13.73%) Analytics
5 7 (13.73%) Data Modelling
5 7 (13.73%) Data Visualisation
5 7 (13.73%) Process Improvement
6 5 (9.80%) Business Development
6 5 (9.80%) Business Strategy
6 5 (9.80%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 4 (7.84%) Actionable Insight
7 4 (7.84%) Computer Science
7 4 (7.84%) Data Analysis
7 4 (7.84%) Data Integration
7 4 (7.84%) Lead Generation
8 3 (5.88%) AI
8 3 (5.88%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 14 (27.45%) SQL
2 7 (13.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (5.88%) Python
3 3 (5.88%) T-SQL
4 2 (3.92%) VB.NET
5 1 (1.96%) C
5 1 (1.96%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (7.84%) Degree
2 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (1.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.96%) GDPR
Vendors
1 8 (15.69%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.80%) SAP
3 2 (3.92%) Databricks
4 1 (1.96%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.96%) Infor
4 1 (1.96%) Teradata