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 17 September 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 682 614 681
Rank change year-on-year -68 +67 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 77 34 68
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.076% 0.079% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.087% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 58 30 35
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,700 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.05% +20.56% -21.74%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,781 £56,875
90th Percentile £85,750 £110,000 £70,050
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -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 94,661 39,021 65,407
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.38% 90.42% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 66,722 23,411 39,739
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,300 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,853 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 17 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 17 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
South East - 20 £40,000 - 2
Midlands -34 19 £40,000 -11.11% 11
London -55 17 £60,000 -27.27% 22
North of England -44 15 £85,000 +73.47% 6
East Midlands - 11 £40,000 - 6
North West -17 9 £85,000 +95.40% 4
West Midlands -38 8 £70,000 +55.56% 5
East of England - 4 £32,500 - 6
Yorkshire -41 3 £45,000 -8.16% 2
North East - 3 £45,000 -
South West -76 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 17 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 42 (54.55%) Power Platform
2 41 (53.25%) Business Intelligence
3 39 (50.65%) Microsoft
4 30 (38.96%) SQL
5 28 (36.36%) Azure
6 22 (28.57%) Analytics
6 22 (28.57%) Power BI
7 21 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (23.38%) AI
8 18 (23.38%) SharePoint
9 17 (22.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 16 (20.78%) Dashboard Development
11 15 (19.48%) ERP
11 15 (19.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (18.18%) DevOps
12 14 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
12 14 (18.18%) Workflow
13 12 (15.58%) Data Engineering
13 12 (15.58%) Data Quality
13 12 (15.58%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (15.58%) Power Automate
13 12 (15.58%) Python
14 11 (14.29%) API Integration
14 11 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (14.29%) ETL
14 11 (14.29%) Mentoring
14 11 (14.29%) SQL Server
15 10 (12.99%) Computer Science
15 10 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
15 10 (12.99%) 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 18 (23.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (7.79%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 42 (54.55%) Power Platform
2 28 (36.36%) Azure
3 12 (15.58%) Power Automate
4 11 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
5 9 (11.69%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (11.69%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (11.69%) PowerApps
6 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (5.19%) SaaS
8 3 (3.90%) Azure Databricks
8 3 (3.90%) Azure Functions
8 3 (3.90%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (3.90%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (3.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (3.90%) Copilot Studio
8 3 (3.90%) GitHub
8 3 (3.90%) Serverless
9 2 (2.60%) AWS
9 2 (2.60%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.30%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (28.57%) Power BI
2 12 (15.58%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (14.29%) SQL Server
4 6 (7.79%) Star Schema
5 5 (6.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (6.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (6.49%) Tableau
6 4 (5.19%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 3 (3.90%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (3.90%) Metadata
7 3 (3.90%) Power Query
8 2 (2.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (2.60%) Data Lake
8 2 (2.60%) RDBMS
8 2 (2.60%) Relational Database
8 2 (2.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (1.30%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.19%) Visual Studio Code
2 3 (3.90%) Git
3 1 (1.30%) JIRA
General
1 25 (32.47%) Finance
2 24 (31.17%) Social Skills
3 14 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (15.58%) Manufacturing
5 6 (7.79%) Banking
6 5 (6.49%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (6.49%) Investment Banking
6 5 (6.49%) Legal
7 4 (5.19%) Law
8 3 (3.90%) Back Office
9 2 (2.60%) Marketing
9 2 (2.60%) Retail
10 1 (1.30%) Billing
10 1 (1.30%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.49%) PySpark
1 5 (6.49%) REST
1 5 (6.49%) Web Services
2 4 (5.19%) JSON
2 4 (5.19%) XML
3 1 (1.30%) .NET
3 1 (1.30%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.30%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.30%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.30%) Kafka
3 1 (1.30%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.99%) Management Information System
2 8 (10.39%) Low-Code
2 8 (10.39%) Online Gambling
3 4 (5.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (5.19%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.30%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.30%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (53.25%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (28.57%) Analytics
3 21 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (23.38%) AI
5 16 (20.78%) Dashboard Development
6 15 (19.48%) ERP
6 15 (19.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 14 (18.18%) DevOps
7 14 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
7 14 (18.18%) Workflow
8 12 (15.58%) Data Engineering
9 11 (14.29%) API Integration
9 11 (14.29%) ETL
9 11 (14.29%) Mentoring
10 10 (12.99%) Computer Science
10 10 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (12.99%) Data Analysis
10 10 (12.99%) Data Management
11 9 (11.69%) Data Analytics
11 9 (11.69%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (38.96%) SQL
2 17 (22.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 12 (15.58%) Python
4 8 (10.39%) T-SQL
5 7 (9.09%) VBA
6 4 (5.19%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.30%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (12.99%) Degree
2 9 (11.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.90%) Tableau Certification
4 1 (1.30%) BC Cleared
4 1 (1.30%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.58%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.19%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.30%) QA
Vendors
1 39 (50.65%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.49%) Databricks
3 3 (3.90%) Foundry
4 1 (1.30%) Blue Prism
4 1 (1.30%) IBM
4 1 (1.30%) Pega