Business Developer Job Trends in England

Business Developer
UK > England

The median Business Developer salary in England is £54,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 November 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 568 647 648
Rank change year-on-year +79 +1 +235
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 39 72 60
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.084% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.12% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 35 39 48
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £36,425
25th Percentile £43,125 £45,000 £40,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.68% - -13.64%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,625 £63,438
90th Percentile £110,000 £73,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £54,750 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +15.26% - -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 41,870 58,044 44,334
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 94.37% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 27,008 32,905 34,377
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,955 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,828 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -

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 23 November 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 23 November 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 +63 11 £41,000 -8.89% 7
Midlands +58 11 £41,000 -8.89% 7
South West +37 8 £52,500 - 1
East of England - 8 £60,000 - 2
London +38 7 £100,000 +86.05% 2
North of England +20 4 £49,000 +13.95%
Yorkshire +13 3 £49,000 -
South East +51 1 - - 8
North West +33 1 - -
Business Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 November 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 16 (41.03%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (35.90%) ERP
3 13 (33.33%) Power BI
3 13 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 13 (33.33%) SQL
3 13 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 11 (28.21%) Decision-Making
5 10 (25.64%) .NET
5 10 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (20.51%) ETL
6 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
6 8 (20.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (17.95%) Process Improvement
8 5 (12.82%) Azure
8 5 (12.82%) Business Development
8 5 (12.82%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (12.82%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 5 (12.82%) Python
8 5 (12.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (10.26%) .NET Framework
9 4 (10.26%) Actionable Insight
9 4 (10.26%) Analytics
9 4 (10.26%) Data Analysis
9 4 (10.26%) Data Modelling
9 4 (10.26%) Data Quality
9 4 (10.26%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (10.26%) Lead Generation
9 4 (10.26%) Visualisation
10 3 (7.69%) AI
10 3 (7.69%) B2B

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 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (2.56%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 13 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 5 (12.82%) Azure
3 4 (10.26%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (7.69%) SaaS
4 3 (7.69%) Snowflake
5 1 (2.56%) AWS
5 1 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.56%) GCP
5 1 (2.56%) IaaS
5 1 (2.56%) PaaS
5 1 (2.56%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.56%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.56%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (33.33%) Power BI
1 13 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 8 (20.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (12.82%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (12.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (5.13%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (5.13%) Data Mining
5 1 (2.56%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (2.56%) BigQuery
5 1 (2.56%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (2.56%) MySQL
5 1 (2.56%) NoSQL
5 1 (2.56%) OLAP
5 1 (2.56%) OLAP Cube
5 1 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (2.56%) Star Schema
5 1 (2.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Git
1 3 (7.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (5.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 13 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Finance
2 6 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Marketing
5 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.56%) French Language
6 1 (2.56%) Law
6 1 (2.56%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (25.64%) .NET
2 4 (10.26%) .NET Framework
3 3 (7.69%) Web Services
4 2 (5.13%) REST
4 2 (5.13%) XML
5 1 (2.56%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (5.13%) Data Structures
2 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (41.03%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (35.90%) ERP
3 11 (28.21%) Decision-Making
4 10 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (20.51%) ETL
6 7 (17.95%) Process Improvement
7 5 (12.82%) Business Development
7 5 (12.82%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 4 (10.26%) Actionable Insight
8 4 (10.26%) Analytics
8 4 (10.26%) Data Analysis
8 4 (10.26%) Data Modelling
8 4 (10.26%) Lead Generation
8 4 (10.26%) Visualisation
9 3 (7.69%) AI
9 3 (7.69%) B2B
9 3 (7.69%) Data Visualisation
9 3 (7.69%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 3 (7.69%) Logistics
9 3 (7.69%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 13 (33.33%) SQL
2 5 (12.82%) Python
3 3 (7.69%) C#
3 3 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (7.69%) T-SQL
4 2 (5.13%) PowerShell
4 2 (5.13%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.56%) C
5 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (2.56%) Degree
1 1 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.56%) GDPR
2 1 (2.56%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.13%) Databricks
2 2 (5.13%) SAP
3 1 (2.56%) Alteryx
3 1 (2.56%) Infor
3 1 (2.56%) Teradata