Business Developer Job Trends in England

Business Developer
UK > England

The median Business Developer salary in England is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 October 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 707 606 682
Rank change year-on-year -101 +76 -46
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 72 29 66
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.069% 0.068% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.075% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 54 27 33
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,550 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £48,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +26.32% -7.32%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £110,000 £75,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year -16.67% +23.08% -4.88%

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 96,749 38,808 60,512
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 90.55% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 67,708 23,182 34,779
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,750 £41,421
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £55,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.73% -3.51% -5.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.35% -2.73% -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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -29 20 £70,000 +64.71% 5
London -66 18 £60,000 -40.00%
South East - 16 £55,000 - 1
North of England -60 14 £85,000 +73.47% 2
East Midlands - 14 £40,000 - 3
North West -21 9 £85,000 +95.40%
West Midlands -45 6 £75,000 +76.47% 2
Yorkshire -34 4 £47,500 -3.06% 2
East of England -45 3 £32,500 -45.83%
South West -78 1 £42,500 -19.05%
North East - 1 £45,000 -
Business Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 October 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 (56.94%) Microsoft
2 40 (55.56%) Power Platform
3 37 (51.39%) Business Intelligence
4 29 (40.28%) Azure
5 27 (37.50%) SQL
6 24 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (29.17%) Power BI
8 20 (27.78%) AI
9 18 (25.00%) DevOps
10 17 (23.61%) Analytics
10 17 (23.61%) Dashboard Development
11 16 (22.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 16 (22.22%) SharePoint
12 15 (20.83%) Data Engineering
12 15 (20.83%) Data Warehouse
12 15 (20.83%) ETL
12 15 (20.83%) Translating Business Requirements
13 14 (19.44%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (19.44%) Data Quality
13 14 (19.44%) ERP
13 14 (19.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (19.44%) Workflow
14 12 (16.67%) Python
14 12 (16.67%) SQL Server
15 11 (15.28%) API Integration
15 11 (15.28%) Dynamics 365
15 11 (15.28%) Mentoring
15 11 (15.28%) Power Automate
16 10 (13.89%) Azure DevOps
16 10 (13.89%) 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 16 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.39%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (8.33%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 40 (55.56%) Power Platform
2 29 (40.28%) Azure
3 14 (19.44%) Azure Data Factory
4 11 (15.28%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (15.28%) Power Automate
5 10 (13.89%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (11.11%) PowerApps
7 7 (9.72%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (6.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 5 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (5.56%) SaaS
10 3 (4.17%) Azure Functions
10 3 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (4.17%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (4.17%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (4.17%) GitHub
10 3 (4.17%) Serverless
11 2 (2.78%) AWS
11 2 (2.78%) Azure Stack
12 1 (1.39%) Azure Databricks
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.39%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (29.17%) Power BI
2 15 (20.83%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 7 (9.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (8.33%) Star Schema
6 5 (6.94%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 5 (6.94%) Power Query
7 4 (5.56%) Metadata
7 4 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (4.17%) Data Lake
8 3 (4.17%) Tableau
9 2 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (2.78%) RDBMS
9 2 (2.78%) Relational Database
9 2 (2.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (1.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (1.39%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (1.39%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (1.39%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.94%) Visual Studio Code
2 3 (4.17%) Git
3 1 (1.39%) JIRA
General
1 26 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 25 (34.72%) Finance
3 17 (23.61%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (18.06%) Manufacturing
5 6 (8.33%) Banking
5 6 (8.33%) Investment Banking
5 6 (8.33%) Legal
6 5 (6.94%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (6.94%) Law
7 3 (4.17%) Back Office
8 2 (2.78%) Marketing
9 1 (1.39%) Billing
9 1 (1.39%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.72%) PySpark
1 7 (9.72%) REST
2 5 (6.94%) JSON
2 5 (6.94%) XML
3 4 (5.56%) Web Services
4 1 (1.39%) .NET
4 1 (1.39%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.39%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.39%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.39%) Kafka
4 1 (1.39%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 8 (11.11%) Low-Code
2 8 (11.11%) Online Gambling
3 4 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.39%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.39%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.39%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (51.39%) Business Intelligence
2 24 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (27.78%) AI
4 18 (25.00%) DevOps
5 17 (23.61%) Analytics
5 17 (23.61%) Dashboard Development
6 15 (20.83%) Data Engineering
6 15 (20.83%) ETL
6 15 (20.83%) Translating Business Requirements
7 14 (19.44%) ERP
7 14 (19.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 14 (19.44%) Workflow
8 11 (15.28%) API Integration
8 11 (15.28%) Mentoring
9 10 (13.89%) Data Management
9 10 (13.89%) Data Modelling
10 9 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (12.50%) Data Analysis
10 9 (12.50%) Data Analytics
10 9 (12.50%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (37.50%) SQL
2 16 (22.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 12 (16.67%) Python
4 10 (13.89%) T-SQL
5 6 (8.33%) VBA
6 4 (5.56%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.39%) C
7 1 (1.39%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (12.50%) Degree
2 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.39%) BC Cleared
3 1 (1.39%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.39%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (19.44%) Data Quality
2 5 (6.94%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.39%) GDPR
3 1 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.39%) QA
Vendors
1 41 (56.94%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.56%) Databricks
3 3 (4.17%) Foundry
4 1 (1.39%) IBM
4 1 (1.39%) Informatica