Business Developer Job Trends in England

Business Developer
UK > England

The median Business Developer salary in England is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 December 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 541 631 607
Rank change year-on-year +90 -24 +230
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 57 54 65
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.11% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.12% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 41 32 57
10th Percentile - £41,300 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +7.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,625 £66,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £75,875 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,250 £53,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.93% +13.16% -17.39%

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 47,767 46,622 43,710
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 93.23% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 30,073 24,925 34,193
10th Percentile £28,560 £33,173 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 27 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 27 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
South East +44 18 £62,500 +25.00% 8
West Midlands +44 18 £40,000 -11.11% 10
Midlands +42 18 £40,000 -44.83% 12
East of England - 8 £60,000 -
South West +3 7 £52,500 - 3
London +23 5 £100,000 +86.05% 8
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 27 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 27 (47.37%) Business Intelligence
2 25 (43.86%) Power BI
2 25 (43.86%) Power Platform
3 17 (29.82%) SQL Server
4 16 (28.07%) SQL
5 15 (26.32%) .NET
6 14 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (22.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (21.05%) ERP
8 12 (21.05%) TETRA
9 11 (19.30%) Decision-Making
9 11 (19.30%) ETL
10 10 (17.54%) Visualisation
11 9 (15.79%) Analytics
11 9 (15.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (15.79%) Data Visualisation
12 8 (14.04%) Microsoft
13 7 (12.28%) Data Modelling
13 7 (12.28%) Process Improvement
13 7 (12.28%) SAP
14 6 (10.53%) Business Strategy
14 6 (10.53%) Computer Science
14 6 (10.53%) Data Integration
14 6 (10.53%) Degree
15 5 (8.77%) Budgeting
15 5 (8.77%) Budgeting and Forecasting
15 5 (8.77%) Data Analytics
15 5 (8.77%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 4 (7.02%) .NET Framework
16 4 (7.02%) Actionable Insight

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 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (7.02%) SAP CO
2 2 (3.51%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (1.75%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 25 (43.86%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.26%) Azure
2 3 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (5.26%) Snowflake
3 2 (3.51%) Power Automate
3 2 (3.51%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.75%) AWS
4 1 (1.75%) GCP
4 1 (1.75%) SaaS
4 1 (1.75%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 12 (21.05%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (43.86%) Power BI
2 17 (29.82%) SQL Server
3 13 (22.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.51%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (3.51%) Data Mining
5 2 (3.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.51%) Tableau
6 1 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (1.75%) BigQuery
6 1 (1.75%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (1.75%) Looker
6 1 (1.75%) MySQL
6 1 (1.75%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.75%) OLAP
6 1 (1.75%) OLAP Cube
6 1 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Git
1 2 (3.51%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 14 (24.56%) Social Skills
2 11 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (17.54%) Finance
4 6 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (8.77%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.75%) French Language
6 1 (1.75%) Law
6 1 (1.75%) Marketing
6 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.75%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (26.32%) .NET
2 4 (7.02%) .NET Framework
2 4 (7.02%) SAP CO-PA
3 2 (3.51%) REST
3 2 (3.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (3.51%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (47.37%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (21.05%) ERP
4 11 (19.30%) Decision-Making
4 11 (19.30%) ETL
5 10 (17.54%) Visualisation
6 9 (15.79%) Analytics
6 9 (15.79%) Data Visualisation
7 7 (12.28%) Data Modelling
7 7 (12.28%) Process Improvement
8 6 (10.53%) Business Strategy
8 6 (10.53%) Computer Science
8 6 (10.53%) Data Integration
9 5 (8.77%) Budgeting
9 5 (8.77%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 5 (8.77%) Data Analytics
9 5 (8.77%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 4 (7.02%) Actionable Insight
10 4 (7.02%) Data Analysis
10 4 (7.02%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 16 (28.07%) SQL
2 9 (15.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (5.26%) Python
3 3 (5.26%) T-SQL
4 2 (3.51%) VB.NET
5 1 (1.75%) C
5 1 (1.75%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (10.53%) Degree
2 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (1.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.26%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.75%) GDPR
Vendors
1 8 (14.04%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.28%) SAP
3 2 (3.51%) Databricks
4 1 (1.75%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.75%) Infor
4 1 (1.75%) Teradata