Business Development Manager Job Trends in England

Business Development Manager
UK > England

The median Business Development Manager salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 September 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 89 207
Rank change year-on-year +76 +118 +179
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Development Manager 7,635 1,349 920
As % of all permanent jobs in England 7.60% 3.14% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.13% 3.48% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 6,135 757 414
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £28,119
25th Percentile £43,500 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +25.00% +2.34%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,652 £46,030
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £68,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% +12.50% +2.34%

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 93,904 38,815 65,075
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 90.34% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 66,374 23,183 40,037
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £59,319 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.85% - -8.33%

Business Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Business Development Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Business Development Manager job vacancy trend in England

Business Development Manager
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Business Development Manager job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Business Development Manager job vacancies in England

Business Development Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Development Manager in England over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Development Manager in England

Business Development Manager
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 Development Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 15 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
North of England +115 2,093 £50,000 - 184
Midlands +83 1,722 £55,000 +10.00% 148
South East +56 1,512 £55,000 +10.00% 186
North West +131 1,142 £50,000 +25.00% 92
London +171 1,136 £60,000 +21.95% 263
West Midlands +69 961 £55,000 +22.22% 91
East Midlands +73 760 £52,500 +1.94% 57
Yorkshire +59 742 £50,000 -9.09% 71
East of England +25 724 £55,000 +22.22% 74
South West +26 439 £49,000 +22.50% 63
North East +31 214 £40,000 -11.11% 22
Business Development Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 September 2026, Business Development Manager 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 Development Manager in the job title.

1 7,631 (99.95%) Business Development
2 322 (4.22%) Logistics
3 308 (4.03%) B2B
4 225 (2.95%) CRM
5 195 (2.55%) Decision-Making
6 192 (2.51%) B2B Sales
7 133 (1.74%) Cybersecurity
8 112 (1.47%) Facilities Management
9 105 (1.38%) Business Strategy
10 99 (1.30%) Lead Generation
11 93 (1.22%) Microsoft
12 88 (1.15%) Customer Service
13 72 (0.94%) SaaS
14 63 (0.83%) Commercial Awareness
15 57 (0.75%) E-Commerce
16 51 (0.67%) Windows
17 48 (0.63%) Problem-Solving
18 44 (0.58%) Collaborative Working
18 44 (0.58%) Market Research
19 41 (0.54%) Degree
19 41 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
19 41 (0.54%) Stakeholder Management
20 40 (0.52%) Client Onboarding
21 39 (0.51%) Service Delivery
22 35 (0.46%) Customer Experience
23 33 (0.43%) Value Proposition
24 32 (0.42%) Telesales
25 31 (0.41%) Time Management
26 30 (0.39%) Presales
27 28 (0.37%) Coaching

Business Development Manager 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 2 (0.026%) CMS
1 2 (0.026%) Headless CMS
2 1 (0.013%) Resin
Applications
1 41 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.026%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.039%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.013%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 72 (0.94%) SaaS
2 17 (0.22%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (0.092%) Azure
4 6 (0.079%) AWS
4 6 (0.079%) GCP
5 5 (0.065%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (0.052%) Google Workspace
7 3 (0.039%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.013%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.013%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 28 (0.37%) Unified Communications
2 11 (0.14%) Wireless
3 8 (0.10%) VoIP
4 7 (0.092%) Broadband
5 5 (0.065%) Network Security
6 3 (0.039%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.039%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.026%) Intranet
7 2 (0.026%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.026%) WAN
8 1 (0.013%) MVNO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.013%) Big Data
1 1 (0.013%) GIS
1 1 (0.013%) Power BI
1 1 (0.013%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (0.079%) GCC
2 4 (0.052%) Carbide.c++
General
1 389 (5.09%) Manufacturing
2 369 (4.83%) Finance
3 290 (3.80%) Social Skills
4 284 (3.72%) Marketing
5 252 (3.30%) Retail
6 219 (2.87%) Automotive
7 190 (2.49%) Public Sector
8 129 (1.69%) Local Government
9 119 (1.56%) Aerospace
10 112 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
11 97 (1.27%) Telecoms
12 94 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
13 81 (1.06%) Fire and Rescue
14 80 (1.05%) Legal
15 62 (0.81%) Electronics
16 61 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
17 53 (0.69%) Analytical Skills
18 50 (0.65%) Law
19 46 (0.60%) Advertising
20 41 (0.54%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (0.13%) Struts
2 3 (0.039%) EDI
2 3 (0.039%) JFC
3 2 (0.026%) SOAP
4 1 (0.013%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 246 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
2 189 (2.48%) Driving Licence
3 95 (1.24%) CCTV
4 84 (1.10%) FMCG
5 75 (0.98%) Data Centre
6 63 (0.83%) NHS
7 61 (0.80%) Onboarding
8 53 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
9 49 (0.64%) Acoustics
10 33 (0.43%) Life Science
11 28 (0.37%) Enterprise Software
11 28 (0.37%) Social Media
12 14 (0.18%) Fibre Optics
13 11 (0.14%) iPad
13 11 (0.14%) iPhone
14 10 (0.13%) Web Conferencing
15 6 (0.079%) Management Information System
15 6 (0.079%) PMI
15 6 (0.079%) SCADA
15 6 (0.079%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 51 (0.67%) Windows
2 3 (0.039%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7,631 (99.95%) Business Development
2 322 (4.22%) Logistics
3 308 (4.03%) B2B
4 225 (2.95%) CRM
5 195 (2.55%) Decision-Making
6 192 (2.51%) B2B Sales
7 133 (1.74%) Cybersecurity
8 112 (1.47%) Facilities Management
9 105 (1.38%) Business Strategy
10 99 (1.30%) Lead Generation
11 88 (1.15%) Customer Service
12 63 (0.83%) Commercial Awareness
13 57 (0.75%) E-Commerce
14 48 (0.63%) Problem-Solving
15 44 (0.58%) Collaborative Working
15 44 (0.58%) Market Research
16 41 (0.54%) Stakeholder Management
17 40 (0.52%) Client Onboarding
18 39 (0.51%) Service Delivery
19 35 (0.46%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.013%) Python
1 1 (0.013%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (0.54%) Degree
2 10 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (0.079%) PMI Certification
4 4 (0.052%) DBS Check
5 3 (0.039%) Postgraduate
5 3 (0.039%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.013%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.013%) CFA
6 1 (0.013%) City & Guilds
6 1 (0.013%) HNC
6 1 (0.013%) HND
6 1 (0.013%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (0.16%) QA
1 12 (0.16%) SLA
2 8 (0.10%) GMP
3 6 (0.079%) Data Quality
3 6 (0.079%) GRC
4 4 (0.052%) GDPR
4 4 (0.052%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.039%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.013%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.013%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.013%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.013%) NEBOSH
Systems Management
1 23 (0.30%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 93 (1.22%) Microsoft
2 28 (0.37%) Salesforce
3 25 (0.33%) Google
4 16 (0.21%) HP
5 15 (0.20%) HubSpot
6 11 (0.14%) SAP
7 7 (0.092%) Intel
8 6 (0.079%) NEC
9 4 (0.052%) Adobe
9 4 (0.052%) Alibaba
9 4 (0.052%) Dell
9 4 (0.052%) Proofpoint
9 4 (0.052%) Sophos
10 2 (0.026%) Apple
10 2 (0.026%) RedDot
10 2 (0.026%) Sage
11 1 (0.013%) Cloudera
11 1 (0.013%) Infor
11 1 (0.013%) QAD
11 1 (0.013%) Qualys