Business Development Job Trends in Glasgow

Business Development
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Business Development skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 121 75
Rank change year-on-year +77 -46 +19
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 38 42 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 5.14% 2.11% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.68% 2.31% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 32 19 0
10th Percentile £29,525 £30,000 -
25th Percentile £29,938 £69,451 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £80,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -40.63% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £98,750 -
90th Percentile £61,125 £110,000 -
Scotland median annual salary £38,000 £80,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year -52.50% +220.00% -28.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Business Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 669 1,822 777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 90.53% 91.51% 96.76%
Number of salaries quoted 263 561 591
10th Percentile £29,550 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £67,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Business Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Business Development in Glasgow

Business Development
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Business Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Business Development

Business Development
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Development in Glasgow over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Development in Glasgow

Business Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (2.63%) Azure
1 1 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
1 1 (2.63%) SaaS
General
1 8 (21.05%) Advertising
2 4 (10.53%) Billing
2 4 (10.53%) Telecoms
3 3 (7.89%) German Language
4 1 (2.63%) Finance
4 1 (2.63%) Law
4 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (47.37%) Business Development Manager
1 18 (47.37%) Business Manager
1 18 (47.37%) Development Manager
2 6 (15.79%) Account Manager
3 5 (13.16%) IT Manager
4 4 (10.53%) Consultant
4 4 (10.53%) Recruitment Consultant
4 4 (10.53%) Sales Representative
5 2 (5.26%) Business Development Executive
5 2 (5.26%) Commercial Consultant
5 2 (5.26%) IT Consultant
5 2 (5.26%) IT Development Manager
5 2 (5.26%) IT Recruitment Consultant
6 1 (2.63%) IT Services Manager
6 1 (2.63%) New Business Development Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Platform Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Senior
6 1 (2.63%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Mobile App
1 4 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.63%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (21.05%) B2B
2 5 (13.16%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (13.16%) Lead Generation
3 4 (10.53%) B2B Sales
3 4 (10.53%) CRM
3 4 (10.53%) Telesales
4 1 (2.63%) Agile
4 1 (2.63%) Change Management
4 1 (2.63%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.63%) Decision-Making
4 1 (2.63%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (2.63%) ITSM
4 1 (2.63%) Project Delivery
4 1 (2.63%) Project Management
4 1 (2.63%) Project Planning
4 1 (2.63%) Scrum
4 1 (2.63%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (2.63%) Azure Certification
1 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (2.63%) Degree
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.63%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.89%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft