Business Development Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Business Development
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Business Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 63 88
Rank change year-on-year +47 +25 +14
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 55 17 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 8.49% 2.61% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.18% 2.84% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 48 6 13
10th Percentile - £37,500 £33,100
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,375 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £45,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% -4.26% -30.37%
75th Percentile £80,000 £60,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £110,350
South West median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +18.42% -27.62%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 492 599 826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 75.93% 92.01% 88.91%
Number of salaries quoted 345 252 515
10th Percentile £30,200 £35,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,250 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -1.05%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,625 £81,050
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +3.36%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Business Development relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Business Development job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Business Development
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Business Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Business Development

Business Development
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Development in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Development in Gloucestershire

Business Development
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Development within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 6 January 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
Gloucester +23 19 £80,000 -23.81% 6
Cheltenham +25 17 £35,000 -41.67% 2
Cirencester - 8 £27,500 - 2
Lechlade - 5 £35,000 -
Tewkesbury -5 2 £70,000 -
Fairford 0 1 £60,000 +33.33%
Business Development
South West

Business Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (9.09%) SaaS
2 1 (1.82%) AWS
2 1 (1.82%) Azure
2 1 (1.82%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.82%) DNS
1 1 (1.82%) Firewall
1 1 (1.82%) HTTP
1 1 (1.82%) ICMP
1 1 (1.82%) Internet
1 1 (1.82%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (1.82%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 11 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.18%) Marketing
3 5 (9.09%) Finance
3 5 (9.09%) Financial Institution
3 5 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (9.09%) Retail
4 4 (7.27%) Military
5 1 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (50.91%) Business Development Manager
1 28 (50.91%) Business Manager
1 28 (50.91%) Development Manager
2 13 (23.64%) Business Development Executive
3 10 (18.18%) Account Manager
4 3 (5.45%) Consultant
4 3 (5.45%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 3 (5.45%) IT Manager
4 3 (5.45%) Sales Account Manager
4 3 (5.45%) Sales Manager
4 3 (5.45%) Security Consultant
4 3 (5.45%) Trainee
4 3 (5.45%) Trainee Account Manager
4 3 (5.45%) Trainee IT Manager
5 1 (1.82%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (1.82%) Site Reliability Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.45%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.45%) PKI
2 3 (5.45%) Social Media
3 2 (3.64%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.82%) Arduino
4 1 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.82%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.82%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.82%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.64%) Linux
2 1 (1.82%) Debian
2 1 (1.82%) Ubuntu
2 1 (1.82%) Windows
2 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (10.91%) Analytics
2 5 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
2 5 (9.09%) CRM
2 5 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (9.09%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (9.09%) Performance Monitoring
2 5 (9.09%) Product Marketing
3 4 (7.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (5.45%) Agile
4 3 (5.45%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (5.45%) Cryptography
4 3 (5.45%) Email Marketing
4 3 (5.45%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (5.45%) Incident Response
4 3 (5.45%) Information Assurance
4 3 (5.45%) MODAF
4 3 (5.45%) Protective Monitoring
4 3 (5.45%) Security Architecture
4 3 (5.45%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (5.45%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.64%) Python
2 1 (1.82%) C
2 1 (1.82%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (16.36%) Security Cleared
2 8 (14.55%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.09%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.45%) RMADS
2 1 (1.82%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.82%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (1.82%) Ansible
1 1 (1.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (9.09%) HubSpot
1 5 (9.09%) Salesforce
2 1 (1.82%) Red Hat