Business Development Jobs in Kent

Business Development
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent requiring Business Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Business Development over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 51 73
Rank change year-on-year +21 +22 +30
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 45 58 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 5.54% 3.71% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.78% 4.64% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9 38 16
10th Percentile £40,600 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 - £34,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -13.98% -52.31%
75th Percentile £56,250 - £72,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £45,000 -
South East median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% -5.26% -23.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 664 1,251 1,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 81.77% 79.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 315 900 494
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,800
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £70,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Development in Kent

Business Development
Salary Trend in Kent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Development in Kent.

Salary trend for Business Development in Kent

Business Development
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Development in Kent over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Development in Kent

Business Development
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Development within the Kent region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Maidstone +15 3 £52,500 +75.00% 93
Tunbridge Wells -10 3 £42,000 +5.00% 3
Greenhithe - 3 - -
Swanley - 2 - - 2
Swanscombe - 2 - -
Westerham - 1 - -
Business Development
South East

Business Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.44%) GNU Octave
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (4.44%) GIS
General
1 37 (82.22%) Marketing
2 35 (77.78%) Social Skills
3 34 (75.56%) Finance
3 34 (75.56%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.89%) Electronics
5 2 (4.44%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 38 (84.44%) Business Development Manager
1 38 (84.44%) Business Manager
1 38 (84.44%) Development Manager
2 4 (8.89%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (6.67%) Account Executive
4 2 (4.44%) Product Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.67%) Onboarding
1 3 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.44%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (75.56%) Collaborative Culture
1 34 (75.56%) Collaborative Working
1 34 (75.56%) Facilities Management
1 34 (75.56%) Marketing Strategy
2 4 (8.89%) FMEA
2 4 (8.89%) Lead Generation
2 4 (8.89%) Mathematics
2 4 (8.89%) Systems Analysis
2 4 (8.89%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (6.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (4.44%) Control Theory
4 2 (4.44%) Physics
4 2 (4.44%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (2.22%) B2B
5 1 (2.22%) B2B Sales
5 1 (2.22%) CRM
5 1 (2.22%) Decision-Making
5 1 (2.22%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.89%) C#
1 4 (8.89%) C++
2 2 (4.44%) C
2 2 (4.44%) Embedded C
2 2 (4.44%) MATLAB
2 2 (4.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (8.89%) SC Cleared
1 4 (8.89%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) Def Stans
Vendors
1 4 (8.89%) EMC