Business Developer Job Trends in Leeds

Business Developer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Business Developer salary in Leeds is £47,085 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 February 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 84 116
Rank change year-on-year -20 +32 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 2 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.14% 0.21% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.22% 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,104 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,085 - £45,000
75th Percentile £48,065 - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £47,085 - £45,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 1,360 919 1,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 95.43% 97.05%
Number of salaries quoted 902 506 1,294
10th Percentile £28,275 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,488 £86,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £56,500 £54,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.63% - -1.82%

Business Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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 Leeds.

Business Developer job vacancy trend in Leeds

Business Developer
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for Business Developer job vacancies in Leeds.

Salary distribution trend for Business Developer job vacancies in Leeds

Business Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 2 February 2026, 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 Leeds region featuring Business Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Case Management
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) IaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Kimball Methodology
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) PaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) PowerApps
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (100.00%) Star Schema

Business Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (100.00%) IaaS
1 2 (100.00%) PaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (100.00%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Case Management
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 2 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Kimball Methodology
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality