Business Development Job Trends in Merseyside

Business Development
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Business Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 35 41
Rank change year-on-year +6 +6 +44
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 36 27 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 5.69% 5.10% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.13% 5.77% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 21 6 9
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,000 £39,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £70,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.94% +40.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £83,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £60,000 - £54,000
North West median annual salary £45,000 £75,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year -40.00% +134.38% -46.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 505 468 423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 79.78% 88.47% 88.49%
Number of salaries quoted 292 213 305
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £29,369
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,225 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.17% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £77,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Business Development job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Business Development
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Business Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Business Development

Business Development
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Development in Merseyside over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Development in Merseyside

Business Development
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Development within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 1 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
Liverpool -1 24 £50,000 -39.39% 15
St Helens -1 3 £30,000 -
Wirral - 3 £36,000 -
Prescot - 1 £40,000 -
Birkenhead - 1 £45,000 - 4
Business Development
North West

Business Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) Internet
General
1 9 (25.00%) Finance
1 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (19.44%) Legal
2 7 (19.44%) Marketing
3 2 (5.56%) Advertising
3 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 21 (58.33%) Business Development Manager
1 21 (58.33%) Business Manager
1 21 (58.33%) Development Manager
2 6 (16.67%) Business Development Executive
3 5 (13.89%) Customer Executive
4 2 (5.56%) Administrator
4 2 (5.56%) Architect
4 2 (5.56%) Sales Business Development Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Sales Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.78%) Business Sales Executive
5 1 (2.78%) CEO
5 1 (2.78%) Commercial Director
5 1 (2.78%) Internal Sales Executive
5 1 (2.78%) IT Development Manager
5 1 (2.78%) IT Manager
5 1 (2.78%) Sales Executive
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (5.56%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.78%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (19.44%) Decision-Making
2 5 (13.89%) Contract Negotiation
2 5 (13.89%) Customer Experience
2 5 (13.89%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 4 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (8.33%) Client Onboarding
5 2 (5.56%) AI
5 2 (5.56%) Analytics
5 2 (5.56%) B2B
5 2 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (5.56%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 2 (5.56%) Customer Insight
5 2 (5.56%) Customer Service
5 2 (5.56%) Due Diligence
5 2 (5.56%) Financial Modelling
5 2 (5.56%) Project Management
5 2 (5.56%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (5.56%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (2.78%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (2.78%) Telesales
Qualifications
1 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.78%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 8 (22.22%) Salesforce