Business Development Jobs in the Midlands

Business Development
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 81 239
Rank change year-on-year -26 +158 +6
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 185 356 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.72% 2.82% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.97% 3.51% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 92 219 28
10th Percentile £28,802 £28,119 £39,500
25th Percentile £28,822 £32,250 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £40,060 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.11% -30.33% -4.17%
75th Percentile £30,580 £57,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £57,925 £84,000 £88,875
England median annual salary £41,000 £42,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.53% -29.17% -11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,225 10,156 8,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.57% 80.56% 96.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,443 7,358 4,443
10th Percentile £26,974 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £38,276
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,200 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Development in the Midlands

Business Development
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Business Development in the Midlands

Business Development
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Development in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Development in the Midlands

Business Development
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Development within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
West Midlands +10 154 £30,580 -23.66% 804
East Midlands -33 31 £29,000 -27.50% 604
Business Development
England

Business Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 27 (14.59%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 81 (43.78%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 6 (3.24%) Azure
2 5 (2.70%) AWS
2 5 (2.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 5 (2.70%) GCP
2 5 (2.70%) SaaS
2 5 (2.70%) Snowflake
3 3 (1.62%) OCI
4 1 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.70%) Amazon Redshift
1 5 (2.70%) BigQuery
1 5 (2.70%) NoSQL
2 4 (2.16%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (2.16%) JIRA
General
1 66 (35.68%) Social Skills
2 63 (34.05%) Finance
3 45 (24.32%) Marketing
4 25 (13.51%) Legal
5 19 (10.27%) Public Sector
6 10 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (4.86%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (3.24%) Law
9 4 (2.16%) Local Government
10 3 (1.62%) Banking
11 2 (1.08%) Advertising
11 2 (1.08%) Environmental Health
11 2 (1.08%) Games
11 2 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.08%) Retail
12 1 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.54%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 96 (51.89%) Business Development Manager
1 96 (51.89%) Business Manager
1 96 (51.89%) Development Manager
2 24 (12.97%) Customer Executive
3 13 (7.03%) Lead
4 9 (4.86%) Architect
5 7 (3.78%) Business Development Executive
5 7 (3.78%) Consultant
6 6 (3.24%) Recruitment Consultant
7 5 (2.70%) Data Architect
7 5 (2.70%) Lead Architect
7 5 (2.70%) Lead Data Architect
8 4 (2.16%) Analyst
8 4 (2.16%) Business Analyst
8 4 (2.16%) CRM Analyst
8 4 (2.16%) CRM Business Analyst
9 3 (1.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (1.62%) Project Leader
9 3 (1.62%) Trainee
9 3 (1.62%) Trainee Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.62%) ATL
2 2 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.54%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (4.32%) Driving Licence
3 7 (3.78%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.70%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.70%) NHS
5 4 (2.16%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.62%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.62%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.08%) Acoustics
7 2 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.08%) Life Science
8 1 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.54%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.54%) EPoS
8 1 (0.54%) Media Streaming
8 1 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.54%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (49.19%) CRM
2 87 (47.03%) B2B
3 83 (44.86%) Value Proposition
4 77 (41.62%) Active Listening
4 77 (41.62%) Deadline-Driven
5 30 (16.22%) Contract Negotiation
6 27 (14.59%) Decision-Making
7 26 (14.05%) Customer Value Proposition
8 24 (12.97%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 18 (9.73%) Agile
10 15 (8.11%) Presales
11 14 (7.57%) Collaborative Working
11 14 (7.57%) Project Delivery
12 12 (6.49%) Project Management
13 11 (5.95%) Intelligent Automation
13 11 (5.95%) Software Engineering
14 10 (5.41%) Customer Service
14 10 (5.41%) Mentoring
14 10 (5.41%) Stakeholder Management
15 8 (4.32%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.70%) SQL
2 1 (0.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (6.49%) Degree
2 9 (4.86%) ACCA
3 6 (3.24%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.54%) CCNA
4 1 (0.54%) CCNP
4 1 (0.54%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.54%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (0.54%) PhD
4 1 (0.54%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.54%) PMP
4 1 (0.54%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (41.62%) SLA
2 5 (2.70%) QA
3 3 (1.62%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.54%) GDPR
4 1 (0.54%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (0.54%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 105 (56.76%) Salesforce
2 84 (45.41%) SAP
3 5 (2.70%) Google
3 5 (2.70%) Microsoft
4 4 (2.16%) Dell
4 4 (2.16%) Oracle
5 1 (0.54%) Facebook
5 1 (0.54%) YouTube