Business Development Job Trends in the North of England

Business Development
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Business Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 63 161
Rank change year-on-year +22 +98 +22
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 533 353 120
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 5.33% 3.24% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.22% 3.80% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 416 79 85
10th Percentile £28,875 £33,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £67,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +110.94% -44.35%
75th Percentile £60,000 £92,500 £51,250
90th Percentile £68,125 £105,000 £72,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £39,085
% change year-on-year -13.64% +40.72% -36.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,568 9,294 6,743
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 85.60% 85.43% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 4,448 4,447 5,165
10th Percentile £26,885 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,720 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.40% -6.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Business Development job vacancy trend in the North of England

Business Development
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Business Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Business Development

Business Development
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Development in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Development in the North of England

Business Development
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Development within the North of England region over the 6 months to 10 December 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
North West +26 252 £40,000 -46.67% 256
Yorkshire +20 207 £50,000 -28.57% 214
North East +41 74 £45,000 +28.57% 57
Business Development
England

Business Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (0.75%) CMS
2 3 (0.56%) Umbraco
2 3 (0.56%) WordPress
3 1 (0.19%) Resin
Applications
1 31 (5.82%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.19%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 28 (5.25%) SaaS
2 8 (1.50%) Azure
2 8 (1.50%) Power Platform
3 7 (1.31%) AWS
3 7 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (1.13%) GCP
5 5 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (0.94%) PaaS
6 4 (0.75%) OCI
7 3 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (0.56%) Slack
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle CX
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.31%) Broadband
2 5 (0.94%) Unified Communications
3 4 (0.75%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.75%) Internet
3 4 (0.75%) LAN
3 4 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.56%) LoRaWAN
5 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.38%) VoIP
5 2 (0.38%) WAN
6 1 (0.19%) Modbus
6 1 (0.19%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.31%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (0.56%) JIRA
General
1 95 (17.82%) Social Skills
2 71 (13.32%) Finance
3 59 (11.07%) Marketing
4 44 (8.26%) Public Sector
5 32 (6.00%) Presentation Skills
6 23 (4.32%) Retail
7 21 (3.94%) Manufacturing
8 20 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
9 19 (3.56%) Advertising
10 14 (2.63%) Legal
10 14 (2.63%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.06%) Law
12 10 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.13%) Billing
14 6 (1.13%) Electronics
14 6 (1.13%) German Language
14 6 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.75%) Local Government
15 4 (0.75%) Military
Job Titles
1 275 (51.59%) Business Development Manager
1 275 (51.59%) Business Manager
1 275 (51.59%) Development Manager
2 79 (14.82%) Business Development Executive
3 23 (4.32%) Senior
4 18 (3.38%) Sales Manager
5 14 (2.63%) Architect
6 13 (2.44%) Consultant
6 13 (2.44%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (2.25%) Sales Executive
8 11 (2.06%) Account Manager
8 11 (2.06%) Support Engineer
8 11 (2.06%) Technical Engineer
8 11 (2.06%) Technical Support
8 11 (2.06%) Technical Support Engineer
9 10 (1.88%) Senior Manager
10 9 (1.69%) Account Executive
10 9 (1.69%) Engineering Manager
10 9 (1.69%) Sales Representative
11 8 (1.50%) Senior Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.56%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (0.19%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
1 30 (5.63%) Social Media
2 23 (4.32%) Driving Licence
3 18 (3.38%) Renewable Energy
4 17 (3.19%) Onboarding
5 15 (2.81%) Data Centre
6 10 (1.88%) Blog
6 10 (1.88%) IoT
6 10 (1.88%) Virtual Team
7 8 (1.50%) Life Science
8 7 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (0.94%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.56%) Animation
10 3 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.56%) EPoS
10 3 (0.56%) NHS
10 3 (0.56%) Robotics
11 2 (0.38%) FMCG
11 2 (0.38%) Industry 4.0
11 2 (0.38%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (11.44%) B2B
2 52 (9.76%) CRM
3 42 (7.88%) Customer Service
4 36 (6.75%) Lead Generation
5 35 (6.57%) Customer Experience
6 34 (6.38%) Decision-Making
7 30 (5.63%) B2B Sales
8 27 (5.07%) Telesales
9 25 (4.69%) Commercial Awareness
10 24 (4.50%) Agile
10 24 (4.50%) AI
10 24 (4.50%) Problem-Solving
11 22 (4.13%) Client Onboarding
11 22 (4.13%) Project Management
12 19 (3.56%) ERP
13 17 (3.19%) Analytics
13 17 (3.19%) Cybersecurity
13 17 (3.19%) Financial Modelling
13 17 (3.19%) Logistics
14 14 (2.63%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.38%) Python
2 1 (0.19%) Perl
2 1 (0.19%) Ruby
2 1 (0.19%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (2.44%) DBS Check
1 13 (2.44%) Degree
2 12 (2.25%) HNC
3 7 (1.31%) ACCA
3 7 (1.31%) CIMA
4 5 (0.94%) SC Cleared
4 5 (0.94%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.19%) APMP
5 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.19%) CEH
5 1 (0.19%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (0.19%) CISA
5 1 (0.19%) CISSP
5 1 (0.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.19%) HND
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.19%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.31%) GDPR
2 4 (0.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (0.19%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.19%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 38 (7.13%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.88%) Salesforce
3 7 (1.31%) Xero
4 6 (1.13%) Google
5 4 (0.75%) Oracle
6 3 (0.56%) Adobe
6 3 (0.56%) Cisco
6 3 (0.56%) Dell
6 3 (0.56%) VMware
7 2 (0.38%) SAP
8 1 (0.19%) AVEVA
8 1 (0.19%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.19%) Rockwell
8 1 (0.19%) Siemens