Business Development Jobs in the North West

Business Development
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 99 205
Rank change year-on-year -72 +106 +51
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 133 237 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.69% 2.28% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 2.81% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 69 116 8
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,000 £43,375
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £55,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -29.55% -6.38% +17.50%
75th Percentile £71,250 £69,688 £70,625
90th Percentile £104,000 £82,188 £79,250
England median annual salary £41,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.89% -25.00% -11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,516 8,426 7,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.78% 80.99% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,815 6,336 3,833
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £80,000 £81,250
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Development in the North West

Business Development
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Business Development in the North West

Business Development
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Development in the North West over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Development in the North West

Business Development
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 31 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
Manchester -15 79 £60,000 - 242
Cheshire -1 16 £34,440 -13.90% 57
Cumbria -53 16 £35,000 -48.15% 4
Merseyside +19 12 £35,000 -44.00% 25
Lancashire -67 10 £35,000 +7.69% 87
Business Development
England

Business Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.50%) Apache
1 2 (1.50%) GemFire
Applications
1 36 (27.07%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (9.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.01%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.01%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (3.01%) SAP BPC
2 2 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.50%) Line 50
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.02%) Power Platform
2 7 (5.26%) SaaS
3 5 (3.76%) OCI
4 4 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (3.01%) Figma
4 4 (3.01%) Google Workspace
4 4 (3.01%) Miro
4 4 (3.01%) Slack
5 2 (1.50%) Azure
5 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.01%) Intranet
2 3 (2.26%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.75%) Modbus
3 1 (0.75%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.01%) Power BI
2 2 (1.50%) Apache Ignite
2 2 (1.50%) Big Data
2 2 (1.50%) InterSystems Cache
2 2 (1.50%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.50%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.50%) RDBMS
2 2 (1.50%) Redis
2 2 (1.50%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.75%) Looker
Development Applications
1 4 (3.01%) Balsamiq
1 4 (3.01%) JIRA
General
1 80 (60.15%) Social Skills
2 71 (53.38%) Finance
3 45 (33.83%) Marketing
4 36 (27.07%) Legal
5 16 (12.03%) Law
6 11 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (7.52%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (5.26%) Financial Institution
9 5 (3.76%) Banking
9 5 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.26%) Health Technology
11 3 (2.26%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.26%) Retail
12 2 (1.50%) Automotive
12 2 (1.50%) Dutch Language
12 2 (1.50%) Front Office
13 1 (0.75%) Advertising
13 1 (0.75%) Games
13 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 42 (31.58%) Business Development Manager
1 42 (31.58%) Development Manager
2 39 (29.32%) Business Manager
3 33 (24.81%) Customer Executive
4 8 (6.02%) Analyst
4 8 (6.02%) Business Development Executive
4 8 (6.02%) Consultant
4 8 (6.02%) Financial Analyst
5 6 (4.51%) Architect
5 6 (4.51%) Senior
6 4 (3.01%) Bid Manager
6 4 (3.01%) Bid Project Manager
6 4 (3.01%) Digital Product Owner
6 4 (3.01%) Finance Systems Analyst
6 4 (3.01%) IT Sales Executive
6 4 (3.01%) Lead
6 4 (3.01%) Project Manager
6 4 (3.01%) Sales Executive
6 4 (3.01%) Sales Representative
6 4 (3.01%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.26%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.50%) Kafka
2 2 (1.50%) Middleware
2 2 (1.50%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (1.50%) Spring
3 1 (0.75%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.77%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (6.02%) Social Media
3 5 (3.76%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.01%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.26%) CCTV
5 3 (2.26%) EPoS
5 3 (2.26%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.50%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.50%) Credit Derivative
6 2 (1.50%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.50%) Derivative
6 2 (1.50%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.50%) Equities
6 2 (1.50%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.50%) FMCG
6 2 (1.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.50%) Life Science
6 2 (1.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.75%) IoT
7 1 (0.75%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.50%) Linux
1 2 (1.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 36 (27.07%) Contract Negotiation
3 33 (24.81%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 17 (12.78%) Agile
5 11 (8.27%) CRM
5 11 (8.27%) Line Management
6 9 (6.77%) ERP
6 9 (6.77%) Lead Generation
7 8 (6.02%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (5.26%) Artificial Intelligence
8 7 (5.26%) B2B
8 7 (5.26%) Coaching
8 7 (5.26%) Customer Service
8 7 (5.26%) Project Management
8 7 (5.26%) Time Management
9 6 (4.51%) Analytics
9 6 (4.51%) Change Management
9 6 (4.51%) Commercial Awareness
9 6 (4.51%) Presales
9 6 (4.51%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.50%) Java
2 1 (0.75%) Python
2 1 (0.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (6.77%) Degree
2 6 (4.51%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (3.01%) ACCA
4 4 (3.01%) CIMA
4 4 (3.01%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.75%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.75%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.75%) HNC
5 1 (0.75%) HND
5 1 (0.75%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.75%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (0.75%) GDPR
2 1 (0.75%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.75%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 34 (25.56%) Salesforce
2 15 (11.28%) Microsoft
2 15 (11.28%) Oracle
3 5 (3.76%) SAP
4 4 (3.01%) Cisco
4 4 (3.01%) Dell
4 4 (3.01%) Google
4 4 (3.01%) Hyperion
4 4 (3.01%) VMware
5 3 (2.26%) Sage
6 2 (1.50%) Solace
6 2 (1.50%) TIBCO
6 2 (1.50%) Workday
7 1 (0.75%) AVEVA
7 1 (0.75%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.75%) Siemens