Business Development Job Trends in Somerset

Business Development
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Business Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - 42
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 28 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 5.07% - 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.53% - 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 23 0 3
10th Percentile £24,250 - -
25th Percentile £30,000 - £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 - £33,000
75th Percentile £52,500 - £33,500
90th Percentile £75,000 - -
South West median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +18.42% -30.91%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 429 346 319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 77.72% 78.10% 86.22%
Number of salaries quoted 194 124 254
10th Percentile £26,825 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £54,660 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.25% +21.47% -10.00%
75th Percentile £54,688 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,750 £83,875 £70,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +2.94%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Business Development job vacancy trend in Somerset

Business Development
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Business Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Business Development

Business Development
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Development in Somerset over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Development in Somerset

Business Development
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Development within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 14 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
Bath - 7 £52,500 - 48
Highbridge - 5 £30,000 -
Street - 4 £43,000 - 3
Portishead - 4 £24,500 - 1
Bridgwater - 2 £80,000 -
Yeovil - 1 - -
Business Development
South West

Business Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (10.71%) AWS
1 3 (10.71%) Azure
1 3 (10.71%) SaaS
General
1 4 (14.29%) Advertising
1 4 (14.29%) Finance
1 4 (14.29%) Manufacturing
1 4 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Business Development Manager
1 13 (46.43%) Business Manager
1 13 (46.43%) Development Manager
2 5 (17.86%) Business Development Executive
3 4 (14.29%) Account Manager
3 4 (14.29%) Consultant
3 4 (14.29%) Recruitment Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Platform Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Senior
5 2 (7.14%) Senior Account Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Senior Business Development Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Senior Business Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Senior Development Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Senior Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Commercial Executive
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Social Media
2 2 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.57%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Debian
1 3 (10.71%) Linux
1 3 (10.71%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) Lead Generation
2 3 (10.71%) DevOps
2 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (10.71%) Platform Engineering
3 2 (7.14%) Decision-Making
4 1 (3.57%) Budgeting
4 1 (3.57%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (3.57%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (3.57%) Competitor Analysis
4 1 (3.57%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (3.57%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (3.57%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (3.57%) Risk Management
4 1 (3.57%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) Ansible
1 3 (10.71%) Kubernetes
1 3 (10.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) Red Hat
2 1 (3.57%) HubSpot
2 1 (3.57%) Salesforce