Business Development Jobs in the South East

Business Development
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 11 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 74 146
Rank change year-on-year +23 +72 +48
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 457 561 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.54% 3.23% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.04% 3.93% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 232 315 94
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,575
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,000 £32,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile £59,652 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £90,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -25.00% -7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,068 14,261 11,607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 90.06% 82.04% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 4,797 9,770 7,352
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +4.17%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Development in the South East

Business Development
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Business Development in the South East

Business Development
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Development in the South East over the 6 months to 11 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Development in the South East

Business Development
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Development within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 July 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
Thames Valley -28 147 £40,000 -11.11% 121
Surrey +58 107 £45,000 -25.00% 58
Hampshire +89 91 £50,000 -9.09% 82
Berkshire -3 72 £40,000 -11.11% 69
Kent +36 64 £60,000 +50.00% 32
Oxfordshire +4 52 £40,000 +6.67% 26
Buckinghamshire -35 23 £50,000 +11.11% 33
Middlesex +8 21 - - 23
West Sussex +10 14 £40,000 - 18
East Sussex +37 11 £25,000 -44.44% 15
Sussex - 2 £75,000 - 21
Business Development
England

Business Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (0.22%) Apache
1 1 (0.22%) GemFire
Applications
1 12 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.44%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (2.41%) Power Platform
2 7 (1.53%) SaaS
3 2 (0.44%) AWS
3 2 (0.44%) Azure
4 1 (0.22%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.31%) Broadband
2 5 (1.09%) Modbus
3 4 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.66%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.66%) Internet
4 3 (0.66%) MQTT
5 2 (0.44%) Wireless
6 1 (0.22%) GPRS
6 1 (0.22%) LAN
6 1 (0.22%) LTE
6 1 (0.22%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.22%) WAN
6 1 (0.22%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.63%) SQL Server
1 12 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 11 (2.41%) Power BI
3 3 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (0.44%) GIS
5 1 (0.22%) Apache Ignite
5 1 (0.22%) InterSystems Cache
5 1 (0.22%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.22%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.22%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.22%) Redis
5 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (2.63%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.22%) JIRA
General
1 228 (49.89%) Social Skills
2 193 (42.23%) Finance
3 163 (35.67%) Marketing
4 141 (30.85%) Public Sector
5 26 (5.69%) Manufacturing
6 22 (4.81%) Telecoms
7 20 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (3.50%) Banking
9 13 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (2.63%) Law
11 11 (2.41%) Electronics
11 11 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.97%) Advertising
12 9 (1.97%) Analytical Skills
12 9 (1.97%) Legal
13 8 (1.75%) Aerospace
13 8 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.75%) Local Government
14 7 (1.53%) Automotive
14 7 (1.53%) Retail
Job Titles
1 304 (66.52%) Business Development Manager
1 304 (66.52%) Business Manager
1 304 (66.52%) Development Manager
2 42 (9.19%) Business Development Executive
3 14 (3.06%) Senior
4 12 (2.63%) Developer
4 12 (2.63%) Portal Developer
5 11 (2.41%) Sales Executive
6 10 (2.19%) Sales Manager
7 9 (1.97%) Analyst
8 8 (1.75%) Sales Business Development Manager
9 7 (1.53%) Software Manager
9 7 (1.53%) Software Sales Manager
10 6 (1.31%) Business Development Director
10 6 (1.31%) Development Director
10 6 (1.31%) Financial Analyst
10 6 (1.31%) Lead
10 6 (1.31%) Sales Representative
11 5 (1.09%) Coordinator
11 5 (1.09%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.28%) .NET
2 12 (2.63%) .NET Core
2 12 (2.63%) .NET Framework
2 12 (2.63%) JSON
2 12 (2.63%) React
2 12 (2.63%) XML
3 5 (1.09%) ASP.NET
4 3 (0.66%) CSS
4 3 (0.66%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.22%) Kafka
5 1 (0.22%) Middleware
5 1 (0.22%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.22%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.28%) Social Media
2 12 (2.63%) Mobile App
2 12 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (1.97%) Renewable Energy
4 8 (1.75%) Life Science
4 8 (1.75%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.31%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.09%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.09%) NHS
7 4 (0.88%) IoT
7 4 (0.88%) Operational Technology
8 3 (0.66%) Biopharmaceutical
8 3 (0.66%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.66%) Home Automation
8 3 (0.66%) Industry 4.0
8 3 (0.66%) PACS
8 3 (0.66%) SCADA
9 2 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.44%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (0.44%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.44%) Windows
2 1 (0.22%) Linux
2 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (28.88%) Collaborative Culture
1 132 (28.88%) Collaborative Working
2 131 (28.67%) Facilities Management
3 130 (28.45%) Marketing Strategy
4 33 (7.22%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (6.13%) Project Management
6 27 (5.91%) CRM
7 26 (5.69%) Coaching
8 24 (5.25%) B2B
9 22 (4.81%) Agile
9 22 (4.81%) Project Delivery
10 20 (4.38%) Time Management
11 19 (4.16%) Business Strategy
12 18 (3.94%) B2B Sales
13 17 (3.72%) Cybersecurity
14 16 (3.50%) Mentoring
15 15 (3.28%) Decision-Making
16 14 (3.06%) Customer Service
16 14 (3.06%) Lead Generation
17 12 (2.63%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 16 (3.50%) SQL
2 7 (1.53%) C#
3 5 (1.09%) Python
4 4 (0.88%) C++
5 3 (0.66%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.44%) C
6 2 (0.44%) Embedded C
6 2 (0.44%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 29 (6.35%) Degree
2 11 (2.41%) Master's Degree
3 10 (2.19%) Security Cleared
4 9 (1.97%) ACCA
5 8 (1.75%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.31%) CIMA
6 6 (1.31%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.09%) PhD
8 4 (0.88%) APMP
8 4 (0.88%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (0.66%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (0.66%) HNC
9 3 (0.66%) HND
10 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.22%) CEH
11 1 (0.22%) CISM
11 1 (0.22%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (0.88%) Accessibility
2 3 (0.66%) GAAP
3 2 (0.44%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.22%) GDPR
4 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.22%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (0.66%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.22%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 29 (6.35%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.06%) Salesforce
3 6 (1.31%) EMC
4 5 (1.09%) VMware
5 4 (0.88%) Fortinet
6 3 (0.66%) AVEVA
6 3 (0.66%) BT
6 3 (0.66%) HubSpot
6 3 (0.66%) Mitel
6 3 (0.66%) Rockwell
6 3 (0.66%) Siemens
7 2 (0.44%) Google
8 1 (0.22%) Dell
8 1 (0.22%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (0.22%) HP
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle
8 1 (0.22%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.22%) Solace
8 1 (0.22%) Sophos
8 1 (0.22%) TIBCO