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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 89 134
Rank change year-on-year -22 +45 +93
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 260 510 346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.70% 2.91% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.93% 3.48% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 74 353 118
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -5.26% -23.94%
75th Percentile £55,938 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £92,750 £78,500 £87,500
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
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 8,872 14,647 13,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 92.08% 83.51% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,278 10,075 7,715
10th Percentile £29,175 £27,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £36,875 £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 £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
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 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 30 May 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 30 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
Surrey +38 84 £37,500 -25.00% 240
Thames Valley -47 76 £37,500 -16.67% 803
Kent +21 45 £52,500 +31.25% 209
Berkshire -25 36 £35,000 -17.65% 471
Oxfordshire 0 28 £37,500 -1.32% 118
Hampshire +31 20 £70,500 +28.18% 318
Middlesex +1 19 - - 1
Buckinghamshire -39 12 - - 216
East Sussex +32 9 £25,000 -42.86% 108
West Sussex +30 7 £45,000 +12.50% 98
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 (0.38%) Apache
1 1 (0.38%) GemFire
Applications
1 10 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.77%) GNU Octave
3 2 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (5.38%) Power Platform
2 2 (0.77%) SaaS
3 1 (0.38%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.15%) Broadband
1 3 (1.15%) Internet
1 3 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.77%) Modbus
3 1 (0.38%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.38%) LAN
3 1 (0.38%) MQTT
3 1 (0.38%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.38%) WAN
3 1 (0.38%) Wireless
3 1 (0.38%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.54%) SQL Server
1 17 (6.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 14 (5.38%) Power BI
3 3 (1.15%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.77%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (0.77%) GIS
5 1 (0.38%) Apache Ignite
5 1 (0.38%) InterSystems Cache
5 1 (0.38%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.38%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.38%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.38%) Redis
5 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (6.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 203 (78.08%) Social Skills
2 162 (62.31%) Finance
3 154 (59.23%) Marketing
4 138 (53.08%) Public Sector
5 20 (7.69%) Manufacturing
6 16 (6.15%) Banking
7 14 (5.38%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (4.62%) Telecoms
9 10 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (3.46%) Advertising
10 9 (3.46%) Law
11 7 (2.69%) Analytical Skills
11 7 (2.69%) Electronics
11 7 (2.69%) Legal
12 6 (2.31%) Automotive
12 6 (2.31%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (2.31%) Retail
13 4 (1.54%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 166 (63.85%) Business Development Manager
1 166 (63.85%) Business Manager
1 166 (63.85%) Development Manager
2 17 (6.54%) Developer
2 17 (6.54%) Portal Developer
3 12 (4.62%) Analyst
4 10 (3.85%) Sales Executive
5 9 (3.46%) Financial Analyst
5 9 (3.46%) Senior
6 8 (3.08%) Business Development Executive
7 7 (2.69%) Business Analyst
8 4 (1.54%) Consultant
8 4 (1.54%) Finance Business Analyst
8 4 (1.54%) Sales Representative
8 4 (1.54%) Systems Engineer
9 3 (1.15%) Business Sales Executive
9 3 (1.15%) Coordinator
9 3 (1.15%) Senior Business Analyst
9 3 (1.15%) Senior Sales Executive
9 3 (1.15%) Solutions Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.92%) .NET
2 17 (6.54%) .NET Core
2 17 (6.54%) .NET Framework
2 17 (6.54%) JSON
2 17 (6.54%) React
2 17 (6.54%) XML
3 5 (1.92%) ASP.NET
4 3 (1.15%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.38%) CSS
5 1 (0.38%) Kafka
5 1 (0.38%) Middleware
5 1 (0.38%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.38%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.54%) Mobile App
2 7 (2.69%) Social Media
3 6 (2.31%) Management Information System
4 5 (1.92%) NHS
4 5 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.54%) Driving Licence
5 4 (1.54%) FMCG
6 3 (1.15%) Home Automation
6 3 (1.15%) Life Science
6 3 (1.15%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.15%) PACS
7 2 (0.77%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (0.77%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.38%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.38%) Credit Derivative
8 1 (0.38%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.38%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.38%) Derivative
8 1 (0.38%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.77%) Windows
2 1 (0.38%) Linux
2 1 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (50.38%) Facilities Management
2 130 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 129 (49.62%) Collaborative Culture
3 129 (49.62%) Marketing Strategy
4 32 (12.31%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (11.54%) Project Management
6 23 (8.85%) Agile
7 21 (8.08%) CRM
8 19 (7.31%) B2B
8 19 (7.31%) Coaching
9 17 (6.54%) B2B Sales
9 17 (6.54%) Customer-Centricity
9 17 (6.54%) Time Management
9 17 (6.54%) Workflow
10 14 (5.38%) Business Intelligence
10 14 (5.38%) Business Strategy
11 13 (5.00%) Lead Generation
12 12 (4.62%) Decision-Making
13 11 (4.23%) Market Research
14 10 (3.85%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 19 (7.31%) SQL
2 5 (1.92%) C#
3 4 (1.54%) C++
4 3 (1.15%) Python
5 2 (0.77%) C
5 2 (0.77%) Embedded C
5 2 (0.77%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.38%) Java
6 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (7.69%) Degree
2 9 (3.46%) ACCA
2 9 (3.46%) CIMA
2 9 (3.46%) Security Cleared
3 7 (2.69%) Master's Degree
4 6 (2.31%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.15%) APMP
5 3 (1.15%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.15%) PhD
5 3 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.38%) HNC
7 1 (0.38%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.77%) Def Stans
2 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.38%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (0.38%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 34 (13.08%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.62%) Salesforce
3 4 (1.54%) EMC
4 2 (0.77%) Google
4 2 (0.77%) HubSpot
4 2 (0.77%) VMware
5 1 (0.38%) AVEVA
5 1 (0.38%) Dell
5 1 (0.38%) HP
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle
5 1 (0.38%) Rockwell
5 1 (0.38%) Siemens
5 1 (0.38%) Solace
5 1 (0.38%) Sophos
5 1 (0.38%) TIBCO
5 1 (0.38%) Veeam