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

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 90 132
Rank change year-on-year -16 +42 +96
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 260 485 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.70% 2.87% 2.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% 3.41% 2.62%
Number of salaries quoted 75 370 124
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,275
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,000 £35,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -15.79% -24.00%
75th Percentile £55,625 £54,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £92,000 £77,500 £85,400
England median annual salary £41,000 £41,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.80% -30.42% -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 8,847 14,228 13,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.82% 84.33% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 4,328 9,873 7,877
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £36,250 £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 £77,500 £86,250
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 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 18 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 18 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 +49 83 £35,000 -12.50% 64
Thames Valley -50 77 £37,500 -1.32% 163
Kent +25 47 £42,000 +5.00% 38
Berkshire -34 36 £35,000 -7.89% 78
Oxfordshire +14 31 £37,500 -1.32% 69
Hampshire +26 19 £70,500 +56.67% 90
Middlesex -1 17 - - 3
Buckinghamshire -37 10 - - 43
East Sussex +27 9 £25,000 -42.86% 24
West Sussex +28 8 £45,000 +12.50% 16
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 6 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.38%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.38%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 14 (5.38%) Power Platform
2 2 (0.77%) SaaS
3 1 (0.38%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.54%) Internet
2 3 (1.15%) Broadband
2 3 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.77%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.77%) Wireless
4 1 (0.38%) FIX Connectivity
4 1 (0.38%) LAN
4 1 (0.38%) Modbus
4 1 (0.38%) Network Security
4 1 (0.38%) WAN
4 1 (0.38%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.31%) SQL Server
1 19 (7.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 14 (5.38%) Power BI
3 3 (1.15%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Ignite
4 1 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.38%) GIS
4 1 (0.38%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (0.38%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.38%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.38%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.38%) Redis
4 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (7.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 200 (76.92%) Social Skills
2 157 (60.38%) Finance
3 154 (59.23%) Marketing
4 136 (52.31%) Public Sector
5 18 (6.92%) Manufacturing
6 17 (6.54%) Banking
7 14 (5.38%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (4.23%) Telecoms
10 9 (3.46%) Advertising
10 9 (3.46%) Analytical Skills
10 9 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.08%) Law
12 7 (2.69%) Legal
13 5 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.92%) Retail
14 4 (1.54%) Investment Banking
15 3 (1.15%) Electronics
15 3 (1.15%) Military
16 2 (0.77%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 172 (66.15%) Business Manager
2 171 (65.77%) Business Development Manager
2 171 (65.77%) Development Manager
3 19 (7.31%) Developer
3 19 (7.31%) Portal Developer
4 12 (4.62%) Analyst
5 10 (3.85%) Senior
6 9 (3.46%) Financial Analyst
6 9 (3.46%) Sales Executive
7 8 (3.08%) Business Development Executive
8 7 (2.69%) Business Analyst
9 4 (1.54%) Consultant
9 4 (1.54%) Finance Business Analyst
9 4 (1.54%) Sales Representative
9 4 (1.54%) Systems Engineer
10 3 (1.15%) Account Executive
10 3 (1.15%) Business Sales Executive
10 3 (1.15%) Coordinator
10 3 (1.15%) Online Development Manager
10 3 (1.15%) Solutions Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (7.69%) XML
2 19 (7.31%) .NET
2 19 (7.31%) .NET Core
2 19 (7.31%) .NET Framework
2 19 (7.31%) JSON
2 19 (7.31%) React
3 5 (1.92%) ASP.NET
4 3 (1.15%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.38%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.38%) Kafka
5 1 (0.38%) Middleware
5 1 (0.38%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.38%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.31%) Mobile App
2 7 (2.69%) Social Media
3 5 (1.92%) Management Information System
3 5 (1.92%) NHS
3 5 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.54%) Driving Licence
4 4 (1.54%) FMCG
4 4 (1.54%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.15%) Home Automation
5 3 (1.15%) PACS
6 2 (0.77%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (0.77%) Equities
7 1 (0.38%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.38%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.38%) Credit Derivative
7 1 (0.38%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.38%) Derivative
7 1 (0.38%) Equity Derivative
7 1 (0.38%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.38%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.77%) Unix
1 2 (0.77%) Windows
2 1 (0.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 130 (50.00%) Facilities Management
2 129 (49.62%) Collaborative Culture
3 128 (49.23%) Marketing Strategy
4 34 (13.08%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (10.77%) Project Management
6 22 (8.46%) Agile
6 22 (8.46%) CRM
7 19 (7.31%) Customer-Centricity
7 19 (7.31%) Workflow
8 17 (6.54%) Time Management
9 16 (6.15%) B2B
10 15 (5.77%) B2B Sales
10 15 (5.77%) Business Strategy
11 14 (5.38%) Business Intelligence
11 14 (5.38%) Coaching
12 12 (4.62%) Lead Generation
13 10 (3.85%) Decision-Making
13 10 (3.85%) Market Research
14 9 (3.46%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 20 (7.69%) SQL
2 3 (1.15%) C#
2 3 (1.15%) C++
3 1 (0.38%) C
3 1 (0.38%) Embedded C
3 1 (0.38%) Java
3 1 (0.38%) MATLAB
3 1 (0.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (7.31%) Degree
2 9 (3.46%) ACCA
2 9 (3.46%) CIMA
3 7 (2.69%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.31%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.92%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.77%) APMP
6 2 (0.77%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.38%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.77%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.38%) Def Stans
2 1 (0.38%) NIST
2 1 (0.38%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 36 (13.85%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.62%) Salesforce
3 3 (1.15%) EMC
4 2 (0.77%) Google
4 2 (0.77%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.38%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.38%) Dell
5 1 (0.38%) HP
5 1 (0.38%) NYFIX
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle
5 1 (0.38%) Solace
5 1 (0.38%) Sophos
5 1 (0.38%) Sun
5 1 (0.38%) TIBCO
5 1 (0.38%) Veeam
5 1 (0.38%) VMware