Business Development Job Trends in the South West

Business Development
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Business Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 101 156
Rank change year-on-year +79 +55 -37
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 313 97 66
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.18% 2.33% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.65% 2.73% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 261 25 46
10th Percentile - £28,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +18.42% -30.91%
75th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £66,875
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £49,200 £56,509 £39,085
% change year-on-year -12.93% +44.58% -37.46%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,620 3,550 4,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.51% 85.42% 89.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,491 1,780 3,234
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,450 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,875 £40,236 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,439 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +3.69% +2.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £81,100
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Business Development job vacancy trend in the South West

Business Development
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Business Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Business Development

Business Development
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Development in the South West over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Development in the South West

Business Development
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Bristol +34 119 £42,500 -26.09% 65
Gloucestershire +47 58 £38,000 -15.56% 45
Wiltshire +50 49 £35,000 - 38
Devon +33 34 £35,000 -4.11% 49
Somerset - 28 £34,000 - 48
Dorset +10 22 £30,000 -33.33% 38
Business Development
England

Business Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 6 (1.92%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (3.83%) SaaS
2 11 (3.51%) Azure
3 6 (1.92%) AWS
4 3 (0.96%) Matillion
4 3 (0.96%) Power Platform
4 3 (0.96%) Snowflake
5 2 (0.64%) GCP
5 2 (0.64%) Google Ads
6 1 (0.32%) OCI
6 1 (0.32%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.64%) DNS
1 2 (0.64%) HTTP
1 2 (0.64%) ICMP
1 2 (0.64%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.32%) 2G
2 1 (0.32%) 4G
2 1 (0.32%) 5G
2 1 (0.32%) Broadband
2 1 (0.32%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.32%) Firewall
2 1 (0.32%) Internet
2 1 (0.32%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (0.96%) Power BI
3 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (0.64%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 50 (15.97%) Social Skills
2 45 (14.38%) Finance
3 26 (8.31%) Marketing
4 14 (4.47%) Advertising
4 14 (4.47%) Manufacturing
5 13 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (2.56%) Retail
6 8 (2.56%) Telecoms
7 6 (1.92%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (1.92%) Billing
8 5 (1.60%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.60%) Games
9 4 (1.28%) Military
9 4 (1.28%) Public Sector
10 3 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.96%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.32%) Brand Awareness
11 1 (0.32%) Electronics
11 1 (0.32%) Humanities
11 1 (0.32%) Legal
Job Titles
1 152 (48.56%) Business Development Manager
1 152 (48.56%) Business Manager
1 152 (48.56%) Development Manager
2 41 (13.10%) Business Development Executive
3 37 (11.82%) Consultant
4 29 (9.27%) Recruitment Consultant
5 23 (7.35%) Trainee
6 21 (6.71%) Senior
7 19 (6.07%) Account Manager
7 19 (6.07%) Trainee Consultant
7 19 (6.07%) Trainee Recruitment Consultant
8 15 (4.79%) Senior Manager
9 12 (3.83%) Senior Business Development Manager
9 12 (3.83%) Senior Business Manager
9 12 (3.83%) Senior Development Manager
10 10 (3.19%) Account Executive
11 9 (2.88%) Development Officer
11 9 (2.88%) Sales Executive
11 9 (2.88%) Sales Manager
12 7 (2.24%) Technical Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.32%) PyTorch
1 1 (0.32%) scikit-learn
1 1 (0.32%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 8 (2.56%) Onboarding
2 7 (2.24%) IoT
2 7 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (2.24%) Social Media
3 6 (1.92%) Driving Licence
3 6 (1.92%) Management Information System
4 5 (1.60%) Web Conferencing
5 3 (0.96%) FMCG
5 3 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (0.96%) PKI
6 2 (0.64%) Arduino
6 2 (0.64%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.64%) Educational Technology
6 2 (0.64%) e-Learning
6 2 (0.64%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (0.64%) Raspberry Pi
6 2 (0.64%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.32%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.32%) PropTech
7 1 (0.32%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.92%) Linux
2 4 (1.28%) Debian
2 4 (1.28%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.32%) Windows
3 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (8.95%) Lead Generation
2 22 (7.03%) CRM
3 20 (6.39%) B2B
4 15 (4.79%) AI
5 14 (4.47%) Analytics
5 14 (4.47%) B2B Sales
6 12 (3.83%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (3.19%) Machine Learning
8 9 (2.88%) Project Management
9 8 (2.56%) Collaborative Working
9 8 (2.56%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (2.24%) Decision-Making
10 7 (2.24%) Mentoring
11 6 (1.92%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (1.92%) Customer Experience
11 6 (1.92%) Customer Service
11 6 (1.92%) Portfolio Management
11 6 (1.92%) Strategic Thinking
11 6 (1.92%) Thought Leadership
11 6 (1.92%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.24%) Python
2 2 (0.64%) C
2 2 (0.64%) C++
Qualifications
1 19 (6.07%) Degree
2 16 (5.11%) Security Cleared
3 9 (2.88%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.92%) AAT
4 6 (1.92%) ACCA
4 6 (1.92%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (0.96%) RMADS
2 2 (0.64%) QA
3 1 (0.32%) GDPR
3 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.32%) NCSC
3 1 (0.32%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (0.32%) Docker
1 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (1.28%) Ansible
1 4 (1.28%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (4.79%) Salesforce
2 6 (1.92%) HubSpot
2 6 (1.92%) Sage
2 6 (1.92%) Xero
3 4 (1.28%) Microsoft
3 4 (1.28%) Red Hat
4 2 (0.64%) Google
5 1 (0.32%) Intel
5 1 (0.32%) SAP