Business Development Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Business Development
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 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 20 70 47
Rank change year-on-year +50 -23 +76
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 289 125 192
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 7.17% 3.69% 4.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.91% 4.02% 5.44%
Number of salaries quoted 215 62 166
10th Percentile £30,000 - £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £38,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% - -36.67%
75th Percentile £55,000 £52,462 -
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,875 £41,875
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +10.53% -28.97%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,245 3,106 3,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.48% 91.78% 89.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,770 1,383 2,439
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £39,043
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Business Development job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Business Development
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Business Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Business Development

Business Development
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Business Development in the Thames Valley

Business Development
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Development within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +37 155 £50,000 -14.89% 200
Buckinghamshire +53 73 £50,000 +21.95% 63
Oxfordshire +25 61 £45,000 +20.00% 45
Business Development
South East

Business Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (7.27%) SaaS
2 8 (2.77%) AWS
3 1 (0.35%) Azure
3 1 (0.35%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (0.35%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.35%) Power BI
1 1 (0.35%) SAS EBI
1 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 23 (7.96%) Social Skills
2 20 (6.92%) Finance
3 18 (6.23%) Marketing
4 13 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (3.81%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.81%) Automotive
7 9 (3.11%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.42%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (2.42%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.08%) Retail
10 5 (1.73%) French Language
11 4 (1.38%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.04%) Billing
12 3 (1.04%) Social Housing
13 2 (0.69%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.35%) German Language
14 1 (0.35%) Italian Language
14 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.35%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 168 (58.13%) Business Development Manager
1 168 (58.13%) Development Manager
2 167 (57.79%) Business Manager
3 36 (12.46%) Business Development Executive
4 15 (5.19%) Sales Executive
5 13 (4.50%) Business Sales Executive
6 11 (3.81%) Senior
7 10 (3.46%) Business Development Director
7 10 (3.46%) Development Director
7 10 (3.46%) Junior
7 10 (3.46%) Sales Representative
8 8 (2.77%) Alliance Manager
8 8 (2.77%) Senior Business Development Manager
8 8 (2.77%) Senior Business Manager
8 8 (2.77%) Senior Development Manager
8 8 (2.77%) Senior Manager
9 7 (2.42%) Sales Business Development Manager
9 7 (2.42%) Sales Manager
9 7 (2.42%) Technical Development Manager
9 7 (2.42%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (2.77%) Social Media
3 6 (2.08%) Onboarding
4 5 (1.73%) Blog
4 5 (1.73%) Driving Licence
4 5 (1.73%) FMCG
5 4 (1.38%) Life Science
6 3 (1.04%) Home Automation
6 3 (1.04%) Smart Home
7 2 (0.69%) Biopharmaceutical
7 2 (0.69%) CCTV
7 2 (0.69%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.69%) Tandem
8 1 (0.35%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (7.96%) B2B
2 20 (6.92%) Business Strategy
3 19 (6.57%) Logistics
4 18 (6.23%) AI
4 18 (6.23%) B2B Sales
5 17 (5.88%) Lead Generation
6 16 (5.54%) CRM
6 16 (5.54%) GTM Strategy
7 13 (4.50%) Customer Service
8 9 (3.11%) Decision-Making
9 8 (2.77%) Sales Enablement
10 6 (2.08%) ITIL
10 6 (2.08%) ITSM
10 6 (2.08%) Mentoring
10 6 (2.08%) Product Strategy
10 6 (2.08%) Service Design
10 6 (2.08%) Service Management
10 6 (2.08%) SIAM
10 6 (2.08%) User Experience
10 6 (2.08%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.69%) Python
2 1 (0.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (4.15%) Degree
2 4 (1.38%) City & Guilds
2 4 (1.38%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 4 (1.38%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 9 (3.11%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.08%) BMC
2 6 (2.08%) HubSpot
2 6 (2.08%) Salesforce
2 6 (2.08%) ServiceNow
3 5 (1.73%) HP
4 3 (1.04%) SAP
5 2 (0.69%) Cisco
5 2 (0.69%) Dell
5 2 (0.69%) VMware
6 1 (0.35%) Databricks