Business Developer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Business Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Business Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 555 691 709
Rank change year-on-year +136 +18 +80
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 24 71 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.060% 0.095% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.100% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 23 65 27
10th Percentile £42,878 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,000 £35,000 £38,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £56,750 £72,000 £68,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,084 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -9.42% +9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,806 71,101 51,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.94% 89.01%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 50,103 29,550
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Business Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Business Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Developer in the UK excluding London

Business Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Developer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Business Developer in the UK excluding London

Business Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Developer in the UK excluding London

Business Developer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
Midlands +58 10 £45,000 -3.23% 2
West Midlands +55 10 £45,000 -11.76% 1
North of England +7 5 £46,250 -11.20% 8
South West +99 3 £52,500 +50.00% 2
South East +79 3 £50,000 - 4
Yorkshire +49 3 £49,000 +22.50% 2
Scotland - 3 £50,000 - 3
North West -22 2 £43,500 -16.48% 3
Business Developer
UK

Business Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Business Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Business Developer in the job title.

1 20 (83.33%) SQL
2 17 (70.83%) Business Intelligence
3 15 (62.50%) ETL
3 15 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (58.33%) Azure
5 13 (54.17%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 12 (50.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 12 (50.00%) Power BI
6 12 (50.00%) Decision-Making
6 12 (50.00%) Power Platform
7 11 (45.83%) Data Quality
7 11 (45.83%) Finance
8 10 (41.67%) Management Information System
8 10 (41.67%) Data Mapping
8 10 (41.67%) Analytics
8 10 (41.67%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (37.50%) Case Management
9 9 (37.50%) IaaS
9 9 (37.50%) Kimball Methodology
9 9 (37.50%) PowerApps
9 9 (37.50%) Power Automate
9 9 (37.50%) Critical Thinking
9 9 (37.50%) Customer Service
9 9 (37.50%) PaaS
9 9 (37.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (37.50%) SharePoint
9 9 (37.50%) CRM
9 9 (37.50%) Star Schema
9 9 (37.50%) Microsoft

Business Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 9 (37.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (58.33%) Azure
2 12 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 10 (41.67%) Azure Data Factory
4 9 (37.50%) IaaS
4 9 (37.50%) PaaS
4 9 (37.50%) Power Automate
4 9 (37.50%) PowerApps
5 3 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (4.17%) Azure Functions
6 1 (4.17%) GitHub
6 1 (4.17%) SaaS
6 1 (4.17%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (54.17%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (50.00%) Power BI
2 12 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 9 (37.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (37.50%) Star Schema
4 3 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (50.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (4.17%) Git
2 1 (4.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (45.83%) Finance
2 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
3 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) .NET
1 2 (8.33%) XML
2 1 (4.17%) Middleware
2 1 (4.17%) REST
2 1 (4.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (41.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (70.83%) Business Intelligence
2 15 (62.50%) ETL
2 15 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (50.00%) Decision-Making
4 10 (41.67%) Analytics
4 10 (41.67%) Data Mapping
5 9 (37.50%) Case Management
5 9 (37.50%) Critical Thinking
5 9 (37.50%) CRM
5 9 (37.50%) Customer Service
5 9 (37.50%) Kimball Methodology
6 3 (12.50%) Agile
6 3 (12.50%) Data Engineering
6 3 (12.50%) Data Management
6 3 (12.50%) Data Modelling
6 3 (12.50%) ERP
6 3 (12.50%) Service Delivery
7 2 (8.33%) Data Analysis
7 2 (8.33%) Release Management
7 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (83.33%) SQL
2 5 (20.83%) Python
3 4 (16.67%) C#
4 2 (8.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (8.33%) JavaScript
4 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
5 1 (4.17%) T-SQL
5 1 (4.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) MOS
3 1 (4.17%) DBS Check
3 1 (4.17%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (45.83%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.17%) PMO
2 1 (4.17%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) Oracle
3 1 (4.17%) Cognos
3 1 (4.17%) Databricks
3 1 (4.17%) MicroStrategy
3 1 (4.17%) PeopleSoft