Business Developer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Business Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Business Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 448 543 518
Rank change year-on-year +95 -25 +171
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 58 29 49
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.081% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.087% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 40 8 46
10th Percentile - £38,741 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,938 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £46,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.30% -1.58% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £54,793 £52,396
90th Percentile £63,750 £61,230 £66,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £53,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.33% +7.50% -16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 38,179 33,328 33,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,318 16,178 25,075
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Business Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Business Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Business Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Business Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Business Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Business Developer job vacancies 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 13 January 2026.

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 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
Midlands +41 20 £40,000 -44.83% 8
West Midlands +40 20 £40,000 - 8
South East +40 20 £62,500 +25.00% 3
East of England - 8 £60,000 - 1
South West +13 7 £52,500 - 1
Wales - 3 - - 4
Business Developer
UK

Business Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Business Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of 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 29 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 28 (48.28%) Power BI
2 28 (48.28%) Power Platform
3 17 (29.31%) SQL Server
4 16 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (27.59%) SQL
5 15 (25.86%) .NET
6 12 (20.69%) ERP
6 12 (20.69%) ETL
6 12 (20.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (20.69%) TETRA
7 11 (18.97%) Visualisation
8 10 (17.24%) Analytics
8 10 (17.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (17.24%) Data Visualisation
8 10 (17.24%) Decision-Making
9 9 (15.52%) SAP
10 8 (13.79%) Computer Science
10 8 (13.79%) Data Integration
10 8 (13.79%) Degree
10 8 (13.79%) Microsoft
11 7 (12.07%) Budgeting
11 7 (12.07%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 7 (12.07%) Business Strategy
11 7 (12.07%) Data Analytics
11 7 (12.07%) Process Improvement
12 6 (10.34%) Data Modelling
12 6 (10.34%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 6 (10.34%) SAP CO
12 6 (10.34%) SAP CO-PA

Business Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (10.34%) SAP CO
2 2 (3.45%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (1.72%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 28 (48.28%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.17%) Azure
2 3 (5.17%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (5.17%) Snowflake
3 2 (3.45%) Power Automate
3 2 (3.45%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.72%) AWS
4 1 (1.72%) GCP
4 1 (1.72%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 12 (20.69%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (48.28%) Power BI
2 17 (29.31%) SQL Server
3 12 (20.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (5.17%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.45%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (3.45%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (1.72%) BigQuery
6 1 (1.72%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (1.72%) MySQL
6 1 (1.72%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.72%) OLAP
6 1 (1.72%) OLAP Cube
6 1 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Git
1 2 (3.45%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 15 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 13 (22.41%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (22.41%) Finance
3 7 (12.07%) Manufacturing
4 6 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (5.17%) Games
6 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.72%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (25.86%) .NET
2 6 (10.34%) SAP CO-PA
3 4 (6.90%) .NET Framework
4 2 (3.45%) REST
4 2 (3.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.17%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (3.45%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.72%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (20.69%) ERP
3 12 (20.69%) ETL
4 11 (18.97%) Visualisation
5 10 (17.24%) Analytics
5 10 (17.24%) Data Visualisation
5 10 (17.24%) Decision-Making
6 8 (13.79%) Computer Science
6 8 (13.79%) Data Integration
7 7 (12.07%) Budgeting
7 7 (12.07%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 7 (12.07%) Business Strategy
7 7 (12.07%) Data Analytics
7 7 (12.07%) Process Improvement
8 6 (10.34%) Data Modelling
8 6 (10.34%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 5 (8.62%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 4 (6.90%) Actionable Insight
11 3 (5.17%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 16 (27.59%) SQL
2 10 (17.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (5.17%) Python
3 3 (5.17%) T-SQL
4 2 (3.45%) VB.NET
5 1 (1.72%) C
5 1 (1.72%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (13.79%) Degree
2 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (1.72%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.17%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.72%) GDPR
Vendors
1 9 (15.52%) SAP
2 8 (13.79%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.45%) Databricks
4 1 (1.72%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.72%) Infor
4 1 (1.72%) Teradata