Business Development Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Business Development Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Business Development Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £38,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 200 288 540
Rank change year-on-year +88 +252 +273
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Development Manager 597 677 219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.52% 0.91% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.68% 0.96% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 211 515 38
10th Percentile £28,822 £28,119 -
25th Percentile £30,580 £36,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £40,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -13.51% +6.94%
75th Percentile £41,000 £58,500 £54,688
90th Percentile £60,000 £77,500 £60,000
UK median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -20.00% -16.67%

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 35,540 70,800 51,694
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.25% 94.95% 89.10%
Number of salaries quoted 17,956 49,914 29,611
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%
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 Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Development Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Development Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Business Development Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Development Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Development Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Development Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Development Manager
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 Development Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
South East +39 166 £42,000 +5.00% 453
East of England +135 161 £41,000 -8.89% 303
Midlands +31 96 £29,701 -22.85% 386
West Midlands +18 86 £28,822 -24.15% 210
North of England -4 74 £37,500 -23.08% 458
South West +141 66 £38,000 -15.56% 197
North West -32 42 £35,000 -36.36% 212
Scotland +64 20 £38,000 -52.50% 94
Yorkshire +34 18 £55,000 +22.22% 185
North East +52 12 £35,000 -12.50% 63
East Midlands +31 10 £50,750 -7.73% 158
Wales +18 9 £75,000 +110.08% 55
Northern Ireland +37 5 £40,000 -33.33% 23
Business Development Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Business Development Manager 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 Development Manager in the job title.

1 597 (100.00%) Business Development
2 281 (47.07%) Social Skills
3 250 (41.88%) Marketing
4 223 (37.35%) Finance
5 211 (35.34%) Public Sector
6 209 (35.01%) Collaborative Working
7 207 (34.67%) Marketing Strategy
8 205 (34.34%) Collaborative Culture
9 204 (34.17%) Facilities Management
10 98 (16.42%) CRM
11 87 (14.57%) B2B
12 83 (13.90%) Business Strategy
13 78 (13.07%) Value Proposition
13 78 (13.07%) Salesforce
14 77 (12.90%) SAP
14 77 (12.90%) SLA
14 77 (12.90%) Active Listening
14 77 (12.90%) Salesforce CRM
14 77 (12.90%) Deadline-Driven
15 65 (10.89%) Customer Service
16 63 (10.55%) Business Enablement
17 52 (8.71%) Technology Enablement
17 52 (8.71%) YouTube
18 43 (7.20%) Presentation Skills
19 38 (6.37%) Time Management
20 34 (5.70%) Problem-Solving
21 30 (5.03%) Sales Enablement
22 25 (4.19%) Coaching
23 24 (4.02%) Banking
23 24 (4.02%) Customer Value Proposition

Business Development Manager 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 1 (0.17%) Moodle
1 1 (0.17%) Totara
Applications
1 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 77 (12.90%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.34%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 15 (2.51%) SaaS
2 1 (0.17%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.84%) IP Telephony
1 5 (0.84%) Network Security
2 3 (0.50%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (0.34%) WPA
4 1 (0.17%) LAN
4 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.17%) WAN
4 1 (0.17%) Wireless
4 1 (0.17%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.34%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (0.17%) JIRA
General
1 281 (47.07%) Social Skills
2 250 (41.88%) Marketing
3 223 (37.35%) Finance
4 211 (35.34%) Public Sector
5 43 (7.20%) Presentation Skills
6 24 (4.02%) Banking
7 20 (3.35%) Manufacturing
8 9 (1.51%) Electronics
9 8 (1.34%) Legal
10 7 (1.17%) Automotive
11 5 (0.84%) Games
11 5 (0.84%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.67%) Analytical Skills
12 4 (0.67%) Retail
13 3 (0.50%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.50%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.50%) Health Technology
13 3 (0.50%) Law
13 3 (0.50%) Local Government
14 2 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 16 (2.68%) Data Centre
2 14 (2.35%) Driving Licence
3 13 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (1.51%) Social Media
5 5 (0.84%) Private Cloud
6 4 (0.67%) FMCG
6 4 (0.67%) Onboarding
6 4 (0.67%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (0.50%) CCTV
7 3 (0.50%) EPoS
8 2 (0.34%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.17%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.17%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.17%) IoT
9 1 (0.17%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.17%) Media Streaming
9 1 (0.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.34%) Windows
1 2 (0.34%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 597 (100.00%) Business Development
2 209 (35.01%) Collaborative Working
3 207 (34.67%) Marketing Strategy
4 205 (34.34%) Collaborative Culture
5 204 (34.17%) Facilities Management
6 98 (16.42%) CRM
7 87 (14.57%) B2B
8 83 (13.90%) Business Strategy
9 78 (13.07%) Value Proposition
10 77 (12.90%) Active Listening
10 77 (12.90%) Deadline-Driven
11 65 (10.89%) Customer Service
12 63 (10.55%) Business Enablement
13 52 (8.71%) Technology Enablement
14 38 (6.37%) Time Management
15 34 (5.70%) Problem-Solving
16 30 (5.03%) Sales Enablement
17 25 (4.19%) Coaching
18 24 (4.02%) Customer Value Proposition
19 20 (3.35%) Lead Generation
Qualifications
1 8 (1.34%) Degree
2 2 (0.34%) DBS Check
2 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (12.90%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 78 (13.07%) Salesforce
2 77 (12.90%) SAP
3 52 (8.71%) YouTube
4 11 (1.84%) Oracle
5 9 (1.51%) Intel
5 9 (1.51%) Tenable
6 8 (1.34%) Fortinet
6 8 (1.34%) Sophos
7 7 (1.17%) HubSpot
8 6 (1.01%) Microsoft
9 5 (0.84%) Google
10 2 (0.34%) NetApp
11 1 (0.17%) Dell
11 1 (0.17%) HP
11 1 (0.17%) LexisNexis
11 1 (0.17%) Veeam
11 1 (0.17%) VMware