Business Development Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Business Development
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Business Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 103 139
Rank change year-on-year +81 +36 +104
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 3,530 885 1,069
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 7.41% 2.71% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.63% 2.99% 2.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,791 312 862
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year - +18.42% -27.62%
75th Percentile £60,000 £78,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £103,750 £67,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £39,085
% change year-on-year -17.39% +47.12% -39.87%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,645 29,607 43,385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 76.89% 90.75% 86.87%
Number of salaries quoted 21,556 13,378 33,225
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,001 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Business Development job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Business Development
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Business Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Business Development

Business Development
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Development in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Development in the UK excluding London

Business Development
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 February 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
South East +108 855 £45,000 +7.14% 349
Midlands +66 716 £50,000 +73.48% 273
North of England +49 657 £45,000 -33.33% 329
West Midlands +54 497 £50,000 +73.48% 174
East of England +88 433 £45,000 -35.94% 121
South West +75 379 £40,000 -5.88% 108
Scotland +53 363 £40,000 -46.67% 72
North West +38 354 £50,000 -33.33% 166
Yorkshire +60 234 £45,000 -33.33% 121
East Midlands +77 209 £47,500 +5.56% 99
Wales +55 81 £40,000 -30.43% 30
North East +22 69 £40,000 +14.29% 43
Northern Ireland +10 50 £30,000 - 23
Business Development
UK

Business Development
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (0.23%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.085%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.085%) WordPress
3 2 (0.057%) HCL Domino
3 2 (0.057%) HCL Notes
3 2 (0.057%) SAS
4 1 (0.028%) Confluence
4 1 (0.028%) PowerFactory
4 1 (0.028%) Resin
Applications
1 73 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.028%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 16 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
2 14 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.085%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.057%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.057%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.057%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.057%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.057%) SAP PS
5 2 (0.057%) SAP WM
6 1 (0.028%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 141 (3.99%) SaaS
2 31 (0.88%) AWS
3 27 (0.76%) Azure
4 19 (0.54%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (0.37%) Power Platform
6 10 (0.28%) GCP
7 6 (0.17%) Power Automate
7 6 (0.17%) PowerApps
8 4 (0.11%) ChatGPT
8 4 (0.11%) Google Ads
8 4 (0.11%) OCI
8 4 (0.11%) OpenShift
8 4 (0.11%) Veeva
9 3 (0.085%) Google Workspace
9 3 (0.085%) H2O.ai
10 2 (0.057%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.057%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.057%) Figma
10 2 (0.057%) PaaS
11 1 (0.028%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 20 (0.57%) Broadband
2 14 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
3 13 (0.37%) Unified Communications
4 7 (0.20%) Ethernet
5 5 (0.14%) Wireless
6 3 (0.085%) Internet
6 3 (0.085%) SMS
7 2 (0.057%) DNS
7 2 (0.057%) Firewall
7 2 (0.057%) HTTP
7 2 (0.057%) ICMP
7 2 (0.057%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.057%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.057%) VoIP
8 1 (0.028%) 4G
8 1 (0.028%) 5G
8 1 (0.028%) LTE
8 1 (0.028%) Modbus
8 1 (0.028%) Network Security
8 1 (0.028%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.17%) Data Lake
1 6 (0.17%) DTS
1 6 (0.17%) Power BI
2 3 (0.085%) Metadata
3 2 (0.057%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.057%) SAS EBI
3 2 (0.057%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.057%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (0.48%) JIRA
2 4 (0.11%) PEAR
3 2 (0.057%) IDA Disassembler
4 1 (0.028%) Appium
4 1 (0.028%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.028%) JMeter
4 1 (0.028%) Postman
4 1 (0.028%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.028%) Selenium
General
1 289 (8.19%) Finance
2 287 (8.13%) Social Skills
3 215 (6.09%) Marketing
4 128 (3.63%) Telecoms
5 113 (3.20%) Public Sector
6 111 (3.14%) Manufacturing
7 99 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
8 93 (2.63%) Retail
9 81 (2.29%) Analytical Skills
10 77 (2.18%) Advertising
11 49 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 46 (1.30%) Local Government
13 42 (1.19%) Automotive
14 28 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
15 27 (0.76%) Billing
16 26 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
17 25 (0.71%) Games
18 21 (0.59%) Electronics
19 20 (0.57%) Agriculture
20 19 (0.54%) German Language
Job Titles
1 2,170 (61.47%) Business Manager
2 2,138 (60.57%) Business Development Manager
2 2,138 (60.57%) Development Manager
3 439 (12.44%) Business Development Executive
4 195 (5.52%) Sales Manager
5 155 (4.39%) Account Manager
6 147 (4.16%) Senior
7 143 (4.05%) Sales Business Development Manager
8 134 (3.80%) Consultant
9 111 (3.14%) Senior Manager
10 98 (2.78%) Recruitment Consultant
11 95 (2.69%) Senior Business Development Manager
11 95 (2.69%) Senior Development Manager
12 93 (2.63%) Senior Business Manager
13 82 (2.32%) Sales Executive
14 49 (1.39%) Lead
15 45 (1.27%) Telecoms Manager
16 42 (1.19%) Architect
17 40 (1.13%) IT Manager
17 40 (1.13%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.11%) PyTorch
1 4 (0.11%) SAP Fiori
1 4 (0.11%) TensorFlow
2 3 (0.085%) Keras
3 2 (0.057%) EDI
4 1 (0.028%) .NET
4 1 (0.028%) Middleware
4 1 (0.028%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.028%) Playwright
4 1 (0.028%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.028%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 195 (5.52%) Self-Motivation
2 79 (2.24%) Driving Licence
3 57 (1.61%) Onboarding
4 53 (1.50%) Renewable Energy
5 45 (1.27%) Social Media
6 36 (1.02%) Data Centre
7 34 (0.96%) FMCG
8 28 (0.79%) Life Science
9 27 (0.76%) CCTV
10 25 (0.71%) Blog
11 23 (0.65%) Virtual Team
12 22 (0.62%) Management Information System
13 20 (0.57%) Web Conferencing
14 17 (0.48%) Mobile App
15 16 (0.45%) IoT
16 15 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
17 11 (0.31%) Smart Home
18 8 (0.23%) Embedded Systems
18 8 (0.23%) Solar Energy
19 7 (0.20%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 30 (0.85%) Windows
2 5 (0.14%) Linux
3 3 (0.085%) Debian
3 3 (0.085%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.057%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (8.13%) B2B
2 199 (5.64%) CRM
3 172 (4.87%) Logistics
4 167 (4.73%) Lead Generation
5 149 (4.22%) B2B Sales
6 129 (3.65%) Telesales
7 127 (3.60%) Decision-Making
8 126 (3.57%) Customer Service
9 120 (3.40%) AI
10 103 (2.92%) Business Strategy
11 81 (2.29%) Cybersecurity
12 80 (2.27%) Customer Experience
13 78 (2.21%) Project Management
14 75 (2.12%) Problem-Solving
15 70 (1.98%) Analytics
16 67 (1.90%) Continuous Improvement
17 60 (1.70%) Mentoring
18 54 (1.53%) Agile
19 52 (1.47%) Commercial Awareness
20 50 (1.42%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 12 (0.34%) Python
2 3 (0.085%) C++
3 2 (0.057%) C
3 2 (0.057%) Perl
3 2 (0.057%) Ruby
3 2 (0.057%) SQL
4 1 (0.028%) C#
4 1 (0.028%) Java
Qualifications
1 114 (3.23%) Degree
2 37 (1.05%) Security Cleared
3 19 (0.54%) HNC
3 19 (0.54%) SC Cleared
4 12 (0.34%) DBS Check
5 8 (0.23%) CREST Certified
6 7 (0.20%) CFA
6 7 (0.20%) DV Cleared
7 6 (0.17%) ACCA
7 6 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (0.17%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.11%) CISSP
8 4 (0.11%) City & Guilds
8 4 (0.11%) NVQ Level 3
9 3 (0.085%) CIMA
9 3 (0.085%) CISA
9 3 (0.085%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.057%) CEH
10 2 (0.057%) OSCP
11 1 (0.028%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (0.48%) SLA
2 9 (0.25%) QA
3 8 (0.23%) GDPR
3 8 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 5 (0.14%) Data Quality
4 5 (0.14%) ISO 9001
5 4 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.085%) ITGC
6 3 (0.085%) NIST
6 3 (0.085%) RMADS
7 2 (0.057%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.057%) GxP
7 2 (0.057%) NCSC
8 1 (0.028%) GAAP
8 1 (0.028%) GRC
8 1 (0.028%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (0.14%) Firmware
2 1 (0.028%) Docker
2 1 (0.028%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (0.11%) Functional Safety
1 4 (0.11%) Progress Chef
2 3 (0.085%) Ansible
2 3 (0.085%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.085%) Terraform
Vendors
1 92 (2.61%) Microsoft
2 73 (2.07%) Salesforce
3 41 (1.16%) HubSpot
4 30 (0.85%) SAP
5 29 (0.82%) YouTube
6 16 (0.45%) Google
7 15 (0.42%) Dell
8 14 (0.40%) ServiceNow
9 13 (0.37%) BMC
9 13 (0.37%) HP
10 10 (0.28%) Oracle
11 8 (0.23%) Xero
12 7 (0.20%) Alcatel-Lucent
12 7 (0.20%) Aruba
12 7 (0.20%) Palo Alto
13 5 (0.14%) Databricks
13 5 (0.14%) IBM
14 4 (0.11%) Anaplan
14 4 (0.11%) Fortinet
14 4 (0.11%) Tenable