Business Development Jobs in the UK excluding London

Business Development
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Business Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Business Development over the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 134 229
Rank change year-on-year -13 +95 +124
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 673 1,382 994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.88% 2.17% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 2.52% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 337 997 316
10th Percentile £28,822 £27,300 £32,875
25th Percentile £30,580 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £40,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -24.88% -11.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,000 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -30.77% -7.14%

All Process and 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 33,293 54,785 61,581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.82% 85.87% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 16,946 38,837 31,499
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,620 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £50,000 £54,590
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% -8.41% +3.98%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £58,033 £55,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year +5.51% -11.29% +3.33%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Business Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Development in the UK excluding London

Business Development
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Business Development in the UK excluding London

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 24 March 2025.

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 24 March 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 +9 166 £30,580 -28.05% 88
North of England -7 158 £59,000 +24.21% 175
West Midlands +21 140 £30,290 -32.69% 50
South East -74 131 £38,000 - 346
North West -21 96 £72,500 +52.63% 98
East of England +32 88 £42,500 -15.00% 74
Scotland +71 65 £50,000 +78.57% 49
South West +26 54 £38,000 -22.05% 62
Yorkshire +11 45 £46,000 -8.00% 52
East Midlands +8 26 £43,000 +14.67% 34
North East +38 15 £35,000 - 27
Northern Ireland +31 7 £87,500 +45.83% 13
Wales +13 6 £57,500 +61.97% 10
Channel Islands - 1 £70,000 -
Business Development
UK

Business Development
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 4 (0.59%) CMS
1 4 (0.59%) Drupal
2 3 (0.45%) Apache
2 3 (0.45%) GemFire
Applications
1 98 (14.56%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (7.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.49%) SPSS
5 4 (0.59%) Adobe Premiere
5 4 (0.59%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.59%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.15%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 72 (10.70%) Salesforce CRM
2 9 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.59%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 3 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.30%) Line 50
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle Payroll
7 1 (0.15%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.15%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 21 (3.12%) Power Platform
2 20 (2.97%) SaaS
3 13 (1.93%) Azure
4 8 (1.19%) AWS
5 7 (1.04%) GCP
5 7 (1.04%) Google Workspace
6 5 (0.74%) OCI
7 4 (0.59%) Boomi
7 4 (0.59%) Figma
7 4 (0.59%) Google Analytics
7 4 (0.59%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (0.59%) Miro
7 4 (0.59%) Slack
8 3 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.45%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (0.45%) Smartsheet
8 3 (0.45%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (0.30%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 2 (0.30%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.19%) Broadband
2 7 (1.04%) Intranet
3 5 (0.74%) Internet
4 4 (0.59%) Unified Communications
5 3 (0.45%) Network Security
5 3 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (0.45%) VoIP
5 3 (0.45%) Wireless
5 3 (0.45%) WPA
6 1 (0.15%) DNS
6 1 (0.15%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.15%) LAN
6 1 (0.15%) PBX
6 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.15%) WAN
6 1 (0.15%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (4.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 27 (4.01%) SQL Server
3 17 (2.53%) Power BI
4 10 (1.49%) Tableau
5 5 (0.74%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.59%) SAP BW
7 3 (0.45%) Apache Ignite
7 3 (0.45%) InterSystems Cache
7 3 (0.45%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.45%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.45%) Redis
7 3 (0.45%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.30%) Big Data
8 2 (0.30%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.15%) GIS
9 1 (0.15%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 27 (4.01%) Visual Studio
2 8 (1.19%) JIRA
3 4 (0.59%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.15%) LabVIEW
General
1 271 (40.27%) Social Skills
2 184 (27.34%) Finance
3 134 (19.91%) Marketing
4 78 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (9.81%) Legal
6 56 (8.32%) Law
7 39 (5.79%) Presentation Skills
8 36 (5.35%) Banking
9 33 (4.90%) Public Sector
10 30 (4.46%) Manufacturing
11 23 (3.42%) Retail
12 20 (2.97%) Telecoms
13 18 (2.67%) Electronics
14 16 (2.38%) Advertising
15 12 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (0.74%) Automotive
17 5 (0.74%) Local Government
18 4 (0.59%) Billing
18 4 (0.59%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 302 (44.87%) Development Manager
2 292 (43.39%) Business Development Manager
2 292 (43.39%) Business Manager
3 47 (6.98%) Senior
4 38 (5.65%) Customer Executive
5 37 (5.50%) Senior Manager
6 32 (4.75%) Analyst
7 30 (4.46%) Consultant
8 27 (4.01%) Developer
8 27 (4.01%) Portal Developer
9 24 (3.57%) Business Development Executive
10 19 (2.82%) Account Executive
10 19 (2.82%) Project Manager
11 17 (2.53%) Lead
12 14 (2.08%) Business Analyst
13 13 (1.93%) Architect
14 12 (1.78%) Financial Analyst
14 12 (1.78%) Sales Executive
15 10 (1.49%) Audit Manager
15 10 (1.49%) Market Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.16%) XML
2 27 (4.01%) .NET
2 27 (4.01%) .NET Core
2 27 (4.01%) .NET Framework
2 27 (4.01%) JSON
2 27 (4.01%) React
3 7 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (0.74%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.45%) ATL
5 3 (0.45%) Kafka
5 3 (0.45%) Middleware
5 3 (0.45%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (0.45%) Spring
6 2 (0.30%) EDI
7 1 (0.15%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.15%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 57 (8.47%) Self-Motivation
2 35 (5.20%) Mobile App
3 29 (4.31%) Onboarding
4 17 (2.53%) Social Media
5 16 (2.38%) Life Science
6 13 (1.93%) Driving Licence
7 11 (1.63%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.34%) Credit Risk
8 9 (1.34%) FMCG
8 9 (1.34%) Product Ownership
9 8 (1.19%) Derivative
10 7 (1.04%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.04%) NHS
11 5 (0.74%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.59%) Blog
12 4 (0.59%) Equities
12 4 (0.59%) IoT
12 4 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.45%) Fixed Income
13 3 (0.45%) Genomics
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.04%) Windows
2 4 (0.59%) Linux
2 4 (0.59%) Unix
2 4 (0.59%) Windows Vista
3 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (19.17%) CRM
2 96 (14.26%) Problem-Solving
3 93 (13.82%) B2B
3 93 (13.82%) Business Strategy
4 88 (13.08%) Agile
5 84 (12.48%) Value Proposition
6 83 (12.33%) Project Management
7 82 (12.18%) Decision-Making
8 68 (10.10%) Active Listening
8 68 (10.10%) Deadline-Driven
9 60 (8.92%) Customer Service
10 55 (8.17%) Business Enablement
11 51 (7.58%) Coaching
11 51 (7.58%) Contract Negotiation
12 47 (6.98%) Presales
13 40 (5.94%) Customer-Centricity
14 38 (5.65%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 38 (5.65%) Technology Enablement
15 37 (5.50%) Lead Generation
16 34 (5.05%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 31 (4.61%) SQL
2 5 (0.74%) Java
3 2 (0.30%) Python
4 1 (0.15%) C
4 1 (0.15%) C++
4 1 (0.15%) R
Qualifications
1 51 (7.58%) Degree
2 27 (4.01%) ACCA
3 26 (3.86%) Security Cleared
4 10 (1.49%) SC Cleared
5 9 (1.34%) CIMA
6 5 (0.74%) CFA
6 5 (0.74%) DV Cleared
6 5 (0.74%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.59%) PMI Certification
7 4 (0.59%) PMP
8 3 (0.45%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.30%) CISM
9 2 (0.30%) CISSP
9 2 (0.30%) HNC
9 2 (0.30%) HND
9 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.30%) MRICS
9 2 (0.30%) PhD
9 2 (0.30%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (10.10%) SLA
2 22 (3.27%) QA
3 14 (2.08%) GAAP
3 14 (2.08%) IFRS
4 10 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.19%) ISO 9001
5 8 (1.19%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.04%) ISO 14001
7 5 (0.74%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.45%) GDPR
9 2 (0.30%) COBIT
9 2 (0.30%) GRC
9 2 (0.30%) NIST
10 1 (0.15%) FISMA
10 1 (0.15%) GLBA
10 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.15%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.15%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.15%) Firmware
2 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (0.15%) WMI
Vendors
1 123 (18.28%) Salesforce
2 107 (15.90%) Microsoft
3 89 (13.22%) SAP
4 38 (5.65%) YouTube
5 18 (2.67%) Oracle
6 16 (2.38%) Google
6 16 (2.38%) Intel
6 16 (2.38%) VMware
7 10 (1.49%) Broadcom
7 10 (1.49%) Symantec
8 8 (1.19%) Fortinet
9 7 (1.04%) Dell
10 6 (0.89%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.59%) Sage
12 3 (0.45%) Solace
12 3 (0.45%) TIBCO
12 3 (0.45%) Workday
13 2 (0.30%) Guidewire
13 2 (0.30%) MuleSoft
13 2 (0.30%) ServiceNow