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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 113 238
Rank change year-on-year +8 +125 +103
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 1,142 1,758 867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.88% 2.35% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.11% 2.85% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 431 1,032 258
10th Percentile £28,800 £28,119 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,580 £35,700 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £41,000 £45,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year -8.89% -26.83% -8.89%

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 36,721 61,614 54,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.53% 82.28% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 17,560 42,296 28,644
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

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 31 May 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 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
East of England +75 299 £41,000 -21.90% 161
South East -23 261 £37,500 -16.67% 367
North of England -49 217 £40,000 -17.95% 548
Midlands -26 195 £30,580 -23.66% 315
West Midlands +9 161 £30,580 -23.66% 196
North West -72 133 £38,750 -29.55% 336
South West +74 108 £38,000 -24.00% 165
Yorkshire -16 59 £42,000 -6.67% 160
Scotland +33 39 £45,000 -35.71% 124
East Midlands -30 34 £29,500 -26.25% 117
North East +50 25 £35,000 - 56
Wales -7 15 £75,000 +110.08% 45
Northern Ireland +21 8 £63,750 +6.25% 40
Channel Islands - 2 £78,750 - 56
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 6 (0.53%) CMS
2 4 (0.35%) Drupal
3 3 (0.26%) Apache
3 3 (0.26%) GemFire
4 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.088%) Moodle
4 1 (0.088%) Totara
Applications
1 171 (14.97%) Microsoft Office
2 68 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
4 4 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.35%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.35%) SPSS
5 2 (0.18%) GNU Octave
5 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 81 (7.09%) Salesforce CRM
2 9 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.35%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.18%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.18%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.18%) Line 50
5 2 (0.18%) Oracle Payroll
5 2 (0.18%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 48 (4.20%) SaaS
2 33 (2.89%) Power Platform
3 11 (0.96%) Azure
3 11 (0.96%) OCI
4 7 (0.61%) Boomi
4 7 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (0.61%) Snowflake
5 6 (0.53%) AWS
5 6 (0.53%) Google Analytics
6 5 (0.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 5 (0.44%) GCP
6 5 (0.44%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 5 (0.44%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 4 (0.35%) Figma
7 4 (0.35%) Google Workspace
7 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (0.35%) Miro
7 4 (0.35%) Slack
8 2 (0.18%) MailChimp
8 2 (0.18%) Storyblok
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.96%) Intranet
2 8 (0.70%) Broadband
3 5 (0.44%) IP Telephony
3 5 (0.44%) Network Security
4 4 (0.35%) Modbus
4 4 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.26%) Internet
5 3 (0.26%) MQTT
5 3 (0.26%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.18%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.18%) LAN
6 2 (0.18%) WPA
7 1 (0.088%) SAN
7 1 (0.088%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.088%) WAN
7 1 (0.088%) Wireless
7 1 (0.088%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (2.36%) Power BI
2 22 (1.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 18 (1.58%) SQL Server
4 8 (0.70%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (0.44%) BigQuery
5 5 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.35%) Tableau
7 3 (0.26%) Apache Ignite
7 3 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.26%) InterSystems Cache
7 3 (0.26%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.26%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.26%) Redis
7 3 (0.26%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.26%) SAP BW
8 2 (0.18%) Big Data
8 2 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.18%) GIS
Development Applications
1 17 (1.49%) Visual Studio
2 10 (0.88%) JIRA
3 4 (0.35%) Balsamiq
General
1 574 (50.26%) Social Skills
2 440 (38.53%) Finance
3 422 (36.95%) Marketing
4 254 (22.24%) Public Sector
5 102 (8.93%) Legal
6 71 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
7 59 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
8 49 (4.29%) Electronics
9 46 (4.03%) Law
10 41 (3.59%) Manufacturing
11 36 (3.15%) Banking
12 33 (2.89%) Retail
13 26 (2.28%) Advertising
14 25 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 20 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
15 20 (1.75%) Telecoms
16 17 (1.49%) Automotive
17 10 (0.88%) Aerospace
17 10 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
18 9 (0.79%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 610 (53.42%) Business Manager
2 608 (53.24%) Development Manager
3 601 (52.63%) Business Development Manager
4 73 (6.39%) Customer Executive
5 70 (6.13%) Account Executive
6 40 (3.50%) Business Development Executive
7 38 (3.33%) Analyst
8 37 (3.24%) Senior
9 35 (3.06%) Consultant
10 29 (2.54%) Sales Executive
11 24 (2.10%) Lead
12 22 (1.93%) Architect
13 18 (1.58%) Developer
14 17 (1.49%) Financial Analyst
14 17 (1.49%) Portal Developer
15 16 (1.40%) Junior
16 15 (1.31%) Senior Manager
17 13 (1.14%) IT Development Manager
17 13 (1.14%) IT Manager
18 10 (0.88%) IT Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (1.75%) .NET
2 17 (1.49%) .NET Core
2 17 (1.49%) .NET Framework
2 17 (1.49%) JSON
2 17 (1.49%) React
2 17 (1.49%) XML
3 6 (0.53%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (0.44%) ASP.NET
4 5 (0.44%) EDI
5 3 (0.26%) ATL
5 3 (0.26%) Kafka
5 3 (0.26%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (0.26%) Middleware
5 3 (0.26%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (0.26%) Spring
6 2 (0.18%) CSS
7 1 (0.088%) Laravel
7 1 (0.088%) ModSecurity
7 1 (0.088%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 88 (7.71%) Self-Motivation
2 32 (2.80%) Driving Licence
3 31 (2.71%) Data Centre
3 31 (2.71%) Social Media
4 25 (2.19%) Mobile App
5 22 (1.93%) Renewable Energy
6 19 (1.66%) Onboarding
7 15 (1.31%) NHS
8 12 (1.05%) FMCG
8 12 (1.05%) SCADA
9 10 (0.88%) Management Information System
10 8 (0.70%) Data Structures
11 7 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (0.61%) Life Science
12 6 (0.53%) IoT
12 6 (0.53%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (0.44%) Operational Technology
13 5 (0.44%) Private Cloud
14 4 (0.35%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.44%) Windows
2 4 (0.35%) Linux
3 3 (0.26%) Unix
4 2 (0.18%) Windows Vista
5 1 (0.088%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (20.84%) Collaborative Working
2 223 (19.53%) Collaborative Culture
3 213 (18.65%) Marketing Strategy
4 209 (18.30%) Facilities Management
5 182 (15.94%) Customer Service
6 158 (13.84%) Business Enablement
7 154 (13.49%) CRM
8 127 (11.12%) B2B
9 126 (11.03%) Business Strategy
9 126 (11.03%) Decision-Making
10 119 (10.42%) Technology Enablement
11 100 (8.76%) Value Proposition
12 97 (8.49%) Problem-Solving
13 90 (7.88%) Contract Negotiation
14 81 (7.09%) Agile
14 81 (7.09%) Project Management
15 79 (6.92%) Time Management
16 77 (6.74%) Active Listening
16 77 (6.74%) Deadline-Driven
17 75 (6.57%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 27 (2.36%) SQL
2 6 (0.53%) C#
2 6 (0.53%) Python
3 4 (0.35%) C++
4 3 (0.26%) Java
5 2 (0.18%) C
5 2 (0.18%) Embedded C
5 2 (0.18%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.18%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.088%) PHP
6 1 (0.088%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.088%) R
6 1 (0.088%) VBA
Qualifications
1 107 (9.37%) Degree
2 29 (2.54%) Security Cleared
3 25 (2.19%) ACCA
4 14 (1.23%) Master's Degree
5 13 (1.14%) CIMA
6 12 (1.05%) SC Cleared
7 7 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (0.53%) DBS Check
8 6 (0.53%) HND
9 5 (0.44%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.44%) HNC
10 4 (0.35%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.35%) PhD
10 4 (0.35%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.26%) APMP
11 3 (0.26%) CISM
11 3 (0.26%) CISSP
11 3 (0.26%) PMP
11 3 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (6.83%) SLA
2 12 (1.05%) QA
3 9 (0.79%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.53%) GDPR
5 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.26%) NIST
6 2 (0.18%) COBIT
6 2 (0.18%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.088%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.088%) GRC
7 1 (0.088%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.088%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.088%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.088%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.088%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (0.35%) EMC NetWorker
2 3 (0.26%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 175 (15.32%) Salesforce
2 130 (11.38%) YouTube
3 115 (10.07%) Microsoft
4 96 (8.41%) SAP
5 37 (3.24%) Oracle
6 20 (1.75%) Google
7 18 (1.58%) Intel
8 15 (1.31%) Dell
9 13 (1.14%) HubSpot
10 11 (0.96%) VMware
11 9 (0.79%) Sophos
11 9 (0.79%) Tenable
12 8 (0.70%) Facebook
12 8 (0.70%) Fortinet
13 5 (0.44%) EMC
14 4 (0.35%) Cisco
14 4 (0.35%) Hyperion
14 4 (0.35%) Sage
14 4 (0.35%) Siemens
14 4 (0.35%) Symantec