Business Development Manager Jobs

Business Development Manager
UK

The median Business Development Manager salary in the UK is £38,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 217 783 940
Rank change year-on-year +566 +157 -274
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Development Manager 855 295 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.61% 0.24% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 0.25% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 559 79 82
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,850 £32,500
25th Percentile £26,500 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £39,085 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £63,000 £90,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,000 £52,500 £53,750
% change year-on-year -39.05% -2.33% +13.16%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 50,561 117,203 121,950
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 95.41% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 36,942 73,752 84,378
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,798 £32,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

Business Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Development Manager in the UK

Business Development Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Development Manager.

Salary trend for Business Development Manager in the UK

Business Development Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Development Manager over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Business Development Manager in the UK

Business Development Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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
UK excluding London +510 641 £32,000 -39.05% 115
England +504 605 £38,000 -29.30% 187
Work from Home +399 303 £38,000 -35.32% 89
London +291 166 £39,085 -21.83% 63
Scotland - 164 £25,000 - 2
South East +222 149 £38,000 -10.59% 37
North of England +233 107 £32,000 -14.67% 25
Midlands +199 97 £26,500 -64.67% 26
North West +174 71 £32,000 -26.01% 10
West Midlands +166 59 £26,500 -64.67% 18
East of England +154 42 £39,085 - 10
South West +105 38 £33,000 -49.23% 14
East Midlands +83 38 £28,000 - 8
Wales +43 32 £32,000 - 3
Yorkshire +130 29 £32,000 -14.67% 10
Northern Ireland - 18 - - 1
North East - 6 £25,000 - 7

Business Development Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 December 2023, 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 featuring Business Development Manager in the job title.

1 843 (98.60%) Business Development
2 455 (53.22%) Social Skills
3 353 (41.29%) Customer Experience
4 237 (27.72%) Presentation Skills
5 217 (25.38%) Coaching
6 213 (24.91%) Retail
7 205 (23.98%) Decision-Making
8 191 (22.34%) B2B
9 189 (22.11%) Salesforce
10 184 (21.52%) Telecoms
11 183 (21.40%) Collaborative Working
12 177 (20.70%) BT
12 177 (20.70%) B2C
12 177 (20.70%) Broadband
12 177 (20.70%) Local Government
13 173 (20.23%) Client Onboarding
13 173 (20.23%) Influencing Skills
14 171 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
14 171 (20.00%) Security Cleared
15 165 (19.30%) Finance
16 156 (18.25%) Games
17 134 (15.67%) NHS
18 132 (15.44%) DBS Check
19 131 (15.32%) Service Delivery
20 129 (15.09%) Financial Modelling
21 62 (7.25%) SC Cleared
22 44 (5.15%) Marketing
23 38 (4.44%) Analytics
24 37 (4.33%) Problem-Solving
24 37 (4.33%) CRM

Business Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 24 (2.81%) SAP ERP
2 9 (1.05%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.94%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (1.99%) SaaS
2 12 (1.40%) Power Platform
3 8 (0.94%) Azure
3 8 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
3 8 (0.94%) Power Automate
3 8 (0.94%) PowerApps
4 2 (0.23%) Canva
4 2 (0.23%) IaaS
5 1 (0.12%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 177 (20.70%) Broadband
2 1 (0.12%) Network Security
2 1 (0.12%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.40%) Power BI
2 8 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (0.94%) Data Lake
2 8 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.12%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 455 (53.22%) Social Skills
2 237 (27.72%) Presentation Skills
3 213 (24.91%) Retail
4 184 (21.52%) Telecoms
5 177 (20.70%) Local Government
6 173 (20.23%) Influencing Skills
7 165 (19.30%) Finance
8 156 (18.25%) Games
9 44 (5.15%) Marketing
10 35 (4.09%) Public Sector
11 33 (3.86%) Manufacturing
12 24 (2.81%) Aerospace
12 24 (2.81%) Automotive
12 24 (2.81%) Aviation
13 21 (2.46%) Electronics
14 18 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.05%) Analytical Skills
16 6 (0.70%) Banking
17 5 (0.58%) Legal
18 4 (0.47%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.23%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 134 (15.67%) NHS
2 33 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
3 32 (3.74%) Low-Code
4 14 (1.64%) Driving Licence
5 8 (0.94%) Onboarding
6 6 (0.70%) Life Science
7 4 (0.47%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.35%) Social Media
9 2 (0.23%) Biopharmaceutical
9 2 (0.23%) Tandem
9 2 (0.23%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.12%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.12%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.12%) IoT
10 1 (0.12%) iPad
Processes & Methodologies
1 843 (98.60%) Business Development
2 353 (41.29%) Customer Experience
3 217 (25.38%) Coaching
4 205 (23.98%) Decision-Making
5 191 (22.34%) B2B
6 183 (21.40%) Collaborative Working
7 177 (20.70%) B2C
8 173 (20.23%) Client Onboarding
9 171 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
10 131 (15.32%) Service Delivery
11 129 (15.09%) Financial Modelling
12 38 (4.44%) Analytics
13 37 (4.33%) CRM
13 37 (4.33%) Problem-Solving
14 35 (4.09%) Value Proposition
15 34 (3.98%) ERP
16 29 (3.39%) Logistics
17 28 (3.27%) Presales
18 27 (3.16%) Artificial Intelligence
19 26 (3.04%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (0.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 171 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 132 (15.44%) DBS Check
3 62 (7.25%) SC Cleared
4 23 (2.69%) Degree
5 2 (0.23%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.23%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (0.94%) SLA
2 2 (0.23%) QA
3 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
3 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 189 (22.11%) Salesforce
2 177 (20.70%) BT
3 32 (3.74%) SAP
4 19 (2.22%) Microsoft
5 14 (1.64%) Intel
6 11 (1.29%) YouTube
7 6 (0.70%) Citrix
8 4 (0.47%) IBM
9 3 (0.35%) BMC
10 2 (0.23%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.12%) Progress
11 1 (0.12%) Veritas