Business Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Business Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Business Development over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 115 167 237
Rank change year-on-year +52 +70 +47
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 1,553 2,796 2,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.92% 2.26% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.10% 2.36% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 956 886 848
10th Percentile £25,000 £36,953 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £47,500 £49,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,085 £64,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.93% -11.72% +31.82%
75th Percentile £67,500 £86,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £106,250 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -39.13% -4.17% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Business Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,088 118,671 122,416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.74% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 36,209 72,079 81,851
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,492 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £99,025 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,219 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.35% +6.44% +4.17%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Business Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Development in the UK

Business Development
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Development in the UK

Business Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Development over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Business Development in the UK

Business Development
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 within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +33 1,198 £39,085 -36.45% 1,545
UK excluding London +68 974 £35,000 -39.13% 750
Work from Home +115 556 £40,000 -36.00% 571
London +20 431 £57,500 -17.86% 809
South East +55 259 £38,000 -30.91% 186
Scotland +79 186 £25,000 -54.55% 34
North of England +50 175 £32,000 -44.35% 202
Midlands +56 132 £26,500 -58.59% 137
South West +1 97 £47,000 -14.55% 88
North West +42 92 £32,000 -44.35% 110
West Midlands +67 86 £26,500 -62.14% 94
East of England +84 75 £39,085 -5.82% 90
Yorkshire +42 73 £30,000 -47.83% 67
East Midlands +26 46 £26,500 -49.52% 41
Wales +23 36 £30,000 -44.19% 23
Northern Ireland +47 20 - - 11
North East +50 9 £25,000 -66.67% 28

Business Development
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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (1.03%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.13%) Appian
2 2 (0.13%) CMS
2 2 (0.13%) Confluence
3 1 (0.064%) Apache
3 1 (0.064%) Drupal
3 1 (0.064%) IIS
3 1 (0.064%) JBoss
3 1 (0.064%) Joomla!
3 1 (0.064%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.26%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.13%) 3ds Max
6 2 (0.13%) Blender
6 2 (0.13%) CATIA
6 2 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
6 2 (0.13%) MicroStation
7 1 (0.064%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.064%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.064%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (1.61%) SAP ERP
2 10 (0.64%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.32%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.32%) Bloomberg AIM
4 5 (0.32%) SimCorp Dimension
5 4 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.19%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.13%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.13%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.13%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.064%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.064%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.064%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.064%) SAP CX
8 1 (0.064%) SAP LE
8 1 (0.064%) SAP WM
8 1 (0.064%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 56 (3.61%) Azure
2 51 (3.28%) AWS
3 47 (3.03%) SaaS
4 23 (1.48%) Power Platform
5 18 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (1.16%) PaaS
6 16 (1.03%) IaaS
7 10 (0.64%) PowerApps
8 9 (0.58%) Serverless
9 7 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (0.45%) GCP
10 6 (0.39%) dbt
10 6 (0.39%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.32%) Azure Functions
11 5 (0.32%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (0.26%) WhatsApp
13 3 (0.19%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (0.19%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (0.19%) Oracle CX
14 2 (0.13%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 180 (11.59%) Broadband
2 25 (1.61%) Internet
3 22 (1.42%) LAN
4 15 (0.97%) Firewall
5 12 (0.77%) Modbus
6 7 (0.45%) Network Security
7 5 (0.32%) PPP
7 5 (0.32%) Wireless
8 4 (0.26%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.26%) VoIP
8 4 (0.26%) WAN
9 3 (0.19%) Mobile Broadband
9 3 (0.19%) VPN
10 2 (0.13%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.13%) Cisco IPT
10 2 (0.13%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.13%) SSL
10 2 (0.13%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.13%) WPA
11 1 (0.064%) FCoE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (1.48%) Power BI
2 7 (0.45%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.39%) Relational Database
4 5 (0.32%) Big Data
5 4 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.26%) GIS
6 2 (0.13%) Spatial Data
7 1 (0.064%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.064%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.064%) Looker
7 1 (0.064%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.064%) MySQL
7 1 (0.064%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.064%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.064%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.064%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.064%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (0.32%) JIRA
2 2 (0.13%) Git
2 2 (0.13%) NetBeans
2 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.064%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.064%) Redmine
3 1 (0.064%) Subversion
3 1 (0.064%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 755 (48.62%) Social Skills
2 427 (27.50%) Finance
3 368 (23.70%) Presentation Skills
4 249 (16.03%) Retail
5 235 (15.13%) Telecoms
6 218 (14.04%) Influencing Skills
7 197 (12.69%) Local Government
8 179 (11.53%) Games
9 162 (10.43%) Marketing
10 124 (7.98%) Public Sector
11 121 (7.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 98 (6.31%) Legal
13 95 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
14 75 (4.83%) Billing
15 73 (4.70%) Manufacturing
16 45 (2.90%) Banking
17 43 (2.77%) Aerospace
17 43 (2.77%) Electronics
18 41 (2.64%) Law
19 36 (2.32%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 867 (55.83%) Development Manager
2 843 (54.28%) Business Manager
3 842 (54.22%) Business Development Manager
4 120 (7.73%) Consultant
5 104 (6.70%) Senior
6 82 (5.28%) Architect
7 65 (4.19%) Analyst
8 64 (4.12%) Audit Manager
9 50 (3.22%) Solutions Architect
10 46 (2.96%) Senior Manager
11 43 (2.77%) Sales Executive
12 41 (2.64%) Security Consultant
13 31 (2.00%) Lead
13 31 (2.00%) Management Consultant
14 28 (1.80%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 27 (1.74%) Asset Management Consultant
15 27 (1.74%) Software Engineer
16 26 (1.67%) Project Manager
17 24 (1.55%) Software Consultant
18 23 (1.48%) Configuration Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.58%) HTML
2 8 (0.52%) .NET
3 7 (0.45%) CSS
3 7 (0.45%) Middleware
4 6 (0.39%) ModSecurity
5 5 (0.32%) .NET Framework
5 5 (0.32%) ASP.NET
5 5 (0.32%) ASP.NET MVC
5 5 (0.32%) Entity Framework
5 5 (0.32%) HTML5 Canvas
6 4 (0.26%) Kafka
6 4 (0.26%) XML
7 3 (0.19%) Node.js
7 3 (0.19%) SOAP
7 3 (0.19%) XML Schema
8 2 (0.13%) EDI
8 2 (0.13%) KML
8 2 (0.13%) OpenMP
9 1 (0.064%) jQuery
9 1 (0.064%) JTS
Miscellaneous
1 155 (9.98%) NHS
2 79 (5.09%) Onboarding
3 61 (3.93%) Self-Motivation
4 41 (2.64%) Low-Code
4 41 (2.64%) Management Information System
5 32 (2.06%) Data Centre
6 23 (1.48%) Distributed Applications
7 22 (1.42%) Cyberattack
8 19 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
9 18 (1.16%) Operational Technology
10 17 (1.09%) Driving Licence
11 15 (0.97%) Virtual Team
12 14 (0.90%) IoT
13 13 (0.84%) Fixed Income
13 13 (0.84%) SCADA
14 12 (0.77%) CAN bus
15 11 (0.71%) Embedded Systems
16 9 (0.58%) Product Ownership
17 8 (0.52%) iPhone
17 8 (0.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.35%) Windows
2 13 (0.84%) Linux
3 4 (0.26%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.064%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (23.76%) Customer Experience
2 316 (20.35%) Coaching
3 278 (17.90%) Decision-Making
4 266 (17.13%) B2B
5 225 (14.49%) Actionable Insight
6 222 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
7 187 (12.04%) B2C
8 183 (11.78%) Client Onboarding
9 176 (11.33%) Financial Modelling
10 172 (11.08%) Service Delivery
11 167 (10.75%) Problem-Solving
12 157 (10.11%) Agile
13 129 (8.31%) Artificial Intelligence
14 126 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
15 124 (7.98%) Project Management
16 105 (6.76%) Cybersecurity
17 96 (6.18%) CRM
18 82 (5.28%) Presales
19 71 (4.57%) Business Analysis
19 71 (4.57%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 21 (1.35%) SQL
2 17 (1.09%) C#
2 17 (1.09%) Java
3 11 (0.71%) C++
3 11 (0.71%) Python
4 9 (0.58%) C
4 9 (0.58%) JavaScript
4 9 (0.58%) TypeScript
5 7 (0.45%) R
6 3 (0.19%) PHP
6 3 (0.19%) Tcl
7 2 (0.13%) Fortran
7 2 (0.13%) Julia
7 2 (0.13%) Rust
8 1 (0.064%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.064%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.064%) VB
8 1 (0.064%) VBA
Qualifications
1 276 (17.77%) Security Cleared
2 183 (11.78%) Degree
3 153 (9.85%) DBS Check
4 134 (8.63%) SC Cleared
5 75 (4.83%) ACCA
6 54 (3.48%) Master's Degree
7 47 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
8 43 (2.77%) CISSP
9 26 (1.67%) AWS Certification
10 25 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
11 22 (1.42%) CISM
12 21 (1.35%) Azure Certification
13 20 (1.29%) OSCP
14 19 (1.22%) DV Cleared
15 17 (1.09%) CFA
16 15 (0.97%) MBA
17 14 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
18 13 (0.84%) CISA
19 12 (0.77%) PMI Certification
19 12 (0.77%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (2.32%) QA
2 23 (1.48%) NIST
3 21 (1.35%) NIST 800
4 20 (1.29%) GRC
5 16 (1.03%) Accessibility
5 16 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (0.97%) NCSC
7 14 (0.90%) IFRS
8 11 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.71%) SLA
9 9 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (0.58%) GAAP
10 6 (0.39%) IASME
10 6 (0.39%) JSP 440
11 5 (0.32%) GDPR
12 4 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.26%) Data Quality
12 4 (0.26%) ITGC
12 4 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.064%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (1.42%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.26%) Docker
3 3 (0.19%) Firmware
3 3 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.064%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (0.13%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (0.064%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (0.064%) Ansible
2 1 (0.064%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (0.064%) Grafana
2 1 (0.064%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.064%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.064%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 204 (13.14%) Salesforce
2 177 (11.40%) BT
3 84 (5.41%) Microsoft
4 54 (3.48%) SAP
5 31 (2.00%) ServiceNow
6 23 (1.48%) Remedy
7 22 (1.42%) Bloomberg
8 16 (1.03%) HubSpot
9 14 (0.90%) Intel
10 11 (0.71%) YouTube
11 10 (0.64%) Google
12 9 (0.58%) CA
12 9 (0.58%) Cisco
13 7 (0.45%) Citrix
14 6 (0.39%) Adobe
15 5 (0.32%) Charles River
15 5 (0.32%) IBM
15 5 (0.32%) SimCorp
16 4 (0.26%) OpenAI
16 4 (0.26%) VMware