Business Developer
UK

The median Business Developer salary in the UK is £52,084 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

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

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 782 865 1061
Rank change year-on-year +83 +196 -318
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 112 124 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.12% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.13% 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 101 101 112
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £32,567
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.87% +18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £62,250 £81,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £73,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,084 £43,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% -2.78% -

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 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Business Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Developer in the UK

Business Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Developer in the UK

Business Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Developer over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Developer in the UK

Business Developer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 +103 110 £52,084 -18.30% 28
UK excluding London +45 84 £52,084 +19.05% 18
North of England +85 53 £52,084 +22.55% 7
North West +46 40 £52,084 +22.55% 3
Work from Home +101 33 £57,500 - 17
London +79 26 £62,500 -16.67% 8
South West -8 16 £35,000 -13.04% 1
Midlands +5 13 £50,000 +17.65% 4
Yorkshire +97 12 £40,000 -9.09% 3
West Midlands +20 10 £53,000 +47.22% 2
East Midlands -19 3 £45,000 -5.26% 2
South East +13 2 - - 3
North East 0 1 £50,000 +61.29% 1

Business Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Business Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 45 (40.18%) Analytics
2 44 (39.29%) Degree
3 43 (38.39%) Social Skills
4 40 (35.71%) SQL
5 37 (33.04%) Business Intelligence
6 33 (29.46%) Microsoft
6 33 (29.46%) Tableau
7 30 (26.79%) Power Platform
7 30 (26.79%) Dashboard Development
8 28 (25.00%) Business Forecasting
8 28 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
9 27 (24.11%) Power BI
10 24 (21.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 24 (21.43%) Data Warehouse
11 23 (20.54%) SQL Server
12 19 (16.96%) ETL
12 19 (16.96%) Azure
12 19 (16.96%) Dynamics 365
13 18 (16.07%) Agile
14 17 (15.18%) Data Modelling
14 17 (15.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 17 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
15 15 (13.39%) Dynamics NAV
16 13 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
17 10 (8.93%) Retail
17 10 (8.93%) Scrum
17 10 (8.93%) Python
17 10 (8.93%) T-SQL
17 10 (8.93%) DevOps
17 10 (8.93%) Visualisation

Business Developer 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 15 (13.39%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (2.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.89%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 30 (26.79%) Power Platform
2 19 (16.96%) Azure
2 19 (16.96%) Dynamics 365
3 9 (8.04%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (5.36%) AWS
5 5 (4.46%) GitHub
6 3 (2.68%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.68%) SaaS
7 2 (1.79%) dbt
7 2 (1.79%) Serverless
7 2 (1.79%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.89%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.89%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.89%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.89%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (29.46%) Tableau
2 27 (24.11%) Power BI
3 24 (21.43%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (21.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 23 (20.54%) SQL Server
5 17 (15.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (7.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (4.46%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (4.46%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 4 (3.57%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 4 (3.57%) MySQL
8 4 (3.57%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (3.57%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (1.79%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.79%) Cognos Impromptu
9 2 (1.79%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.79%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (1.79%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.89%) MS Access
10 1 (0.89%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 5 (4.46%) Git
1 5 (4.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 4 (3.57%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.68%) JIRA
4 2 (1.79%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.79%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.89%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.89%) Toad
General
1 43 (38.39%) Social Skills
2 13 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (8.93%) Retail
4 7 (6.25%) Law
5 6 (5.36%) Automotive
6 4 (3.57%) Local Government
7 3 (2.68%) Finance
7 3 (2.68%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.68%) Marketing
8 2 (1.79%) Legal
9 1 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.89%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.25%) RESTful
2 5 (4.46%) SOAP
3 3 (2.68%) HTML
3 3 (2.68%) Node.js
4 2 (1.79%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.89%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.46%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.68%) Housing Association
2 3 (2.68%) Social Media
3 2 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (1.79%) AS400
3 2 (1.79%) Data Structures
3 2 (1.79%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.89%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.68%) Linux
1 3 (2.68%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (40.18%) Analytics
2 37 (33.04%) Business Intelligence
3 30 (26.79%) Dashboard Development
4 28 (25.00%) Business Forecasting
4 28 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
5 19 (16.96%) ETL
6 18 (16.07%) Agile
7 17 (15.18%) Data Modelling
7 17 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (8.93%) DevOps
8 10 (8.93%) Scrum
8 10 (8.93%) Visualisation
9 9 (8.04%) Workflow
10 7 (6.25%) ERP
10 7 (6.25%) User Acceptance Testing
11 6 (5.36%) CRM
11 6 (5.36%) Requirements Gathering
12 5 (4.46%) Analytical Thinking
12 5 (4.46%) CI/CD
12 5 (4.46%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 40 (35.71%) SQL
2 10 (8.93%) Python
2 10 (8.93%) T-SQL
3 9 (8.04%) C
4 5 (4.46%) PL/SQL
4 5 (4.46%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (2.68%) Java
6 2 (1.79%) Perl
6 2 (1.79%) Ruby
7 1 (0.89%) C#
Qualifications
1 44 (39.29%) Degree
2 4 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.79%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.89%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.36%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.46%) QA
3 2 (1.79%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (1.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.79%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 33 (29.46%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.46%) Oracle
3 2 (1.79%) Databricks
3 2 (1.79%) Facebook
4 1 (0.89%) Informatica
4 1 (0.89%) Nintex