Hybrid/Remote Business Development Job Trends

Business Development
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Business Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 116 126
Rank change year-on-year +78 +10 +127
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 859 454 520
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.68% 2.67% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.43% 2.86% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 547 231 400
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,750 £38,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +10.53% -41.54%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £84,250 £97,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £39,085
% change year-on-year -21.74% +47.12% -39.87%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,369 15,861 19,213
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.41% 93.11% 94.09%
Number of salaries quoted 8,464 9,489 15,447
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,957 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Business Development and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Business Development job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Business Development
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Business Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Business Development

Business Development
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Business Development over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Business Development salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Business Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (0.58%) SAS
2 3 (0.35%) HCL Domino
2 3 (0.35%) HCL Notes
2 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 23 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 12 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.35%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 82 (9.55%) SaaS
2 32 (3.73%) AWS
3 22 (2.56%) Azure
4 16 (1.86%) Power Platform
5 5 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (0.58%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (0.35%) GCP
8 2 (0.23%) Azure AI
8 2 (0.23%) Azure AKS
8 2 (0.23%) Azure App Service
8 2 (0.23%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.23%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.12%) Collibra
9 1 (0.12%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.12%) OCI
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Service Cloud
9 1 (0.12%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.84%) Broadband
2 17 (1.98%) Ethernet
2 17 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.35%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (0.35%) SMS
4 2 (0.23%) GPRS
4 2 (0.23%) LTE
4 2 (0.23%) Modbus
4 2 (0.23%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.23%) Wireless
5 1 (0.12%) DNS
5 1 (0.12%) HTTP
5 1 (0.12%) ICMP
5 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.12%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.63%) Power BI
2 6 (0.70%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.58%) Data Lake
3 5 (0.58%) SAS EBI
3 5 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (0.47%) Tableau
5 3 (0.35%) Looker
6 2 (0.23%) Big Data
6 2 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.12%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (0.23%) JIRA
2 1 (0.12%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 155 (18.04%) Social Skills
2 129 (15.02%) Finance
3 96 (11.18%) Marketing
4 89 (10.36%) Public Sector
5 85 (9.90%) Presentation Skills
6 75 (8.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 50 (5.82%) Analytical Skills
7 50 (5.82%) Telecoms
8 32 (3.73%) Billing
9 31 (3.61%) Retail
10 29 (3.38%) German Language
11 19 (2.21%) Advertising
12 18 (2.10%) Local Government
13 17 (1.98%) Banking
14 15 (1.75%) Financial Institution
15 13 (1.51%) Back Office
15 13 (1.51%) Law
15 13 (1.51%) Legal
16 8 (0.93%) Automotive
16 8 (0.93%) Games
Job Titles
1 461 (53.67%) Development Manager
2 458 (53.32%) Business Development Manager
3 456 (53.08%) Business Manager
4 48 (5.59%) Business Development Executive
4 48 (5.59%) Senior
5 44 (5.12%) Sales Manager
6 36 (4.19%) Consultant
6 36 (4.19%) Lead
7 35 (4.07%) Architect
7 35 (4.07%) Sales Business Development Manager
8 33 (3.84%) Solutions Architect
9 31 (3.61%) Account Manager
10 30 (3.49%) Senior Manager
11 23 (2.68%) Sales Executive
11 23 (2.68%) Senior Business Development Manager
11 23 (2.68%) Senior Business Manager
11 23 (2.68%) Senior Development Manager
12 21 (2.44%) Recruitment Consultant
13 18 (2.10%) IT Manager
14 16 (1.86%) Alliance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.05%) .NET
2 6 (0.70%) CSS
2 6 (0.70%) HTML
3 4 (0.47%) EDI
4 2 (0.23%) OpenAPI
4 2 (0.23%) RESTful
4 2 (0.23%) Swagger
5 1 (0.12%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 71 (8.27%) Self-Motivation
2 44 (5.12%) Blog
3 36 (4.19%) Social Media
4 33 (3.84%) Onboarding
5 26 (3.03%) Virtual Team
6 25 (2.91%) Life Science
7 14 (1.63%) Driving Licence
8 11 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (0.93%) NHS
10 7 (0.81%) Data Centre
11 6 (0.70%) Product Ownership
12 5 (0.58%) FMCG
13 4 (0.47%) IoT
13 4 (0.47%) Web Conferencing
14 3 (0.35%) Cloud Native
14 3 (0.35%) Housing Association
14 3 (0.35%) Management Information System
15 2 (0.23%) Educational Technology
15 2 (0.23%) e-Learning
15 2 (0.23%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.47%) Linux
2 3 (0.35%) Debian
2 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (13.74%) B2B
2 101 (11.76%) AI
3 88 (10.24%) CRM
4 62 (7.22%) Decision-Making
5 60 (6.98%) Customer Service
6 57 (6.64%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (5.47%) Lead Generation
7 47 (5.47%) Project Management
8 46 (5.36%) Customer Experience
9 41 (4.77%) Mentoring
10 39 (4.54%) Analytics
11 37 (4.31%) Business Strategy
12 35 (4.07%) Continuous Improvement
13 34 (3.96%) Strategic Thinking
14 33 (3.84%) Due Diligence
14 33 (3.84%) Financial Modelling
15 32 (3.73%) B2B Sales
15 32 (3.73%) Cybersecurity
16 31 (3.61%) Telesales
17 29 (3.38%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 15 (1.75%) SQL
2 5 (0.58%) Python
3 2 (0.23%) Java
4 1 (0.12%) C
4 1 (0.12%) C++
4 1 (0.12%) Go
Qualifications
1 82 (9.55%) Degree
2 20 (2.33%) Security Cleared
3 18 (2.10%) ACCA
4 9 (1.05%) CFA
5 8 (0.93%) AAT
6 6 (0.70%) Master's Degree
6 6 (0.70%) SC Cleared
7 4 (0.47%) City & Guilds
7 4 (0.47%) NVQ Level 3
8 3 (0.35%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.35%) HND
8 3 (0.35%) MBA
8 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.12%) CISA
10 1 (0.12%) CISM
10 1 (0.12%) CISSP
10 1 (0.12%) HNC
10 1 (0.12%) PCI QSA
10 1 (0.12%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.40%) Accessibility
2 8 (0.93%) GAAP
3 7 (0.81%) QA
4 6 (0.70%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.70%) ISO 9001
4 6 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.47%) GDPR
6 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.23%) NIST
7 2 (0.23%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.12%) GRC
8 1 (0.12%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (1.05%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (0.58%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.47%) Progress Chef
3 3 (0.35%) Ansible
3 3 (0.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 62 (7.22%) Microsoft
2 44 (5.12%) Salesforce
3 11 (1.28%) HubSpot
3 11 (1.28%) Sage
3 11 (1.28%) Xero
4 9 (1.05%) SAP
5 7 (0.81%) Databricks
6 5 (0.58%) Google
7 4 (0.47%) Alteryx
7 4 (0.47%) BT
7 4 (0.47%) Fortinet
7 4 (0.47%) Mitel
7 4 (0.47%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.35%) Adobe
8 3 (0.35%) Cisco
8 3 (0.35%) Dell
8 3 (0.35%) IBM
8 3 (0.35%) Lotus
8 3 (0.35%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.35%) VMware