Business Developer Job Trends in the Midlands

Business Developer
England > Midlands

The median Business Developer salary in the Midlands is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 226 267
Rank change year-on-year -46 +41 -55
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 17 8 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.11% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.15% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 14 7 12
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,150 £42,750
25th Percentile - £41,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £75,000 £46,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £80,000 - £74,375
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.93% +27.22% -10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 14,584 5,234 9,037
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 92.80% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 10,159 3,180 4,741
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,750 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% - -8.33%

Business Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Business Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Business Developer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Business Developer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Business Developer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Business Developer job vacancies in the Midlands

Business Developer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Developer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Developer in the Midlands

Business Developer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Developer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 October 2026. 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 Midlands - 11 £40,000 - 8
West Midlands -36 6 £75,000 +66.67% 2
Business Developer
England

Business Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 6 October 2026, Business Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Business Developer in the job title.

1 8 (47.06%) AI
1 8 (47.06%) Azure
1 8 (47.06%) Power Platform
2 6 (35.29%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (35.29%) DevOps
2 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Copilot
2 6 (35.29%) Power Automate
3 5 (29.41%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (23.53%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
5 3 (17.65%) Azure Functions
5 3 (17.65%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (17.65%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (17.65%) Copilot Studio
5 3 (17.65%) Data Migration
5 3 (17.65%) Data Transformation
5 3 (17.65%) ERP
5 3 (17.65%) Foundry
5 3 (17.65%) Migration
5 3 (17.65%) PowerApps
5 3 (17.65%) Process Improvement
5 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
5 3 (17.65%) SaaS
5 3 (17.65%) Serverless
5 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
5 3 (17.65%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (17.65%) Web Services
6 2 (11.76%) Analytics
6 2 (11.76%) API Integration
6 2 (11.76%) Azure Data Factory

Business Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 8 (47.06%) Azure
1 8 (47.06%) Power Platform
2 6 (35.29%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Copilot
2 6 (35.29%) Power Automate
3 4 (23.53%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (17.65%) Azure Functions
4 3 (17.65%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (17.65%) Azure Service Bus
4 3 (17.65%) Copilot Studio
4 3 (17.65%) PowerApps
4 3 (17.65%) SaaS
4 3 (17.65%) Serverless
5 2 (11.76%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (11.76%) Azure Stack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Data Lake
1 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (11.76%) Power BI
1 2 (11.76%) RDBMS
1 2 (11.76%) Relational Database
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (11.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 5 (29.41%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Back Office
2 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
2 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) Web Services
2 2 (11.76%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Low-Code
1 3 (17.65%) Online Gambling
1 3 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) AI
2 6 (35.29%) DevOps
3 5 (29.41%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (17.65%) Data Migration
4 3 (17.65%) Data Transformation
4 3 (17.65%) ERP
4 3 (17.65%) Migration
4 3 (17.65%) Process Improvement
4 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
5 2 (11.76%) Analytics
5 2 (11.76%) API Integration
5 2 (11.76%) Cyber Resilience
5 2 (11.76%) Data Architecture
5 2 (11.76%) Data Ingestion
5 2 (11.76%) Data Integration
5 2 (11.76%) Dimensional Modelling
5 2 (11.76%) Machine Learning
5 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
5 2 (11.76%) Operational Stability
5 2 (11.76%) Product Marketing
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 2 (11.76%) Python
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Foundry
3 2 (11.76%) Databricks