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 21 January 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 236 228
Rank change year-on-year +41 -8 +77
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 23 6 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.29% 0.096% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.10% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 20 2 19
10th Percentile - £54,125 -
25th Percentile - £56,563 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £63,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.25% +34.21% +5.56%
75th Percentile £43,750 £71,563 £52,625
90th Percentile £57,625 £74,375 £63,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £53,750 £52,084
% change year-on-year -2.33% +3.20% -16.67%

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 7,260 5,888 6,380
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 94.10% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,422 2,764 5,267
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% -7.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,063 £61,473
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% -8.80%

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 21 January 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 21 January 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
West Midlands +42 22 £40,000 -27.27% 11
East Midlands -7 1 £55,000 -24.14% 6
Business Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 January 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 21 (91.30%) Business Intelligence
1 21 (91.30%) Power BI
1 21 (91.30%) Power Platform
2 12 (52.17%) SQL Server
2 12 (52.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 11 (47.83%) .NET
4 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
4 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (30.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 7 (30.43%) SQL
6 6 (26.09%) Data Modelling
7 5 (21.74%) ETL
8 4 (17.39%) Business Transformation
8 4 (17.39%) Data Quality
8 4 (17.39%) E-Commerce
8 4 (17.39%) Visualisation
9 3 (13.04%) Actionable Insight
9 3 (13.04%) Azure
9 3 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (13.04%) Data Analysis
9 3 (13.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (13.04%) Data Visualisation
9 3 (13.04%) Decision-Making
9 3 (13.04%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (13.04%) Python
10 2 (8.70%) Analytical Thinking
10 2 (8.70%) Analytics
10 2 (8.70%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (8.70%) Code Quality
10 2 (8.70%) Data Collection

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 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (4.35%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 21 (91.30%) Power Platform
2 3 (13.04%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (8.70%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (8.70%) Power Automate
3 2 (8.70%) PowerApps
3 2 (8.70%) Snowflake
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Cognitive Services
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (91.30%) Power BI
2 12 (52.17%) SQL Server
2 12 (52.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (8.70%) Data Mining
3 2 (8.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (4.35%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Git
1 2 (8.70%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 8 (34.78%) Finance
2 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.35%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (47.83%) .NET
2 2 (8.70%) REST
2 2 (8.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Data Structures
1 2 (8.70%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (91.30%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (30.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 6 (26.09%) Data Modelling
5 5 (21.74%) ETL
6 4 (17.39%) Business Transformation
6 4 (17.39%) E-Commerce
6 4 (17.39%) Visualisation
7 3 (13.04%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (13.04%) Data Analysis
7 3 (13.04%) Data Visualisation
7 3 (13.04%) Decision-Making
8 2 (8.70%) Analytical Thinking
8 2 (8.70%) Analytics
8 2 (8.70%) Code Quality
8 2 (8.70%) Data Collection
8 2 (8.70%) Data Extraction
8 2 (8.70%) Software Architecture
8 2 (8.70%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) SQL
2 3 (13.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 3 (13.04%) Python
3 2 (8.70%) T-SQL
3 2 (8.70%) VB.NET
4 1 (4.35%) C
4 1 (4.35%) C#
4 1 (4.35%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) Degree
1 1 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Databricks
3 1 (4.35%) Infor
3 1 (4.35%) OpenAI