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 22 December 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 201 238 194
Rank change year-on-year +37 -44 +134
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 17 7 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.22% 0.10% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.11% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 14 3 22
10th Percentile - £47,750 £36,500
25th Percentile - £55,625 £37,790
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £72,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -44.83% +52.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £43,188 £77,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £54,250 £78,250 £62,500
England median annual salary £53,250 £53,750 £48,750
% change year-on-year -0.93% +10.26% -11.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 7,009 6,403 4,258
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.44% 94.27% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 4,231 3,023 3,543
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% -4.16%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 22 December 2025.

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 22 December 2025. 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 +50 17 £40,000 -11.11% 10
Business Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 December 2025, 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 15 (88.24%) Business Intelligence
1 15 (88.24%) Power BI
1 15 (88.24%) Power Platform
2 12 (70.59%) SQL Server
2 12 (70.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 11 (64.71%) .NET
4 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
5 7 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (29.41%) SQL
7 4 (23.53%) Data Modelling
8 3 (17.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (17.65%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (17.65%) ETL
9 2 (11.76%) Actionable Insight
9 2 (11.76%) Analytical Thinking
9 2 (11.76%) Code Quality
9 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
9 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
9 2 (11.76%) Data Collection
9 2 (11.76%) Data Extraction
9 2 (11.76%) Data Mining
9 2 (11.76%) Data Quality
9 2 (11.76%) Data Visualisation
9 2 (11.76%) Databricks
9 2 (11.76%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 2 (11.76%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (11.76%) Git
9 2 (11.76%) Linear Regression
9 2 (11.76%) Logistics
9 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel

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:

Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (5.88%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 15 (88.24%) Power Platform
2 3 (17.65%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (11.76%) Power Automate
3 2 (11.76%) PowerApps
3 2 (11.76%) Snowflake
4 1 (5.88%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (88.24%) Power BI
2 12 (70.59%) SQL Server
2 12 (70.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (11.76%) Data Mining
4 1 (5.88%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Git
1 2 (11.76%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (64.71%) .NET
2 2 (11.76%) REST
2 2 (11.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Data Structures
1 2 (11.76%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (88.24%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (23.53%) Data Modelling
4 3 (17.65%) ETL
5 2 (11.76%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (11.76%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (11.76%) Code Quality
5 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) Data Collection
5 2 (11.76%) Data Extraction
5 2 (11.76%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (11.76%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 2 (11.76%) Linear Regression
5 2 (11.76%) Logistics
5 2 (11.76%) Migration
5 2 (11.76%) Software Architecture
5 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Visualisation
6 1 (5.88%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) SQL
2 3 (17.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (11.76%) Python
3 2 (11.76%) T-SQL
3 2 (11.76%) VB.NET
4 1 (5.88%) C
4 1 (5.88%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Databricks
3 1 (5.88%) Infor