Business Developer Jobs

Business Developer
UK

The median Business Developer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 830 850 1121
Rank change year-on-year +20 +271 -344
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Developer 92 95 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.10% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.11% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 77 69 121
10th Percentile £32,450 £32,500 £33,171
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,659 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,500 £85,000 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -

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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

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 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Developer in the UK

Business Developer
Top 12 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 9 June 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 +30 90 £52,500 -8.70% 26
UK excluding London -40 61 £45,000 +5.88% 16
Work from Home +60 35 £57,500 +4.42% 13
London +45 28 £62,500 -13.79% 10
North of England +44 26 £52,084 +18.37% 7
North West +6 17 £55,000 +10.00% 5
Midlands -26 17 £45,000 +8.02% 5
South West -19 16 £35,000 -16.67% 1
Yorkshire +71 9 £40,000 -9.09% 2
West Midlands -11 9 £51,000 +22.42% 1
East Midlands -27 8 £45,000 +5.88% 4
South East -12 2 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 36 (39.13%) SQL
2 33 (35.87%) Business Intelligence
3 31 (33.70%) Microsoft
4 26 (28.26%) Power Platform
5 23 (25.00%) Power BI
5 23 (25.00%) SQL Server
6 20 (21.74%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (21.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (21.74%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (21.74%) Social Skills
7 19 (20.65%) Degree
8 17 (18.48%) Analytics
9 15 (16.30%) Dynamics NAV
9 15 (16.30%) Azure
9 15 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (15.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 14 (15.22%) Agile
10 14 (15.22%) Data Modelling
11 13 (14.13%) ETL
11 13 (14.13%) CRM
11 13 (14.13%) Analytical Skills
12 10 (10.87%) Python
12 10 (10.87%) Retail
13 9 (9.78%) Workflow
13 9 (9.78%) T-SQL
13 9 (9.78%) C
13 9 (9.78%) DevOps
13 9 (9.78%) Full Stack Development
14 8 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (8.70%) User Acceptance Testing

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:

Applications
1 6 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (16.30%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (3.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.09%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 26 (28.26%) Power Platform
2 20 (21.74%) Dynamics 365
3 15 (16.30%) Azure
4 8 (8.70%) AWS
4 8 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (5.43%) GitHub
6 3 (3.26%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (3.26%) SaaS
6 3 (3.26%) Serverless
7 1 (1.09%) dbt
7 1 (1.09%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.09%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (25.00%) Power BI
1 23 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 20 (21.74%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (21.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 14 (15.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (7.61%) Tableau
5 6 (6.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (5.43%) BusinessObjects
6 5 (5.43%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 5 (5.43%) MySQL
7 4 (4.35%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 4 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (4.35%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (3.26%) NoSQL
9 2 (2.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (2.17%) Cognos Impromptu
9 2 (2.17%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (2.17%) Relational Database
10 1 (1.09%) MS Access
10 1 (1.09%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 5 (5.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 4 (4.35%) Git
2 4 (4.35%) JIRA
2 4 (4.35%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.09%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.09%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.09%) Toad
General
1 20 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 13 (14.13%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (10.87%) Retail
4 6 (6.52%) Automotive
5 5 (5.43%) Law
5 5 (5.43%) Marketing
6 4 (4.35%) Finance
6 4 (4.35%) Local Government
6 4 (4.35%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.17%) Advertising
7 2 (2.17%) Legal
8 1 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.09%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.52%) RESTful
2 5 (5.43%) SOAP
3 4 (4.35%) Node.js
4 3 (3.26%) HTML
5 1 (1.09%) .NET
5 1 (1.09%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.43%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.26%) Housing Association
2 3 (3.26%) Social Media
3 2 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.17%) AS400
3 2 (2.17%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.17%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.35%) Linux
1 4 (4.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (35.87%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (18.48%) Analytics
3 15 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (15.22%) Agile
4 14 (15.22%) Data Modelling
5 13 (14.13%) CRM
5 13 (14.13%) ETL
6 9 (9.78%) DevOps
6 9 (9.78%) Full Stack Development
6 9 (9.78%) Workflow
7 8 (8.70%) User Acceptance Testing
7 8 (8.70%) Visualisation
8 7 (7.61%) ERP
9 6 (6.52%) CI/CD
9 6 (6.52%) Requirements Gathering
9 6 (6.52%) Scrum
10 5 (5.43%) Analytical Thinking
10 5 (5.43%) Customer Experience
10 5 (5.43%) Dashboard Development
10 5 (5.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 36 (39.13%) SQL
2 10 (10.87%) Python
3 9 (9.78%) C
3 9 (9.78%) T-SQL
4 6 (6.52%) PowerShell
5 5 (5.43%) PL/SQL
6 4 (4.35%) Java
7 3 (3.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (3.26%) Perl
7 3 (3.26%) Ruby
8 1 (1.09%) C#
Qualifications
1 19 (20.65%) Degree
2 4 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.17%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.09%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.09%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.43%) QA
2 4 (4.35%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.09%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (3.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.26%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.09%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 31 (33.70%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.43%) Oracle
3 3 (3.26%) Facebook
4 1 (1.09%) Databricks
4 1 (1.09%) Informatica
4 1 (1.09%) Twitter