Business Development Manager
Possible
Sponsorship likelihood
This job is eligible only on a shortage list
£41,700
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role may qualify for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 3552 is an eligible occupation, but we are only 57% sure that is the right code. Hubexo is a licensed sponsor, so if the code fits, the role should qualify. Check the occupation eligibility rules against what the job actually involves.
We pick the code from the advert's text, so it is our best guess, not the employer's. Each code it could be has its own likelihood:
- Possible 3552 (Business sales executives) · 57% match
- Possible 3556 (Sales accounts and business development managers) · 41% match
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
3552 Business sales executives Most likely code | £33,400 Clears | £41,700 Clears | £41,700 Clears | £41,700 Clears |
3556 Sales accounts and business development managers Also possible | £38,600 Clears | £55,200 Clears | £55,200 Clears | £55,200 Clears |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. A mark is for the top of the advertised pay. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
Business Development Manager – NBS Specifier
Newcastle upon Tyne | Hybrid: 3 days office / 2 home
Competitive basic + commission |
£56,000 OTE Year 1 uncapped
NBS has been part of UK construction specification for more than 50 years. Today, its specification solutions are used by more than 3,400 architectural and engineering practices, including 93% of the AJ Top 100.
We’re looking for a Business Development Manager to help us continue to grow that customer base.
This is new business. You’ll prospect for opportunities, speak with architects, specifiers and other construction professionals, understand how they manage specifications today and show where NBS can make that work more effective and consistent.
You’ll own opportunities from the first conversation through discovery and demonstration to proposal, negotiation and close.
What you’ll be doing
• Build your own pipeline through proactive prospecting, smart targeting and consistent follow-up.
• Develop credible conversations with architects, specifiers and other construction professionals.
• Understand prospective customers’ workflows, priorities and challenges through structured discovery.
• Deliver relevant demonstrations that connect NBS to what the customer is trying to achieve.
• Own opportunities through proposal, objections, negotiation and close.
• Keep HubSpot accurate and your pipeline moving.
• Work alongside sales, marketing and appointment-setting colleagues while owning your new-business results.
What you’ll bring
You’ll be comfortable creating opportunities rather than waiting for them.
You can start commercial conversations, ask good questions and listen properly to the answers. You can communicate value clearly, stay organised across a pipeline and take responsibility for progressing your opportunities.
You’ll also need the resilience that comes with new-business sales. Not every conversation becomes an opportunity, and not every opportunity becomes a customer.
Previous B2B sales experience would be useful. Knowledge of construction, architecture or specification can help, but commercial curiosity and the ability to learn the customer and proposition matter too.
What you can expect
£60,000 OTE in Year 1, combining a competitive basic salary with commission.
The opportunity to build your capability across prospecting, discovery, pipeline ownership and closing new business as you develop towards the next stage of your sales career.
You’ll work a 35-hour week, Monday to Friday, with three days each week at our One Trinity Gardens hub and two from home.
You'll also have 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, the option to buy or sell holiday, birthday leave, volunteering days, pension and life assurance, discounted private medical insurance, 24/7 remote GP access and other Hubexo benefits.
Ready to build your future.
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Where this offer sits in the market
Business sales executives (SOC 3552) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~181k in sample- Middle half £26,936–44,824
- Median £33,592
- Going rate £41,700
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £33,400–37,530
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Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Hubexo holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 3552 going rate of £41,700. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.