Best places to live & work as a sales accounts and business development managers in Yorkshire and The Humber
Every local authority in Yorkshire and The Humber ranked by the Gera Settle Score for a family with two children — ONS regional pay of £49,488 joined to real house prices, Ofsted school quality, crime and GP access.
Where is the best place to live and work as a sales accounts and business development managers in Yorkshire and The Humber?
As of June 2026, the best place in Yorkshire and The Humber to live and work as a sales accounts and business development managers for a family with two children is Doncaster, with a Gera Settle Score of 84.7/100. The ONS ASHE full-time median pay for this occupation in Yorkshire and The Humber is £49,488, against an average home price of £173,624 and 95.5% Good/Outstanding schools. Gera recomputes this quarterly.
| # | Local authority | Settle Score | Regional pay | Avg price | Years to buy | Good+ schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doncaster | 84.7 | £49,488 | £173,624 | 3.5 | 95.5% |
| 2 | Kingston upon Hull | 84.0 | £49,488 | £135,051 | 2.7 | 90% |
| 3 | North East Lincolnshire | 83.6 | £49,488 | £149,911 | 3.0 | 92.3% |
| 4 | Calderdale | 81.9 | £49,488 | £190,555 | 3.9 | 94.4% |
| 5 | Bradford | 77.9 | £49,488 | £188,505 | 3.8 | 89.5% |
| 6 | Wakefield | 71.3 | £49,488 | £196,895 | 4.0 | 83.6% |
| 7 | Leeds | 70.3 | £49,488 | £246,882 | 5.0 | 91.5% |
| 8 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 69.4 | £49,488 | £219,544 | 4.4 | 88.9% |
| 9 | Kirklees | 68.3 | £49,488 | £205,741 | 4.2 | 81.8% |
| 10 | Rotherham | 66.4 | £49,488 | £190,256 | 3.8 | 77.8% |
| 11 | North Lincolnshire | 63.5 | £49,488 | £179,553 | 3.6 | 75% |
| 12 | North Yorkshire | 61.3 | £49,488 | £270,836 | 5.5 | 87% |
| 13 | York | 61.2 | £49,488 | £308,788 | 6.2 | 93.8% |
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Your best places to live and work as a sales accounts and business development managers (UK median £57,625/yr), ranked by Gera Settle Score for a family with two children:
| # | Local authority | Settle Score | Local pay | Avg price | Yrs to buy | Good+ schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GatesheadNorth East | 91.5 | £58,493 | £158,885 | 2.7 | 96.9% |
| 2 | SunderlandNorth East | 90.9 | £58,493 | £145,293 | 2.5 | 95.7% |
| 3 | RutlandEast Midlands | 90.4 | £50,746 | £305,174 | 6.0 | 100% |
| 4 | WarringtonNorth West | 89.9 | £54,956 | £253,219 | 4.6 | 100% |
| 5 | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 89.9 | £58,493 | £139,005 | 2.4 | 95.8% |
| 6 | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 89.0 | £54,956 | £165,813 | 3.0 | 92.9% |
| 7 | DoncasterYorkshire and The Humber | 88.8 | £49,488 | £173,624 | 3.5 | 95.5% |
| 8 | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 88.6 | £61,644 | £397,667 | 6.5 | 100% |
| 9 | CalderdaleYorkshire and The Humber | 88.2 | £49,488 | £190,555 | 3.9 | 94.4% |
| 10 | South TynesideNorth East | 87.5 | £58,493 | £156,931 | 2.7 | 92.3% |
| 11 | WiganNorth West | 87.4 | £54,956 | £190,802 | 3.5 | 96.2% |
| 12 | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 86.9 | £56,047 | £152,101 | 2.7 | 88.1% |
| 13 | Milton KeynesSouth East | 86.8 | £61,644 | £318,038 | 5.2 | 95.3% |
| 14 | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 86.8 | £58,493 | £169,540 | 2.9 | 93.3% |
| 15 | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 86.5 | £56,047 | £215,264 | 3.8 | 90% |
Salary is the ONS ASHE full-time regional median for your occupation; every other figure is the real Land Registry, Ofsted, Home Office and NHS value for the area. See the Gera Settle Score methodology.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the best place to live and work as a sales accounts and business development managers in England?
- Doncaster (Yorkshire and The Humber) tops the Gera Settle Score at 84.7/100, combining £49,488 regional pay, £173,624 average home price (3.5 years of pay) and 95.5% Good/Outstanding schools. Source: ONS ASHE + Land Registry + Ofsted, June 2026.
- What is the median salary for a sales accounts and business development managers in the UK?
- The ONS ASHE 2025 full-time median gross annual pay for sales accounts and business development managers is £57,625 (25th–75th percentile £43,049–£79,598), reference period April 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- How is the Gera Settle Score calculated?
- It joins the ONS ASHE regional salary for your occupation to four real area datasets — affordability (Land Registry price ÷ regional pay), school quality (Ofsted % Good/Outstanding), safety (Home Office crime per 1,000) and GP access (NHS England) — each normalised 0–100, then weighted by your family size. Full method at /methodology/gera-settle-score.
- Which area scores lowest for a sales accounts and business development managers?
- York (Yorkshire and The Humber) has the lowest Gera Settle Score in this ranking at 61.2/100, mainly because a home there costs 6.2 years of local pay. All figures are real government data, June 2026.
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Contains public sector information published by Gera Systems and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Gera Settle Score — ONS ASHE salary joined to HM Land Registry, Ofsted, Home Office and NHS England area data (June 2026, published 19 June 2026).