Buckinghamshire Business Development Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Business Development skills within the Buckinghamshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Development over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Development
Location Alderley Edge Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire City of London Docklands, London East of England England Glasgow Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Leeds London Maidenhead Manchester Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newport North West North Yorkshire Reading Rickmansworth Rochdale Scotland Slough South East South Wales South West Surrey UK Wales West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	78	86
Rank change on same period last year	+8
Matching contract IT job ads	1	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.128 %	0.138 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£397	£353
% change on same period last year	+12.56 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.78	£34.21
% change on same period last year	-24.65 %
Processes & Methodologies Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads	781	726
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.230 %	0.778 %
Daily rates quoted	307	208
Average minimum daily rate	£312	£331
Average daily rate	£328	£351
% change on same period last year	-6.61 %
Average maximum daily rate	£345	£372
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£370
% change on same period last year	+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted	80	105
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.87	£24.48
Average hourly rate	£21.57	£25.31
% change on same period last year	-14.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.28	£26.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.17	£29.91
% change on same period last year	-5.80 %
Business Development South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Business Development
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Development across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Business Development
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Development across the Buckinghamshire region.

Business Development
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Development within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Milton Keynes	-	1	-	-

Business Development South East

Business Development
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Business Development also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Business Development.

1 3 (100.00 %) Marketing 2 2 (66.67 %) Direct Marketing 2 2 (66.67 %) B2C 3 1 (33.33 %) Web Analytics 3 1 (33.33 %) Pensions 3 1 (33.33 %) Internet 3 1 (33.33 %) Health 3 1 (33.33 %) Internet Marketing

Business Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Business Development also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Business Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 1 (33.33 %) Internet	General 1 3 (100.00 %) Marketing 2 1 (33.33 %) Health 2 1 (33.33 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 2 (66.67 %) Marketing Manager 2 1 (33.33 %) Business Manager 2 1 (33.33 %) Web Development Manager 2 1 (33.33 %) Web Manager 2 1 (33.33 %) Development Manager 2 1 (33.33 %) Business Development Manager	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (66.67 %) B2C 1 2 (66.67 %) Direct Marketing 2 1 (33.33 %) Internet Marketing 2 1 (33.33 %) Web Analytics