Business Development Contracts in England

Business Development
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Business Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Development over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 393 525 618
Rank change year-on-year +132 +93 -87
Contract jobs citing Business Development 148 123 171
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.40% 0.25% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.27% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 60 104
10th Percentile £121 £296 £354
25th Percentile £358 £447 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +25.00%
75th Percentile £725 £656 £625
90th Percentile £775 £754 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 7 3
10th Percentile £22.50 £43.39 £23.30
25th Percentile - £52.62 £26.75
Median hourly rate £38.12 £64.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.67% +83.57% +15.00%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £41.13
90th Percentile £39.18 £73.20 £43.30
UK median hourly rate £38.12 £64.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year -40.67% +83.57% -10.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Business Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,926 45,112 64,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.59% 90.20% 90.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,947 31,664 45,849
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,243 1,598 1,761
10th Percentile £12.92 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.33 £37.15 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% +52.57% +3.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Business Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Business Development in England

Business Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Development in England.

Daily rate trend for Business Development in England

Business Development
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Development in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Development in England

Business Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Development in England.

Hourly rate trend for Business Development in England

Business Development
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Development in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Development in England

Business Development
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Development within the England region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +56 47 - - 87
London +79 41 £563 -0.44% 535
South East +39 39 £196 -62.67% 226
North of England +28 10 £676 +8.16% 269
North West +22 7 £688 +5.85% 164
South West +11 5 £504 -19.87% 133
Midlands +23 3 £681 +18.48% 139
Yorkshire +20 3 £450 -28.00% 75
West Midlands +22 2 £681 +147.73% 89
East Midlands +20 1 - - 50
Business Development
UK

Business Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.03%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.68%) CMS
2 1 (0.68%) Confluence
2 1 (0.68%) IIS
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.68%) SAS
2 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (10.81%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.35%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.35%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.68%) SAP MDM
1 1 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.05%) Azure
2 3 (2.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 3 (2.03%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 3 (2.03%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 2 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.35%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.68%) AWS
4 1 (0.68%) OneDrive
4 1 (0.68%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.68%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.03%) LAN
1 3 (2.03%) SD-WAN
1 3 (2.03%) Unified Communications
1 3 (2.03%) WAN
1 3 (2.03%) Wireless
2 2 (1.35%) Firewall
2 2 (1.35%) SMS
2 2 (1.35%) VPN
3 1 (0.68%) Network Security
3 1 (0.68%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.73%) GIS
2 3 (2.03%) Amazon Redshift
2 3 (2.03%) Big Data
2 3 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.03%) Hadoop
2 3 (2.03%) Presto
2 3 (2.03%) Spatial Data
3 1 (0.68%) Power BI
3 1 (0.68%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Bitbucket
1 1 (0.68%) Git
1 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.68%) JIRA
1 1 (0.68%) Subversion
General
1 68 (45.95%) Social Skills
2 65 (43.92%) Finance
3 48 (32.43%) Influencing Skills
4 47 (31.76%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (13.51%) Marketing
6 14 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.38%) Retail
8 5 (3.38%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.70%) Public Sector
10 3 (2.03%) Banking
10 3 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.03%) Legal
11 2 (1.35%) Automotive
11 2 (1.35%) Law
12 1 (0.68%) Advertising
12 1 (0.68%) Electronics
12 1 (0.68%) Games
12 1 (0.68%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.68%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 11 (7.43%) Architect
1 11 (7.43%) Business Manager
2 10 (6.76%) Business Development Manager
2 10 (6.76%) Development Manager
2 10 (6.76%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (4.73%) Lead
4 6 (4.05%) Account Executive
4 6 (4.05%) Project Manager
4 6 (4.05%) Senior
5 5 (3.38%) Analyst
6 4 (2.70%) Network Engineer
6 4 (2.70%) Operations Manager
6 4 (2.70%) Product Manager
6 4 (2.70%) Security Manager
6 4 (2.70%) Security Project Manager
7 3 (2.03%) Business Analyst
7 3 (2.03%) Presales Engineer
7 3 (2.03%) Product Lead
7 3 (2.03%) Salesforce Architect
7 3 (2.03%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.03%) PySpark
2 1 (0.68%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (0.68%) JSON
2 1 (0.68%) Kafka
2 1 (0.68%) Middleware
2 1 (0.68%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.08%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (4.05%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.38%) Social Media
4 4 (2.70%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.03%) Blockchain
5 3 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.35%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.68%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.68%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.68%) DataPower
7 1 (0.68%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (0.68%) Infotainment
7 1 (0.68%) IoT
7 1 (0.68%) Life Science
7 1 (0.68%) NHS
7 1 (0.68%) PACS
7 1 (0.68%) PKI
7 1 (0.68%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.68%) CentOS
1 1 (0.68%) Linux
1 1 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (0.68%) Windows
1 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (39.86%) Project Management
2 50 (33.78%) Business Strategy
3 17 (11.49%) Agile
3 17 (11.49%) Roadmaps
4 14 (9.46%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (9.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (8.11%) CRM
5 12 (8.11%) Project Delivery
6 11 (7.43%) Business Case
6 11 (7.43%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (7.43%) Decision-Making
7 10 (6.76%) Data Protection
7 10 (6.76%) Enterprise Architecture
8 9 (6.08%) Digital Marketing
8 9 (6.08%) Product Roadmap
9 8 (5.41%) Line Management
10 7 (4.73%) B2B
10 7 (4.73%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (4.73%) Mathematics
10 7 (4.73%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.05%) Python
1 6 (4.05%) SQL
2 2 (1.35%) C
2 2 (1.35%) Java
2 2 (1.35%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.68%) Bash
3 1 (0.68%) C++
Qualifications
1 35 (23.65%) Degree
2 9 (6.08%) Master's Degree
3 6 (4.05%) CISA
3 6 (4.05%) CISM
3 6 (4.05%) CISSP
3 6 (4.05%) MBA
3 6 (4.05%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (2.70%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.03%) CCIE
5 3 (2.03%) CCNP
6 2 (1.35%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.35%) PMP
7 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.68%) CCNA
7 1 (0.68%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.68%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.68%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.43%) GDPR
2 9 (6.08%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.38%) QA
4 2 (1.35%) PMO
5 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.68%) Docker
1 1 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (2.03%) Ansible
2 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (10.81%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.05%) Salesforce
3 4 (2.70%) Cisco
3 4 (2.70%) SAP
4 3 (2.03%) Databricks
4 3 (2.03%) ESRI
4 3 (2.03%) Foundry
4 3 (2.03%) Oracle
4 3 (2.03%) Palantir
5 2 (1.35%) CheckPoint
5 2 (1.35%) Conga
5 2 (1.35%) DocuSign
5 2 (1.35%) F5
5 2 (1.35%) Juniper
5 2 (1.35%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.35%) Riverbed
6 1 (0.68%) McAfee
6 1 (0.68%) Meraki
6 1 (0.68%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.68%) Sparx