The first table below looks at the demand for Business Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Development over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Midlands region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Development
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Business Development 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 0.588% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.893% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £313 £400
% change year-on-year
+36.00% -21.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £36.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+11.11% +132.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
112 137 223
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 65.88% 49.82% 64.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 61 57
Average daily rate £475 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £250 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £550 £560
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 57
Average hourly rate £32.00 £21.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.38% -12.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Business Development
England

Business Development
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Business Development across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Midlands Business Development Jobs Demand Trend

Business Development
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands Business Development Daily Rate Trend

Business Development
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Spring

Business Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Technical Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Architect
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java