The first table below looks at the demand for Business Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes 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 45 - 55
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Business Development 7 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.365% - 0.503%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.892% - 0.857%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
Average daily rate £334 - £190
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
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
370 481 350
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 72.12% 66.16% 58.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 217 156
Average daily rate £348 £325 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.92% -4.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £413 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 30 36
Average hourly rate £18.45 £14.75 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.05% -41.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.58 £10.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £17.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Business Development
Buckinghamshire

Business Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Business Development Daily Rate Trend

Business Development
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Development across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Milton Keynes Business Development Daily Rate Histogram

Business Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle
2 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) MS Access
3 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
3 2 (28.57%) SAP
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
3 2 (28.57%) Supply Chain Management
3 2 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Content Management
3 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Capacity Management
4 1 (14.29%) VBA
4 1 (14.29%) RedPrairie
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Logistics
4 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle ASCP
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Product Management
4 1 (14.29%) Demantra
4 1 (14.29%) Finance

Business Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
2 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
2 1 (14.29%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle ASCP
1 1 (14.29%) Demantra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
1 2 (28.57%) MS Access
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Development Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
2 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Content Management
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Supply Chain Management
2 2 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Capacity Management
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
3 1 (14.29%) Product Management
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Logistics
3 1 (14.29%) ITSM
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Service Management
3 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) OpenView
1 1 (14.29%) OVSD
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle
2 2 (28.57%) SAP
3 1 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) JDA
3 1 (14.29%) RedPrairie