North West Business Development Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Business Development skills within the North West 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Development
Location Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff City of London Derbyshire Docklands, London East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire Leeds London Maidenhead Manchester Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newport North West Reading Rickmansworth Rochdale Scotland Slough South East South Wales South West Surrey UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	123	138
Rank change on same period last year	+15
Matching contract IT job ads	4	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.006 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.222 %	0.245 %
Daily rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum daily rate	£500	£400
Average daily rate	£650	£400
% change on same period last year	+62.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£800	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£409	£338
% change on same period last year	+21.26 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.34	-
Average hourly rate	£17.34	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.34	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.78	£30.49
% change on same period last year	-15.45 %
Processes & Methodologies North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1798	2040
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.889 %	2.191 %
Daily rates quoted	444	444
Average minimum daily rate	£358	£341
Average daily rate	£382	£361
% change on same period last year	+5.76 %
Average maximum daily rate	£405	£381
UK excluding London average daily rate	£381	£372
% change on same period last year	+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted	204	186
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.21	£26.06
Average hourly rate	£26.63	£27.86
% change on same period last year	-4.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.06	£29.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.24	£29.63
% change on same period last year	-4.68 %
Business Development England

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 North West 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 North West region.

Business Development
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Development across the North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
Manchester	0	3	£650	-

Business Development England

Business Development
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 2 (28.57 %) Government 2 1 (14.29 %) Health 2 1 (14.29 %) Business Continuity 2 1 (14.29 %) Service Delivery 2 1 (14.29 %) Electric 2 1 (14.29 %) PRINCE2 2 1 (14.29 %) Windows 2 1 (14.29 %) Microsoft 2 1 (14.29 %) Project Management 2 1 (14.29 %) Pharmaceutical 2 1 (14.29 %) Business Analysis 2 1 (14.29 %) Local Government 2 1 (14.29 %) Pensions 2 1 (14.29 %) CIPD 2 1 (14.29 %) Marketing

2 1 (14.29 %) Windows Vista 2 1 (14.29 %) CTC Cleared 2 1 (14.29 %) Security Cleared

Business Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

General 1 2 (28.57 %) Government 2 1 (14.29 %) Health 2 1 (14.29 %) Local Government 2 1 (14.29 %) Pensions 2 1 (14.29 %) Marketing 2 1 (14.29 %) Pharmaceutical 2 1 (14.29 %) Electric	Job Titles 1 3 (42.86 %) Development Manager 1 3 (42.86 %) Business Development Manager 1 3 (42.86 %) Business Manager 2 2 (28.57 %) Project Manager 3 1 (14.29 %) Business Analyst 3 1 (14.29 %) Analyst 3 1 (14.29 %) Senior Business Analyst 3 1 (14.29 %) Senior Analyst 3 1 (14.29 %) IT Project Manager 3 1 (14.29 %) Support Manager
Operating Systems 1 1 (14.29 %) Windows 1 1 (14.29 %) Windows Vista	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (14.29 %) PRINCE2 1 1 (14.29 %) Project Management 1 1 (14.29 %) Service Delivery 1 1 (14.29 %) Business Continuity 1 1 (14.29 %) Business Analysis 1 1 (14.29 %) CTC Cleared 1 1 (14.29 %) Security Cleared
Qualifications 1 1 (14.29 %) CIPD	Vendors 1 1 (14.29 %) Microsoft