The first table below looks at the demand for Business Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Development over the 3 months to 20 June 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 South West 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Development
Rank 101 131 125
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -6
Contract jobs citing Business Development 9 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.442% 0.130% 0.098%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.659% 0.191% 0.155%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
Average daily rate £525 £388 £243
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.48% +59.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £298 £229
10% offered a daily rate of more than £545 £478 £257
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £313 £325
% change year-on-year
+36.00% -3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.25 £32.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +96.96%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1366 2093 1940
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 67.06% 67.89% 63.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 855 1292 998
Average daily rate £375 £378 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% +0.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £265 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 110 143
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -20.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.66 £11.34 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £40.00 £37.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South West 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 South West region.

South West Business Development Daily Rate Trend

Business Development
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Development across the South West region.

South West Business Development Hourly Rate Trend

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 South West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Wiltshire +8 6 - - 2
Bristol +18 1 £500 - 6
Dorset - - - -
Gloucestershire - - - -
Somerset - - - - 5
Business Development
England

Business Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
1 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (40.00%) CRM
3 5 (33.33%) Change Management
4 3 (20.00%) Usability Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Product Management
4 3 (20.00%) Balsamiq Mockups
4 3 (20.00%) Axure RP
4 3 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (20.00%) MS Visio
4 3 (20.00%) Adobe
5 2 (13.33%) OpenView
5 2 (13.33%) HP
5 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
5 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
5 2 (13.33%) Finance
5 2 (13.33%) OPNET
5 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
5 2 (13.33%) Programme Management
5 2 (13.33%) SolarWinds
5 2 (13.33%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (6.667%) Lync
6 1 (6.667%) Unified Communications
6 1 (6.667%) Office 365
6 1 (6.667%) Banking
6 1 (6.667%) Retail
6 1 (6.667%) IP Telephony
6 1 (6.667%) Supplier Management
6 1 (6.667%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (6.667%) Retail Banking

Business Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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.

Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.667%) Lync
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (6.667%) Office 365
2 1 (6.667%) MS Project
2 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (6.667%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) Unified Communications
1 1 (6.667%) IP Telephony
1 1 (6.667%) Wireless
1 1 (6.667%) LAN
1 1 (6.667%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Balsamiq Mockups
1 3 (20.00%) Axure RP
2 1 (6.667%) ChangeMan
General
1 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
1 2 (13.33%) Finance
2 1 (6.667%) Banking
2 1 (6.667%) Retail
2 1 (6.667%) Retail Banking
2 1 (6.667%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Consultant
2 5 (33.33%) Development Manager
3 4 (26.67%) Software Development Manager
3 4 (26.67%) Software Manager
4 3 (20.00%) User Experience Consultant
5 2 (13.33%) Applications Consultant
6 1 (6.667%) Supplier Manager
6 1 (6.667%) Business Manager
6 1 (6.667%) Mainframe Programmer
6 1 (6.667%) CLAS Consultant
6 1 (6.667%) Business Development Manager
6 1 (6.667%) Programmer
6 1 (6.667%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) CESG
1 1 (6.667%) CESG CLAS
1 1 (6.667%) Management Information System
1 1 (6.667%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) CRM
2 5 (33.33%) Change Management
3 3 (20.00%) Usability Testing
3 3 (20.00%) Product Management
3 3 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (13.33%) Programme Management
5 1 (6.667%) Supplier Management
5 1 (6.667%) Project Planning
5 1 (6.667%) Information Assurance
5 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
5 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (6.667%) Information Security
5 1 (6.667%) Information Security Management
5 1 (6.667%) Security Management
5 1 (6.667%) Risk Management
5 1 (6.667%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) PL/1
1 1 (6.667%) JCL
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
1 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.667%) ISO 14001
1 1 (6.667%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) OpenView
1 2 (13.33%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Adobe
2 2 (13.33%) HP
2 2 (13.33%) OPNET
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) SolarWinds
3 1 (6.667%) Primavera
3 1 (6.667%) PeopleSoft