The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Wales 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 Developer
Rank - 51 57
Contract jobs requiring a Business Developer 0 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales - 0.541% 0.309%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.584% 0.336%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
Average daily rate - £325 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -16.12%
UK excluding London average daily rate £344 £375 £348
% change year-on-year
-8.33% +7.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £45.00 £18.73
% change year-on-year
-54.44% +140.25%
All Job Titles
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
376 514 596
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 93.07% 92.61% 91.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 247 272
Average daily rate £330 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £155 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £481 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 25 37
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -23.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.30 £10.35 £9.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.25 £20.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Business Developer
UK

Business Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Business Developer across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Wales Business Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Business Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wales Business Developer Daily Rate Trend

Business Developer
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region that cited Business Developer in their job title 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 with Business Developer in their job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) SAP
2 4 (66.67%) SAP BW
3 3 (50.00%) Business Objects
3 3 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
4 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 2 (33.33%) ABAP
4 2 (33.33%) Xcelsius
4 2 (33.33%) Data Management
4 2 (33.33%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
5 1 (16.67%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (16.67%) SQL
5 1 (16.67%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (16.67%) SAP ERP
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
5 1 (16.67%) MS Office
5 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
5 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (16.67%) ERP
5 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (16.67%) Billing
5 1 (16.67%) ETL

Business Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region that cited Business Developer in their job title 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 with Business Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) SAP BW
2 3 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (33.33%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Xcelsius
4 1 (16.67%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Billing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) ETL
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) ABAP
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) SAP
2 3 (50.00%) Business Objects