The first table below looks at the demand for Business Development skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Development
Rank 48 33 46
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +13
Permanent jobs citing Business Development 2 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 0.559% 1.852% 0.847%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.662% 2.586% 1.170%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 2
Average salary £60,000 £21,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+179.06% -38.57%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -14.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
302 116 171
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 84.36% 71.60% 72.46%
Number of salaries quoted 161 96 166
Average salary £38,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.57% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Business Development
Cheshire

Business Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester Business Development Jobs Demand Trend

Business Development
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Business Development across the Chester region.

Chester Business Development Salary Trend

Business Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Business Development.

1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) UNIX
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Sun
2 1 (25.00%) CCSP
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (25.00%) BT
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Billing
2 1 (25.00%) Local Government
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) VTSP
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement

Business Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Business Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Billing
1 1 (25.00%) Local Government
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Account Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Services Delivery Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Service Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Sales Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Business Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Implementation Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Architect
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) UNIX
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
1 1 (25.00%) Service Management
1 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCSP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (25.00%) VTSP
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Sun
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) BT
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle