The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Business Development skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Development over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

Business Development
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank150170145
Rank change year-on-year
Up+20Down-25
Matching permanent IT job ads200818161600
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.657 %1.488 %1.680 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category2.247 %2.044 %2.375 %
Number of salaries quoted143013421165
Average salary£55,000£57,500£55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.34 %+4.54 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£30,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£90,000£95,000£95,000
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£52,500£55,000
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-4.54 %
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
893688884467380
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK73.74 %72.81 %70.76 %
Number of salaries quoted759367435255206
Average salary£47,000£47,500£47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.05 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£29,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£77,500£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£41,000£40,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.50 %-

Business Development
Demand Trend

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

Business Development Demand Trend

Business Development
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Business Development within the UK.

Business Development Salary Trend

Business Development
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Development over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

Business Development Salary Histogram

Business Development
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Development within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+171825£55,000-
LondonDown-18944£65,000+8.33 %
South EastUp+32386£50,000-
City of LondonDown-30163£70,000+12.00 %
SurreyUp+64124£50,000+42.85 %
North WestUp+29122£24,000-52.94 %
East of EnglandUp+1080£23,500-30.88 %
South WestUp+579£50,000-16.66 %
BerkshireDown-675£55,000-15.38 %
West MidlandsUp+1862£36,250-30.95 %
ManchesterUp+2360£24,000-54.28 %
EghamUp+1459--
HampshireDown-1550£47,500-5.00 %
East MidlandsUp+745£34,500-18.82 %
CheshireUp+1344£28,750-36.11 %
BirminghamUp+1040£30,000-42.85 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1236£55,000+15.78 %
YorkshireDown-236£27,500-32.92 %
OxfordshireUp+2429£39,000-37.60 %
West SussexUp+2028£50,000+66.66 %
Milton KeynesUp+1928£53,750-10.41 %
ScotlandDown-1328£32,500-50.00 %
ReadingDown-925£55,000-21.42 %
CambridgeshireUp+323£23,500-44.70 %
HertfordshireUp+1821£50,000+66.66 %
NorthamptonshireUp+2320£34,000+36.00 %
GloucestershireDown-1020£45,000-5.26 %
West YorkshireDown-2519£28,000-46.66 %
NottinghamshireUp+918£65,000+8.33 %
OxfordUp+2217£40,000-50.00 %

Business Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11164 (28.98 %)Finance
2635 (15.81 %)Marketing
3631 (15.71 %)Degree
4618 (15.38 %)SAP
5551 (13.72 %)Project Management
6434 (10.80 %)Oracle
7380 (9.460 %)Telecoms
8315 (7.842 %)CRM
9314 (7.817 %)Retail
10298 (7.418 %)Business Intelligence
11296 (7.369 %)Microsoft
12272 (6.771 %)Java
13247 (6.149 %)MS Excel
14242 (6.024 %)Security Cleared
15236 (5.875 %)Banking
16233 (5.800 %)ERP
17227 (5.651 %)SQL
18211 (5.253 %)Service Delivery
19210 (5.228 %)MS Visio
20208 (5.178 %)B2B
21176 (4.381 %)Risk Management
21176 (4.381 %)E-Commerce
22171 (4.257 %)QA
23170 (4.232 %)JavaScript
24162 (4.033 %).NET
25161 (4.008 %)Cisco
26148 (3.684 %)Stakeholder Management
27146 (3.635 %)Legal
28144 (3.585 %)SC Cleared
29140 (3.485 %)Advertising

Business Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1162 (4.033 %).NET
2138 (3.435 %)HTML
3130 (3.236 %)CSS
497 (2.415 %)XML
577 (1.917 %)Middleware
666 (1.643 %)J2EE
755 (1.369 %)HTML5
849 (1.220 %)jQuery
849 (1.220 %)JSP
945 (1.120 %)ASP.NET
1041 (1.021 %)Servlets
1135 (0.871 %)WebSphere
1233 (0.822 %)CSS3
1233 (0.822 %)Ajax
1330 (0.747 %)Flash
1429 (0.722 %)Silverlight
1525 (0.622 %)XSLT
1624 (0.597 %)XHTML
1723 (0.573 %).NET Framework
1820 (0.498 %)Apache Flex
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
192 (2.290 %)SharePoint
266 (1.643 %)NetWeaver
355 (1.369 %)IIS
447 (1.170 %)WebLogic
447 (1.170 %)SAS
533 (0.822 %)CMS
624 (0.597 %)MS Exchange
720 (0.498 %)Apache
817 (0.423 %)Drupal
817 (0.423 %)Oracle Workflow
915 (0.373 %)WordPress
1012 (0.299 %)Tomcat
1012 (0.299 %)SharePoint Server
1110 (0.249 %)Exchange Server 2010
129 (0.224 %)FileNet
129 (0.224 %)WebSphere Application Server
129 (0.224 %)Documentum
138 (0.199 %)Exchange Server 2007
138 (0.199 %)Alfresco
138 (0.199 %)Force.com
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1247 (6.149 %)MS Excel
2210 (5.228 %)MS Visio
3118 (2.938 %)MS Office
485 (2.116 %)MS PowerPoint
543 (1.070 %)MS Project
616 (0.398 %)Photoshop
712 (0.299 %)SPSS
712 (0.299 %)Adobe Illustrator
811 (0.274 %)PowerPivot
97 (0.174 %)Office 365
106 (0.149 %)FastStats
115 (0.124 %)Fireworks
124 (0.100 %)Mingle
132 (0.050 %)OmniGraffle
132 (0.050 %)Google Apps
141 (0.025 %)Spreadsheet
141 (0.025 %)Pro/ENGINEER
141 (0.025 %)S-PLUS
141 (0.025 %)MATLAB
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
188 (2.191 %)Oracle EBS
281 (2.016 %)Oracle EBS R12
365 (1.618 %)SAP ERP
451 (1.270 %)SAP FI
451 (1.270 %)SAP FI/CO
451 (1.270 %)SAP CO
544 (1.095 %)Oracle Applications
640 (0.996 %)SAP SD
640 (0.996 %)SAP HCM
739 (0.971 %)Dynamics AX
739 (0.971 %)Oracle Financials
838 (0.946 %)Dynamics CRM
838 (0.946 %)SAP HR-PA
937 (0.921 %)SAP HR
1036 (0.896 %)SAP Oil and Gas
1132 (0.797 %)SAP CRM
1226 (0.647 %)Hyperion Planning
1325 (0.622 %)Google Analytics
1325 (0.622 %)SAP FSCM
1424 (0.597 %)HFM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1135 (3.361 %)Internet
260 (1.494 %)Unified Communications
353 (1.319 %)VoIP
443 (1.070 %)Wireless
443 (1.070 %)LAN
535 (0.871 %)HTTP
633 (0.822 %)WAN
727 (0.672 %)Network Security
825 (0.622 %)Intranet
917 (0.423 %)Firewall
917 (0.423 %)Broadband
917 (0.423 %)SAN
1016 (0.398 %)Extranet
1114 (0.349 %)MPLS
1212 (0.299 %)VPN
1311 (0.274 %)DSL
148 (0.199 %)SMS
148 (0.199 %)LTE
157 (0.174 %)TETRA
166 (0.149 %)DHCP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1126 (3.137 %)SQL Server
2110 (2.738 %)Data Warehouse
368 (1.693 %)MySQL
450 (1.245 %)BusinessObjects
542 (1.046 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
637 (0.921 %)SAP BI
735 (0.871 %)ETL
834 (0.846 %)Oracle BI EE
929 (0.722 %)BusinessObjects Data Services
1028 (0.697 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1126 (0.647 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1225 (0.622 %)Oracle 8/8i
1324 (0.597 %)Data Mining
1324 (0.597 %)GIS
1422 (0.548 %)Oracle Reports
1520 (0.498 %)RDBMS
1619 (0.473 %)OLAP
1718 (0.448 %)SQL Server 2008
1817 (0.423 %)Essbase
1916 (0.398 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
144 (1.095 %)JUnit
238 (0.946 %)Selenium
336 (0.896 %)Hudson
431 (0.772 %)RequisitePro
526 (0.647 %)Dreamweaver
623 (0.573 %)CaliberRM
623 (0.573 %)FrontPage
715 (0.373 %)Oracle Forms
811 (0.274 %)LoadRunner
99 (0.224 %)Ant
108 (0.199 %)QuickTest Pro
116 (0.149 %)LSMW
116 (0.149 %)Rational DOORS
116 (0.149 %)Rational Rhapsody
124 (0.100 %)Rational Rose
124 (0.100 %)PowerBuilder
133 (0.075 %)Subversion
133 (0.075 %)Maven
133 (0.075 %)Oracle APEX
133 (0.075 %)WinRunner
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11164 (28.98 %)Finance
2635 (15.81 %)Marketing
3380 (9.460 %)Telecoms
4314 (7.817 %)Retail
5236 (5.875 %)Banking
6146 (3.635 %)Legal
7140 (3.485 %)Advertising
8101 (2.514 %)Manufacturing
986 (2.141 %)Pharmaceutical
1065 (1.618 %)Back Office
1148 (1.195 %)German Language
1148 (1.195 %)Billing
1244 (1.095 %)General Ledger
1343 (1.070 %)Law
1441 (1.021 %)Investment Banking
1535 (0.871 %)Games
1632 (0.797 %)Aerospace
1730 (0.747 %)Publishing
1826 (0.647 %)Local Government
1826 (0.647 %)French Language
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11056 (26.29 %)Consultant
2551 (13.72 %)Business Manager
3506 (12.60 %)Development Manager
4481 (11.97 %)Business Development Manager
5328 (8.165 %)Architect
6293 (7.294 %)SAP Consultant
7215 (5.352 %)Analyst
8184 (4.581 %)Account Manager
9181 (4.506 %)Developer
10174 (4.332 %)Project Manager
11164 (4.083 %)Business Analyst
12149 (3.709 %)Senior Consultant
13146 (3.635 %)Sales Executive
14138 (3.435 %)Business Consultant
15137 (3.411 %)Sales Manager
15137 (3.411 %)Senior Manager
16136 (3.386 %)Business Development Executive
17133 (3.311 %)Recruitment Consultant
18130 (3.236 %)Managing Consultant
1997 (2.415 %)Solutions Architect
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1119 (2.962 %)Social Media
2114 (2.838 %)Computer Science
3102 (2.539 %)Management Information System
496 (2.390 %)SaaS
559 (1.469 %)Digital Media
646 (1.145 %)CESG
646 (1.145 %)Visualisation
745 (1.120 %)Statistics
844 (1.095 %)CESG CLAS
932 (0.797 %)Data Integration
1030 (0.747 %)iPhone
1128 (0.697 %)Cloud Computing
1227 (0.672 %)Open Source
1227 (0.672 %)FMCG
1227 (0.672 %)NHS
1325 (0.622 %)Market Risk
1424 (0.597 %)Social Network
1424 (0.597 %)SWIFT
1523 (0.573 %)Derivative
1622 (0.548 %)Credit Risk
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1126 (3.137 %)Linux
294 (2.340 %)Windows
364 (1.593 %)UNIX
437 (0.921 %)Android
535 (0.871 %)Debian
626 (0.647 %)Windows Server 2003
723 (0.573 %)Windows Server 2008
816 (0.398 %)Solaris
912 (0.299 %)Windows XP
107 (0.174 %)Apple iOS
116 (0.149 %)Windows NT
116 (0.149 %)webOS
125 (0.124 %)Windows 7
134 (0.100 %)Windows 2000
142 (0.050 %)AIX
142 (0.050 %)VMS
142 (0.050 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
142 (0.050 %)Windows Phone 7
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1551 (13.72 %)Project Management
2315 (7.842 %)CRM
3298 (7.418 %)Business Intelligence
4233 (5.800 %)ERP
5211 (5.253 %)Service Delivery
6208 (5.178 %)B2B
7176 (4.381 %)Risk Management
7176 (4.381 %)E-Commerce
8148 (3.684 %)Stakeholder Management
9138 (3.435 %)ITIL
10131 (3.261 %)PRINCE2
10131 (3.261 %)Business Analysis
11129 (3.211 %)SAP Implementation
12127 (3.162 %)Programme Management
13111 (2.763 %)Information Security
14108 (2.689 %)SOA
15107 (2.664 %)SEO
16102 (2.539 %)Enterprise Architecture
17101 (2.514 %)Business Transformation
1895 (2.365 %)OO
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1272 (6.771 %)Java
2227 (5.651 %)SQL
3170 (4.232 %)JavaScript
4102 (2.539 %)C#
590 (2.240 %)C
687 (2.166 %)C++
770 (1.743 %)ABAP
847 (1.170 %)PHP
943 (1.070 %)PL/SQL
1030 (0.747 %)Perl
1125 (0.622 %)Python
1220 (0.498 %)Ruby
1318 (0.448 %)VB.NET
1416 (0.398 %)VB
1515 (0.373 %)T-SQL
169 (0.224 %)PHP5
169 (0.224 %)Shell Script
177 (0.174 %)SAPscript
186 (0.149 %)VBA
186 (0.149 %)Apex Code
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1631 (15.71 %)Degree
2242 (6.024 %)Security Cleared
3144 (3.585 %)SC Cleared
4100 (2.489 %)MBA
574 (1.842 %)CISSP
669 (1.718 %)DV Cleared
741 (1.021 %)Cisco Certification
840 (0.996 %)CISA
935 (0.871 %)CIMA
1031 (0.772 %)CISM
1031 (0.772 %)PMI Certification
1121 (0.523 %)ITIL Certification
1219 (0.473 %)PMP
1219 (0.473 %)CCDP
1315 (0.373 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1315 (0.373 %)CCSP
1414 (0.349 %)ISEB
1513 (0.324 %)CFA
1513 (0.324 %)ACCA
1612 (0.299 %)PRINCE2 Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1171 (4.257 %)QA
249 (1.220 %)SLA
346 (1.145 %)Basel II
441 (1.021 %)ISO/IEC 27001
537 (0.921 %)Data Quality
626 (0.647 %)Solvency II
724 (0.597 %)Basel III
823 (0.573 %)FATCA
920 (0.498 %)COBIT
1018 (0.448 %)PCI DSS
1116 (0.398 %)ISO 9001
1116 (0.398 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
1211 (0.274 %)GCP
138 (0.199 %)JSP 440
146 (0.149 %)MiFID
155 (0.124 %)BS7799
164 (0.100 %)GLP
173 (0.075 %)HMG Infosec
182 (0.050 %)21 CFR Part 11
182 (0.050 %)CDISC
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
133 (0.822 %)VMware Infrastructure
215 (0.373 %)Oracle RAC
312 (0.299 %)Hyper-V
411 (0.274 %)Terminal Services
411 (0.274 %)Active Directory
59 (0.224 %)XenApp
67 (0.174 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
76 (0.149 %)VMware Server
85 (0.124 %)XenDesktop
93 (0.075 %)vSphere
93 (0.075 %)Oracle RMAN
102 (0.050 %)VMware ESX
102 (0.050 %)Xen
102 (0.050 %)Citrix Presentation Server
102 (0.050 %)Sendmail
102 (0.050 %)VMware ESXi
111 (0.025 %)OpenSSO
111 (0.025 %)Postfix
111 (0.025 %)Veritas Volume Manager
111 (0.025 %)XenServer
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
115 (0.373 %)Data Guard
210 (0.249 %)Tivoli
35 (0.124 %)Cisco IPCC
44 (0.100 %)HP Quality Center
53 (0.075 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
62 (0.050 %)OpenView Configuration Management
62 (0.050 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
62 (0.050 %)MIIS
62 (0.050 %)EMC NetWorker
71 (0.025 %)SCCM
71 (0.025 %)SCOM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1618 (15.38 %)SAP
2434 (10.80 %)Oracle
3296 (7.369 %)Microsoft
4161 (4.008 %)Cisco
588 (2.191 %)IBM
672 (1.792 %)Citrix
672 (1.792 %)Business Objects
767 (1.668 %)VMware
852 (1.294 %)HP
945 (1.120 %)Cognizant
1040 (0.996 %)CA
1139 (0.971 %)Hyperion
1139 (0.971 %)Siebel
1237 (0.921 %)Google
1237 (0.921 %)Salesforce.com
1334 (0.846 %)NetApp
1431 (0.772 %)iRise
1529 (0.722 %)Teradata
1529 (0.722 %)PeopleSoft
1529 (0.722 %)Informatica