Business Development Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Business Development
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Business Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 101 117
Rank change year-on-year +6 +16 +12
Contract jobs citing Business Development 1 10 3
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.078% 0.62% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.087% 0.70% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £390 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% -22.00% +455.56%
75th Percentile £375 £1,025 £606
90th Percentile - - £655
South East median daily rate £463 £400 £635
% change year-on-year +15.63% -37.01% +55.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Business Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,150 1,425 1,611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 89.70% 88.73% 90.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 740 764 995
10th Percentile £322 £325 £250
25th Percentile £413 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £520
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £650 £689 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £511 £520
% change year-on-year -2.06% -1.83% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 55 68
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.33 £18.95
25th Percentile £16.48 £41.25 £44.74
Median hourly rate £28.50 £58.49 £60.63
Median % change year-on-year -51.27% -3.52% +20.05%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.42 £72.08
90th Percentile £73.80 £75.19 £76.37
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.17 £51.76
% change year-on-year -64.40% +12.39% +39.40%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Business Development job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Business Development
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Business Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Business Development

Business Development
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Business Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Business Development

Business Development
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Development within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 30 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bracknell -9 1 £350 -10.26% 7
Business Development
South East

Business Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing