Business Development Contracts in England

Business Development
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Business Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Development over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 396 396 530
Rank change year-on-year 0 +134 +85
Contract jobs citing Business Development 84 142 120
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.35% 0.39% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.45% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 41 61
10th Percentile £336 £121 £300
25th Percentile £422 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £635 £725 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 70 8
10th Percentile £35.83 £22.50 £54.07
25th Percentile £46.06 - £62.25
Median hourly rate £53.50 £38.12 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.35% -45.54% -
75th Percentile £66.08 - £72.00
90th Percentile £85.56 £39.18 £84.00
UK median hourly rate £53.50 £38.12 £70.00
% change year-on-year +40.35% -45.54% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,762 31,336 43,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 86.24% 90.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,222 20,550 30,257
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £412 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 920 2,253 1,528
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.88 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.95 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -2.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.05 £37.00
% change year-on-year -23.71% -2.58% +44.08%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Business Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Business Development in England

Business Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Development in England.

Daily rate trend for Business Development in England

Business Development
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Development in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Development in England

Business Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Development in England.

Hourly rate trend for Business Development in England

Business Development
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Development in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Development in England

Business Development
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
London +66 49 £550 -2.22% 2,176
North of England +22 17 £525 -22.34% 1,749
Yorkshire +25 13 £525 +16.67% 672
South West +47 12 £600 - 864
North West +4 3 - - 870
Midlands +17 2 £326 -52.22% 1,408
South East +16 2 £420 +163.74% 2,069
East Midlands +12 2 £326 - 571
North East - 1 - - 211
Business Development
UK

Business Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (13.10%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.38%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.19%) Confluence
3 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 23 (27.38%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (20.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (19.05%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Actimize
2 1 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.19%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.19%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.33%) Azure
1 7 (8.33%) SaaS
2 6 (7.14%) AWS
3 4 (4.76%) GCP
4 3 (3.57%) Matillion
4 3 (3.57%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.57%) Snowflake
5 2 (2.38%) GitHub
6 1 (1.19%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.19%) Asana
6 1 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.19%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (1.19%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (13.10%) Intranet
2 2 (2.38%) BGP
2 2 (2.38%) Firewall
2 2 (2.38%) HTTP
2 2 (2.38%) MPLS
2 2 (2.38%) OSPF
2 2 (2.38%) SD-WAN
2 2 (2.38%) VLAN
2 2 (2.38%) VPN
2 2 (2.38%) WAN
3 1 (1.19%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (3.57%) Power BI
2 2 (2.38%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.38%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.19%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.19%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 3 (3.57%) JIRA
2 2 (2.38%) Introscope
2 2 (2.38%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.19%) Postman
General
1 44 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 30 (35.71%) Finance
3 27 (32.14%) Marketing
4 19 (22.62%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (17.86%) Legal
6 11 (13.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (13.10%) Local Government
6 11 (13.10%) Public Speaking
7 6 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (5.95%) Retail
9 4 (4.76%) Banking
9 4 (4.76%) Law
9 4 (4.76%) Spanish Language
9 4 (4.76%) Telecoms
10 3 (3.57%) French Language
10 3 (3.57%) Italian Language
11 2 (2.38%) Brand Awareness
11 2 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (13.10%) Communications Officer
2 8 (9.52%) Customer Executive
3 6 (7.14%) Development Manager
3 6 (7.14%) Senior
4 5 (5.95%) Account Manager
4 5 (5.95%) Consultant
4 5 (5.95%) Lead
5 4 (4.76%) Analyst
5 4 (4.76%) Architect
5 4 (4.76%) Developer
5 4 (4.76%) Relationships Manager
6 3 (3.57%) Business Analyst
6 3 (3.57%) Business Development Manager
6 3 (3.57%) Business Manager
6 3 (3.57%) Channel Sales Manager
6 3 (3.57%) Data Engineer
6 3 (3.57%) Project Manager
6 3 (3.57%) Sales Manager
6 3 (3.57%) Senior Data Engineer
6 3 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.57%) HTML
1 3 (3.57%) Web Services
2 2 (2.38%) .NET
2 2 (2.38%) J2EE
3 1 (1.19%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.19%) CSS
3 1 (1.19%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.19%) JSON
3 1 (1.19%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.19%) OpenAPI
3 1 (1.19%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.19%) REST
3 1 (1.19%) SOAP
3 1 (1.19%) Swagger
3 1 (1.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.14%) Marketing Technology
2 5 (5.95%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.38%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.38%) NHS
4 2 (2.38%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.19%) iPad
5 1 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.38%) AIX
1 2 (2.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (27.38%) Decision-Making
2 16 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (16.67%) Analytics
3 14 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (16.67%) Project Management
4 13 (15.48%) Contract Negotiation
4 13 (15.48%) CRM
5 12 (14.29%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 11 (13.10%) Agile
6 11 (13.10%) Business Continuity
7 10 (11.90%) Thought Leadership
8 9 (10.71%) Digital Marketing
9 8 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
9 8 (9.52%) E-Commerce
10 7 (8.33%) Business Analysis
10 7 (8.33%) Customer Acquisition
10 7 (8.33%) Mentoring
10 7 (8.33%) Roadmaps
10 7 (8.33%) Sales Enablement
11 5 (5.95%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.95%) Python
2 4 (4.76%) SQL
3 2 (2.38%) C
3 2 (2.38%) Java
4 1 (1.19%) Apex Code
4 1 (1.19%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.19%) R
Qualifications
1 24 (28.57%) Degree
2 9 (10.71%) Security Cleared
3 8 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.57%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.38%) AWS Certification
5 2 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (2.38%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.38%) CCIE
5 2 (2.38%) CCNP
5 2 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.38%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.38%) JNCIE
5 2 (2.38%) JNCIP
5 2 (2.38%) MBA
6 1 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.19%) CCAB
6 1 (1.19%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.38%) QA
2 1 (1.19%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.19%) GDPR
2 1 (1.19%) GMP
2 1 (1.19%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 1 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.38%) CA Wily
2 1 (1.19%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.19%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 13 (15.48%) Salesforce
2 7 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.76%) Google
4 2 (2.38%) AppDynamics
4 2 (2.38%) Cisco
4 2 (2.38%) Fortinet
4 2 (2.38%) Juniper
4 2 (2.38%) Palo Alto
4 2 (2.38%) SAP
4 2 (2.38%) Splunk
4 2 (2.38%) TOWER Software
4 2 (2.38%) VMware
5 1 (1.19%) Apple
5 1 (1.19%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.19%) Facebook
5 1 (1.19%) Foundry
5 1 (1.19%) HP
5 1 (1.19%) Oracle
5 1 (1.19%) Palantir
5 1 (1.19%) ServiceNow