Business Development Contracts in England

Business Development
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Business Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Development over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 392 530 598
Rank change year-on-year +138 +68 -73
Contract jobs citing Business Development 147 116 167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.40% 0.24% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.26% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 56 103
10th Percentile £122 £300 £333
25th Percentile £365 £447 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +22.22%
75th Percentile £725 £675 £625
90th Percentile £775 £769 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 7 6
10th Percentile £22.50 £53.35 £26.75
25th Percentile - £60.25 £34.94
Median hourly rate £38.12 £70.00 £56.75
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +23.35% +163.95%
75th Percentile - - £76.88
90th Percentile £48.75 £73.20 £79.25
UK median hourly rate £38.12 £70.00 £56.75
% change year-on-year -45.54% +23.35% +118.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Business Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,798 44,069 63,755
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.49% 90.16% 90.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,831 30,926 45,337
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £446 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,559 1,731
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%

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 11 May 2024.

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 11 May 2024.

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 11 May 2024. 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
East of England +58 47 - - 78
London +78 40 £563 +2.27% 527
South East +41 40 £196 -64.36% 211
North of England +36 10 £676 +8.16% 259
North West +20 7 £688 +5.85% 153
South West -2 4 £504 -21.19% 113
Midlands +23 3 £681 +18.48% 137
Yorkshire +16 3 £450 -28.00% 75
West Midlands +13 2 £681 +147.73% 91
East Midlands +17 1 - - 46
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 3 (2.04%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.68%) CMS
2 1 (0.68%) Confluence
2 1 (0.68%) IIS
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.68%) SAS
2 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (10.88%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.36%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.36%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) SAP MDM
1 1 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.08%) Azure
2 3 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.36%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.36%) SaaS
3 2 (1.36%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 2 (1.36%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (0.68%) AWS
4 1 (0.68%) OneDrive
4 1 (0.68%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.04%) LAN
1 3 (2.04%) SD-WAN
1 3 (2.04%) Unified Communications
1 3 (2.04%) WAN
1 3 (2.04%) Wireless
2 2 (1.36%) Firewall
2 2 (1.36%) SMS
2 2 (1.36%) VPN
3 1 (0.68%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.76%) GIS
2 3 (2.04%) Amazon Redshift
2 3 (2.04%) Big Data
2 3 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.04%) Hadoop
2 3 (2.04%) Presto
2 3 (2.04%) Spatial Data
3 1 (0.68%) Power BI
3 1 (0.68%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Bitbucket
1 1 (0.68%) Git
1 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.68%) JIRA
1 1 (0.68%) Subversion
General
1 65 (44.22%) Finance
1 65 (44.22%) Social Skills
2 48 (32.65%) Influencing Skills
3 47 (31.97%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (12.24%) Marketing
5 15 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (5.44%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.40%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.72%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.72%) Retail
9 3 (2.04%) Banking
9 3 (2.04%) Legal
10 2 (1.36%) Automotive
10 2 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.36%) Law
11 1 (0.68%) Aviation
11 1 (0.68%) Brand Awareness
11 1 (0.68%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.68%) Local Government
11 1 (0.68%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 12 (8.16%) Architect
2 11 (7.48%) Business Manager
2 11 (7.48%) Development Manager
2 11 (7.48%) Solutions Architect
3 10 (6.80%) Business Development Manager
4 7 (4.76%) Lead
5 6 (4.08%) Project Manager
5 6 (4.08%) Senior
6 5 (3.40%) Account Executive
7 4 (2.72%) Analyst
7 4 (2.72%) Network Engineer
7 4 (2.72%) Operations Manager
7 4 (2.72%) Product Manager
7 4 (2.72%) Security Manager
7 4 (2.72%) Security Project Manager
7 4 (2.72%) Software Architect
8 3 (2.04%) GIS Architect
8 3 (2.04%) Presales Engineer
8 3 (2.04%) Presales Network Engineer
8 3 (2.04%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.04%) PySpark
2 1 (0.68%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (0.68%) JSON
2 1 (0.68%) Kafka
2 1 (0.68%) Middleware
2 1 (0.68%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.12%) Data Protection Act
2 7 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.40%) Social Media
4 4 (2.72%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.04%) Blockchain
6 2 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.36%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.68%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.68%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.68%) DataPower
7 1 (0.68%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (0.68%) Infotainment
7 1 (0.68%) Life Science
7 1 (0.68%) NHS
7 1 (0.68%) PACS
7 1 (0.68%) PKI
7 1 (0.68%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.68%) CentOS
1 1 (0.68%) Linux
1 1 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (0.68%) Windows
1 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (40.14%) Project Management
2 50 (34.01%) Business Strategy
3 18 (12.24%) Roadmaps
4 17 (11.56%) Agile
5 16 (10.88%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (8.16%) Cybersecurity
6 12 (8.16%) Project Delivery
6 12 (8.16%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (7.48%) Business Case
7 11 (7.48%) CRM
7 11 (7.48%) Decision-Making
8 10 (6.80%) Data Protection
9 9 (6.12%) Digital Marketing
9 9 (6.12%) Enterprise Architecture
9 9 (6.12%) Line Management
9 9 (6.12%) Product Roadmap
10 8 (5.44%) B2B
10 8 (5.44%) Programme Management
11 7 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (4.76%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.08%) Python
1 6 (4.08%) SQL
2 2 (1.36%) C
2 2 (1.36%) Java
2 2 (1.36%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.68%) Bash
3 1 (0.68%) C++
Qualifications
1 35 (23.81%) Degree
2 10 (6.80%) Master's Degree
3 7 (4.76%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.08%) CISA
4 6 (4.08%) CISM
4 6 (4.08%) CISSP
4 6 (4.08%) MBA
5 5 (3.40%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.04%) CCIE
6 3 (2.04%) CCNP
6 3 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.36%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.36%) PMP
8 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.68%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.68%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.68%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.48%) GDPR
2 9 (6.12%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.72%) QA
4 2 (1.36%) PMO
5 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.68%) Docker
1 1 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (2.04%) Ansible
2 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (10.88%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.40%) Salesforce
3 4 (2.72%) SAP
4 3 (2.04%) Cisco
4 3 (2.04%) Databricks
4 3 (2.04%) ESRI
4 3 (2.04%) Foundry
4 3 (2.04%) Oracle
4 3 (2.04%) Palantir
5 2 (1.36%) CheckPoint
5 2 (1.36%) Conga
5 2 (1.36%) DocuSign
5 2 (1.36%) F5
5 2 (1.36%) Juniper
5 2 (1.36%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.36%) Riverbed
6 1 (0.68%) McAfee
6 1 (0.68%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.68%) Sparx