Business Development Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Business Development
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Business Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Business Development 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.28% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £554 - -
25th Percentile £597 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 - -
75th Percentile £772 - -
90th Percentile £811 - -
Scotland median daily rate £738 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 902 719 617
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 85.26% 91.01% 90.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 522 463 436
10th Percentile £285 £300 £261
25th Percentile £352 £370 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £538
90th Percentile £675 £600 £644
Scotland median daily rate £451 £467 £450
% change year-on-year -3.53% +3.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 19 22
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.82 £15.07
25th Percentile £14.81 £16.84 £18.77
Median hourly rate £35.00 £19.59 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +78.66% -52.15% +154.13%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.68 -
90th Percentile £77.50 £32.47 £62.00
Scotland median hourly rate £17.12 £20.00 £19.59
% change year-on-year -14.40% +2.09% +3.49%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Business Development job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Business Development
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

Business Development
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Development in Glasgow over the 6 months to 8 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Development in Glasgow

Business Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Business Development Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Business Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Development Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Head of Operations
1 1 (33.33%) Head of Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Case
1 2 (66.67%) Value Proposition
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Demand Forecasting
2 1 (33.33%) Due Diligence
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared