Business Development Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Business Development
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Business Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 71 93
Rank change year-on-year -23 +22 0
Contract jobs citing Business Development 3 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.18% 0.13% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.15% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £596
25th Percentile £737 £485 £703
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £490 £913
Median % change year-on-year +58.06% -46.30% +152.87%
75th Percentile £812 £495 £1,128
90th Percentile - - £1,239
South East median daily rate £737 £490 £196
% change year-on-year +50.46% +150.00% -62.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £90.20
25th Percentile - - £90.50
Median hourly rate - - £91.00
75th Percentile - - £91.50
90th Percentile - - £91.80
South East median hourly rate £15.50 - £27.50
% change year-on-year - - -52.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,329 670 1,350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 78.92% 89.81% 83.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 856 483 718
10th Percentile £357 £325 £388
25th Percentile £466 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year - -6.02% +11.48%
75th Percentile £650 £618 £675
90th Percentile £738 £675 £739
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 41 163
10th Percentile £12.70 £20.12 £13.05
25th Percentile £15.72 £30.00 £25.68
Median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +0.26% +8.21%
75th Percentile £52.58 £71.25 £63.13
90th Percentile £68.04 £75.00 £76.86
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £28.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +87.50% -41.05% -5.00%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Business Development job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Business Development
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Business Development
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Business Development
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 2026. 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
Basingstoke - 2 £775 - 3
Farnborough - 1 £775 - 2
Business Development
South East

Business Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Bid Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Culture Change
2 1 (33.33%) Dependency Management
2 1 (33.33%) Edge Computing
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) PgMP
3 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Def Stans
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) SAP