Business Development Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Business Development
West Yorkshire > Leeds

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 65 77
Rank change year-on-year -4 +12 +38
Contract jobs citing Business Development 1 3 7
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.16% 0.43% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.50% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £246
25th Percentile £288 - £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £300
Median % change year-on-year - - -40.00%
75th Percentile £313 - £363
90th Percentile - - £468
West Yorkshire median daily rate £300 - £300
% change year-on-year - - -40.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 561 597 998
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 89.33% 85.65% 90.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 390 690
10th Percentile £295 £350 £350
25th Percentile £400 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +5.11%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 18 13
10th Percentile £25.05 £12.15 £12.00
25th Percentile £25.13 £14.03 £15.75
Median hourly rate £25.50 £22.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.91% +15.79% -10.59%
75th Percentile £26.13 £37.50 £21.31
90th Percentile £26.35 £44.00 £23.26
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £23.75 £18.50
% change year-on-year -6.78% +28.38% -4.39%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Development in Leeds

Business Development
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Business Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Analysis