Business Development Contracts in London

Business Development
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 352 431
Rank change year-on-year +43 +79 +62
Contract jobs citing Business Development 44 39 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.35% 0.22% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.25% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 19 27
10th Percentile £358 £311 £397
25th Percentile £450 £519 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -5.17%
75th Percentile £634 £744 £600
90th Percentile £661 £783 £788
England median daily rate £550 £550 £558
% change year-on-year - -1.35% +1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile £33.55 - £40.85
25th Percentile £40.38 £20.98 £49.63
Median hourly rate £53.50 £23.32 £64.25
Median % change year-on-year +129.42% -63.70% +96.18%
75th Percentile £55.25 £25.66 £71.13
90th Percentile - £49.71 £75.25
England median hourly rate £53.50 £38.12 £64.25
% change year-on-year +40.35% -40.67% +83.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Development in London

Business Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Business Development in London

Business Development
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Development in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Development in London

Business Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Development in London

Business Development
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Development in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Development in London

Business Development
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London +2 6 £588 -18.97% 90
West London +12 1 - - 99
South London - 1 - - 5
Business Development
England

Business Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (2.27%) Confluence
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Actimize
2 1 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.91%) SaaS
2 3 (6.82%) Azure
3 2 (4.55%) AWS
3 2 (4.55%) GitHub
4 1 (2.27%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (2.27%) Asana
4 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.55%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 3 (6.82%) JIRA
2 1 (2.27%) Postman
General
1 19 (43.18%) Social Skills
2 16 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (36.36%) Finance
3 10 (22.73%) Marketing
4 5 (11.36%) Legal
5 4 (9.09%) Retail
5 4 (9.09%) Spanish Language
6 3 (6.82%) French Language
6 3 (6.82%) Italian Language
6 3 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.82%) Telecoms
7 2 (4.55%) Banking
7 2 (4.55%) Law
7 2 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.27%) Military
8 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (13.64%) Development Manager
2 5 (11.36%) Account Manager
2 5 (11.36%) Consultant
3 4 (9.09%) Developer
3 4 (9.09%) Relationships Manager
4 3 (6.82%) Analyst
4 3 (6.82%) Business Analyst
4 3 (6.82%) Business Development Manager
4 3 (6.82%) Business Manager
4 3 (6.82%) Channel Sales Manager
4 3 (6.82%) Lead
4 3 (6.82%) Sales Manager
4 3 (6.82%) Senior
5 2 (4.55%) Customer Experience Manager
5 2 (4.55%) Data Consultant
5 2 (4.55%) Database Developer
5 2 (4.55%) Database Manager
5 2 (4.55%) Development Director
5 2 (4.55%) Lead Developer
5 2 (4.55%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) AngularJS
1 2 (4.55%) CSS
1 2 (4.55%) HTML
1 2 (4.55%) JSON
1 2 (4.55%) REST
1 2 (4.55%) SOAP
1 2 (4.55%) Web Services
1 2 (4.55%) XML
2 1 (2.27%) GraphQL
2 1 (2.27%) OpenAPI
2 1 (2.27%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.64%) Marketing Technology
2 5 (11.36%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.82%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.55%) Reinsurance
5 1 (2.27%) Blog
5 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.27%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.27%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.82%) Project Management
2 10 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (20.45%) Analytics
3 9 (20.45%) CRM
4 8 (18.18%) Agile
4 8 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
4 8 (18.18%) E-Commerce
4 8 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (15.91%) Business Analysis
5 7 (15.91%) Decision-Making
5 7 (15.91%) Sales Enablement
5 7 (15.91%) Thought Leadership
6 6 (13.64%) Customer Acquisition
6 6 (13.64%) Digital Marketing
7 5 (11.36%) Contract Negotiation
8 4 (9.09%) Customer Experience
8 4 (9.09%) Presales
8 4 (9.09%) Roadmaps
8 4 (9.09%) Technology Transformation
8 4 (9.09%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.55%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.27%) Python
2 1 (2.27%) R
2 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (6.82%) Master's Degree
2 3 (6.82%) SC Cleared
2 3 (6.82%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.55%) MBA
4 1 (2.27%) CCAB
4 1 (2.27%) CSPO
4 1 (2.27%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 2 (4.55%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 4 (9.09%) Salesforce
2 2 (4.55%) ServiceNow
2 2 (4.55%) TOWER Software
3 1 (2.27%) Aderant
3 1 (2.27%) Cisco
3 1 (2.27%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.27%) Foundry
3 1 (2.27%) Palantir
3 1 (2.27%) SAP