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 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 364 421
Rank change year-on-year +55 +57 +55
Contract jobs citing Business Development 41 40 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.33% 0.23% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.26% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 19 28
10th Percentile £316 £503 £392
25th Percentile £341 £525 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £563 £558
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +0.90% -5.51%
75th Percentile £588 £763 £659
90th Percentile £636 £815 £788
England median daily rate £463 £556 £570
% change year-on-year -16.85% -2.41% +3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 2
10th Percentile £33.55 - £78.60
25th Percentile £40.38 £20.98 £79.50
Median hourly rate £53.50 £23.32 £84.50
Median % change year-on-year +129.42% -72.40% +94.25%
75th Percentile £55.25 £48.75 £93.00
90th Percentile - £53.25 £96.00
England median hourly rate £53.50 £38.12 £70.00
% change year-on-year +40.35% -45.54% -3.45%

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 11,626 15,521 22,803
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.36% 88.34% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,790 11,071 16,509
10th Percentile £338 £343 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -6.38% +2.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 309 262
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.50 £18.51
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £28.50 £39.92
Median % change year-on-year +14.04% -28.60% +9.63%
75th Percentile £50.25 £48.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £68.15 £82.50
England median hourly rate £26.12 £38.00 £35.03
% change year-on-year -31.26% +8.48% +36.41%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 24 June 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 +5 4 £625 -13.79% 333
West London - 2 - - 28
South London +4 1 - - 17
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 (2.44%) Confluence
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.51%) SaaS
2 3 (7.32%) Azure
3 2 (4.88%) AWS
3 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.44%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (2.44%) Asana
4 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.44%) GitHub
4 1 (2.44%) Matillion
4 1 (2.44%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Power BI
2 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) JIRA
2 1 (2.44%) Postman
General
1 17 (41.46%) Social Skills
2 15 (36.59%) Marketing
3 14 (34.15%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (26.83%) Finance
5 4 (9.76%) Legal
6 3 (7.32%) Retail
6 3 (7.32%) Telecoms
7 2 (4.88%) Advertising
7 2 (4.88%) Brand Awareness
7 2 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.88%) Law
7 2 (4.88%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.44%) Aviation
8 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Military
8 1 (2.44%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 6 (14.63%) Development Manager
2 4 (9.76%) Consultant
2 4 (9.76%) Sales Manager
2 4 (9.76%) Senior
3 3 (7.32%) Account Manager
3 3 (7.32%) Business Development Manager
3 3 (7.32%) Business Manager
3 3 (7.32%) Channel Sales Manager
3 3 (7.32%) Developer
4 2 (4.88%) Analyst
4 2 (4.88%) Database Developer
4 2 (4.88%) Database Manager
4 2 (4.88%) Marketing Director
4 2 (4.88%) Payments Consultant
4 2 (4.88%) Product Manager
4 2 (4.88%) Project Manager
4 2 (4.88%) Senior Manager
5 1 (2.44%) Digital Architect
5 1 (2.44%) Sales Business Consultant
5 1 (2.44%) Workstream Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) GraphQL
2 2 (4.88%) .NET
2 2 (4.88%) Node.js
2 2 (4.88%) REST
2 2 (4.88%) Ruby on Rails
2 2 (4.88%) Web Services
3 1 (2.44%) OpenAPI
3 1 (2.44%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Marketing Technology
2 2 (4.88%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.88%) NHS
2 2 (4.88%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.44%) iPad
3 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.44%) Social Media
3 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (24.39%) Project Management
2 9 (21.95%) CRM
3 8 (19.51%) Digital Marketing
3 8 (19.51%) E-Commerce
4 7 (17.07%) Customer Acquisition
4 7 (17.07%) Decision-Making
4 7 (17.07%) Roadmaps
4 7 (17.07%) Sales Enablement
4 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (12.20%) Agile
5 5 (12.20%) Analytics
5 5 (12.20%) B2B
6 4 (9.76%) Artificial Intelligence
6 4 (9.76%) Business Case
6 4 (9.76%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 4 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (9.76%) Product Management
7 3 (7.32%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (7.32%) Customer Engagement
7 3 (7.32%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.76%) Python
2 3 (7.32%) SQL
3 2 (4.88%) Java
3 2 (4.88%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.88%) PHP
3 2 (4.88%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (34.15%) Degree
2 3 (7.32%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.88%) MBA
3 2 (4.88%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.44%) CCAB
4 1 (2.44%) CSPO
4 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (9.76%) Salesforce
2 2 (4.88%) YouTube
3 1 (2.44%) Aderant
3 1 (2.44%) Apple
3 1 (2.44%) Facebook
3 1 (2.44%) Foundry
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.44%) Palantir
3 1 (2.44%) SAP