Business Development Contracts in Merseyside

Business Development
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 26 - 46
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Contract jobs citing Business Development 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 1.79% - 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.26% - 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.76%
75th Percentile - - £475
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate - £688 £650
% change year-on-year - +5.85% +58.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 133 179 300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 79.17% 78.51% 87.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 90 229
10th Percentile £143 £145 £313
25th Percentile £203 £242 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £545 £494 £550
90th Percentile £649 £603 £689
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 8
10th Percentile £13.28 - £16.23
25th Percentile - £15.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £20.31 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.11% +12.81% +48.42%
75th Percentile £20.00 £34.32 £23.75
90th Percentile £25.22 £37.18 £25.63
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Development in Merseyside

Business Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Daily rate trend for Business Development in Merseyside

Business Development
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside 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
Liverpool - 3 - - 58
Business Development
North West

Business Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Legal
2 2 (66.67%) Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Executive
2 1 (33.33%) Data Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Contract Negotiation
1 2 (66.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Practice Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Salesforce