Business Development Contracts in the North of England

Business Development
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 167 203
Rank change year-on-year +22 +36 +25
Contract jobs citing Business Development 17 10 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.52% 0.22% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.25% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 7
10th Percentile - £578 £433
25th Percentile £513 £663 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £676 £625
Median % change year-on-year -22.34% +8.16% +32.70%
75th Percentile £538 £725 £650
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £513 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -6.82% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £84.83 - -
Median hourly rate £91.69 £83.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.47% - -
75th Percentile £98.56 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £53.50 £38.12 £70.00
% change year-on-year +40.35% -45.54% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,942 3,929 5,043
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 89.86% 85.14% 90.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,897 2,407 3,459
10th Percentile £263 £300 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £551 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 367 203
10th Percentile £13.50 £11.07 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.87 £12.50 £15.36
Median hourly rate £27.13 £18.00 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +50.69% -35.02% +45.79%
75th Percentile £55.43 £45.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.88 £60.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.08% -2.67% +50.00%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Business Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Business Development in the North of England

Business Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Development in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Business Development in the North of England

Business Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Development in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Business Development in the North of England

Business Development
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 23 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
Yorkshire +25 13 £525 +16.67% 674
North West +4 3 - - 872
North East - 1 - - 211
Business Development
England

Business Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 11 (64.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (76.47%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (64.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (64.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
1 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (64.71%) Intranet
General
1 15 (88.24%) Social Skills
2 11 (64.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 11 (64.71%) Local Government
2 11 (64.71%) Public Speaking
3 4 (23.53%) Legal
4 3 (17.65%) Finance
4 3 (17.65%) Marketing
5 2 (11.76%) Law
6 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Communications Officer
2 2 (11.76%) Customer Executive
3 1 (5.88%) Architect
3 1 (5.88%) Data Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Lead
3 1 (5.88%) Lead Architect
3 1 (5.88%) Lead Solutions Architect
3 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Architect
3 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Solution Architect
3 1 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Business Continuity
2 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
3 2 (11.76%) Contract Negotiation
3 2 (11.76%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 2 (11.76%) Due Diligence
4 1 (5.88%) Agile
4 1 (5.88%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (5.88%) Architecture Roadmap
4 1 (5.88%) Case Management
4 1 (5.88%) CI/CD
4 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.88%) Contract Management
4 1 (5.88%) Data Governance
4 1 (5.88%) Data Management
4 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.88%) Process Improvement
4 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
4 1 (5.88%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (5.88%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (5.88%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 12 (70.59%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.88%) GDPR
1 1 (5.88%) GMP
1 1 (5.88%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft