Business Development Contract Job Trends in the North West

Business Development
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Business Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 - 137
Rank change year-on-year - - +35
Contract jobs citing Business Development 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.16% - 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% - 0.084%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £664
25th Percentile - - £666
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £688
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.85%
75th Percentile - - £716
90th Percentile - - £721
England median daily rate £487 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -11.41% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,231 1,880 2,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 87.97% 86.84% 88.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,451 1,069 1,616
10th Percentile £213 £266 £306
25th Percentile £358 £390 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +0.25%
75th Percentile £551 £569 £600
90th Percentile £650 £658 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 101 163
10th Percentile £16.82 £16.00 £15.80
25th Percentile £21.36 £21.05 £18.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -17.11% +47.23%
75th Percentile £56.69 £51.91 £47.67
90th Percentile £69.78 £69.75 £64.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.64%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Business Development job vacancy trend in the North West

Business Development
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Business Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Business Development

Business Development
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Business Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Business Development

Business Development
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 27 December 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
Cheshire - 2 - - 31
Merseyside - 1 - - 22
Manchester - 1 - - 118
Business Development
England

Business Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Local Government
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Business Development Executive
2 1 (25.00%) Business Development Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Business Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Development Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Trainee
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (50.00%) ERP
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft