Business Development Contracts in the South West

Business Development
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Business Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Development over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 147 157 167
Rank change year-on-year +10 +10 -32
Contract jobs citing Business Development 5 17 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.16% 0.46% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.52% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 1
10th Percentile £461 £345 -
25th Percentile £477 £441 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £629 £550
Median % change year-on-year -19.87% +14.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £640 £675 -
90th Percentile £721 £690 -
England median daily rate £550 £558 £550
% change year-on-year -1.35% +1.36% +32.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £55.29 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £64.75 £32.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £70.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% +100.00% -53.33%
75th Percentile £48.75 £72.18 £37.50
90th Percentile - £76.09 -
England median hourly rate £38.12 £67.13 £35.00
% change year-on-year -43.21% +91.79% -53.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Business Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,642 3,282 3,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.87% 89.53% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,701 2,410 2,334
10th Percentile £220 £311 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% +6.95%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 344 193
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.75 £17.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £47.92 £61.50 £48.48
Median % change year-on-year -22.09% +26.86% +7.73%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.37 £69.97
England median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Development in the South West

Business Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Development in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Business Development in the South West

Business Development
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Development in the South West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Development in the South West

Business Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Development in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Business Development in the South West

Business Development
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Bristol +18 3 £504 -19.87% 49
Wiltshire +3 1 £450 -33.33% 15
Gloucestershire +2 1 £750 +15.38% 16
Business Development
England

Business Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (20.00%) Confluence
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (20.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Architect
2 1 (20.00%) CRM Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Architect
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support Technician
2 1 (20.00%) IT Technician
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Senior IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) Senior IT Technician
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Support Technician
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Technician
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (20.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) CentOS
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Business Case
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Open Source
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) C++
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) QA
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (20.00%) Sparx