Business Development Contracts in the Thames Valley

Business Development
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 111 136
Rank change year-on-year +11 +25 +22
Contract jobs citing Business Development 1 29 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.067% 1.12% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.072% 1.28% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 5
10th Percentile - - £385
25th Percentile £325 £121 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £159 £575
Median % change year-on-year +119.78% -72.30% +43.75%
75th Percentile £375 £260 £700
90th Percentile - £325 -
South East median daily rate £420 £159 £550
% change year-on-year +163.74% -71.05% +37.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 0
Median hourly rate - £27.50 -
South East median hourly rate - £27.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year - -52.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,393 2,259 2,546
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.87% 86.98% 91.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 856 1,256 1,764
10th Percentile £290 £213 £317
25th Percentile £404 £371 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -0.05% -1.91% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 167 63
10th Percentile - £14.17 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £19.25 £23.75
Median hourly rate £31.50 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -10.00% +194.12%
75th Percentile £62.50 £63.75 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.31 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £27.76 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.56% -5.00% +132.56%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Development in the Thames Valley

Business Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Development in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Business Development in the Thames Valley

Business Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Development in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Business Development in the Thames Valley

Business Development
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 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
Berkshire +22 1 £350 +185.71% 60
Business Development
South East

Business Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing