Business Developer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Business Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Business Developer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 356 392
Rank change year-on-year -21 +36 +87
Contract jobs requiring a Business Developer 10 2 20
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.055% 0.013% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.015% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 16
10th Percentile £328 - £494
25th Percentile £390 - £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £588
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.56%
75th Percentile £453 - £619
90th Percentile £471 - £628
UK median daily rate £463 £429 £588
% change year-on-year +7.87% -27.02% +30.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,345 13,724 18,269
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.08% 92.39% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,035 8,185 11,953
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £369 £363 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £679 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,655 776 1,187
10th Percentile £13.84 £15.36 £14.32
25th Percentile £17.48 £20.26 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -29.16% +83.52%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.79% -26.67% +50.00%

Business Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Business Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Business Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Business Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Developer in the UK excluding London

Business Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Business Developer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 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
Midlands - 7 £425 - 7
West Midlands - 7 £425 - 7
South West - 2 £250 - 2
North of England - 1 £463 - 5
North West - 1 £463 - 2
Business Developer
UK

Business Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, Business Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Business Developer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (70.00%) Data Modelling
3 6 (60.00%) Decision-Making
3 6 (60.00%) Power BI
3 6 (60.00%) Power Platform
4 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (40.00%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (40.00%) Data Extraction
5 4 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (40.00%) Power Automate
5 4 (40.00%) PowerApps
5 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (40.00%) SAP
5 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
6 3 (30.00%) Data Governance
6 3 (30.00%) Data Integration
6 3 (30.00%) ETL
6 3 (30.00%) Information Security
6 3 (30.00%) SQL
6 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (20.00%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 2 (20.00%) BusinessObjects XI
7 2 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
8 1 (10.00%) Agile
8 1 (10.00%) Analytics
8 1 (10.00%) API Integration
8 1 (10.00%) Azure
8 1 (10.00%) Backlog Refinement
8 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (10.00%) Business Analytics

Business Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (40.00%) Power Automate
2 4 (40.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (10.00%) Azure
3 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) Power BI
2 4 (40.00%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (20.00%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (10.00%) Relational Database
5 1 (10.00%) Tableau
General
1 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (70.00%) Data Modelling
3 6 (60.00%) Decision-Making
4 4 (40.00%) Data Extraction
4 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (30.00%) Data Governance
5 3 (30.00%) Data Integration
5 3 (30.00%) ETL
5 3 (30.00%) Information Security
6 2 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
7 1 (10.00%) Agile
7 1 (10.00%) Analytics
7 1 (10.00%) API Integration
7 1 (10.00%) Backlog Refinement
7 1 (10.00%) Business Analytics
7 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
7 1 (10.00%) Data Pipeline
7 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
7 1 (10.00%) Sprint Planning
7 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) SAP