Business Development Contracts in the UK excluding London

Business Development
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 288 391 464
Rank change year-on-year +103 +73 -65
Contract jobs citing Business Development 105 60 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.51% 0.25% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.28% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 32 30
10th Percentile £121 £266 £167
25th Percentile £194 £419 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +26.32% +14.46%
75th Percentile £689 £678 £583
90th Percentile £755 £713 £613
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 4 1
10th Percentile £26.25 £51.17 -
25th Percentile - £54.44 £32.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £63.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.20% +82.14% +62.79%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £37.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £38.12 £67.13 £35.00
% change year-on-year -43.21% +91.79% -10.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,416 21,395 27,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.70% 89.57% 88.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,404 14,844 19,217
10th Percentile £250 £256 £233
25th Percentile £375 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,048 1,307 1,356
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.05
25th Percentile £15.22 £15.56 £14.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.31
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Business Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Development in the UK excluding London

Business Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Development in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Business Development in the UK excluding London

Business Development
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Development in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Development in the UK excluding London

Business Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Development in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Business Development in the UK excluding London

Business Development
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Development in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Development in the UK excluding London

Business Development
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 Development within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
East of England +63 47 - - 101
South East +39 39 £196 -62.67% 258
North of England +34 10 £676 +8.16% 280
North West +30 7 £688 +5.85% 172
South West +9 5 £504 -19.87% 144
Midlands +23 3 £681 +18.48% 152
Yorkshire +19 3 £450 -28.00% 78
West Midlands +20 2 £681 +147.73% 99
Scotland +40 1 £525 -2.33% 63
East Midlands +16 1 - - 53
Business Development
UK

Business Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (0.95%) Confluence
1 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.95%) SAS
1 1 (0.95%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.95%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.86%) Azure
2 2 (1.90%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.95%) OneDrive
3 1 (0.95%) PowerApps
3 1 (0.95%) SaaS
3 1 (0.95%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (0.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.90%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.95%) Power BI
1 1 (0.95%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 1 (0.95%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.95%) JIRA
General
1 58 (55.24%) Social Skills
2 55 (52.38%) Finance
3 47 (44.76%) Influencing Skills
3 47 (44.76%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (11.43%) Marketing
5 6 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.81%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.86%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.95%) Banking
9 1 (0.95%) German Language
9 1 (0.95%) Legal
9 1 (0.95%) Local Government
9 1 (0.95%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 10 (9.52%) Business Manager
2 9 (8.57%) Business Development Manager
2 9 (8.57%) Development Manager
3 6 (5.71%) Architect
3 6 (5.71%) Lead
3 6 (5.71%) Project Manager
4 5 (4.76%) Account Executive
4 5 (4.76%) Senior
4 5 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (3.81%) Security Manager
5 4 (3.81%) Security Project Manager
6 3 (2.86%) Product Lead
6 3 (2.86%) Software Architect
7 2 (1.90%) Analyst
7 2 (1.90%) Deployment Manager
7 2 (1.90%) Resource Manager
7 2 (1.90%) Senior Architect
7 2 (1.90%) Senior Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.95%) IT Support
8 1 (0.95%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.95%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (0.95%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.57%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (5.71%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.76%) Social Media
4 3 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.95%) Blockchain
5 1 (0.95%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.95%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.95%) CentOS
1 1 (0.95%) Linux
1 1 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (50.48%) Project Management
2 49 (46.67%) Business Strategy
3 10 (9.52%) CRM
4 9 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (8.57%) Data Protection
4 9 (8.57%) Digital Marketing
5 8 (7.62%) Business Case
5 8 (7.62%) Decision-Making
6 7 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (5.71%) Application Security
7 6 (5.71%) Cloud Security
7 6 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (5.71%) Data Strategy
7 6 (5.71%) Pricing Strategy
7 6 (5.71%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (5.71%) Programme Management
7 6 (5.71%) Roadmaps
7 6 (5.71%) Threat Management
8 5 (4.76%) Business Transformation
8 5 (4.76%) Lead Generation
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.90%) Java
2 1 (0.95%) C
2 1 (0.95%) C++
2 1 (0.95%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.95%) Python
2 1 (0.95%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (18.10%) Degree
2 9 (8.57%) Master's Degree
3 6 (5.71%) CISA
3 6 (5.71%) CISM
3 6 (5.71%) CISSP
3 6 (5.71%) MBA
3 6 (5.71%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.81%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.90%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.95%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.95%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.57%) GDPR
2 8 (7.62%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.86%) QA
4 1 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.95%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.95%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (7.62%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.81%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.95%) Red Hat
3 1 (0.95%) Sparx