Business Developer Contract Job Trends

Business Developer
UK

The median Business Developer daily rate in the UK is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 637 537 538
Rank change year-on-year -100 +1 +62
Contract jobs requiring a Business Developer 29 15 11
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.053% 0.045% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.050% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 5
10th Percentile £369 £414 £338
25th Percentile £375 £448 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +22.22% -18.18%
75th Percentile £464 £650 £525
90th Percentile £544 £800 £548
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £438 £450
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -23.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.00 - -
Median hourly rate £18.00 - -
75th Percentile £19.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 50,097 29,975 35,353
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 90.82% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,425 18,913 21,413
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £737 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,996 1,630 1,535
10th Percentile £14.42 £13.75 £14.85
25th Percentile £19.61 £17.26 £20.63
Median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.94% -40.82% -4.49%
75th Percentile £67.50 £50.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £68.00 £74.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.74 £25.04 £43.00
% change year-on-year +66.69% -41.77% -2.05%

Business Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Business Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Business Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Business Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Developer over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Developer in the UK

Business Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Business Developer
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 5 October 2026. 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
England -110 27 £450 -18.18% 35
UK excluding London -86 22 £425 -2.86% 24
South West -30 8 - -
East of England -18 7 £400 -8.57% 4
North of England -66 5 - - 7
Work from Home -76 5 £419 -21.18% 20
Yorkshire - 5 - - 3
London -89 3 £498 -17.08% 10
Midlands -42 2 £450 - 8
East Midlands -10 1 - - 6
West Midlands -48 1 £450 - 2

Business Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 October 2026, 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 featuring Business Developer in the job title.

1 14 (48.28%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (37.93%) Microsoft
3 9 (31.03%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (24.14%) Power Platform
5 6 (20.69%) Power BI
6 5 (17.24%) SQL
7 4 (13.79%) Azure
7 4 (13.79%) Decision-Making
8 3 (10.34%) Data Modelling
8 3 (10.34%) Data Visualisation
8 3 (10.34%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (10.34%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (10.34%) Visualisation
9 2 (6.90%) Analytics
9 2 (6.90%) API Development
9 2 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (6.90%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (6.90%) C#
9 2 (6.90%) CI/CD
9 2 (6.90%) Data Integration
9 2 (6.90%) Data Quality
9 2 (6.90%) DevOps
9 2 (6.90%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (6.90%) Migration
9 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
9 2 (6.90%) Translating Business Requirements
10 1 (3.45%) .NET
10 1 (3.45%) Agile
10 1 (3.45%) AI

Business Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (31.03%) Dynamics 365
2 7 (24.14%) Power Platform
3 4 (13.79%) Azure
4 2 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (3.45%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.45%) PowerApps
5 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.69%) Power BI
2 3 (10.34%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (6.90%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
4 1 (3.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (3.45%) BusinessObjects XI
4 1 (3.45%) MongoDB
4 1 (3.45%) NoSQL
4 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
4 1 (3.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 5 (17.24%) Italian Language
2 3 (10.34%) Finance
2 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) .NET
1 1 (3.45%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (3.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) Cloud Native
1 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Linux
1 1 (3.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (13.79%) Decision-Making
3 3 (10.34%) Data Modelling
3 3 (10.34%) Data Visualisation
3 3 (10.34%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (10.34%) Visualisation
4 2 (6.90%) Analytics
4 2 (6.90%) API Development
4 2 (6.90%) CI/CD
4 2 (6.90%) Data Integration
4 2 (6.90%) DevOps
4 2 (6.90%) Migration
4 2 (6.90%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (3.45%) Code Quality
5 1 (3.45%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (3.45%) Fintech
5 1 (3.45%) Generative AI
5 1 (3.45%) Lakehouse
5 1 (3.45%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) SQL
2 2 (6.90%) C#
3 1 (3.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (3.45%) Java
3 1 (3.45%) Python
3 1 (3.45%) Ruby
3 1 (3.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 11 (37.93%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Liquidlogic
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle
2 1 (3.45%) SAP