Business Developer Contract Job Trends

Business Developer
UK

The median Business Developer daily rate in the UK is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 566 535 562
Rank change year-on-year -31 +27 +192
Contract jobs requiring a Business Developer 22 7 33
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.059% 0.021% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.023% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 21
10th Percentile £358 £367 £425
25th Percentile £406 £400 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £429 £588
Median % change year-on-year +7.87% -27.02% +30.56%
75th Percentile £538 £518 £619
90th Percentile £600 £629 £631
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 - £588
% change year-on-year - - +30.56%

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 33,835 30,753 40,099
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.20% 92.71% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,431 18,857 26,859
10th Percentile £300 £298 £281
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £485 £500
% change year-on-year -2.06% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,964 949 1,554
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.50 £14.43
25th Percentile £18.24 £21.05 £19.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -27.78% +41.93%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.52 £46.18
% change year-on-year -20.21% -31.75% +80.14%

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 1 January 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 9 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 1 January 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 -25 20 £456 +6.41% 30
Work from Home +8 13 £481 - 14
UK excluding London -42 10 £425 - 28
London -10 9 £500 +16.62% 6
Midlands - 7 £425 - 12
West Midlands - 7 £425 - 9
South West - 2 £250 - 3
North West - 1 £463 - 2
North of England - 1 £463 - 6

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

For the 6 months to 1 January 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 17 (77.27%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (50.00%) SQL
3 10 (45.45%) Data Modelling
4 9 (40.91%) Oracle
5 8 (36.36%) Power BI
5 8 (36.36%) Power Platform
6 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
7 6 (27.27%) Decision-Making
8 5 (22.73%) Power Automate
8 5 (22.73%) PowerApps
8 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (22.73%) SQL Server
9 4 (18.18%) Analytics
9 4 (18.18%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (18.18%) Data Extraction
9 4 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (18.18%) ERP
9 4 (18.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (18.18%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (18.18%) Oracle EBS R12
9 4 (18.18%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (18.18%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (18.18%) SAP
10 3 (13.64%) Accounts Payable
10 3 (13.64%) Data Governance
10 3 (13.64%) Data Integration
10 3 (13.64%) Data Visualisation
10 3 (13.64%) Degree
10 3 (13.64%) ETL

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (4.55%) CMS
2 1 (4.55%) WebLogic
2 1 (4.55%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (18.18%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle E-Business Tax
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (9.09%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (4.55%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (4.55%) iTrent
4 1 (4.55%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
Cloud Services
1 8 (36.36%) Power Platform
2 5 (22.73%) Power Automate
2 5 (22.73%) PowerApps
3 2 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (9.09%) OCI
4 1 (4.55%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (36.36%) Power BI
2 5 (22.73%) SQL Server
3 4 (18.18%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (18.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 4 (18.18%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (13.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (9.09%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 2 (9.09%) BusinessObjects XI
5 2 (9.09%) Relational Database
5 2 (9.09%) Tableau
6 1 (4.55%) DB2
6 1 (4.55%) Looker
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 8 (36.36%) Finance
3 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (13.64%) Banking
4 3 (13.64%) General Ledger
5 2 (9.09%) Billing
6 1 (4.55%) Law
6 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (13.64%) SOAP
3 2 (9.09%) REST
4 1 (4.55%) J2EE
4 1 (4.55%) JMS
4 1 (4.55%) Middleware
4 1 (4.55%) OC4J
4 1 (4.55%) ODBC
4 1 (4.55%) TIBCO EMS
4 1 (4.55%) Web Services
4 1 (4.55%) WSDL
4 1 (4.55%) XML
4 1 (4.55%) XSD
4 1 (4.55%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (4.55%) Data Structures
1 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (45.45%) Data Modelling
3 6 (27.27%) Decision-Making
4 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (18.18%) Analytics
5 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (18.18%) Data Extraction
5 4 (18.18%) ERP
6 3 (13.64%) Accounts Payable
6 3 (13.64%) Data Governance
6 3 (13.64%) Data Integration
6 3 (13.64%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (13.64%) ETL
6 3 (13.64%) Information Security
6 3 (13.64%) SOA
6 3 (13.64%) Visualisation
6 3 (13.64%) Workflow
7 2 (9.09%) Agile
7 2 (9.09%) Business Analytics
7 2 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 11 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (13.64%) PL/SQL
3 2 (9.09%) Groovy
4 1 (4.55%) C#
4 1 (4.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (4.55%) Java
4 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.55%) T-SQL
4 1 (4.55%) XPath
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Oracle
2 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
3 4 (18.18%) SAP
4 1 (4.55%) BEA
4 1 (4.55%) IBM
4 1 (4.55%) TIBCO