Business Developer Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Business Developer
England > West Midlands

The median Business Developer daily rate in the West Midlands is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Business Developer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £405 - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £450 - -
90th Percentile £465 - -
England median daily rate £500 £429 £588
% change year-on-year +16.62% -27.02% +17.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,910 1,735 1,777
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.09% 93.28% 93.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,235 1,084 1,218
10th Percentile £250 £213 £220
25th Percentile £400 £393 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -3.81% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 67 64
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.66 £15.50
25th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £17.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.60 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year +6.57% +5.38% +26.38%
75th Percentile £32.46 £31.78 £35.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £46.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.32 £39.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -35.08% -13.33% +38.46%

Business Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Business Developer job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Business Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Business Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Business Developer
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 November 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
Coventry - 1 - -
Herefordshire - 1 £400 - 4
Business Developer
England

Business Developer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 29 November 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 West Midlands region featuring Business Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) SAP
3 2 (50.00%) BusinessObjects XI
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (50.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) API Integration
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
4 1 (25.00%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (25.00%) CMS
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) ODBC
4 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
4 1 (25.00%) Power BI
4 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture

Business Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (25.00%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (50.00%) BusinessObjects XI
3 1 (25.00%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (25.00%) API Integration
4 1 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
4 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft