Business Development Contracts

Business Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 443 580 623
Rank change year-on-year +137 +43 -75
Contract jobs citing Business Development 158 133 237
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.22% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.25% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 67 153
10th Percentile £121 £300 £400
25th Percentile £384 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year - +3.77% +17.78%
75th Percentile £725 £650 £625
90th Percentile £775 £735 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -12.50% +26.32% +16.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 7 3
10th Percentile £22.50 £43.39 £23.30
25th Percentile - £52.62 £26.75
Median hourly rate £38.12 £64.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.67% +83.57% -42.86%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £41.13
90th Percentile - £73.20 £43.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £63.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year -40.20% +82.14% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,621 53,662 80,392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.30% 89.91% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,254 37,244 56,449
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,437 1,746 1,925
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.83% +49.20% -
75th Percentile £59.95 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +80.00% -7.24%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Business Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Development in the UK

Business Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Development.

Daily rate trend for Business Development in the UK

Business Development
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Development over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Development in the UK

Business Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Development.

Hourly rate trend for Business Development in the UK

Business Development
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Development over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Development in the UK

Business Development
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 29 April 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
England +129 148 £550 -1.35% 1,423
UK excluding London +112 104 £525 -12.50% 894
Work from Home +147 76 £538 +2.38% 549
East of England +58 47 - - 85
London +85 41 £550 - 550
South East +34 38 £196 -62.67% 225
North of England +31 10 £676 +8.16% 245
North West +27 7 £688 +5.85% 155
South West +1 5 £504 -19.87% 136
Yorkshire +22 3 £450 -28.00% 68
Midlands +21 3 £681 +18.48% 139
West Midlands +24 2 £681 +147.73% 92
Scotland +34 1 £525 -2.33% 58
East Midlands +19 1 - - 47

Business Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (1.90%) ArcGIS
2 2 (1.27%) Confluence
3 1 (0.63%) CMS
3 1 (0.63%) IIS
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.63%) SAS
3 1 (0.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (10.13%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.27%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.27%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.27%) SAP ERP
1 2 (1.27%) Workday HCM
2 1 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.63%) SAP MDM
2 1 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.63%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 6 (3.80%) Azure
2 3 (1.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 3 (1.90%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 3 (1.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 2 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.27%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.63%) AWS
4 1 (0.63%) OneDrive
4 1 (0.63%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.90%) LAN
1 3 (1.90%) SD-WAN
1 3 (1.90%) Unified Communications
1 3 (1.90%) WAN
1 3 (1.90%) Wireless
2 2 (1.27%) Firewall
2 2 (1.27%) SMS
2 2 (1.27%) VPN
3 1 (0.63%) Network Security
3 1 (0.63%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.43%) GIS
2 3 (1.90%) Amazon Redshift
2 3 (1.90%) Big Data
2 3 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.90%) Hadoop
2 3 (1.90%) Presto
2 3 (1.90%) Spatial Data
3 2 (1.27%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.63%) Power BI
4 1 (0.63%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 1 (0.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.53%) JIRA
2 2 (1.27%) HP UFT
2 2 (1.27%) Selenium
3 1 (0.63%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.63%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.63%) Git
3 1 (0.63%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.63%) Subversion
General
1 72 (45.57%) Finance
2 71 (44.94%) Social Skills
3 48 (30.38%) Influencing Skills
4 47 (29.75%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (13.92%) Marketing
6 17 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (5.70%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (4.43%) Public Sector
9 5 (3.16%) Retail
9 5 (3.16%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.53%) Legal
11 3 (1.90%) Banking
11 3 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.27%) Law
12 2 (1.27%) Local Government
13 1 (0.63%) Advertising
13 1 (0.63%) Games
13 1 (0.63%) German Language
13 1 (0.63%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.63%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 13 (8.23%) Business Manager
2 12 (7.59%) Architect
2 12 (7.59%) Business Development Manager
2 12 (7.59%) Development Manager
3 11 (6.96%) Solutions Architect
4 9 (5.70%) Lead
5 8 (5.06%) Analyst
5 8 (5.06%) Senior
6 7 (4.43%) Project Manager
7 6 (3.80%) Account Executive
8 5 (3.16%) Business Analyst
8 5 (3.16%) Consultant
9 4 (2.53%) Network Engineer
9 4 (2.53%) Operations Manager
9 4 (2.53%) Security Manager
9 4 (2.53%) Security Project Manager
10 3 (1.90%) Presales Engineer
10 3 (1.90%) Presales Network Engineer
10 3 (1.90%) Product Lead
10 3 (1.90%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.90%) PySpark
2 1 (0.63%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (0.63%) JSON
2 1 (0.63%) Kafka
2 1 (0.63%) Middleware
2 1 (0.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.70%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (3.16%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.16%) Social Media
3 4 (2.53%) Mobile App
4 3 (1.90%) Blockchain
5 2 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.27%) Blog
5 2 (1.27%) Graphic Design
5 2 (1.27%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.63%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.63%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.63%) DataPower
6 1 (0.63%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (0.63%) IoT
6 1 (0.63%) Life Science
6 1 (0.63%) NHS
6 1 (0.63%) PACS
6 1 (0.63%) PKI
6 1 (0.63%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.63%) CentOS
1 1 (0.63%) Linux
1 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (0.63%) Windows
1 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (39.24%) Project Management
2 51 (32.28%) Business Strategy
3 21 (13.29%) Agile
4 16 (10.13%) Business Case
4 16 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (10.13%) Roadmaps
5 15 (9.49%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (8.86%) Project Delivery
7 12 (7.59%) CRM
7 12 (7.59%) Decision-Making
8 11 (6.96%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (6.33%) Data Protection
9 10 (6.33%) Enterprise Architecture
10 9 (5.70%) Digital Marketing
10 9 (5.70%) Product Roadmap
10 9 (5.70%) Strategic Thinking
11 8 (5.06%) Analytics
11 8 (5.06%) Business Analysis
12 7 (4.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (4.43%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.80%) Python
1 6 (3.80%) SQL
2 2 (1.27%) C
2 2 (1.27%) Java
2 2 (1.27%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.63%) Bash
3 1 (0.63%) C++
Qualifications
1 34 (21.52%) Degree
2 11 (6.96%) Security Cleared
3 8 (5.06%) Master's Degree
4 7 (4.43%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.80%) CISA
5 6 (3.80%) CISM
5 6 (3.80%) CISSP
5 6 (3.80%) MBA
6 4 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.53%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.90%) CCIE
7 3 (1.90%) CCNP
8 2 (1.27%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.27%) PMP
9 1 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.63%) CCNA
9 1 (0.63%) CSPO
9 1 (0.63%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.63%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.96%) GDPR
2 9 (5.70%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.16%) QA
4 2 (1.27%) PMO
5 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.63%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.63%) Docker
1 1 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (1.90%) Ansible
2 2 (1.27%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.63%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (11.39%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.43%) SAP
3 6 (3.80%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.53%) Cisco
5 3 (1.90%) Databricks
5 3 (1.90%) ESRI
5 3 (1.90%) Foundry
5 3 (1.90%) Oracle
5 3 (1.90%) Palantir
6 2 (1.27%) Ariba
6 2 (1.27%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.27%) Conga
6 2 (1.27%) DocuSign
6 2 (1.27%) F5
6 2 (1.27%) HP
6 2 (1.27%) Juniper
6 2 (1.27%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.27%) Riverbed
6 2 (1.27%) Workday
7 1 (0.63%) Red Hat