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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 425 559 598
Rank change year-on-year +134 +39 -23
Contract jobs citing Business Development 150 123 247
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.22% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.24% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 60 155
10th Percentile £158 £300 £400
25th Percentile £450 £434 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year +1.14% +3.77% +17.13%
75th Percentile £725 £688 £628
90th Percentile £769 £754 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £575 £481
% change year-on-year -21.74% +19.48% +11.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 7 8
10th Percentile £22.50 £53.35 £29.05
25th Percentile - £63.13 £39.34
Median hourly rate £38.12 £70.00 £56.75
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +23.35% +86.46%
75th Percentile - £74.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £48.75 £86.00 £78.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £70.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% -6.67% +199.34%

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 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +117 142 £550 - 1,589
UK excluding London +85 101 £450 -21.74% 951
Work from Home +150 76 £556 +5.95% 593
East of England +50 47 - - 73
London +74 39 £563 +2.27% 663
South East +31 37 £159 -73.46% 235
North of England +28 10 £676 +22.91% 273
North West +27 7 £688 +52.89% 160
Midlands +19 4 £600 +4.35% 156
Yorkshire +17 3 £450 -28.00% 82
West Midlands +12 2 £681 +147.73% 95
East Midlands +10 2 £400 -54.44% 61
South West -10 2 £600 -4.00% 121
Scotland +32 1 - - 73

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 (2.00%) ArcGIS
2 2 (1.33%) Confluence
3 1 (0.67%) CMS
3 1 (0.67%) IIS
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.67%) SAS
3 1 (0.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (11.33%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.33%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.33%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) SAP MDM
1 1 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.33%) Azure
2 3 (2.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.33%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.33%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 2 (1.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (0.67%) AWS
4 1 (0.67%) OneDrive
4 1 (0.67%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.00%) LAN
1 3 (2.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (2.00%) Unified Communications
1 3 (2.00%) WAN
1 3 (2.00%) Wireless
2 2 (1.33%) Firewall
2 2 (1.33%) VPN
3 1 (0.67%) Internet
3 1 (0.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.67%) GIS
2 3 (2.00%) Amazon Redshift
2 3 (2.00%) Big Data
2 3 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.00%) Hadoop
2 3 (2.00%) Presto
2 3 (2.00%) Spatial Data
3 1 (0.67%) Power BI
3 1 (0.67%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 1 (0.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.33%) JIRA
2 1 (0.67%) Balsamiq
2 1 (0.67%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.67%) Git
2 1 (0.67%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.67%) Subversion
General
1 68 (45.33%) Finance
1 68 (45.33%) Social Skills
2 48 (32.00%) Influencing Skills
3 47 (31.33%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (12.00%) Marketing
5 16 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.33%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.33%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.67%) Legal
8 4 (2.67%) Retail
9 3 (2.00%) Banking
10 2 (1.33%) Automotive
10 2 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.33%) German Language
11 1 (0.67%) Aviation
11 1 (0.67%) Brand Awareness
11 1 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.67%) Public Speaking
11 1 (0.67%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 15 (10.00%) Business Manager
1 15 (10.00%) Development Manager
2 14 (9.33%) Business Development Manager
3 10 (6.67%) Architect
3 10 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
4 8 (5.33%) Lead
5 5 (3.33%) Account Executive
5 5 (3.33%) Analyst
5 5 (3.33%) Project Manager
5 5 (3.33%) Senior
6 4 (2.67%) Business Analyst
6 4 (2.67%) Consultant
6 4 (2.67%) Network Engineer
6 4 (2.67%) Operations Manager
6 4 (2.67%) Product Manager
6 4 (2.67%) Security Manager
6 4 (2.67%) Security Project Manager
6 4 (2.67%) Software Architect
7 3 (2.00%) Management Consultant
7 3 (2.00%) Presales Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.00%) PySpark
2 1 (0.67%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (0.67%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.00%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (3.33%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.33%) Social Media
3 4 (2.67%) Mobile App
3 4 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.00%) Blockchain
5 2 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.33%) Graphic Design
5 2 (1.33%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.67%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.67%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.67%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (0.67%) Infotainment
6 1 (0.67%) Life Science
6 1 (0.67%) NHS
6 1 (0.67%) PACS
6 1 (0.67%) PKI
6 1 (0.67%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.67%) CentOS
1 1 (0.67%) Linux
1 1 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (0.67%) Windows
1 1 (0.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (40.00%) Project Management
2 53 (35.33%) Business Strategy
3 21 (14.00%) Agile
4 20 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (10.67%) Roadmaps
6 15 (10.00%) Business Case
7 13 (8.67%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (7.33%) Decision-Making
9 10 (6.67%) CRM
9 10 (6.67%) Data Protection
9 10 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (6.67%) Strategic Thinking
10 9 (6.00%) Analytics
10 9 (6.00%) Digital Marketing
11 8 (5.33%) B2B
11 8 (5.33%) Lead Generation
11 8 (5.33%) Line Management
11 8 (5.33%) Mathematics
11 8 (5.33%) Product Roadmap
11 8 (5.33%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.33%) SQL
2 5 (3.33%) Python
3 2 (1.33%) Java
4 1 (0.67%) C
4 1 (0.67%) C++
4 1 (0.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 32 (21.33%) Degree
2 12 (8.00%) Master's Degree
3 10 (6.67%) Security Cleared
4 9 (6.00%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.67%) MBA
6 6 (4.00%) CISA
6 6 (4.00%) CISM
6 6 (4.00%) CISSP
7 4 (2.67%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.00%) CCIE
8 3 (2.00%) CCNP
8 3 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.33%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.33%) PMP
10 1 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.67%) CSPO
10 1 (0.67%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.67%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.33%) GDPR
2 9 (6.00%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.67%) QA
4 2 (1.33%) PMO
5 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.67%) Docker
1 1 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (1.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 18 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.33%) Salesforce
3 4 (2.67%) SAP
4 3 (2.00%) Cisco
4 3 (2.00%) Databricks
4 3 (2.00%) ESRI
4 3 (2.00%) Foundry
4 3 (2.00%) Oracle
4 3 (2.00%) Palantir
5 2 (1.33%) CheckPoint
5 2 (1.33%) Conga
5 2 (1.33%) DocuSign
5 2 (1.33%) F5
5 2 (1.33%) Juniper
5 2 (1.33%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.33%) Riverbed
6 1 (0.67%) McAfee
6 1 (0.67%) Red Hat