Business Development Contracts in England

Business Development
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 408 532 594
Rank change year-on-year +124 +62 -31
Contract jobs citing Business Development 143 110 186
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.39% 0.23% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.26% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 54 109
10th Percentile £129 £300 £313
25th Percentile £388 £428 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.22%
75th Percentile £716 £688 £638
90th Percentile £774 £776 £730
UK median daily rate £556 £550 £538
% change year-on-year +1.14% +2.33% +15.59%
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% +126.50%
75th Percentile - £74.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £48.75 £86.00 £78.55
UK median hourly rate £38.12 £70.00 £56.75
% change year-on-year -45.54% +23.35% +86.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,458 42,946 64,590
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.64% 89.97% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,501 30,170 46,065
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £444 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,315 1,518 1,726
10th Percentile £12.83 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.66 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +10.45%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Development in England

Business Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Business Development in England

Business Development
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Development in England over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Development in England

Business Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Development in England

Business Development
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Development in England over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Development in England

Business Development
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 3 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
East of England +52 47 - - 76
London +80 40 £563 +2.27% 767
South East +34 37 £159 -73.46% 249
North of England +32 10 £676 +22.91% 278
North West +16 7 £688 +52.89% 167
Midlands +20 4 £600 +4.35% 167
Yorkshire +14 3 £450 -28.00% 81
West Midlands +14 2 £681 +147.73% 104
East Midlands +8 2 £400 -54.44% 63
South West -7 2 £600 -4.00% 129
Business Development
UK

Business Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (2.10%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.70%) CMS
2 1 (0.70%) Confluence
2 1 (0.70%) IIS
2 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.70%) SAS
2 1 (0.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (11.89%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (6.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.40%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.40%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) NEC Housing
1 1 (0.70%) SAP MDM
1 1 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.50%) Azure
2 3 (2.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.40%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.40%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 2 (1.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (0.70%) AWS
4 1 (0.70%) OneDrive
4 1 (0.70%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.10%) LAN
1 3 (2.10%) SD-WAN
1 3 (2.10%) Unified Communications
1 3 (2.10%) WAN
1 3 (2.10%) Wireless
2 2 (1.40%) Firewall
2 2 (1.40%) VPN
3 1 (0.70%) Internet
3 1 (0.70%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.90%) GIS
2 3 (2.10%) Amazon Redshift
2 3 (2.10%) Big Data
2 3 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.10%) Hadoop
2 3 (2.10%) Presto
2 3 (2.10%) Spatial Data
3 1 (0.70%) Power BI
3 1 (0.70%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 1 (0.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Bitbucket
1 1 (0.70%) Git
1 1 (0.70%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.70%) JIRA
1 1 (0.70%) Subversion
General
1 65 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 63 (44.06%) Finance
3 48 (33.57%) Influencing Skills
4 47 (32.87%) Organisational Skills
5 18 (12.59%) Marketing
6 13 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (6.29%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.50%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.80%) Retail
10 3 (2.10%) Banking
10 3 (2.10%) Legal
11 2 (1.40%) Automotive
11 2 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.40%) German Language
11 2 (1.40%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.70%) Aviation
12 1 (0.70%) Brand Awareness
12 1 (0.70%) Law
12 1 (0.70%) Public Speaking
12 1 (0.70%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 12 (8.39%) Business Manager
1 12 (8.39%) Development Manager
2 11 (7.69%) Business Development Manager
3 10 (6.99%) Architect
3 10 (6.99%) Solutions Architect
4 8 (5.59%) Lead
5 5 (3.50%) Account Executive
5 5 (3.50%) Project Manager
6 4 (2.80%) Analyst
6 4 (2.80%) Network Engineer
6 4 (2.80%) Operations Manager
6 4 (2.80%) Product Manager
6 4 (2.80%) Security Manager
6 4 (2.80%) Security Project Manager
6 4 (2.80%) Senior
6 4 (2.80%) Software Architect
7 3 (2.10%) Business Analyst
7 3 (2.10%) Data Engineer
7 3 (2.10%) Product Lead
7 3 (2.10%) Salesforce Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.10%) PySpark
2 1 (0.70%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (0.70%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.29%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (3.50%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.50%) Social Media
3 4 (2.80%) Mobile App
3 4 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.10%) Blockchain
5 2 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.40%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.70%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.70%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.70%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (0.70%) Infotainment
6 1 (0.70%) Life Science
6 1 (0.70%) NHS
6 1 (0.70%) PACS
6 1 (0.70%) PKI
6 1 (0.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.70%) CentOS
1 1 (0.70%) Linux
1 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (0.70%) Windows
1 1 (0.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (41.96%) Project Management
2 51 (35.66%) Business Strategy
3 17 (11.89%) Agile
3 17 (11.89%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (11.19%) Roadmaps
5 12 (8.39%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (7.69%) Business Case
7 10 (6.99%) CRM
7 10 (6.99%) Data Protection
7 10 (6.99%) Decision-Making
7 10 (6.99%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (6.29%) Digital Marketing
9 8 (5.59%) B2B
9 8 (5.59%) Lead Generation
9 8 (5.59%) Line Management
9 8 (5.59%) Mathematics
9 8 (5.59%) Product Roadmap
9 8 (5.59%) Project Delivery
10 7 (4.90%) Analytics
10 7 (4.90%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.59%) SQL
2 5 (3.50%) Python
3 2 (1.40%) Java
4 1 (0.70%) C
4 1 (0.70%) C++
4 1 (0.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 32 (22.38%) Degree
2 12 (8.39%) Master's Degree
3 7 (4.90%) MBA
4 6 (4.20%) CISA
4 6 (4.20%) CISM
4 6 (4.20%) CISSP
4 6 (4.20%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.50%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.10%) CCIE
6 3 (2.10%) CCNP
6 3 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.40%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.40%) PMP
8 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.70%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.70%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.70%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.69%) GDPR
2 9 (6.29%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.80%) QA
4 2 (1.40%) PMO
5 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.70%) Docker
1 1 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (1.40%) Ansible
Vendors
1 17 (11.89%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.59%) Salesforce
3 4 (2.80%) SAP
4 3 (2.10%) Cisco
4 3 (2.10%) Databricks
4 3 (2.10%) ESRI
4 3 (2.10%) Foundry
4 3 (2.10%) Oracle
4 3 (2.10%) Palantir
5 2 (1.40%) CheckPoint
5 2 (1.40%) Conga
5 2 (1.40%) DocuSign
5 2 (1.40%) F5
5 2 (1.40%) Juniper
5 2 (1.40%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.40%) Riverbed
6 1 (0.70%) McAfee
6 1 (0.70%) NEC
6 1 (0.70%) Red Hat