Business Development Contracts in the UK excluding London

Business Development
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Business Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Development over the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 297 386 414
Rank change year-on-year +89 +28 -1
Contract jobs citing Business Development 101 55 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.48% 0.24% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.27% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 29 47
10th Percentile £121 £293 £195
25th Percentile £194 £425 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £510
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +17.65% +13.33%
75th Percentile £725 £688 £625
90th Percentile £976 £720 £725
UK median daily rate £563 £550 £534
% change year-on-year +2.27% +3.04% +11.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 5 5
10th Percentile £26.25 £51.89 £45.50
25th Percentile - £56.25 £65.00
Median hourly rate £38.12 £70.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% -6.67% +199.34%
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - £79.60
UK median hourly rate £38.12 £70.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year -45.54% -3.45% +138.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Business Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,539 20,364 27,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.81% 89.00% 89.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,308 13,875 19,205
10th Percentile £250 £263 £250
25th Percentile £380 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £498
Median % change year-on-year - +0.50% +10.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £694 £673
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,172 1,273 1,370
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.71 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.64 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +66.67% +3.75%
75th Percentile £61.60 £63.75 £48.70
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £36.25 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.45% +39.42% +14.89%

Business Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Business Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Development in the UK excluding London

Business Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Development in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Business Development in the UK excluding London

Business Development
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Development in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Development in the UK excluding London

Business Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Development in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Business Development in the UK excluding London

Business Development
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Development in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Development in the UK excluding London

Business Development
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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 +46 47 - - 61
South East +35 38 £196 -69.85% 177
North of England +32 10 £676 +22.91% 181
North West +24 5 £688 +52.89% 107
Yorkshire +15 5 £622 -0.48% 56
Midlands +11 3 £581 +1.09% 143
East Midlands +9 2 £400 -54.44% 53
South West -7 2 £600 - 87
Scotland +35 1 - - 48
West Midlands +10 1 £763 +177.27% 90
Business Development
UK

Business Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (0.99%) Confluence
1 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.99%) SAS
1 1 (0.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.98%) Azure
1 2 (1.98%) Power Platform
2 1 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.99%) OneDrive
2 1 (0.99%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.98%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.99%) Power BI
1 1 (0.99%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.98%) Jaeger
3 1 (0.99%) JIRA
General
1 58 (57.43%) Social Skills
2 55 (54.46%) Finance
3 47 (46.53%) Influencing Skills
3 47 (46.53%) Organisational Skills
4 13 (12.87%) Marketing
5 6 (5.94%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.96%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.97%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.98%) Electronics
8 2 (1.98%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.99%) Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (10.89%) Business Manager
2 10 (9.90%) Business Development Manager
2 10 (9.90%) Development Manager
3 5 (4.95%) Account Executive
3 5 (4.95%) Architect
3 5 (4.95%) Lead
3 5 (4.95%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (3.96%) Software Architect
5 3 (2.97%) Digital Transformation
5 3 (2.97%) Product Lead
5 3 (2.97%) Senior
6 2 (1.98%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (1.98%) Digital Director
6 2 (1.98%) Digital Transformation Director
6 2 (1.98%) IT Manager
6 2 (1.98%) Project Manager
6 2 (1.98%) Security Manager
6 2 (1.98%) Security Project Manager
6 2 (1.98%) Transformation Director
7 1 (0.99%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.97%) Kafka
2 2 (1.98%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (0.99%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.91%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (5.94%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.95%) Social Media
4 4 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.99%) Blockchain
5 1 (0.99%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.99%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.97%) Linux
2 1 (0.99%) CentOS
2 1 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (53.47%) Business Strategy
2 52 (51.49%) Project Management
3 11 (10.89%) Digital Marketing
4 10 (9.90%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (8.91%) Data Protection
5 9 (8.91%) Roadmaps
6 8 (7.92%) CRM
6 8 (7.92%) Programme Management
7 7 (6.93%) Configuration Management
7 7 (6.93%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (6.93%) Strategic Thinking
8 6 (5.94%) Agile
9 5 (4.95%) B2B
9 5 (4.95%) Business Transformation
9 5 (4.95%) Decision-Making
9 5 (4.95%) Lead Generation
9 5 (4.95%) Line Management
10 4 (3.96%) Collaborative Working
10 4 (3.96%) Data Strategy
10 4 (3.96%) Pricing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.97%) SQL
2 2 (1.98%) Java
3 1 (0.99%) C
3 1 (0.99%) C++
3 1 (0.99%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.99%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (13.86%) Degree
2 8 (7.92%) Master's Degree
3 7 (6.93%) Security Cleared
4 5 (4.95%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.96%) CISA
5 4 (3.96%) CISM
5 4 (3.96%) CISSP
5 4 (3.96%) MBA
6 2 (1.98%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.99%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.91%) GDPR
2 8 (7.92%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.97%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.99%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.97%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.97%) Ansible
2 2 (1.98%) Kiali
2 2 (1.98%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.98%) Progress Chef
2 2 (1.98%) Prometheus
2 2 (1.98%) Puppet
Vendors
1 7 (6.93%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.97%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.98%) AppDynamics
3 2 (1.98%) SAP
3 2 (1.98%) Splunk
4 1 (0.99%) Red Hat