The first table below looks at the demand for B2B skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited B2B over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
B2B (Business-to-Business)
Rank - 32 -
Contract jobs citing B2B 0 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - 1.128% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 1.463% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £408 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £320 £388
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -17.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £190.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £190.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-88.15% +347.05%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
148 205 199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 75.51% 77.07% 77.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 111 98
Average daily rate £363 £375 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% +22.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £225 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £444 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 9
Average hourly rate £35.50 £40.00 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.25% -15.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
B2B
East of England

B2B
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing B2B across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bedfordshire B2B Jobs Demand Trend

B2B
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing B2B across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire B2B Daily Rate Trend