The first table below looks at the demand for B2C 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 B2C over the 3 months to 17 May 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
B2C (Business-to-Consumer)
Rank - 35 37
Contract jobs citing B2C 0 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - 0.355% 1.020%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.505% 1.415%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £450 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +2.85%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £450
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -27.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.75 - £50.00
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
147 198 212
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 79.46% 70.21% 72.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 106 104
Average daily rate £350 £350 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +1.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £238 £181
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 9
Average hourly rate £32.75 £41.50 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.08% -12.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
B2C
East of England

B2C
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing B2C across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bedfordshire B2C Jobs Demand Trend

B2C
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing B2C across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire B2C Daily Rate Trend