The first table below looks at the demand for B2B skills in IT contracts advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited B2B over the 3 months to 24 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 Belfast 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
B2B (Business-to-Business)
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing B2B 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast 0.515% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.901% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £320 £375
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -14.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £190.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- +347.05%
All Processes & Methodologies
Belfast
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
111 101 174
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast 57.22% 62.35% 53.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 32 54
Average daily rate £350 £400 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +23.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £260 £193
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £10.50 - £12.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
B2B
County Antrim

B2B
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast B2B Jobs Demand Trend

B2B
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing B2B also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited B2B.

1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) ABAP
1 3 (75.00%) SAP
1 3 (75.00%) SOAP
1 3 (75.00%) XSLT
1 3 (75.00%) JMS
1 3 (75.00%) SAP PI
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) IP Telephony
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Czech Language
2 1 (25.00%) Spreadsheet

B2B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing B2B also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited B2B. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (75.00%) SOAP
1 3 (75.00%) XSLT
1 3 (75.00%) JMS
1 3 (75.00%) SAP PI
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) IP Telephony
General
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing
1 1 (25.00%) Czech Language
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) SAP PI Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) ABAP
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) SAP