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This section looks at the demand for B2C (Business-to-Consumer) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited B2C over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkB2C (Business-to-Consumer)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank127160
Rank change on same period last yearUp+33
Matching contract IT job ads48
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.196 %0.300 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£403
Average daily rate-£412
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£420
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£387
% change on same period last year-13.29 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.50-
% change on same period last year-
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads20362667
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.687 %2.656 %
Daily rates quoted526945
Average minimum daily rate£363£360
Average daily rate£385£382
% change on same period last year+0.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£406£405
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted96196
Average minimum hourly rate£28.55£31.38
Average hourly rate£30.67£32.96
% change on same period last year-6.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.80£34.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.30£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.42 %
B2C South EastB2C
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

B2C
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing B2C across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Berkshire B2C Demand Trend

B2C
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire B2C Daily Rate Trend

B2C
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing B2C within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
MaidenheadUp+171--
B2C South EastB2C
South East

B2C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing B2C 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 B2C.

17 (70.00 %)E-Commerce
26 (60.00 %)SQL Server 2005
26 (60.00 %)SQL Server
35 (50.00 %).NET
35 (50.00 %)C#
35 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
44 (40.00 %)B2B
53 (30.00 %)WebServices
53 (30.00 %)Marketing
62 (20.00 %)XML
62 (20.00 %)CSS
62 (20.00 %)SOAP
62 (20.00 %)HTML
62 (20.00 %)MySQL
62 (20.00 %)Windows
71 (10.00 %)Linux
71 (10.00 %)OOP
71 (10.00 %)OO
71 (10.00 %)RAD
71 (10.00 %)Apache
71 (10.00 %)XHTML
71 (10.00 %)CRM
71 (10.00 %)IIS
71 (10.00 %)JavaScript
71 (10.00 %)PHP
71 (10.00 %)SQL
71 (10.00 %)UNIX
71 (10.00 %)SSL
71 (10.00 %)ColdFusion
71 (10.00 %)Commerce Server

B2C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing B2C 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 B2C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (50.00 %).NET
15 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
23 (30.00 %)WebServices
32 (20.00 %)XML
32 (20.00 %)CSS
32 (20.00 %)SOAP
32 (20.00 %)HTML
41 (10.00 %)XHTML
41 (10.00 %)Ruby on Rails
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (10.00 %)Apache
11 (10.00 %)IIS
11 (10.00 %)ColdFusion
11 (10.00 %)Commerce Server
11 (10.00 %)Commerce Server 2007
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)SSL
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (60.00 %)SQL Server 2005
16 (60.00 %)SQL Server
22 (20.00 %)MySQL
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (30.00 %)Marketing
21 (10.00 %)Retail
21 (10.00 %)Finance
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (60.00 %)Developer
24 (40.00 %).NET Developer
31 (10.00 %)C# Developer
31 (10.00 %)Business Consultant
31 (10.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
31 (10.00 %)PHP Developer
31 (10.00 %)Senior .NET Developer
31 (10.00 %).NET Programmer
31 (10.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
31 (10.00 %)Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Web Developer
31 (10.00 %)Consultant
31 (10.00 %)Senior Developer
31 (10.00 %)Programmer
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)Derivative
11 (10.00 %)N-Tier
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (20.00 %)Windows
21 (10.00 %)Linux
21 (10.00 %)UNIX
21 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (70.00 %)E-Commerce
24 (40.00 %)B2B
31 (10.00 %)OOP
31 (10.00 %)OO
31 (10.00 %)RAD
31 (10.00 %)CRM
31 (10.00 %)Project Management
31 (10.00 %)Agile Software Development
31 (10.00 %)Technical Architecture
31 (10.00 %)Web Development
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (50.00 %)C#
21 (10.00 %)JavaScript
21 (10.00 %)PHP
21 (10.00 %)SQL
21 (10.00 %)Ruby
21 (10.00 %)PHP5