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The table below looks at the demand for B2C (Business-to-Consumer) skills within the Birmingham 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 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkB2C (Business-to-Consumer)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank45-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.366 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£472£324
% change on same period last year+45.83 %
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£26.38£39.38
% change on same period last year-33.01 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads273458
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.430 %0.491 %
Daily rates quoted85130
Average minimum daily rate£371£355
Average daily rate£395£387
% change on same period last year+2.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£419£420
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£370
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted2451
Average minimum hourly rate£19.88£17.43
Average hourly rate£21.85£18.10
% change on same period last year+20.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.83£18.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.17£29.91
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
B2C West MidlandsB2C
West Midlands

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 Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Birmingham B2C Demand Trend

B2C
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing B2C across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham B2C Hourly Rate Trend

B2C
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)VB
11 (100.00 %)VBA
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)Oracle
11 (100.00 %)ASP
11 (100.00 %)N-Tier
11 (100.00 %)B2B
11 (100.00 %)ISEB
11 (100.00 %)WinRunner
11 (100.00 %)Telecoms
11 (100.00 %)Software Testing
11 (100.00 %)QA
11 (100.00 %)Test Scripting

B2C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)ASP
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)WinRunner
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Telecoms
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Test Specialist
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)N-Tier
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)B2B
11 (100.00 %)Software Testing
11 (100.00 %)Test Scripting
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)VB
11 (100.00 %)VBA
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (100.00 %)ISEB
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (100.00 %)QA
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Oracle