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The table below looks at the demand for B2B (Business-to-Business) skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited B2B over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkB2B (Business-to-Business)
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank5956
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.223 %0.488 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£375-
Average daily rate£375-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£375-
UK excluding London average daily rate£426£327
% change on same period last year+30.54 %
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£18.00£36.05
% change on same period last year-50.06 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads449410
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.733 %0.449 %
Daily rates quoted12987
Average minimum daily rate£330£334
Average daily rate£340£347
% change on same period last year-1.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£351£360
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£373
% change on same period last year+2.00 %
Hourly rates quoted5732
Average minimum hourly rate£25.36£27.80
Average hourly rate£26.36£28.34
% change on same period last year-6.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.37£28.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.25£29.44
% change on same period last year-4.04 %
B2B North WestB2B
North West

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.

B2B
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing B2B across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cheshire B2B Demand Trend

B2B
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire B2B Daily Rate Trend

B2B
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing B2B across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire B2B Hourly Rate Trend

B2B
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing B2B within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 5 December 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
ChesterNew entry-1£375-
B2B North WestB2B
North West

B2B
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

12 (66.67 %)C#
12 (66.67 %).NET
12 (66.67 %)SQL Server
12 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
12 (66.67 %)E-Commerce
12 (66.67 %)Retail
12 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (33.33 %)Service Management
21 (33.33 %)EDI
21 (33.33 %)SAP
21 (33.33 %)VB.NET

B2B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (66.67 %).NET
12 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
21 (33.33 %)EDI
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (66.67 %)SQL Server
12 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2005
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (66.67 %)Retail
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Developer
12 (66.67 %)Web Developer
12 (66.67 %).NET Developer
12 (66.67 %)C# Developer
12 (66.67 %)ASP.NET Developer
12 (66.67 %).NET Web Developer
12 (66.67 %)C# Web Developer
12 (66.67 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
21 (33.33 %)Project Manager
21 (33.33 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
21 (33.33 %)Portfolio Manager
21 (33.33 %)VB.NET Developer
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)E-Commerce
21 (33.33 %)Service Management
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (66.67 %)C#
21 (33.33 %)VB.NET
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)SAP