The first table below looks at the demand for B2C skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited B2C over the 3 months to 23 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 Cheshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
B2C (Business-to-Consumer)
Rank 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing B2C 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.274% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.362% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £323 £450
% change year-on-year
+24.03% -28.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.75 £190.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year
-79.60% +280.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
552 488 680
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 75.51% 61.15% 68.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 249 375
Average daily rate £375 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.92% +7.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £270 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 25
Average hourly rate £40.57 £22.41 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+81.03% +12.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.95 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.28 £31.10 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
B2C
North West

B2C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire B2C Daily Rate Trend

B2C
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing B2C within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Warrington - 1 - -
B2C
North West

B2C
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1 2 (50.00%) Web Services
1 2 (50.00%) XML
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
1 2 (50.00%) B2B
2 1 (25.00%) SAP XI
2 1 (25.00%) Ajax
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) jQuery
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (25.00%) webMethods
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) SOAP
2 1 (25.00%) UNIX
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Solaris
2 1 (25.00%) EAI
2 1 (25.00%) SMTP
2 1 (25.00%) FTP
2 1 (25.00%) HTTP

B2C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) Web Services
1 2 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (25.00%) SAP XI
2 1 (25.00%) Ajax
2 1 (25.00%) jQuery
2 1 (25.00%) SOAP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) SMTP
1 1 (25.00%) FTP
1 1 (25.00%) HTTP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Web Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (25.00%) webMethods Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) C# Web Developer
2 1 (25.00%) iOS Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Trainer
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (25.00%) UNIX
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) B2B
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) EAI
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) webMethods
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) SAP