The first table below looks at the demand for B2C skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited B2C over the 3 months to 22 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 City of London 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
B2C (Business-to-Consumer)
Rank 195 206 226
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +20
Contract jobs citing B2C 10 9 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.156% 0.113% 0.155%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.212% 0.158% 0.216%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 12
Average daily rate £650 £425 £394
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+52.94% +7.93%
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £325 £450
% change year-on-year
+16.92% -27.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £39.51 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.75 £190.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year
-79.60% +280.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4709 5713 6944
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 73.25% 71.60% 71.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 3551 4136 5135
Average daily rate £450 £460 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 96 98
Average hourly rate £41.50 £24.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.91% -4.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £15.00 £14.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £47.50 £50.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
B2C
London

B2C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London B2C Daily Rate Trend

B2C
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing B2C across the City of London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

City of London B2C Daily Rate Histogram

B2C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 21 (77.78%) B2B
2 20 (74.07%) Marketing
3 19 (70.37%) E-Commerce
4 15 (55.56%) CRM
5 14 (51.85%) FMCG
6 12 (44.44%) CMS
7 11 (40.74%) Analytics
8 10 (37.04%) Web Analytics
8 10 (37.04%) Sitecore CMS
8 10 (37.04%) Sitecore
8 10 (37.04%) hybris
9 6 (22.22%) Siebel
10 5 (18.52%) EAI
10 5 (18.52%) Web Services
10 5 (18.52%) Finance
10 5 (18.52%) TOGAF
10 5 (18.52%) Mobile Payment
11 4 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
11 4 (14.81%) Data Modelling
12 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
12 3 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
13 2 (7.407%) Programme Management
13 2 (7.407%) Marketing Strategy
13 2 (7.407%) Service Delivery
13 2 (7.407%) Telecoms
13 2 (7.407%) HTTP
13 2 (7.407%) Java
13 2 (7.407%) Business Transformation
14 1 (3.704%) User Stories
14 1 (3.704%) JavaScript

B2C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 5 (18.52%) Web Services
2 1 (3.704%) .NET
2 1 (3.704%) XML
2 1 (3.704%) HTML
2 1 (3.704%) Middleware
2 1 (3.704%) Ajax
2 1 (3.704%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 12 (44.44%) CMS
2 10 (37.04%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (3.704%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.407%) HTTP
General
1 20 (74.07%) Marketing
2 5 (18.52%) Finance
3 2 (7.407%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.704%) Retail
4 1 (3.704%) Billing
4 1 (3.704%) Games
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Architect
2 6 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 3 (11.11%) Programme Manager
4 2 (7.407%) Technical Business Analyst
4 2 (7.407%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (7.407%) Product Manager
4 2 (7.407%) Business Analyst
4 2 (7.407%) Analyst
4 2 (7.407%) Senior Manager
5 1 (3.704%) Developer
5 1 (3.704%) Senior Programme Manager
5 1 (3.704%) E-Commerce Project Manager
5 1 (3.704%) Siebel Architect
5 1 (3.704%) E-Commerce Manager
5 1 (3.704%) Senior Product Manager
5 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
5 1 (3.704%) User Experience Developer
5 1 (3.704%) Online Product Manager
5 1 (3.704%) Agile Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 14 (51.85%) FMCG
2 5 (18.52%) Mobile Payment
3 1 (3.704%) Copywriting
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (77.78%) B2B
2 19 (70.37%) E-Commerce
3 15 (55.56%) CRM
4 11 (40.74%) Analytics
5 10 (37.04%) Web Analytics
6 5 (18.52%) EAI
6 5 (18.52%) TOGAF
7 4 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (14.81%) Data Modelling
8 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
9 2 (7.407%) Programme Management
9 2 (7.407%) Marketing Strategy
9 2 (7.407%) Service Delivery
9 2 (7.407%) Business Transformation
10 1 (3.704%) User Stories
10 1 (3.704%) ITIL
10 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2
10 1 (3.704%) SOA
10 1 (3.704%) Benchmarking
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.407%) Java
2 1 (3.704%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) Sitecore
1 10 (37.04%) hybris
2 6 (22.22%) Siebel
3 1 (3.704%) SAP
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