B2B Contracts in the City of London

Business-to-Business (B2B)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for B2B skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited B2B over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 150 167
Rank change year-on-year +51 +17 -43
Contract jobs citing B2B 28 22 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.27% 0.60% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 0.66% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 11 25
10th Percentile £420 £363 £290
25th Percentile £456 £447 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £640 £675 £625
90th Percentile £705 £700 £660
Central London median daily rate £554 £563 £575
% change year-on-year -1.56% -2.17% +27.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

B2B is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,003 3,357 3,878
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.51% 91.82% 91.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,413 2,258 2,945
10th Percentile £358 £350 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 25 40
10th Percentile £19.13 £15.50 £18.30
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £23.44
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -14.63% +115.93%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £52.00
90th Percentile £48.57 £88.30 £62.83
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%

B2B
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing B2B as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for B2B in the City of London

B2B
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing B2B in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for B2B in the City of London

B2B
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing B2B in the City of London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for B2B in the City of London

B2B
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing B2B in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for B2B in the City of London

B2B
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (10.71%) CMS
3 2 (7.14%) SharePoint
4 1 (3.57%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (7.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.57%) Magento
1 1 (3.57%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.00%) Azure
2 6 (21.43%) Power Platform
3 5 (17.86%) Entra ID
3 5 (17.86%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (17.86%) Mimecast
4 4 (14.29%) IaaS
4 4 (14.29%) PaaS
5 1 (3.57%) AWS
5 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.57%) Figma
5 1 (3.57%) GCP
5 1 (3.57%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.86%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Data Hub
1 1 (3.57%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
1 1 (3.57%) Relational Database
General
1 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Finance
4 3 (10.71%) Marketing
5 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Banking
5 2 (7.14%) Publishing
6 1 (3.57%) Front Office
6 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Architect
2 6 (21.43%) Developer
3 4 (14.29%) Angular Developer
3 4 (14.29%) Integration Architect
4 3 (10.71%) Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Data Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Designer
4 3 (10.71%) Full Stack Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Node.js Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Lead Designer
5 2 (7.14%) Market Data Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Market Data Project Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.14%) UI Designer
5 2 (7.14%) UI/UX Designer
5 2 (7.14%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.29%) AngularJS
2 2 (7.14%) Node.js
2 2 (7.14%) REST
3 1 (3.57%) Ajax
3 1 (3.57%) CSS
3 1 (3.57%) HTML
3 1 (3.57%) J2EE
3 1 (3.57%) jQuery
3 1 (3.57%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (3.57%) React
3 1 (3.57%) React Native
3 1 (3.57%) SOAP
3 1 (3.57%) Spring
3 1 (3.57%) Web Services
3 1 (3.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.14%) Mobile Payment
2 2 (7.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.57%) IoT
3 1 (3.57%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.57%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.86%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Android
2 1 (3.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.00%) Change Management
2 6 (21.43%) B2C
2 6 (21.43%) Migration
3 5 (17.86%) Agile
3 5 (17.86%) Data Migration
3 5 (17.86%) Fintech
3 5 (17.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (17.86%) ITIL
4 4 (14.29%) CRM
4 4 (14.29%) TOGAF
5 3 (10.71%) Front End Development
5 3 (10.71%) Full Stack Development
5 3 (10.71%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (7.14%) Cloud Security
6 2 (7.14%) Data Integration
6 2 (7.14%) Electronic Trading
6 2 (7.14%) Low Latency
6 2 (7.14%) User Research
6 2 (7.14%) UX Design
6 2 (7.14%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) TypeScript
2 2 (7.14%) Java
2 2 (7.14%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.57%) Apex Code
3 1 (3.57%) C#
3 1 (3.57%) C++
3 1 (3.57%) PHP
3 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) Azure Certification
2 4 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (7.14%) CCNA
3 2 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) SEPA
2 1 (3.57%) GDPR
2 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 5 (17.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.29%) Citrix
3 2 (7.14%) Arista
3 2 (7.14%) Bloomberg
3 2 (7.14%) BT
3 2 (7.14%) Cisco
3 2 (7.14%) Radianz
3 2 (7.14%) Refinitiv
3 2 (7.14%) Reuters
3 2 (7.14%) Salesforce
3 2 (7.14%) SAP
3 2 (7.14%) ServiceNow