The first table below looks at the demand for B2C skills in IT contracts advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited B2C over the 3 months to 24 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 Devon 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
B2C (Business-to-Consumer)
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing B2C 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 1.183% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.613% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £325 £450
% change year-on-year
+23.07% -27.77%
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
Devon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
124 116 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 73.37% 63.39% 48.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 59 37
Average daily rate £313 £335 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.71% -10.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £205 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £475 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 20 10
Average hourly rate £19.39 £16.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.18% -45.76%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
B2C
South West

B2C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon 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 Devon region over the 3 months to 24 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
Exeter - 2 £350 -
B2C
South West

B2C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 7 (100.00%) SOA
1 7 (100.00%) B2B
2 6 (85.71%) Back Office
2 6 (85.71%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (85.71%) ASP.NET
2 6 (85.71%) C#
2 6 (85.71%) VB.NET
2 6 (85.71%) .NET
3 5 (71.43%) HTML
3 5 (71.43%) JavaScript
3 5 (71.43%) Web Services
3 5 (71.43%) XML
3 5 (71.43%) XSLT
3 5 (71.43%) CSS
3 5 (71.43%) OO
3 5 (71.43%) XQuery
4 4 (57.14%) Oracle
4 4 (57.14%) Configuration Management
4 4 (57.14%) XPath
4 4 (57.14%) Waterfall
5 3 (42.86%) .NET Framework
5 3 (42.86%) Oracle Applications
5 3 (42.86%) MCAD
5 3 (42.86%) MCSD
5 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (28.57%) C
6 2 (28.57%) Finance
6 2 (28.57%) Git (software)
7 1 (14.29%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (14.29%) Degree

B2C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 6 (85.71%) ASP.NET
1 6 (85.71%) .NET
2 5 (71.43%) HTML
2 5 (71.43%) Web Services
2 5 (71.43%) XML
2 5 (71.43%) XSLT
2 5 (71.43%) CSS
3 3 (42.86%) .NET Framework
4 1 (14.29%) Middleware
4 1 (14.29%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Service Bus
1 1 (14.29%) AquaLogic
1 1 (14.29%) MQSeries
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle Applications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Git (software)
General
1 6 (85.71%) Back Office
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (85.71%) .NET Developer
3 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Agile .NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Service Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Analyst Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior .NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) SOA
1 7 (100.00%) B2B
2 6 (85.71%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (71.43%) OO
4 4 (57.14%) Configuration Management
4 4 (57.14%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) C#
1 6 (85.71%) VB.NET
2 5 (71.43%) JavaScript
2 5 (71.43%) XQuery
3 4 (57.14%) XPath
4 2 (28.57%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) MCAD
1 3 (42.86%) MCSD
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle