East of England B2B Contracts

This section looks at the demand for B2B (Business-to-Business) skills within the East of England 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

B2B (Business-to-Business)
Location Aylesbury Basingstoke Berkshire Bournemouth Bracknell Brighton Bromley Buckinghamshire Cheshire City of London Coventry Derby Derbyshire Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Manchester Midlands Newbury North West Northamptonshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Slough South East South Wales South West Staines Stockport Surrey Sussex Swindon UK Wales Warrington West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	142	142
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	5	11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.007 %	0.011 %
As % of the category below	0.227 %	0.473 %
Daily rates quoted	5	3
Average minimum daily rate	£440	£350
Average daily rate	£485	£350
% change on same period last year	+38.43 %
Average maximum daily rate	£530	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£367	£484
% change on same period last year	-24.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£9.50	£37.50
% change on same period last year	-74.66 %
Processes & Methodologies East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	2207	2327
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.942 %	2.354 %
Daily rates quoted	810	817
Average minimum daily rate	£375	£362
Average daily rate	£399	£383
% change on same period last year	+4.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£422	£403
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	209	236
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.47	£28.76
Average hourly rate	£30.60	£30.20
% change on same period last year	+1.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.74	£31.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
B2B England

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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

B2B
Daily Rate Trend

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

B2B
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing B2B across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

B2B
Hourly Rate Trend

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

B2B
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing B2B within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Hertfordshire	+3	5	£485	+49.00 %

B2B England

B2B
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1 7 (63.64 %) BizTalk Server 1 7 (63.64 %) SQL Server Integration Services 2 6 (54.55 %) Retail 2 6 (54.55 %) .NET 2 6 (54.55 %) WebServices 3 5 (45.45 %) XML 3 5 (45.45 %) IIS 3 5 (45.45 %) ASP.NET 3 5 (45.45 %) HTML 3 5 (45.45 %) SQL 3 5 (45.45 %) HTTP 3 5 (45.45 %) LAMP 3 5 (45.45 %) AJAX 4 2 (18.18 %) Marketing 4 2 (18.18 %) E-Commerce

5 1 (9.091 %) EDI 5 1 (9.091 %) CRM 5 1 (9.091 %) NHS 5 1 (9.091 %) Internet 5 1 (9.091 %) Project Management 5 1 (9.091 %) Business Development 5 1 (9.091 %) Content Management 5 1 (9.091 %) Insurance 5 1 (9.091 %) Telecoms 5 1 (9.091 %) Finance 5 1 (9.091 %) Construction 5 1 (9.091 %) Agile Software Development

B2B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

Application Development 1 6 (54.55 %) .NET 1 6 (54.55 %) WebServices 2 5 (45.45 %) XML 2 5 (45.45 %) ASP.NET 2 5 (45.45 %) LAMP 2 5 (45.45 %) AJAX 2 5 (45.45 %) HTML 3 1 (9.091 %) EDI	Application Platforms 1 7 (63.64 %) BizTalk Server 2 5 (45.45 %) IIS
Communications & Networking 1 5 (45.45 %) HTTP 2 1 (9.091 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (63.64 %) SQL Server Integration Services
General 1 6 (54.55 %) Retail 2 2 (18.18 %) Marketing 3 1 (9.091 %) Insurance 3 1 (9.091 %) Telecoms 3 1 (9.091 %) Finance 3 1 (9.091 %) Construction	Job Titles 1 7 (63.64 %) Architect 2 2 (18.18 %) Development Manager 3 1 (9.091 %) Business Development Manager 3 1 (9.091 %) IT Project Manager 3 1 (9.091 %) Sales Manager 3 1 (9.091 %) IT Architect 3 1 (9.091 %) .NET Architect 3 1 (9.091 %) Business Manager 3 1 (9.091 %) Lead Architect 3 1 (9.091 %) Project Manager 3 1 (9.091 %) IT Manager 3 1 (9.091 %) Consultant
Miscellaneous 1 1 (9.091 %) NHS	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (18.18 %) E-Commerce 2 1 (9.091 %) Project Management 2 1 (9.091 %) Agile Software Development 2 1 (9.091 %) Content Management 2 1 (9.091 %) Business Development 2 1 (9.091 %) CRM
Programming Languages 1 5 (45.45 %) SQL