The first table below looks at the demand for B2B skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited B2B over the 3 months to 20 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 East of England 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
B2B (Business-to-Business)
Rank 112 124 123
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -1
Contract jobs citing B2B 3 12 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.139% 0.408% 0.077%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.209% 0.633% 0.118%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 1
Average daily rate £320 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -7.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £300 £375
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £190.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £190.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- +347.05%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1437 1895 1690
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.56% 64.50% 65.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 809 921 762
Average daily rate £375 £373 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.67% -0.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 154 190
Average hourly rate £35.22 £31.50 £32.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.80% -2.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.39 £12.32 £14.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
B2B
England

B2B
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing B2B across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East of England B2B Jobs Demand Trend

B2B
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England B2B Daily Rate Trend

B2B
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England B2B Hourly Rate Trend

B2B
Contract Locations

The table below 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 20 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
Hertfordshire +12 3 £320 -
B2B
England

B2B
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) B2C
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Ajax
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (25.00%) LINQ
2 1 (25.00%) jQuery
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 1 (25.00%) REST
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) MySQL
2 1 (25.00%) E-business
2 1 (25.00%) BT
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) 2G
2 1 (25.00%) 2.5G
2 1 (25.00%) Cramer
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) Network Planning

B2B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) SOAP
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
1 1 (25.00%) XHTML
1 1 (25.00%) Ajax
1 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (25.00%) LINQ
1 1 (25.00%) jQuery
1 1 (25.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
1 1 (25.00%) REST
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) ATM
1 1 (25.00%) SDH
1 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
1 1 (25.00%) 3G
1 1 (25.00%) 2G
1 1 (25.00%) 2.5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) MySQL
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Server Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Architect
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Transmission Planner
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) B2C
2 1 (25.00%) E-business
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) Network Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) SOA
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) Epicor
1 1 (25.00%) JD Edwards
1 1 (25.00%) Sage
1 1 (25.00%) BT
1 1 (25.00%) Cramer
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