B2B Contracts in England

Business-to-Business (B2B)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 299 358 400
Rank change year-on-year +59 +42 -29
Contract jobs citing B2B 259 325 432
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.70% 0.64% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.71% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 201 294
10th Percentile £217 £335 £409
25th Percentile £413 £428 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £583
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% -7.73% +16.50%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £700
90th Percentile £669 £800 £738
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -2.38% -8.70% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 5
10th Percentile £12.66 £31.40 £24.40
25th Percentile £14.75 - £45.25
Median hourly rate £29.25 £44.00 £50.61
Median % change year-on-year -33.52% -13.06% +17.70%
75th Percentile £41.00 - £61.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £48.80 £65.20
UK median hourly rate £21.69 £44.00 £50.61
% change year-on-year -50.70% -13.06% +17.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,992 45,544 64,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.24% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,975 31,977 45,770
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,229 1,592 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

B2B
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing B2B as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for B2B in England

B2B
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing B2B in England.

Daily rate trend for B2B in England

B2B
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing B2B in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for B2B in England

B2B
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing B2B in England.

Hourly rate trend for B2B in England

B2B
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing B2B in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for B2B in England

B2B
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing B2B within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +66 149 £528 -4.09% 375
South East +20 60 £513 -8.89% 130
North of England +20 20 £400 -20.00% 153
North West +11 13 £600 +20.00% 96
East of England +15 12 £543 +5.85% 38
West Midlands +28 4 £238 -44.77% 53
Midlands +20 4 £238 -45.71% 76
South West +9 4 - - 66
North East - 4 £190 - 15
Yorkshire +19 3 £432 -12.51% 44
B2B
UK

B2B
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (2.32%) CMS
2 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (1.16%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.77%) Anypoint
4 2 (0.77%) Confluence
5 1 (0.39%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.39%) Appian
5 1 (0.39%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (4.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (1.16%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.16%) Sketch
6 2 (0.77%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.77%) InVision
6 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.77%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.39%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.39%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.39%) Final Cut Pro
7 1 (0.39%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 26 (10.04%) Shopify
2 11 (4.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (3.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.16%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (1.16%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.77%) Magento
5 2 (0.77%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.77%) WebTrends
6 1 (0.39%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.39%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.39%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 31 (11.97%) Azure
2 26 (10.04%) BigCommerce
3 25 (9.65%) SaaS
4 21 (8.11%) AWS
5 14 (5.41%) Power Platform
6 13 (5.02%) Figma
7 11 (4.25%) GCP
8 10 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (3.86%) Entra ID
8 10 (3.86%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (3.47%) PaaS
10 6 (2.32%) GitHub
10 6 (2.32%) Mimecast
10 6 (2.32%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 6 (2.32%) Serverless
11 5 (1.93%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (1.93%) IaaS
12 4 (1.54%) Snowflake
12 4 (1.54%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 25 (9.65%) DMZ
2 11 (4.25%) Firewall
3 6 (2.32%) Radio Access Network
4 5 (1.93%) 5G
5 4 (1.54%) 3G
5 4 (1.54%) 4G
5 4 (1.54%) SMS
5 4 (1.54%) VoIP
5 4 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.77%) FTP
7 1 (0.39%) Broadband
7 1 (0.39%) RTP
7 1 (0.39%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.09%) MySQL
1 8 (3.09%) Power BI
2 6 (2.32%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.54%) Tableau
4 3 (1.16%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.77%) Big Data
5 2 (0.77%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.77%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.77%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.39%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.39%) NonStop SQL
6 1 (0.39%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 8 (3.09%) Git
2 6 (2.32%) Maven
3 5 (1.93%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.77%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.77%) Gradle
4 2 (0.77%) JIRA
5 1 (0.39%) gulp
5 1 (0.39%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 75 (28.96%) Marketing
2 65 (25.10%) Social Skills
3 41 (15.83%) Finance
4 40 (15.44%) Retail
5 27 (10.42%) Banking
6 23 (8.88%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (5.79%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (4.25%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.47%) German Language
10 8 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.70%) French Language
11 7 (2.70%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.54%) Advertising
13 4 (1.54%) Publishing
14 3 (1.16%) Brand Awareness
14 3 (1.16%) Legal
14 3 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.77%) Games
Job Titles
1 41 (15.83%) Senior
2 34 (13.13%) Analyst
3 31 (11.97%) Architect
4 29 (11.20%) Network Engineer
5 25 (9.65%) Senior Network Engineer
6 24 (9.27%) Developer
7 19 (7.34%) Designer
8 18 (6.95%) Business Analyst
9 13 (5.02%) Lead
9 13 (5.02%) Product Manager
10 12 (4.63%) Consultant
11 11 (4.25%) Project Manager
11 11 (4.25%) Salesforce Architect
11 11 (4.25%) UX Designer
12 8 (3.09%) Senior Manager
12 8 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
13 7 (2.70%) Marketing Manager
13 7 (2.70%) Technical Analyst
13 7 (2.70%) Technical Business Analyst
14 6 (2.32%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.34%) VML
2 11 (4.25%) React
3 9 (3.47%) REST
3 9 (3.47%) Web Services
4 8 (3.09%) AngularJS
4 8 (3.09%) CSS
4 8 (3.09%) Lightning Web Components
4 8 (3.09%) Node.js
5 7 (2.70%) RESTful
6 6 (2.32%) HTML
6 6 (2.32%) Spring
7 5 (1.93%) jQuery
8 4 (1.54%) J2EE
8 4 (1.54%) Sass
9 3 (1.16%) NestJS
9 3 (1.16%) OAuth
9 3 (1.16%) OpenID
9 3 (1.16%) Spring MVC
9 3 (1.16%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 2 (0.77%) Prisma
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.63%) Data Centre
1 12 (4.63%) Social Media
2 11 (4.25%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.47%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.70%) FMCG
4 7 (2.70%) IoT
4 7 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.93%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.93%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.54%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.54%) EPoS
8 3 (1.16%) Graphic Design
8 3 (1.16%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.77%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.77%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.77%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.39%) Animation
10 1 (0.39%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.18%) Windows
2 5 (1.93%) Android
3 4 (1.54%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.54%) Linux
3 4 (1.54%) Unix
4 2 (0.77%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (15.06%) Agile
1 39 (15.06%) Migration
2 35 (13.51%) E-Commerce
2 35 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (13.13%) User Experience
4 32 (12.36%) B2C
5 30 (11.58%) CRM
6 26 (10.04%) Customer Acquisition
7 23 (8.88%) Analytics
8 22 (8.49%) Roadmaps
8 22 (8.49%) Technology Strategy
9 21 (8.11%) DevOps
10 20 (7.72%) UX Design
11 19 (7.34%) Customer Experience
12 18 (6.95%) Project Delivery
13 17 (6.56%) Project Management
14 16 (6.18%) Product Management
14 16 (6.18%) Stakeholder Management
15 15 (5.79%) Time Management
16 13 (5.02%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.95%) TypeScript
2 13 (5.02%) JavaScript
2 13 (5.02%) SQL
3 11 (4.25%) Java
4 10 (3.86%) Python
5 6 (2.32%) C#
6 5 (1.93%) Apex Code
7 4 (1.54%) PHP
7 4 (1.54%) VBA
8 3 (1.16%) Bash
8 3 (1.16%) Objective-C
8 3 (1.16%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.77%) C
9 2 (0.77%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.77%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.77%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.77%) Swift
10 1 (0.39%) ABAP
10 1 (0.39%) C++
10 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (10.42%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (6.95%) Degree
3 6 (2.32%) Azure Certification
3 6 (2.32%) SC Cleared
3 6 (2.32%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.93%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (0.77%) CCNA
5 2 (0.77%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.77%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.77%) MBA
6 1 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.39%) CBAP
6 1 (0.39%) CSPO
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.47%) QA
1 9 (3.47%) SLA
2 3 (1.16%) Accessibility
2 3 (1.16%) GDPR
3 2 (0.77%) PMO
4 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 11 (4.25%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.16%) zsh
3 1 (0.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (2.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.54%) Terraform
3 2 (0.77%) Ansible
4 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (21.24%) Salesforce
2 44 (16.99%) SAP
3 37 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 31 (11.97%) CheckPoint
4 31 (11.97%) Cisco
5 28 (10.81%) Adobe
6 27 (10.42%) Arista
7 26 (10.04%) Sitecore
8 12 (4.63%) Dell
8 12 (4.63%) Google
8 12 (4.63%) Intel
9 4 (1.54%) Apple
9 4 (1.54%) Aruba
9 4 (1.54%) Citrix
9 4 (1.54%) F5
9 4 (1.54%) Meraki
9 4 (1.54%) Pardot
10 3 (1.16%) IBM
10 3 (1.16%) Informatica
10 3 (1.16%) MuleSoft