The first table below looks at the demand for B2B skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited B2B over the 3 months to 18 June 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
B2B (Business-to-Business)
Rank 376 349 404
Rank change year-on-year
-27 +55
Contract jobs citing B2B 162 208 179
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.370% 0.392% 0.313%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.517% 0.570% 0.462%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 108 65
Average daily rate £375 £375 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £272 £327
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £540 £680
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £320 £388
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -17.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 7
Average hourly rate £22.50 £190.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-88.15% +347.05%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £190.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-88.15% +347.05%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
31333 36462 38743
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.57% 68.77% 67.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 19221 21322 22496
Average daily rate £420 £405 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 935 1194 1381
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.13 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.42 £47.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
B2B
UK

B2B
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

England B2B Daily Rate Trend

B2B
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing B2B across the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

England B2B Daily Rate Histogram

B2B
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England B2B Hourly Rate Trend

B2B
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing B2B across the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

England B2B Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +5 80 £450 +7.14% 38
South East -11 31 £275 -26.66% 23
South West +37 14 £360 -9.49% 10
North West +22 13 £338 -12.90% 15
West Midlands +4 6 £375 +17.18% 4
East of England -3 6 £220 -26.66% 6
North East - 4 £325 -
East Midlands -5 3 £375 - 7
Yorkshire -7 3 £355 +1.42% 5
Midlands - 2 £481 -
B2B
UK

B2B
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 75 (23.01%) B2C
2 71 (21.78%) Finance
3 60 (18.40%) Marketing
4 43 (13.19%) Project Management
4 43 (13.19%) Java
5 38 (11.66%) JavaScript
6 36 (11.04%) E-Commerce
6 36 (11.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 35 (10.74%) Telecoms
8 34 (10.43%) Agile Software Development
9 32 (9.816%) Mobile App
10 31 (9.509%) Migration
10 31 (9.509%) HTML
11 30 (9.202%) CSS
11 30 (9.202%) XML
12 29 (8.896%) Microsoft
13 28 (8.589%) UNIX
13 28 (8.589%) Retail
14 27 (8.282%) Analytics
15 26 (7.975%) Business Analysis
15 26 (7.975%) CRM
15 26 (7.975%) CMS
16 24 (7.362%) Web Services
16 24 (7.362%) MS Excel
17 23 (7.055%) Oracle
18 22 (6.748%) SQL
18 22 (6.748%) EDI
18 22 (6.748%) Middleware
19 21 (6.442%) Unit Testing
20 19 (5.828%) User Acceptance Testing

B2B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 31 (9.509%) HTML
2 30 (9.202%) CSS
2 30 (9.202%) XML
3 24 (7.362%) Web Services
4 22 (6.748%) EDI
4 22 (6.748%) Middleware
5 15 (4.601%) HTML5
6 11 (3.374%) WebSphere
7 10 (3.067%) Grails
7 10 (3.067%) jQuery
7 10 (3.067%) RabbitMQ
8 9 (2.761%) .NET
9 7 (2.147%) ASP.NET
9 7 (2.147%) XHTML
10 6 (1.840%) SOAP
10 6 (1.840%) Spring
11 5 (1.534%) J2EE
11 5 (1.534%) XSLT
11 5 (1.534%) XML Schema
12 4 (1.227%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 26 (7.975%) CMS
2 12 (3.681%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.067%) Sitecore CMS
4 8 (2.454%) IIS
5 5 (1.534%) WebSphere Message Broker
5 5 (1.534%) Magento
6 4 (1.227%) Drupal
6 4 (1.227%) BizTalk Server
7 3 (0.920%) WebLogic Portal
7 3 (0.920%) PowerExchange
7 3 (0.920%) MS Exchange
7 3 (0.920%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.613%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.613%) Apache
8 2 (0.613%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.613%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (0.613%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.307%) CM System
9 1 (0.307%) Adobe CQ
9 1 (0.307%) Jetty
Applications
1 24 (7.362%) MS Excel
2 10 (3.067%) Photoshop
2 10 (3.067%) MS Office
3 8 (2.454%) Adobe Illustrator
4 7 (2.147%) MS PowerPoint
5 6 (1.840%) InfoPath
6 3 (0.920%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.613%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.613%) InDesign
8 1 (0.307%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.454%) Google Analytics
2 7 (2.147%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (1.227%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (1.227%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.920%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.613%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.613%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.613%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.307%) SAP PM
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.908%) SSL
2 9 (2.761%) Internet
3 8 (2.454%) FTP
4 7 (2.147%) ATM
4 7 (2.147%) BSS
4 7 (2.147%) Unified Communications
5 6 (1.840%) iSCSI
5 6 (1.840%) Extranet
5 6 (1.840%) SAN
5 6 (1.840%) Ethernet
5 6 (1.840%) VoIP
6 4 (1.227%) HTTP
6 4 (1.227%) 3G
7 3 (0.920%) DSL
7 3 (0.920%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.920%) 2G
7 3 (0.920%) 2.5G
7 3 (0.920%) 4G
7 3 (0.920%) SDH
8 2 (0.613%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.294%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.374%) NoSQL
3 10 (3.067%) SQL Server 2008
4 9 (2.761%) Oracle 8/8i
5 7 (2.147%) SQL Server 2005
6 6 (1.840%) MySQL
7 5 (1.534%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.534%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.227%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.227%) PowerCenter
8 4 (1.227%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.920%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.613%) Big Data
10 2 (0.613%) GIS
10 2 (0.613%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 1 (0.307%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.307%) DB2
11 1 (0.307%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 12 (3.681%) Git (software)
2 6 (1.840%) GitHub
3 2 (0.613%) PhoneGap
3 2 (0.613%) Ant
3 2 (0.613%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.613%) Axure RP
3 2 (0.613%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.307%) Xcode
4 1 (0.307%) Subversion
4 1 (0.307%) Maven
4 1 (0.307%) JIRA
4 1 (0.307%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.307%) JUnit
4 1 (0.307%) Visual Studio
General
1 71 (21.78%) Finance
2 60 (18.40%) Marketing
3 35 (10.74%) Telecoms
4 28 (8.589%) Retail
5 11 (3.374%) Banking
6 9 (2.761%) French Language
7 6 (1.840%) German Language
8 4 (1.227%) Billing
8 4 (1.227%) Back Office
9 3 (0.920%) Investment Banking
9 3 (0.920%) Spanish Language
9 3 (0.920%) Publishing
10 2 (0.613%) Local Government
10 2 (0.613%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.613%) Front Office
10 2 (0.613%) Legal
10 2 (0.613%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.613%) Advertising
11 1 (0.307%) Automotive
11 1 (0.307%) Law
Job Titles
1 81 (24.85%) Analyst
2 63 (19.33%) Business Analyst
3 62 (19.02%) Developer
4 59 (18.10%) Architect
5 29 (8.896%) Project Manager
6 18 (5.521%) Consultant
7 15 (4.601%) Senior Developer
8 14 (4.294%) Java Developer
9 13 (3.988%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (3.988%) Designer
10 12 (3.681%) Senior Business Analyst
10 12 (3.681%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (3.067%) Senior Architect
12 8 (2.454%) Senior Manager
12 8 (2.454%) webMethods Developer
13 7 (2.147%) Applications Architect
13 7 (2.147%) Technical Leader
13 7 (2.147%) Senior webMethods Developer
13 7 (2.147%) Systems Engineer
13 7 (2.147%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.816%) Mobile App
2 14 (4.294%) Computer Science
3 11 (3.374%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.067%) FMCG
5 9 (2.761%) Open Source
5 9 (2.761%) Digital Media
6 8 (2.454%) Social Media
7 7 (2.147%) Data Integration
8 5 (1.534%) iPhone
9 4 (1.227%) iPad
9 4 (1.227%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.227%) Mathematics
9 4 (1.227%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.920%) Physics
10 3 (0.920%) Smartphone
10 3 (0.920%) Derivative
10 3 (0.920%) Statistics
11 2 (0.613%) Photography
11 2 (0.613%) Fixed Income
11 2 (0.613%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 28 (8.589%) UNIX
2 19 (5.828%) Windows
3 15 (4.601%) Linux
4 12 (3.681%) Android
4 12 (3.681%) Apple iOS
5 8 (2.454%) AIX
5 8 (2.454%) Solaris
6 7 (2.147%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (0.920%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (0.307%) VMS
8 1 (0.307%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (23.01%) B2C
2 43 (13.19%) Project Management
3 36 (11.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 36 (11.04%) E-Commerce
4 34 (10.43%) Agile Software Development
5 31 (9.509%) Migration
6 27 (8.282%) Analytics
7 26 (7.975%) CRM
7 26 (7.975%) Business Analysis
8 21 (6.442%) Unit Testing
9 19 (5.828%) User Acceptance Testing
10 18 (5.521%) Web Analytics
11 16 (4.908%) Business Intelligence
12 15 (4.601%) Content Management
13 14 (4.294%) ITIL
14 13 (3.988%) OO
15 12 (3.681%) PRINCE2
15 12 (3.681%) SOA
16 11 (3.374%) Service Delivery
17 9 (2.761%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 43 (13.19%) Java
2 38 (11.66%) JavaScript
3 22 (6.748%) SQL
4 18 (5.521%) C
5 12 (3.681%) C#
6 11 (3.374%) PHP
7 10 (3.067%) Groovy
8 8 (2.454%) Perl
9 7 (2.147%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.147%) Korn
9 7 (2.147%) VBScript
10 4 (1.227%) XQuery
10 4 (1.227%) Objective-C
10 4 (1.227%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.920%) Ruby
11 3 (0.920%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.920%) XPath
12 2 (0.613%) C++
12 2 (0.613%) Python
13 1 (0.307%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (5.828%) Degree
2 4 (1.227%) ISEB
3 2 (0.613%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (0.613%) MCAD
3 2 (0.613%) MCSD
4 1 (0.307%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.307%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.307%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.761%) QA
2 3 (0.920%) SLA
3 2 (0.613%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.307%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.307%) ISO 8583
4 1 (0.307%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (2.454%) Active Directory
1 8 (2.454%) VMware ESX
2 7 (2.147%) vSphere
3 3 (0.920%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.307%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.307%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 10 (3.067%) Puppet
2 9 (2.761%) Control-M
3 2 (0.613%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 29 (8.896%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.055%) Oracle
3 16 (4.908%) webMethods
4 15 (4.601%) IBM
5 12 (3.681%) SAP
5 12 (3.681%) hybris
6 11 (3.374%) VMware
7 10 (3.067%) Sitecore
8 9 (2.761%) Google
8 9 (2.761%) Informatica
9 7 (2.147%) BMC
9 7 (2.147%) Remedy
9 7 (2.147%) HP
10 6 (1.840%) Dell
10 6 (1.840%) EMC
10 6 (1.840%) Interwoven
10 6 (1.840%) BT
10 6 (1.840%) Brocade
11 5 (1.534%) Adobe
12 4 (1.227%) Citrix
London
The successful candidate will have depth experience in Java, C, C++ in building Android mobile apps... The successful Android Apps Developer (Java/C/C++) will be: Providing in-...
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Rate: From £425 to £450 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
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Computer Futures
Rate: £325 - £375 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
West Midlands
A well-established West-Midlands based financial client is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic contract Java developer to join their team Java developer with Groovy experience to...
Computer Futures
Rate: £325 - £350 per day + DOE
Posted: 21 May 2013
West London
We are looking for high calibre C# Developers with at least 1 year experience of Ruby & Cucumber automated tests, TDD, BDD and Agile... Excellent working knowledge of ASP ...
BBC Worldwide Ltd
Posted: 14 June 2013
Surrey
The successful CRM Project Manager must have: * Demonstrable hands-on experience in CRM marketing in a high-volume B2C & B2B environment * Hands on experience in creating Email Marketing...
Rullion IT Plus
Posted: 14 June 2013
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Rate: £450 - £600 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
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Rate: £450 - £600 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
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Posted: 11 June 2013
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Rate: £525 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
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Rate: £290 - £340 per day
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