The first table below looks at the demand for B2B skills in IT contracts advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited B2B 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 Guildford 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
B2B (Business-to-Business)
Rank 31 19 -
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -
Contract jobs citing B2B 1 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 0.459% 2.479% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.676% 4.054% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £375 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £320 £375
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -14.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £190.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- +347.05%
All Processes & Methodologies
Guildford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
148 74 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 67.89% 61.16% 54.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 37 36
Average daily rate £425 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £281 £316 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £425 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 1
Average hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -15.38%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
B2B
Surrey

B2B
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford B2B Daily Rate Trend

B2B
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 (100.00%) ATM
1 2 (100.00%) SDH
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) 3G
1 2 (100.00%) BT
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (100.00%) 2G
1 2 (100.00%) 2.5G
1 2 (100.00%) Cramer
1 2 (100.00%) Network Planning
2 1 (50.00%) LTE
2 1 (50.00%) 4G

B2B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) ATM
1 2 (100.00%) SDH
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) 3G
1 2 (100.00%) 2G
1 2 (100.00%) 2.5G
2 1 (50.00%) LTE
2 1 (50.00%) 4G
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Transmission Planner
1 1 (50.00%) Transmission Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Transmission Planning Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Network Planning
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) BT
1 2 (100.00%) Cramer