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The table below looks at the demand for B2C (Business-to-Consumer) skills within the Kent region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited B2C over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkB2C (Business-to-Consumer)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£464£301
% change on same period last year+54.20 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£39.38
% change on same period last year-36.50 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads230292
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.370 %0.314 %
Daily rates quoted7167
Average minimum daily rate£315£337
Average daily rate£327£355
% change on same period last year-7.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted2239
Average minimum hourly rate£22.00£26.99
Average hourly rate£24.10£28.80
% change on same period last year-16.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.19£30.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
B2C South EastB2C
South East

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.

B2C
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing B2C across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Kent B2C Demand Trend

B2C
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing B2C 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 B2C.

11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)MS Office
11 (100.00 %)PRINCE2
11 (100.00 %)JBoss
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
11 (100.00 %)CRM
11 (100.00 %)B2B
11 (100.00 %)Health
11 (100.00 %)CMS
11 (100.00 %)Insurance
11 (100.00 %)Web Development
11 (100.00 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner

B2C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing B2C 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 B2C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)JBoss
11 (100.00 %)CMS
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (100.00 %)MS Office
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Health
11 (100.00 %)Insurance
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Project Manager
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)PRINCE2
11 (100.00 %)CRM
11 (100.00 %)B2B
11 (100.00 %)Web Development
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (100.00 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner