The first table below looks at the demand for B2B skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds 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 Leeds 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 - 68 -
Contract jobs citing B2B 0 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds - 0.334% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.466% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £300 £375
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -20.00%
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
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
546 644 414
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 73.39% 71.71% 67.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 379 207
Average daily rate £310 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.14% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 16 19
Average hourly rate £34.00 £19.25 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+76.62% +10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £11.70 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £62.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
B2B
West Yorkshire

B2B
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds B2B Daily Rate Trend

B2B
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media

B2B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 (100.00%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Technical Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby