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The table below looks at the demand for B2B (Business-to-Business) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited B2B over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkB2B (Business-to-Business)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank340395
Rank change on same period last yearUp+55
Matching contract IT job ads6796
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.091 %0.095 %
As % of the category below0.363 %0.385 %
Daily rates quoted3234
Average minimum daily rate£391£325
Average daily rate£407£348
% change on same period last year+16.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£423£372
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£368
% change on same period last year-8.41 %
Hourly rates quoted113
Average minimum hourly rate£50.00£23.23
Average hourly rate£60.00£26.54
% change on same period last year+126.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate£70.00£29.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate£9.00£26.38
% change on same period last year-65.87 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
London
Matching contract IT job ads1847824959
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled24.98 %24.61 %
Daily rates quoted84399748
Average minimum daily rate£411£418
Average daily rate£442£445
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£473£472
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£375
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted634957
Average minimum hourly rate£27.78£27.26
Average hourly rate£29.63£29.31
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.49£31.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.41£30.41
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
B2B EnglandB2B
England

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.

B2B
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing B2B across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

London B2B Demand Trend

B2B
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing B2B across the London region.

London B2B Daily Rate Trend

B2B
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing B2B across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London B2B Daily Rate Histogram

B2B
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London B2B Hourly Rate Trend

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 London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-2217£480+8.40 %
Kingston Upon ThamesNew entry-2£400-
B2B EnglandB2B
England

B2B
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

137 (27.21 %)B2C
229 (21.32 %)Finance
325 (18.38 %).NET
424 (17.65 %)C#
521 (15.44 %)Marketing
619 (13.97 %)Publishing
717 (12.50 %)Telecoms
816 (11.76 %)Project Management
915 (11.03 %)ASP.NET
1014 (10.29 %)Firewall
1113 (9.559 %)E-Commerce
1211 (8.088 %)CSS
1211 (8.088 %)Internet
1310 (7.353 %)Cisco
1310 (7.353 %)SOAP
1310 (7.353 %)HTML
1310 (7.353 %)Java
1310 (7.353 %)CRM
1310 (7.353 %)TCP/IP
1310 (7.353 %)Retail
149 (6.618 %)Stakeholder Management
149 (6.618 %)UML
149 (6.618 %)RIP
149 (6.618 %)OSPF
149 (6.618 %)Nokia
149 (6.618 %)CheckPoint
149 (6.618 %)BGP
158 (5.882 %)XHTML
158 (5.882 %)J2EE
158 (5.882 %)Oracle

B2B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
125 (18.38 %).NET
215 (11.03 %)ASP.NET
311 (8.088 %)CSS
410 (7.353 %)SOAP
410 (7.353 %)HTML
58 (5.882 %).NET Framework
58 (5.882 %)XHTML
58 (5.882 %)J2EE
66 (4.412 %)WebServices
66 (4.412 %)XML
73 (2.206 %)WCF
73 (2.206 %)WSE
82 (1.471 %)Spring
82 (1.471 %)Hibernate
91 (0.735 %)WinForms
91 (0.735 %)WSDL
91 (0.735 %)Middleware
91 (0.735 %)Struts
91 (0.735 %)ADO.NET
91 (0.735 %)ASP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (5.147 %)CMS
23 (2.206 %)SharePoint
32 (1.471 %)SharePoint Server 2007
32 (1.471 %)JBoss
41 (0.735 %)WebLogic
41 (0.735 %)MS Exchange
41 (0.735 %)SAS
41 (0.735 %)ColdFusion
41 (0.735 %)Rendezvous
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (3.676 %)MS PowerPoint
23 (2.206 %)Adobe Illustrator
23 (2.206 %)Photoshop
23 (2.206 %)MS Excel
23 (2.206 %)MS Visio
32 (1.471 %)MS Project
32 (1.471 %)FreeHand
41 (0.735 %)MS Office
41 (0.735 %)SPSS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (3.676 %)SalesLogix
21 (0.735 %)PeopleSoft Financials
21 (0.735 %)WebTrends
21 (0.735 %)Oracle EBS
21 (0.735 %)SAP Oil and Gas
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
114 (10.29 %)Firewall
211 (8.088 %)Internet
310 (7.353 %)TCP/IP
49 (6.618 %)RIP
49 (6.618 %)OSPF
49 (6.618 %)BGP
56 (4.412 %)FTP
56 (4.412 %)HTTP
56 (4.412 %)SSL
56 (4.412 %)DMZ
64 (2.941 %)Wireless
64 (2.941 %)LAN
73 (2.206 %)Ethernet
81 (0.735 %)VPN
81 (0.735 %)SDH
81 (0.735 %)WAN
81 (0.735 %)IPsec
81 (0.735 %)Gigabit Ethernet
81 (0.735 %)Extranet
81 (0.735 %)DWDM
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (5.147 %)SQL Server
17 (5.147 %)MS Access
25 (3.676 %)ETL
32 (1.471 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (1.471 %)Database Marketing
41 (0.735 %)Base SAS
41 (0.735 %)MySQL
41 (0.735 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.735 %)Oracle 10g
41 (0.735 %)Data Mining
41 (0.735 %)Oracle 8/8i
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (5.147 %)LoadRunner
26 (4.412 %)TestDirector
33 (2.206 %)Visual Studio
42 (1.471 %)Dreamweaver
51 (0.735 %)WinRunner
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
129 (21.32 %)Finance
221 (15.44 %)Marketing
319 (13.97 %)Publishing
417 (12.50 %)Telecoms
510 (7.353 %)Retail
68 (5.882 %)Banking
76 (4.412 %)Pensions
83 (2.206 %)Music
83 (2.206 %)Music Industry
83 (2.206 %)Automotive
83 (2.206 %)Insurance
92 (1.471 %)Construction
92 (1.471 %)Government
92 (1.471 %)Advertising
92 (1.471 %)Games
92 (1.471 %)Retail Banking
92 (1.471 %)Investment Banking
101 (0.735 %)Pharmaceutical
101 (0.735 %)Financial Institution
101 (0.735 %)Online Games
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
130 (22.06 %)Analyst
222 (16.18 %)Project Manager
321 (15.44 %)Developer
416 (11.76 %)Architect
416 (11.76 %)Business Analyst
513 (9.559 %)C# Developer
612 (8.824 %).NET Developer
78 (5.882 %)ASP.NET Developer
78 (5.882 %)Network Engineer
78 (5.882 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
87 (5.147 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
87 (5.147 %)VB.NET Developer
87 (5.147 %)Product Manager
96 (4.412 %)Test Analyst
96 (4.412 %)Information Architect
96 (4.412 %)Account Director
105 (3.676 %)Technical Analyst
105 (3.676 %)Technical Test Analyst
114 (2.941 %)Product Development Manager
114 (2.941 %)Support Manager
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (4.412 %)PKI
25 (3.676 %)Data Integration
32 (1.471 %)Computer Science
32 (1.471 %)Statistics
32 (1.471 %)Taxonomies
32 (1.471 %)EPoS
32 (1.471 %)W3C
32 (1.471 %)BBC
41 (0.735 %)Clustering
41 (0.735 %)Spread Betting
41 (0.735 %)Data Protection Act
41 (0.735 %)Wiki
41 (0.735 %)Credit Risk
41 (0.735 %)N-Tier
41 (0.735 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (0.735 %)UNIX
11 (0.735 %)Windows
11 (0.735 %)Solaris
11 (0.735 %)Linux
11 (0.735 %)VMS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
137 (27.21 %)B2C
216 (11.76 %)Project Management
313 (9.559 %)E-Commerce
410 (7.353 %)CRM
59 (6.618 %)UML
59 (6.618 %)Stakeholder Management
68 (5.882 %)Logistics
76 (4.412 %)Web Development
76 (4.412 %)PRINCE2
76 (4.412 %)OO
85 (3.676 %)Content Management
85 (3.676 %)Business Analysis
85 (3.676 %)User Acceptance Testing
85 (3.676 %)Security Testing
94 (2.941 %)Test Management
94 (2.941 %)Investment Management
94 (2.941 %)Change Management
94 (2.941 %)E-business
103 (2.206 %)Scrum
103 (2.206 %)Agile Software Development
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
124 (17.65 %)C#
210 (7.353 %)Java
37 (5.147 %)VB.NET
46 (4.412 %)JavaScript
55 (3.676 %)VB
64 (2.941 %)SQL
72 (1.471 %)VBA
81 (0.735 %)PHP5
81 (0.735 %)SAS Macro
81 (0.735 %)PHP
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (2.206 %)Degree
22 (1.471 %)PRINCE2 Certification
22 (1.471 %)ITIL Certification
31 (0.735 %)MCSE
31 (0.735 %)ISEB
31 (0.735 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (0.735 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (5.882 %)QA
25 (3.676 %)SLA
31 (0.735 %)Basel II
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (1.471 %)Active Directory
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (2.206 %)OpenView
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (7.353 %)Cisco
29 (6.618 %)Nokia
29 (6.618 %)CheckPoint
38 (5.882 %)Oracle
44 (2.941 %)Blue Coat
53 (2.206 %)Siebel
53 (2.206 %)IBM
53 (2.206 %)Microsoft
53 (2.206 %)Juniper
62 (1.471 %)BT
71 (0.735 %)TIBCO
71 (0.735 %)Axway
71 (0.735 %)BEA
71 (0.735 %)Hyperion
71 (0.735 %)Sybase
71 (0.735 %)PeopleSoft
71 (0.735 %)SAP