B2B Contracts in London

Business-to-Business (B2B)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for B2B skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited B2B over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 248 314 324
Rank change year-on-year +66 +10 -22
Contract jobs citing B2B 149 196 311
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.84% 0.72% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 0.80% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 112 218
10th Percentile £333 £315 £417
25th Percentile £423 £450 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £625 £680 £700
90th Percentile £675 £850 £729
England median daily rate £513 £538 £583
% change year-on-year -4.65% -7.73% +16.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 4
10th Percentile £27.60 £31.40 £46.86
25th Percentile £29.25 - £49.27
Median hourly rate £30.50 £44.00 £55.56
Median % change year-on-year -30.68% -20.80% +29.20%
75th Percentile £68.75 - £63.19
90th Percentile - £48.80 £65.78
England median hourly rate £29.25 £44.00 £50.61
% change year-on-year -33.52% -13.06% +17.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

B2B is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,676 24,638 35,896
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.49% 91.11% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,227 17,712 26,145
10th Percentile £338 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 278 423
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.59 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.53 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £38.13 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.25% +5.90% +10.77%
75th Percentile £46.86 £62.64 £50.88
90th Percentile £66.30 £76.78 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

B2B
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing B2B as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for B2B in London

B2B
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing B2B in London.

Daily rate trend for B2B in London

B2B
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing B2B in London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for B2B in London

B2B
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing B2B in London.

Hourly rate trend for B2B in London

B2B
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing B2B in London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for B2B in London

B2B
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing B2B within the London region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +41 28 £531 -5.56% 23
B2B
England

B2B
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.36%) CMS
2 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.01%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (1.34%) Anypoint
4 2 (1.34%) Confluence
4 2 (1.34%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.67%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.67%) Appian
5 1 (0.67%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (4.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (2.01%) Sketch
5 2 (1.34%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (1.34%) InVision
5 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.34%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.34%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.67%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.67%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.67%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.67%) InDesign
6 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 20 (13.42%) Shopify
2 11 (7.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (5.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (2.01%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (2.01%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (1.34%) NetSuite
5 2 (1.34%) WebTrends
6 1 (0.67%) Magento
6 1 (0.67%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.67%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.67%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 28 (18.79%) Azure
2 23 (15.44%) SaaS
3 20 (13.42%) AWS
3 20 (13.42%) BigCommerce
4 10 (6.71%) Dynamics 365
4 10 (6.71%) Figma
5 9 (6.04%) PaaS
5 9 (6.04%) Power Platform
6 8 (5.37%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (5.37%) Entra ID
6 8 (5.37%) GCP
7 6 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (4.03%) Mimecast
7 6 (4.03%) Serverless
8 5 (3.36%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (3.36%) IaaS
9 4 (2.68%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 4 (2.68%) Snowflake
10 3 (2.01%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (2.01%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.70%) Firewall
2 3 (2.01%) SMS
3 2 (1.34%) FTP
4 1 (0.67%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.36%) MySQL
1 5 (3.36%) Relational Database
2 3 (2.01%) Data Lake
2 3 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.01%) Power BI
2 3 (2.01%) Tableau
3 2 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.34%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (1.34%) Big Data
3 2 (1.34%) DynamoDB
3 2 (1.34%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.67%) Data Hub
4 1 (0.67%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.67%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 5 (3.36%) Maven
2 2 (1.34%) Bitbucket
2 2 (1.34%) Git
2 2 (1.34%) Gradle
2 2 (1.34%) JIRA
3 1 (0.67%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.67%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 52 (34.90%) Marketing
2 44 (29.53%) Social Skills
3 24 (16.11%) Retail
4 14 (9.40%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.40%) Finance
4 14 (9.40%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (5.37%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (4.70%) French Language
7 6 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.68%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.68%) Publishing
9 3 (2.01%) Advertising
9 3 (2.01%) German Language
9 3 (2.01%) Legal
9 3 (2.01%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.34%) Brand Awareness
10 2 (1.34%) Games
10 2 (1.34%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.67%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 18 (12.08%) Architect
2 16 (10.74%) Analyst
2 16 (10.74%) Developer
3 15 (10.07%) Senior
4 13 (8.72%) Designer
4 13 (8.72%) Product Manager
5 12 (8.05%) Business Analyst
6 11 (7.38%) Lead
7 8 (5.37%) Project Manager
7 8 (5.37%) Senior Manager
8 7 (4.70%) Consultant
8 7 (4.70%) UX Designer
9 6 (4.03%) Programme Manager
9 6 (4.03%) Salesforce Architect
10 5 (3.36%) Data Manager
10 5 (3.36%) Full Stack Developer
10 5 (3.36%) Integration Architect
10 5 (3.36%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (3.36%) Technical Analyst
10 5 (3.36%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.40%) VML
2 8 (5.37%) REST
3 7 (4.70%) AngularJS
3 7 (4.70%) React
4 6 (4.03%) Spring
4 6 (4.03%) Web Services
5 5 (3.36%) CSS
5 5 (3.36%) Node.js
6 4 (2.68%) J2EE
6 4 (2.68%) jQuery
6 4 (2.68%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (2.01%) HTML
7 3 (2.01%) NestJS
7 3 (2.01%) RESTful
7 3 (2.01%) Sass
7 3 (2.01%) Spring MVC
7 3 (2.01%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 2 (1.34%) GraphQL
8 2 (1.34%) Ktor
8 2 (1.34%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.71%) Product Ownership
2 8 (5.37%) Data Centre
3 7 (4.70%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (4.70%) FMCG
3 7 (4.70%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.03%) IoT
4 6 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.68%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.68%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (2.01%) Graphic Design
6 3 (2.01%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.34%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.34%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.67%) Animation
8 1 (0.67%) IBM Mainframe
8 1 (0.67%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.67%) NHS
8 1 (0.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.71%) Windows
2 4 (2.68%) Android
2 4 (2.68%) Linux
2 4 (2.68%) Unix
3 2 (1.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (23.49%) Agile
2 27 (18.12%) CRM
3 26 (17.45%) User Experience
4 25 (16.78%) E-Commerce
5 24 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (13.42%) Analytics
6 20 (13.42%) Customer Acquisition
7 18 (12.08%) B2C
7 18 (12.08%) DevOps
7 18 (12.08%) Roadmaps
8 17 (11.41%) Technology Strategy
9 15 (10.07%) Customer Experience
9 15 (10.07%) Time Management
10 13 (8.72%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (8.05%) Business Case
11 12 (8.05%) Decision-Making
11 12 (8.05%) Product Management
11 12 (8.05%) UX Design
12 11 (7.38%) Marketing Automation
12 11 (7.38%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.40%) TypeScript
2 9 (6.04%) Java
3 7 (4.70%) JavaScript
4 6 (4.03%) Python
5 5 (3.36%) SQL
6 4 (2.68%) Apex Code
7 3 (2.01%) C#
8 2 (1.34%) C
8 2 (1.34%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.34%) Objective-C
8 2 (1.34%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.34%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.34%) Swift
9 1 (0.67%) C++
9 1 (0.67%) Go
9 1 (0.67%) PHP
9 1 (0.67%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.67%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (10.74%) Degree
2 6 (4.03%) Azure Certification
3 5 (3.36%) TOGAF Certification
4 3 (2.01%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.01%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.34%) CCNA
5 2 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.34%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.34%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.34%) MBA
6 1 (0.67%) CSPO
6 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.04%) SLA
2 7 (4.70%) QA
3 3 (2.01%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.01%) GDPR
4 2 (1.34%) PMO
5 1 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 7 (4.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (4.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.01%) Terraform
3 1 (0.67%) Ansible
3 1 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (25.50%) Salesforce
2 35 (23.49%) SAP
3 22 (14.77%) Adobe
3 22 (14.77%) Microsoft
4 20 (13.42%) Sitecore
5 9 (6.04%) Dell
5 9 (6.04%) Intel
6 8 (5.37%) Google
7 4 (2.68%) Citrix
8 3 (2.01%) IBM
8 3 (2.01%) Informatica
8 3 (2.01%) Optimizely
9 2 (1.34%) Apple
9 2 (1.34%) Arista
9 2 (1.34%) Cisco
9 2 (1.34%) Databricks
9 2 (1.34%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.34%) Pardot
9 2 (1.34%) Refinitiv
9 2 (1.34%) ServiceNow