The first table below looks at the demand for B2B skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited B2B over the 3 months to 17 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 Midlands 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
B2B (Business-to-Business)
Rank 23 - 35
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing B2B 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 0.588% - 0.288%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.893% - 0.448%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £475 - £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £310 £375
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -17.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £42.50
All Processes & Methodologies
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
112 137 223
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 65.88% 49.82% 64.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 61 57
Average daily rate £475 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £250 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £550 £560
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 57
Average hourly rate £32.00 £21.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.38% -12.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
B2B
England

B2B
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands B2B Daily Rate Trend

B2B
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) WebSphere
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) EJB
2 1 (25.00%) Struts
2 1 (25.00%) B2C
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Migration

B2B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 (25.00%) EJB
1 1 (25.00%) Struts
1 1 (25.00%) WebSphere
General
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (25.00%) WebSphere Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C