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The table below looks at the demand for B2C (Business-to-Consumer) skills within the Midlands 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkB2C (Business-to-Consumer)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank6572
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads16
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.164 %0.670 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£350
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£370
% change on same period last year-5.35 %
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£30.50-
% change on same period last year-
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads608896
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.822 %0.884 %
Daily rates quoted123162
Average minimum daily rate£377£378
Average daily rate£398£404
% change on same period last year-1.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£420£430
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£375
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted1053
Average minimum hourly rate£24.33£25.70
Average hourly rate£26.00£26.90
% change on same period last year-3.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.67£28.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.41£30.41
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
B2C EnglandB2C
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.

B2C
Demand Trend

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

Midlands B2C Demand Trend

B2C
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing B2C across the Midlands region.

Midlands B2C Daily Rate Trend

B2C
Top 20 Related IT Skills

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

12 (100.00 %)B2B
21 (50.00 %)Fireworks
21 (50.00 %)Commerce Server
21 (50.00 %)E-business
21 (50.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
21 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
21 (50.00 %)Marketing
21 (50.00 %)WebSphere
21 (50.00 %)Business Development
21 (50.00 %)Video Editing
21 (50.00 %)Internet Marketing
21 (50.00 %)JavaScript
21 (50.00 %)Photoshop
21 (50.00 %)CSS
21 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
21 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)Flash
21 (50.00 %)XHTML
21 (50.00 %)E-Commerce
21 (50.00 %)Dreamweaver

B2C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)CSS
11 (50.00 %)XHTML
11 (50.00 %)WebSphere
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)Commerce Server
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)Photoshop
11 (50.00 %)Fireworks
11 (50.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Flash
11 (50.00 %)Dreamweaver
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Marketing
11 (50.00 %)Video Editing
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Programme Manager
11 (50.00 %)Web Designer
11 (50.00 %)Senior Web Designer
11 (50.00 %)Business Manager
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)B2B
21 (50.00 %)E-business
21 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
21 (50.00 %)Business Development
21 (50.00 %)Internet Marketing
21 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
21 (50.00 %)E-Commerce
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)JavaScript