The first table below looks at the demand for B2B skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited B2B over the 3 months to 22 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 Northern Ireland 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
B2B (Business-to-Business)
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing B2B 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 0.407% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.671% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £300 £381
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -21.31%
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
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
149 117 188
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 60.57% 58.50% 52.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 35 60
Average daily rate £350 £400 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +23.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £260 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £439 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £10.50 - £12.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
B2B
UK

B2B
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland B2B Daily 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
County Antrim - 1 - -
B2B
UK

B2B
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 4 (80.00%) Java
1 4 (80.00%) ABAP
1 4 (80.00%) SAP
1 4 (80.00%) SOAP
1 4 (80.00%) XSLT
1 4 (80.00%) JMS
1 4 (80.00%) SAP PI
2 1 (20.00%) IP Telephony
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Czech Language
2 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery

B2B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 4 (80.00%) SOAP
1 4 (80.00%) XSLT
1 4 (80.00%) JMS
1 4 (80.00%) SAP PI
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) IP Telephony
General
1 1 (20.00%) Marketing
1 1 (20.00%) Czech Language
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) SAP Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) SAP PI Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Technical Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Java
1 4 (80.00%) ABAP
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) SAP