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This section looks at the demand for B2B (Business-to-Business) skills within the Reading 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkB2B (Business-to-Business)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6770
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads53
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.852 %0.483 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£267
Average daily rate-£283
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£367£484
% change on same period last year-24.30 %
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£9.50£37.50
% change on same period last year-74.66 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads587621
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.782 %0.628 %
Daily rates quoted187207
Average minimum daily rate£322£340
Average daily rate£347£374
% change on same period last year-7.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£371£408
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted3750
Average minimum hourly rate£27.78£32.63
Average hourly rate£31.99£34.25
% change on same period last year-6.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.19£35.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
B2B BerkshireB2B
Berkshire

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 Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading B2B Daily Rate Trend

B2B
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

15 (83.33 %)C#
15 (83.33 %)SQL
15 (83.33 %).NET
15 (83.33 %)ASP.NET
24 (66.67 %)IIS
24 (66.67 %)WebServices
24 (66.67 %)XML
24 (66.67 %)SQL Server
24 (66.67 %)HTTP
24 (66.67 %)BizTalk Server
24 (66.67 %)Replication
24 (66.67 %)Clustering
24 (66.67 %)AJAX
24 (66.67 %)Load Balancing
24 (66.67 %)Technical Architecture
24 (66.67 %)SC Cleared
24 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
33 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (50.00 %)HTML
42 (33.33 %)WebLogic
42 (33.33 %)J2EE
42 (33.33 %)Oracle
42 (33.33 %)SOAP
42 (33.33 %)WebLogic Portal
42 (33.33 %)Oracle Application Server
42 (33.33 %)MSMQ
42 (33.33 %)SOA
42 (33.33 %)UDDI
42 (33.33 %)WCF
42 (33.33 %).NET Framework

B2B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (83.33 %).NET
15 (83.33 %)ASP.NET
24 (66.67 %)WebServices
24 (66.67 %)XML
24 (66.67 %)AJAX
33 (50.00 %)HTML
42 (33.33 %).NET Framework
42 (33.33 %)WCF
42 (33.33 %)UDDI
42 (33.33 %)SOAP
42 (33.33 %)J2EE
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (66.67 %)BizTalk Server
14 (66.67 %)IIS
22 (33.33 %)WebLogic
22 (33.33 %)WebLogic Portal
22 (33.33 %)Oracle Application Server
22 (33.33 %)ESB
31 (16.67 %)Apache
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (66.67 %)HTTP
21 (16.67 %)CTI
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (66.67 %)SQL Server
23 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (16.67 %)MySQL
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Telecoms
11 (16.67 %)Telemarketing
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (33.33 %)Developer
12 (33.33 %)Technical Designer
21 (16.67 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
21 (16.67 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
21 (16.67 %).NET Developer
21 (16.67 %)C# Developer
21 (16.67 %)VB.NET Developer
21 (16.67 %)ASP.NET Developer
21 (16.67 %)PHP Developer
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (66.67 %)Replication
14 (66.67 %)Clustering
21 (16.67 %)Derivative
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (16.67 %)UNIX
11 (16.67 %)Windows
11 (16.67 %)Linux
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (66.67 %)Technical Architecture
14 (66.67 %)Load Balancing
14 (66.67 %)SC Cleared
14 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
22 (33.33 %)SOA
22 (33.33 %)Validation
31 (16.67 %)B2C
31 (16.67 %)OOP
31 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (83.33 %)C#
15 (83.33 %)SQL
21 (16.67 %)VB.NET
21 (16.67 %)PHP5
21 (16.67 %)PHP
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (33.33 %)MSMQ
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (33.33 %)Oracle
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