The first table below looks at the demand for B2C skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited B2C over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Reading 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
B2C (Business-to-Consumer)
Rank 69 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing B2C 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.455% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.679% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £288 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £323 £450
% change year-on-year
+8.52% -28.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £190.00 -
% change year-on-year
-80.26% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
589 754 680
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 66.93% 65.51% 67.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 288 313
Average daily rate £413 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.48% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £235 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 18 15
Average hourly rate £30.00 £14.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+106.89% -27.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.50 £24.80 £24.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
B2C
Berkshire

B2C
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing B2C across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Reading B2C Jobs Demand Trend

B2C
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading B2C Daily Rate Trend

B2C
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing B2C across the Reading region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Reading B2C Daily Rate Histogram

B2C
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

1 3 (75.00%) B2B
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) HTML
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (50.00%) Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Web Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (50.00%) PowerPivot
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Media
3 1 (25.00%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (25.00%) Ruby
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (25.00%) CMS
3 1 (25.00%) Web Design
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management

B2C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (25.00%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (50.00%) PowerPivot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Project Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Server Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Architect
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Business Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Server Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) B2B
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Web Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Web Design
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
1 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Ruby
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft