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The table below looks at the demand for B2C (Business-to-Consumer) skills within the Scotland 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkB2C (Business-to-Consumer)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£464£301
% change on same period last year+54.20 %
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£25.00£39.38
% change on same period last year-36.50 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads10371372
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.666 %1.473 %
Daily rates quoted246340
Average minimum daily rate£336£331
Average daily rate£364£344
% change on same period last year+5.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£393£358
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted7891
Average minimum hourly rate£21.04£18.09
Average hourly rate£22.17£19.19
% change on same period last year+15.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.31£20.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
B2C UKB2C
UK

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland B2C Daily Rate Trend

B2C
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

11 (50.00 %)Java
11 (50.00 %)VB
11 (50.00 %)VBA
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)Oracle
11 (50.00 %)ASP
11 (50.00 %)N-Tier
11 (50.00 %)B2B
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)ISEB
11 (50.00 %)WinRunner
11 (50.00 %)Software Testing
11 (50.00 %)Web Development
11 (50.00 %)Degree
11 (50.00 %)QA
11 (50.00 %)Matrix Management
11 (50.00 %)Test Scripting

B2C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)ASP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)WinRunner
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Development Manager
11 (50.00 %)Senior Manager
11 (50.00 %)Test Specialist
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)N-Tier
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)B2B
11 (50.00 %)Software Testing
11 (50.00 %)Web Development
11 (50.00 %)Matrix Management
11 (50.00 %)Test Scripting
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)Java
11 (50.00 %)VB
11 (50.00 %)VBA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)ISEB
11 (50.00 %)Degree
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (50.00 %)QA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft