The first table below looks at the demand for B2B skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited B2B over the 3 months to 21 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 South East 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
B2B (Business-to-Business)
Rank 191 189 193
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +4
Contract jobs citing B2B 29 56 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.366% 0.551% 0.585%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.540% 0.851% 0.903%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 19 17
Average daily rate £275 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.67% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £173 £250 £329
10% offered a daily rate of more than £441 £460 £506
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £300 £375
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -20.00%
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
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5367 6583 6648
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 67.75% 64.80% 64.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2775 3152 3028
Average daily rate £375 £360 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 329 357
Average hourly rate £27.00 £25.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.93% -27.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
B2B
England

B2B
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East B2B Daily Rate Trend

B2B
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing B2B across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East B2B Daily Rate Histogram

B2B
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing B2B across the South East region.

South East B2B Hourly 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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Berkshire +8 12 £325 +30.00%
Oxfordshire +8 11 £263 -
Hampshire -7 4 £450 +80.00%
East Sussex +8 2 £400 -
Surrey +2 2 - -
B2B
England

B2B
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 20 (32.26%) Telecoms
2 15 (24.19%) Marketing
3 14 (22.58%) Project Management
3 14 (22.58%) Analytics
4 9 (14.52%) CMS
4 9 (14.52%) XML
5 8 (12.90%) ATM
5 8 (12.90%) Ethernet
5 8 (12.90%) B2C
5 8 (12.90%) Finance
6 7 (11.29%) SEO
6 7 (11.29%) BT
6 7 (11.29%) Business Development
6 7 (11.29%) Web Analytics
6 7 (11.29%) Content Management
6 7 (11.29%) Microsoft
6 7 (11.29%) Windows
6 7 (11.29%) Web Services
6 7 (11.29%) Online Marketing
6 7 (11.29%) Information Architecture
7 6 (9.677%) French Language
7 6 (9.677%) German Language
7 6 (9.677%) Google Analytics
7 6 (9.677%) jQuery
7 6 (9.677%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (9.677%) HTML
7 6 (9.677%) JavaScript
7 6 (9.677%) PHP
7 6 (9.677%) Photoshop
7 6 (9.677%) CSS

B2B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 9 (14.52%) XML
2 7 (11.29%) Web Services
3 6 (9.677%) jQuery
3 6 (9.677%) HTML
3 6 (9.677%) CSS
4 4 (6.452%) J2EE
4 4 (6.452%) ADSI
5 3 (4.839%) EDI
6 2 (3.226%) iOS SDK
6 2 (3.226%) HTML5
6 2 (3.226%) JSON
7 1 (1.613%) EDIFACT
7 1 (1.613%) WS-I
7 1 (1.613%) XML Schema
7 1 (1.613%) JMS
7 1 (1.613%) XSD
7 1 (1.613%) JDBC
7 1 (1.613%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 9 (14.52%) CMS
2 4 (6.452%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (6.452%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (6.452%) IIS
2 4 (6.452%) MS Exchange
3 1 (1.613%) MQSeries
Applications
1 6 (9.677%) Photoshop
1 6 (9.677%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (6.452%) MS Excel
3 2 (3.226%) MS Visio
3 2 (3.226%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.613%) MS Project
4 1 (1.613%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (9.677%) Google Analytics
2 3 (4.839%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.90%) ATM
1 8 (12.90%) Ethernet
2 6 (9.677%) BSS
3 5 (8.065%) 2G
3 5 (8.065%) 2.5G
3 5 (8.065%) 3G
3 5 (8.065%) SDH
4 4 (6.452%) iSCSI
4 4 (6.452%) SAN
5 3 (4.839%) VoIP
5 3 (4.839%) FTP
6 2 (3.226%) 4G
6 2 (3.226%) Unified Communications
6 2 (3.226%) LTE
6 2 (3.226%) UMTS
6 2 (3.226%) Broadband
6 2 (3.226%) CDMA
6 2 (3.226%) GPRS
6 2 (3.226%) GSM
7 1 (1.613%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.452%) SQL Server 2008
1 4 (6.452%) SQL Server
1 4 (6.452%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (3.226%) SQLite
2 2 (3.226%) MySQL
3 1 (1.613%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.613%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (1.613%) GCC
General
1 20 (32.26%) Telecoms
2 15 (24.19%) Marketing
3 8 (12.90%) Finance
4 6 (9.677%) French Language
4 6 (9.677%) German Language
5 2 (3.226%) Advertising
5 2 (3.226%) Publishing
6 1 (1.613%) Legal
6 1 (1.613%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (16.13%) Analyst
2 7 (11.29%) Architect
2 7 (11.29%) Project Manager
3 6 (9.677%) Web Manager
3 6 (9.677%) Business Analyst
4 5 (8.065%) Designer
5 4 (6.452%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (6.452%) Consultant
5 4 (6.452%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (6.452%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 4 (6.452%) Senior Business Analyst
6 3 (4.839%) Solutions Designer
6 3 (4.839%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (4.839%) Development Manager
6 3 (4.839%) Developer
6 3 (4.839%) Transmission Engineer
6 3 (4.839%) Transmission Planning Engineer
7 2 (3.226%) Mobile Developer
7 2 (3.226%) Transmission Planner
7 2 (3.226%) Content Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.065%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.452%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.226%) Social Media
3 2 (3.226%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.226%) RIA
3 2 (3.226%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.613%) Blog
4 1 (1.613%) Social Network
4 1 (1.613%) Smart Meter
4 1 (1.613%) IaaS
4 1 (1.613%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.29%) Windows
2 4 (6.452%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (4.839%) AIX
3 3 (4.839%) Solaris
3 3 (4.839%) Linux
3 3 (4.839%) UNIX
4 2 (3.226%) Apple iOS
4 2 (3.226%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.58%) Project Management
1 14 (22.58%) Analytics
2 8 (12.90%) B2C
3 7 (11.29%) SEO
3 7 (11.29%) Business Development
3 7 (11.29%) Web Analytics
3 7 (11.29%) Content Management
3 7 (11.29%) Online Marketing
3 7 (11.29%) Information Architecture
4 6 (9.677%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (8.065%) Network Planning
6 4 (6.452%) Business Transformation
6 4 (6.452%) Data Cleansing
6 4 (6.452%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (4.839%) Logistics
7 3 (4.839%) ITIL
7 3 (4.839%) PRINCE2
7 3 (4.839%) Product Marketing
7 3 (4.839%) Product Management
7 3 (4.839%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.677%) JavaScript
1 6 (9.677%) PHP
2 5 (8.065%) C
3 4 (6.452%) PowerShell
3 4 (6.452%) VBScript
4 3 (4.839%) Korn
4 3 (4.839%) Perl
4 3 (4.839%) Java
5 2 (3.226%) SQL
5 2 (3.226%) Objective-C
System Software
1 4 (6.452%) vSphere
1 4 (6.452%) Active Directory
1 4 (6.452%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 3 (4.839%) Control-M
Vendors
1 7 (11.29%) BT
1 7 (11.29%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.677%) Interwoven
2 6 (9.677%) Google
3 5 (8.065%) Cramer
4 4 (6.452%) HP
4 4 (6.452%) Dell
4 4 (6.452%) EMC
4 4 (6.452%) Brocade
4 4 (6.452%) VMware
5 3 (4.839%) IBM
5 3 (4.839%) BMC
5 3 (4.839%) Remedy
6 2 (3.226%) Salesforce.com
7 1 (1.613%) Software AG
7 1 (1.613%) webMethods
7 1 (1.613%) SAP
7 1 (1.613%) Twitter
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