B2B Contracts in the Thames Valley

Business-to-Business (B2B)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for B2B skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited B2B over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 99 132
Rank change year-on-year +6 +33 -19
Contract jobs citing B2B 44 45 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.64% 1.56% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 1.70% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 31 12
10th Percentile £121 £406 £282
25th Percentile £263 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £575 £557
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +3.30% +12.17%
75th Percentile £519 £703 £728
90th Percentile - £750 £754
South East median daily rate £513 £563 £600
% change year-on-year -8.89% -6.25% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

B2B is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,329 2,650 3,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.00% 91.60% 89.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,310 1,849 2,109
10th Percentile £213 £322 £225
25th Percentile £370 £413 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £483
Median % change year-on-year - +3.63% +7.22%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.86% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 62 88
10th Percentile £14.34 £18.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £11.91
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.18
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £66.63
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -5.00% +127.27% -20.00%

B2B
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing B2B as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for B2B in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing B2B in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for B2B in the Thames Valley

B2B
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing B2B in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for B2B in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing B2B in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for B2B in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing B2B within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -9 36 £513 -9.89% 21
Buckinghamshire +35 8 - - 19
B2B
South East

B2B
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.09%) Power Platform
1 4 (9.09%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (4.55%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 17 (38.64%) DMZ
2 4 (9.09%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (6.82%) 5G
4 2 (4.55%) 3G
4 2 (4.55%) 4G
5 1 (2.27%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.09%) Power BI
General
1 17 (38.64%) Banking
1 17 (38.64%) Finance
2 9 (20.45%) Marketing
2 9 (20.45%) Telecoms
3 8 (18.18%) Retail
4 6 (13.64%) Social Skills
5 4 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.55%) German Language
7 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (38.64%) Network Engineer
1 17 (38.64%) Senior
1 17 (38.64%) Senior Network Engineer
2 6 (13.64%) Analyst
3 5 (11.36%) Account Executive
4 4 (9.09%) Coordinator
4 4 (9.09%) Pricing Analyst
4 4 (9.09%) Technical Coordinator
4 4 (9.09%) Technical Support
5 3 (6.82%) Designer
5 3 (6.82%) UX Designer
6 2 (4.55%) Communications Specialist
6 2 (4.55%) Consultant
6 2 (4.55%) Marketing Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Performance Specialist
6 2 (4.55%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.55%) UI Designer
6 2 (4.55%) UI/UX Designer
7 1 (2.27%) Account Manager
7 1 (2.27%) Marketing Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.91%) Social Media
2 2 (4.55%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.27%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (38.64%) Migration
2 6 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (11.36%) Business Development
3 5 (11.36%) Lead Generation
4 4 (9.09%) B2C
4 4 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (9.09%) Capacity Planning
4 4 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (9.09%) Defect Management
4 4 (9.09%) Process Improvement
4 4 (9.09%) Project Management
4 4 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (9.09%) Service Delivery
4 4 (9.09%) Workflow
5 3 (6.82%) Copywriting
5 3 (6.82%) Planning and Forecasting
5 3 (6.82%) Roadmaps
5 3 (6.82%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (6.82%) User Experience
5 3 (6.82%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.09%) SQL
1 4 (9.09%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (38.64%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.27%) Degree
Vendors
1 17 (38.64%) Arista
1 17 (38.64%) CheckPoint
1 17 (38.64%) Cisco
2 4 (9.09%) Salesforce
3 3 (6.82%) Microsoft