The first table below looks at the demand for B2C skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited B2C over the 3 months to 18 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.

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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
B2C (Business-to-Consumer)
Rank 429 434 451
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +17
Contract jobs citing B2C 125 156 137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.257% 0.269% 0.220%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.361% 0.394% 0.327%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 84 84
Average daily rate £400 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £288 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £468 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £320 £450
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -28.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 0
Average hourly rate £38.50 £190.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-79.73% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £190.00 -
% change year-on-year
-80.26% -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34628 39600 41874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 71.14% 68.19% 67.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 20769 22604 23882
Average daily rate £413 £400 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -6.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 996 1271 1448
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.11 £13.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%

B2C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

B2C Daily Rate Trend

B2C
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing B2C within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

B2C Daily Rate Histogram

B2C
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing B2C within the UK.

B2C Hourly Rate Trend

B2C
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing B2C within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -14 122 £400 +14.28% 47
London +42 80 £425 +6.25% 34
South East -15 23 £335 -4.28% 4
City of London +13 14 £501 +21.33% 4
East of England +6 10 £354 +17.91% 2
Berkshire +33 8 £258 - 1
East Sussex +5 5 £400 -3.03%
Hove +3 4 £400 -3.03%
Surrey +1 4 £335 -0.74% 1
Hampshire -13 4 £225 -35.71%
Reading - 4 £288 - 1
South West +29 3 £288 - 1
North West +11 3 £313 -3.84% 3
Hertfordshire +22 2 £320 -24.70% 1
Guildford -10 2 £320 -14.66%
Southampton - 2 - -
Manchester +14 1 £313 -21.87% 3
Milton Keynes +1 1 £213 -40.35%
Buckinghamshire -2 1 £213 -40.35% 1
Cheshire -2 1 £450 +38.46%
Crawley -8 1 - -
Yorkshire -9 1 £355 +1.42%
West Sussex -10 1 - -
Essex - 1 £388 - 1
Brighton - 1 £400 -
St Albans - 1 £320 - 1
Surbiton - - - -
Sutton Coldfield - - - -
Swansea - - - -
Twickenham - - - -

B2C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 96 (42.29%) E-Commerce
2 76 (33.48%) B2B
3 61 (26.87%) Marketing
4 41 (18.06%) Agile Software Development
5 37 (16.30%) CRM
6 36 (15.86%) OO
6 36 (15.86%) Finance
7 33 (14.54%) Retail
8 31 (13.66%) XML
8 31 (13.66%) Java
9 25 (11.01%) Project Management
9 25 (11.01%) hybris
10 24 (10.57%) Spring
11 23 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
11 23 (10.13%) CMS
11 23 (10.13%) SQL
12 22 (9.692%) JavaScript
12 22 (9.692%) Analytics
13 20 (8.811%) Open Source
14 19 (8.370%) Degree
14 19 (8.370%) Oracle
14 19 (8.370%) CSS
15 18 (7.930%) Ajax
15 18 (7.930%) Web Analytics
16 17 (7.489%) MVC
16 17 (7.489%) Scrum
16 17 (7.489%) J2EE
17 16 (7.048%) HTML
17 16 (7.048%) MS Excel
18 15 (6.608%) SAP

B2C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 31 (13.66%) XML
2 24 (10.57%) Spring
3 19 (8.370%) CSS
4 18 (7.930%) Ajax
5 17 (7.489%) J2EE
6 16 (7.048%) HTML
7 13 (5.727%) .NET
8 12 (5.286%) Web Services
8 12 (5.286%) jQuery
9 11 (4.846%) Spring MVC
9 11 (4.846%) JSP
10 10 (4.405%) Java EE
10 10 (4.405%) HTML5
11 9 (3.965%) REST
11 9 (3.965%) CSS3
11 9 (3.965%) XSLT
11 9 (3.965%) XHTML
12 7 (3.084%) JDBC
12 7 (3.084%) EJB
12 7 (3.084%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 23 (10.13%) CMS
2 12 (5.286%) Apache
2 12 (5.286%) Sitecore CMS
3 11 (4.846%) Tomcat
4 6 (2.643%) Magento
5 4 (1.762%) SharePoint 2010
5 4 (1.762%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.322%) Mule
6 3 (1.322%) ESB
7 2 (0.881%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.881%) SilverStripe
8 1 (0.441%) Adobe CQ
8 1 (0.441%) GlassFish
8 1 (0.441%) Jetty
Applications
1 16 (7.048%) MS Excel
2 5 (2.203%) Photoshop
3 4 (1.762%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.881%) MS Project
4 2 (0.881%) MS Office
4 2 (0.881%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (0.881%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.441%) OmniGraffle
5 1 (0.441%) SPSS
5 1 (0.441%) Fireworks
5 1 (0.441%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.441%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 6 (2.643%) WebTrends
2 5 (2.203%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.203%) Google Analytics
3 3 (1.322%) SAP Retail
4 2 (0.881%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.881%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.881%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.441%) SAP SD
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.727%) Internet
2 4 (1.762%) Broadband
3 3 (1.322%) HTTP
4 2 (0.881%) Intranet
5 1 (0.441%) Wireless
5 1 (0.441%) SSH
5 1 (0.441%) VoIP
5 1 (0.441%) SMTP
5 1 (0.441%) FTP
5 1 (0.441%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.167%) MySQL
2 8 (3.524%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.762%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.762%) RDBMS
3 4 (1.762%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (1.322%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (1.322%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.322%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.322%) Hazelcast
5 2 (0.881%) Oracle 9i
5 2 (0.881%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (0.881%) GIS
5 2 (0.881%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (0.441%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.441%) DB2
6 1 (0.441%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.441%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.441%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.441%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 14 (6.167%) JUnit
2 11 (4.846%) Subversion
2 11 (4.846%) Maven
2 11 (4.846%) Ant
3 6 (2.643%) Mercurial
4 4 (1.762%) Git (software)
5 3 (1.322%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.322%) Spring Roo
6 2 (0.881%) PhoneGap
6 2 (0.881%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.881%) InterDev
7 1 (0.441%) Balsamiq Mockups
7 1 (0.441%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.441%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.441%) Hudson
General
1 61 (26.87%) Marketing
2 36 (15.86%) Finance
3 33 (14.54%) Retail
4 12 (5.286%) Telecoms
5 4 (1.762%) Games
5 4 (1.762%) Banking
6 3 (1.322%) Back Office
7 2 (0.881%) Legal
7 2 (0.881%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.881%) Advertising
7 2 (0.881%) Retail Banking
7 2 (0.881%) Billing
8 1 (0.441%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.441%) Cantonese Language
8 1 (0.441%) French Language
8 1 (0.441%) Publishing
8 1 (0.441%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 65 (28.63%) Developer
2 57 (25.11%) Analyst
3 43 (18.94%) Business Analyst
4 32 (14.10%) Project Manager
5 28 (12.33%) Architect
6 13 (5.727%) Java Developer
7 11 (4.846%) PHP Developer
8 9 (3.965%) Consultant
9 8 (3.524%) Software Developer
9 8 (3.524%) Web Developer
9 8 (3.524%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
10 7 (3.084%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (2.203%) Senior Manager
11 5 (2.203%) Senior Developer
11 5 (2.203%) Product Manager
11 5 (2.203%) Front-End Developer
12 4 (1.762%) Head of Web Analytics
12 4 (1.762%) E-Commerce Manager
12 4 (1.762%) WebSphere Developer
12 4 (1.762%) PHP Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.811%) Open Source
2 15 (6.608%) FMCG
3 14 (6.167%) Mobile App
4 11 (4.846%) Computer Science
5 10 (4.405%) Social Media
6 9 (3.965%) iPad
7 8 (3.524%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.643%) RIA
9 5 (2.203%) Mathematics
9 5 (2.203%) Mobile Payment
10 4 (1.762%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.322%) Economics
11 3 (1.322%) Physics
11 3 (1.322%) Statistics
11 3 (1.322%) SaaS
12 2 (0.881%) Digital Media
12 2 (0.881%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.881%) PMI
13 1 (0.441%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 1 (0.441%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.965%) Linux
2 6 (2.643%) UNIX
3 2 (0.881%) Windows
3 2 (0.881%) Android
4 1 (0.441%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.441%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (42.29%) E-Commerce
2 76 (33.48%) B2B
3 41 (18.06%) Agile Software Development
4 37 (16.30%) CRM
5 36 (15.86%) OO
6 25 (11.01%) Project Management
7 23 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
8 22 (9.692%) Analytics
9 18 (7.930%) Web Analytics
10 17 (7.489%) Scrum
10 17 (7.489%) MVC
11 14 (6.167%) Business Intelligence
12 13 (5.727%) Business Analysis
12 13 (5.727%) UML
13 11 (4.846%) Kanban
14 9 (3.965%) Digital Marketing
14 9 (3.965%) Unit Testing
15 8 (3.524%) Data Analysis
15 8 (3.524%) SOA
15 8 (3.524%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 31 (13.66%) Java
2 23 (10.13%) SQL
3 22 (9.692%) JavaScript
4 14 (6.167%) C#
5 13 (5.727%) PHP
6 6 (2.643%) C
7 5 (2.203%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.762%) PHP5
9 3 (1.322%) Groovy
9 3 (1.322%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.881%) XQuery
10 2 (0.881%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.881%) VB6
10 2 (0.881%) Ruby
10 2 (0.881%) C++
10 2 (0.881%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.881%) VB
11 1 (0.441%) XPath
11 1 (0.441%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 19 (8.370%) Degree
2 3 (1.322%) ISEB
3 2 (0.881%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (0.881%) MCAD
3 2 (0.881%) MCSD
3 2 (0.881%) PMI Certification
3 2 (0.881%) MBA
4 1 (0.441%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.322%) SLA
1 3 (1.322%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.881%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.441%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 25 (11.01%) hybris
2 19 (8.370%) Oracle
3 15 (6.608%) SAP
4 12 (5.286%) Microsoft
4 12 (5.286%) Sitecore
5 7 (3.084%) Adobe
6 6 (2.643%) Salesforce.com
6 6 (2.643%) Google
7 5 (2.203%) Unica
7 5 (2.203%) Zend
8 4 (1.762%) Omniture
9 3 (1.322%) ION Trading
10 2 (0.881%) Coremetrics
10 2 (0.881%) IBM
10 2 (0.881%) Tealeaf
10 2 (0.881%) Demandware
10 2 (0.881%) ATG
10 2 (0.881%) Informatica
11 1 (0.441%) Epicor
11 1 (0.441%) NetApp
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