The first table below looks at the demand for B2B skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited B2B over the 3 months to 22 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 West Sussex 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
B2B (Business-to-Business)
Rank - 48 49
Contract jobs citing B2B 0 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex - 1.201% 0.227%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 1.619% 0.327%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £500 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £300 £381
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -21.31%
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
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
264 494 306
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 67.87% 74.17% 69.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 293 148
Average daily rate £388 £338 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.81% -12.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £275 £266
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 17
Average hourly rate £32.50 £22.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.72% -41.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.60 £10.00 £21.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.60 £32.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
B2B
South East

B2B
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex B2B Daily Rate Trend

B2B
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 3 (75.00%) B2C
1 3 (75.00%) Logistics
2 2 (50.00%) Business Transformation
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) JDBC
3 1 (25.00%) SOAP
3 1 (25.00%) Web Services
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) XSD
3 1 (25.00%) MQSeries
3 1 (25.00%) JMS
3 1 (25.00%) EAI
3 1 (25.00%) SOA
3 1 (25.00%) XML Schema
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Smart Meter
3 1 (25.00%) WS-I
3 1 (25.00%) Software AG
3 1 (25.00%) webMethods
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management

B2B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 1 (25.00%) JDBC
1 1 (25.00%) SOAP
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
1 1 (25.00%) XML
1 1 (25.00%) XSD
1 1 (25.00%) JMS
1 1 (25.00%) XML Schema
1 1 (25.00%) WS-I
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) MQSeries
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) webMethods Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) B2C
1 3 (75.00%) Logistics
2 2 (50.00%) Business Transformation
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) EAI
3 1 (25.00%) SOA
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Software AG
1 1 (25.00%) webMethods
Gatwick, West Sussex
Client Manager... Surrey. £300 - £350 per day. 9 months initial contract. Our prestigious client have an urgent requirement for an experienced Client Relationship Manager to join the business...
Sanderson
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013