The first table below looks at the demand for B2B skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited B2B over the 3 months to 17 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 Yorkshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
B2B (Business-to-Business)
Rank 112 104 100
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -4
Contract jobs citing B2B 1 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.053% 0.349% 0.055%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.076% 0.490% 0.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 0
Average daily rate £185 £260 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.84% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £310 £375
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -17.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £42.50
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1312 1633 1145
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 69.13% 71.25% 63.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 717 903 538
Average daily rate £325 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.79% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £453 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 34 55
Average hourly rate £25.00 £17.86 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+39.97% -20.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.45 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £110.00 £32.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
B2B
England

B2B
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire B2B Daily Rate Trend

B2B
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
North Yorkshire -6 1 £185 -22.91%
B2B
England

B2B
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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%) E-Commerce
2 2 (50.00%) B2C
2 2 (50.00%) ISEB
2 2 (50.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) Magento
3 1 (25.00%) Open Source
3 1 (25.00%) Social Media
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Ruby
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (25.00%) CSS
3 1 (25.00%) XML

B2B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Magento
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Technical Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Open Source
1 1 (25.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) E-Commerce
2 2 (50.00%) B2C
2 2 (50.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft