England B2B Jobs

This section looks at the demand for B2B (Business-to-Business) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited B2B over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

B2B (Business-to-Business)
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Aldershot Altrincham Aylesbury Barnet Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Carlisle Chertsey Cheshire Chesterfield Chichester Chorley City of London Corby Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Deeside Derbyshire Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Ealing East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Epsom Farnborough Flintshire Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Godalming Greenford Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Hungerford Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oswestry Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Potters Bar Reading Redhill Rugby Ruislip Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stoke Mandeville Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swindon Taunton Thames Ditton Towcester Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	313	383
Rank change on same period last year	+70
Matching permanent IT job ads	1006	902
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.531 %	0.369 %
As % of the category below	0.963 %	0.714 %
Salaries quoted	841	722
Average minimum salary	£38,830	£37,359
Average salary	£42,504	£41,210
% change on same period last year	+3.13 %
Average maximum salary	£46,177	£45,061
UK excluding London average salary	£38,592	£41,431
% change on same period last year	-6.85 %
Processes & Methodologies England
Matching permanent IT job ads	104431	126265
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	55.13 %	51.70 %
Salaries quoted	86177	101210
Average minimum salary	£42,797	£44,526
Average salary	£46,869	£48,670
% change on same period last year	-3.69 %
Average maximum salary	£50,942	£52,814
UK excluding London average salary	£42,567	£44,524
% change on same period last year	-4.39 %
B2B UK

B2B
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing B2B across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

B2B
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing B2B across the England region.

B2B
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing B2B across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

B2B
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing B2B within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	+89	463	£47,860	+13.76 %
South East	+70	309	£39,836	-5.59 %
East of England	+22	69	£41,202	+14.49 %
North West	0	66	£32,525	-26.51 %
West Midlands	-5	37	£39,929	+5.07 %
Yorkshire	+4	22	£30,026	-35.67 %
South West	-23	17	£27,133	-8.41 %
East Midlands	+12	15	£30,567	-17.31 %
North East	-	12	£32,455	-
Midlands	+20	5	£28,800	-33.02 %

B2B UK

B2B
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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 IT job ads sampled that cited B2B.

1 478 (25.21 %) B2C 2 465 (24.53 %) Marketing 3 420 (22.15 %) .NET 4 285 (15.03 %) Internet 5 280 (14.77 %) Finance 6 269 (14.19 %) SQL Server 7 255 (13.45 %) XML 7 255 (13.45 %) E-Commerce 8 250 (13.19 %) HTML 9 236 (12.45 %) ASP.NET 10 235 (12.39 %) C# 11 232 (12.24 %) Telecoms 12 228 (12.03 %) Microsoft 13 224 (11.81 %) Java 14 194 (10.23 %) SQL

15 188 (9.916 %) Degree 16 184 (9.705 %) CRM 17 176 (9.283 %) Business Development 18 173 (9.124 %) UNIX 19 170 (8.966 %) CSS 20 163 (8.597 %) JavaScript 21 145 (7.648 %) Project Management 22 143 (7.542 %) Windows 23 140 (7.384 %) WebServices 24 113 (5.960 %) Oracle 25 109 (5.749 %) E-business 26 104 (5.485 %) SQL Server 2005 27 103 (5.432 %) J2EE 28 100 (5.274 %) Web Development 29 98 (5.169 %) Flash

B2B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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 IT job ads sampled that cited B2B. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 420 (22.15 %) .NET 2 255 (13.45 %) XML 3 250 (13.19 %) HTML 4 236 (12.45 %) ASP.NET 5 170 (8.966 %) CSS 6 140 (7.384 %) WebServices 7 103 (5.432 %) J2EE 8 96 (5.063 %) AJAX 9 92 (4.852 %) XHTML 10 70 (3.692 %) ASP 10 70 (3.692 %) .NET Framework 11 63 (3.323 %) EDI 12 53 (2.795 %) XSLT 13 47 (2.479 %) WinForms 14 41 (2.162 %) Middleware 14 41 (2.162 %) WebSphere 15 33 (1.741 %) MVC 16 28 (1.477 %) JSP 17 23 (1.213 %) EDIFACT 18 22 (1.160 %) Hibernate	Application Platforms 1 68 (3.586 %) BizTalk Server 2 50 (2.637 %) Apache 3 36 (1.899 %) IIS 4 32 (1.688 %) WebLogic 5 31 (1.635 %) Tomcat 6 29 (1.530 %) CMS 7 25 (1.319 %) SAS 8 13 (0.686 %) ColdFusion 9 9 (0.475 %) Rendezvous 9 9 (0.475 %) MS Exchange 10 7 (0.369 %) JBoss 10 7 (0.369 %) ColdFusion MX 11 5 (0.264 %) WebSphere Application Server 11 5 (0.264 %) SharePoint 12 4 (0.211 %) EPiServer 12 4 (0.211 %) ArcGIS 12 4 (0.211 %) ArcIMS 12 4 (0.211 %) ArcSDE 13 3 (0.158 %) Commerce Server 2007 13 3 (0.158 %) ESB
Applications 1 88 (4.641 %) MS Excel 2 63 (3.323 %) Photoshop 3 52 (2.743 %) MS Office 4 35 (1.846 %) MS Visio 5 32 (1.688 %) Adobe Illustrator 6 28 (1.477 %) MS Project 7 15 (0.791 %) SPSS 8 14 (0.738 %) MS PowerPoint 9 13 (0.686 %) Fireworks 10 11 (0.580 %) PrintSoft PReS 11 4 (0.211 %) ImageReady 12 1 (0.053 %) 3ds Max 12 1 (0.053 %) QuarkXPress 12 1 (0.053 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 18 (0.949 %) GoldMine 2 6 (0.316 %) Movex 3 5 (0.264 %) Oracle Financials 3 5 (0.264 %) Oracle Applications 4 3 (0.158 %) Summit 5 2 (0.105 %) SAP CRM 5 2 (0.105 %) Google Analytics 5 2 (0.105 %) Oracle ERP 5 2 (0.105 %) Microsoft CRM 5 2 (0.105 %) WebTrends 5 2 (0.105 %) BusinessWorks 6 1 (0.053 %) SAP R/3 6 1 (0.053 %) Oracle 11i 6 1 (0.053 %) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking 1 285 (15.03 %) Internet 2 76 (4.008 %) TCP/IP 3 67 (3.534 %) Firewall 4 63 (3.323 %) WAN 5 56 (2.954 %) LAN 6 52 (2.743 %) Broadband 7 51 (2.690 %) VPN 8 48 (2.532 %) Intranet 8 48 (2.532 %) Network Security 9 37 (1.951 %) DNS 9 37 (1.951 %) OSPF 9 37 (1.951 %) BGP 9 37 (1.951 %) RIP 10 34 (1.793 %) DMZ 11 33 (1.741 %) HTTP 12 32 (1.688 %) FTP 12 32 (1.688 %) Extranet 13 28 (1.477 %) LDAP 13 28 (1.477 %) VLAN 14 23 (1.213 %) Ethernet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 269 (14.19 %) SQL Server 2 104 (5.485 %) SQL Server 2005 3 87 (4.589 %) MySQL 4 79 (4.167 %) SQL Server 2000 5 38 (2.004 %) Datawarehouse 6 37 (1.951 %) RDBMS 7 29 (1.530 %) SQL Server Integration Services 8 22 (1.160 %) Database Marketing 8 22 (1.160 %) MS Access 9 13 (0.686 %) DB2 10 12 (0.633 %) DTS 10 12 (0.633 %) GIS 11 10 (0.527 %) Crystal Reports 12 9 (0.475 %) Data Mining 13 8 (0.422 %) BusinessObjects 14 3 (0.158 %) Data Cleansing 15 2 (0.105 %) SAP BW 15 2 (0.105 %) DataStage 15 2 (0.105 %) SQL Server 7 15 2 (0.105 %) ETL
Development Applications 1 98 (5.169 %) Flash 2 35 (1.846 %) Dreamweaver 3 25 (1.319 %) Visual Studio 4 19 (1.002 %) VSS/SourceSafe 5 8 (0.422 %) ClearCase 5 8 (0.422 %) ClearQuest 6 7 (0.369 %) QuickTest Pro 7 4 (0.211 %) LoadRunner 7 4 (0.211 %) JUnit 8 3 (0.158 %) TestDirector 9 1 (0.053 %) NUnit 9 1 (0.053 %) Visual Studio Team System 9 1 (0.053 %) Ant 9 1 (0.053 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 9 1 (0.053 %) Eclipse	General 1 465 (24.53 %) Marketing 2 280 (14.77 %) Finance 3 232 (12.24 %) Telecoms 4 97 (5.116 %) Pensions 5 73 (3.850 %) Health 6 70 (3.692 %) Retail 7 66 (3.481 %) Insurance 8 65 (3.428 %) Publishing 9 44 (2.321 %) Banking 10 33 (1.741 %) Advertising 11 32 (1.688 %) FMCG 12 30 (1.582 %) Telemarketing 12 30 (1.582 %) Law 12 30 (1.582 %) Education 13 26 (1.371 %) Graphic Design 14 19 (1.002 %) Back Office 15 18 (0.949 %) Government 16 15 (0.791 %) Construction 16 15 (0.791 %) Legal 17 14 (0.738 %) Games
Job Titles 1 378 (19.94 %) Developer 2 178 (9.388 %) Analyst 3 138 (7.278 %) .NET Developer 4 119 (6.276 %) Consultant 5 116 (6.118 %) Architect 6 100 (5.274 %) C# Developer 7 98 (5.169 %) Web Developer 8 95 (5.011 %) Account Manager 9 93 (4.905 %) Project Manager 10 79 (4.167 %) ASP.NET Developer 11 72 (3.797 %) Business Analyst 12 71 (3.745 %) Sales Executive 13 68 (3.586 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 14 64 (3.376 %) Marketing Manager 15 62 (3.270 %) Senior Developer 16 61 (3.217 %) Sales Manager 17 57 (3.006 %) Product Manager 18 54 (2.848 %) Team Leader 19 53 (2.795 %) Business Manager 20 52 (2.743 %) Technical Support	Miscellaneous 1 31 (1.635 %) W3C 2 28 (1.477 %) SecurID 3 27 (1.424 %) German Language 4 24 (1.266 %) Statistics 5 20 (1.055 %) Web 2.0 6 19 (1.002 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 6 19 (1.002 %) Video Conferencing 7 15 (0.791 %) AS400 8 14 (0.738 %) French Language 9 12 (0.633 %) Copywriting 9 12 (0.633 %) Blackberry 9 12 (0.633 %) Computer Science 10 11 (0.580 %) Mathematics 10 11 (0.580 %) PMI 11 10 (0.527 %) N-Tier 12 8 (0.422 %) Replication 12 8 (0.422 %) IPTV 12 8 (0.422 %) Data Protection Act 13 6 (0.316 %) Taxonomies 13 6 (0.316 %) Spread Betting
Operating Systems 1 173 (9.124 %) UNIX 2 143 (7.542 %) Windows 3 65 (3.428 %) Linux 4 51 (2.690 %) Solaris 5 37 (1.951 %) AIX 6 13 (0.686 %) Windows Mobile 7 7 (0.369 %) OpenVMS 8 5 (0.264 %) Windows Server 2003 9 4 (0.211 %) Windows CE 10 2 (0.105 %) Windows 2000 10 2 (0.105 %) Windows XP 11 1 (0.053 %) MVS 11 1 (0.053 %) Debian	Processes & Methodologies 1 478 (25.21 %) B2C 2 255 (13.45 %) E-Commerce 3 184 (9.705 %) CRM 4 176 (9.283 %) Business Development 5 145 (7.648 %) Project Management 6 109 (5.749 %) E-business 7 100 (5.274 %) Web Development 8 97 (5.116 %) SEO 9 92 (4.852 %) Scrum 9 92 (4.852 %) Agile Software Development 10 91 (4.800 %) Direct Marketing 11 79 (4.167 %) OO 12 72 (3.797 %) Content Management 12 72 (3.797 %) Web Design 13 68 (3.586 %) UML 14 62 (3.270 %) Internet Marketing 15 61 (3.217 %) ERP 16 60 (3.165 %) PRINCE2 16 60 (3.165 %) Business Intelligence 17 52 (2.743 %) Business Analysis
Programming Languages 1 235 (12.39 %) C# 2 224 (11.81 %) Java 3 194 (10.23 %) SQL 4 163 (8.597 %) JavaScript 5 78 (4.114 %) PHP 6 71 (3.745 %) Transact-SQL 6 71 (3.745 %) C 7 63 (3.323 %) VB.NET 8 53 (2.795 %) VB 9 44 (2.321 %) Shell Script 10 43 (2.268 %) Perl 11 28 (1.477 %) VBScript 12 27 (1.424 %) DHTML 13 22 (1.160 %) ActionScript 13 22 (1.160 %) XPath 14 15 (0.791 %) C++ 15 8 (0.422 %) Ruby 16 5 (0.264 %) Delphi 16 5 (0.264 %) PHP5 17 3 (0.158 %) Python	Qualifications 1 188 (9.916 %) Degree 2 18 (0.949 %) Microsoft Certification 3 13 (0.686 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 4 9 (0.475 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 7 (0.369 %) MBA 5 7 (0.369 %) Cisco Certification 6 6 (0.316 %) ISEB 7 5 (0.264 %) CCNA 8 4 (0.211 %) MCSE 8 4 (0.211 %) ITIL Certification 8 4 (0.211 %) PMP 8 4 (0.211 %) PMI Certification 9 3 (0.158 %) MCAD 10 2 (0.105 %) MCDBA 10 2 (0.105 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 11 1 (0.053 %) MCTS 11 1 (0.053 %) CCIE 11 1 (0.053 %) CCNP 11 1 (0.053 %) CCIP 11 1 (0.053 %) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 92 (4.852 %) QA 2 30 (1.582 %) SLA 3 25 (1.319 %) WAI 4 9 (0.475 %) WCAG 5 8 (0.422 %) Basel II 6 1 (0.053 %) GAAP 6 1 (0.053 %) BS15000	System Software 1 16 (0.844 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 3 (0.158 %) Active Directory 3 2 (0.105 %) VMware ESX 3 2 (0.105 %) Squid 3 2 (0.105 %) MSMQ 4 1 (0.053 %) NFS 4 1 (0.053 %) Xen
Systems Management 1 4 (0.211 %) OpenView 2 2 (0.105 %) TIBCO InConcert 2 2 (0.105 %) EMC NetWorker 3 1 (0.053 %) OVSD 3 1 (0.053 %) Nagios	Vendors 1 228 (12.03 %) Microsoft 2 113 (5.960 %) Oracle 3 80 (4.219 %) Cisco 4 56 (2.954 %) Reuters 5 45 (2.373 %) EMC 6 38 (2.004 %) SAP 7 36 (1.899 %) CheckPoint 8 35 (1.846 %) IBM 9 32 (1.688 %) HP 10 29 (1.530 %) Nokia 11 25 (1.319 %) Remedy 12 20 (1.055 %) Juniper 13 19 (1.002 %) Sun 14 18 (0.949 %) VMware 15 16 (0.844 %) salesforce.com 16 15 (0.791 %) Adobe 17 13 (0.686 %) Citrix 17 13 (0.686 %) Interwoven 17 13 (0.686 %) TIBCO 18 12 (0.633 %) Sybase