The first table below looks at the demand for B2B skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited B2B over the 3 months to 23 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
B2B (Business-to-Business)
Rank 193 197 207
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +10
Permanent jobs citing B2B 56 39 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.784% 0.548% 0.429%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.021% 0.748% 0.627%
Number of salaries quoted 43 36 29
Average salary £31,500 £27,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.54% -8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £19,500 £14,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £34,500 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £35,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -9.09%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5485 5215 4784
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.76% 73.29% 68.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4587 4553 4198
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -3.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
B2B
England

B2B
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West B2B Jobs Demand Trend

B2B
Salary Trend

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

North West B2B Salary Trend

B2B
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing B2B across the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West B2B Salary Histogram

B2B
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing B2B within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester +11 50 £31,500 +20.00%
Merseyside - 3 £25,000 -
Cheshire +6 2 £45,000 +40.62%
B2B
England

B2B
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 30 (30.00%) Retail
2 28 (28.00%) B2C
2 28 (28.00%) Marketing
3 25 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 21 (21.00%) SQL
5 20 (20.00%) JavaScript
6 19 (19.00%) Time Management
7 18 (18.00%) E-Commerce
8 16 (16.00%) Project Management
8 16 (16.00%) C#
8 16 (16.00%) .NET
8 16 (16.00%) CSS
9 15 (15.00%) XML
9 15 (15.00%) HTML
10 14 (14.00%) MVC
11 13 (13.00%) EDI
11 13 (13.00%) SAS
11 13 (13.00%) Degree
12 12 (12.00%) FMCG
12 12 (12.00%) ASP.NET
13 11 (11.00%) XSLT
13 11 (11.00%) Banking
13 11 (11.00%) Social Media
13 11 (11.00%) Customer Insight
14 10 (10.00%) Business Analysis
14 10 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
15 9 (9.000%) SEO
15 9 (9.000%) SAP
15 9 (9.000%) Photoshop
15 9 (9.000%) PHP

B2B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 16 (16.00%) .NET
1 16 (16.00%) CSS
2 15 (15.00%) XML
2 15 (15.00%) HTML
3 13 (13.00%) EDI
4 12 (12.00%) ASP.NET
5 11 (11.00%) XSLT
6 9 (9.000%) jQuery
7 8 (8.000%) WinForms
8 7 (7.000%) Ajax
8 7 (7.000%) .NET Framework
9 6 (6.000%) HTML5
10 5 (5.000%) Web Services
10 5 (5.000%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 4 (4.000%) WCF
11 4 (4.000%) JSON
11 4 (4.000%) CSS3
11 4 (4.000%) JSP
12 3 (3.000%) SOAP
13 2 (2.000%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 13 (13.00%) SAS
2 4 (4.000%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.000%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (2.000%) CMS
5 1 (1.000%) Apache
5 1 (1.000%) WebLogic
5 1 (1.000%) Oracle Service Bus
5 1 (1.000%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (1.000%) Magento
Applications
1 9 (9.000%) Photoshop
2 4 (4.000%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (2.000%) MS Excel
3 2 (2.000%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.000%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.000%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 6 (6.000%) Google Analytics
2 4 (4.000%) WebTrends
3 3 (3.000%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (2.000%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (1.000%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (1.000%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.000%) Internet
2 3 (3.000%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.000%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (8.000%) SQL Server 2005
2 8 (8.000%) MySQL
3 2 (2.000%) Big Data
4 1 (1.000%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (1.000%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (1.000%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 6 (6.000%) Dreamweaver
2 3 (3.000%) Visual Studio
3 2 (2.000%) TortoiseSVN
3 2 (2.000%) VisualSVN
3 2 (2.000%) Subversion
4 1 (1.000%) NetBeans
4 1 (1.000%) Eclipse
General
1 30 (30.00%) Retail
2 28 (28.00%) Marketing
3 11 (11.00%) Banking
4 8 (8.000%) Back Office
4 8 (8.000%) Finance
5 6 (6.000%) Advertising
6 4 (4.000%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.000%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.000%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 28 (28.00%) Analyst
2 22 (22.00%) Developer
3 12 (12.00%) Business Analyst
4 11 (11.00%) Campaign Analyst
5 10 (10.00%) .NET Developer
6 9 (9.000%) C# Developer
6 9 (9.000%) C# .NET Developer
7 8 (8.000%) Architect
7 8 (8.000%) SQL Developer
8 7 (7.000%) Senior Developer
8 7 (7.000%) Project Manager
9 6 (6.000%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 6 (6.000%) WinForms Developer
9 6 (6.000%) Functional Analyst
9 6 (6.000%) Functional Architect
9 6 (6.000%) Service Manager
9 6 (6.000%) ASP.NET Developer
9 6 (6.000%) Support Engineer
10 5 (5.000%) Development Manager
10 5 (5.000%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.00%) FMCG
2 11 (11.00%) Social Media
3 4 (4.000%) Copywriting
4 3 (3.000%) iPad
5 2 (2.000%) Credit Risk
5 2 (2.000%) Blog
5 2 (2.000%) Mathematics
5 2 (2.000%) Computer Science
5 2 (2.000%) N-Tier
6 1 (1.000%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.000%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.000%) Life Science
6 1 (1.000%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.000%) Windows
2 2 (2.000%) Linux
3 1 (1.000%) UNIX
3 1 (1.000%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (28.00%) B2C
2 19 (19.00%) Time Management
3 18 (18.00%) E-Commerce
4 16 (16.00%) Project Management
5 14 (14.00%) MVC
6 11 (11.00%) Customer Insight
7 10 (10.00%) Business Analysis
7 10 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (9.000%) SEO
8 9 (9.000%) ERP
8 9 (9.000%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (9.000%) Web Development
8 9 (9.000%) Unit Testing
9 8 (8.000%) Email Marketing
9 8 (8.000%) Online Marketing
9 8 (8.000%) Business Development
9 8 (8.000%) Waterfall
9 8 (8.000%) Logistics
9 8 (8.000%) E-business
10 7 (7.000%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 21 (21.00%) SQL
2 20 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 16 (16.00%) C#
4 9 (9.000%) PHP
5 6 (6.000%) C
6 5 (5.000%) Java
7 4 (4.000%) Perl
8 1 (1.000%) Objective-C
8 1 (1.000%) VB.NET
8 1 (1.000%) ABAP
8 1 (1.000%) XQuery
8 1 (1.000%) XPath
8 1 (1.000%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 13 (13.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.000%) QA
2 1 (1.000%) SLA
2 1 (1.000%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 9 (9.000%) SAP
2 8 (8.000%) Oracle
3 7 (7.000%) Google
4 6 (6.000%) Wonderware
5 5 (5.000%) Microsoft
6 3 (3.000%) Adobe
7 1 (1.000%) Cognizant
7 1 (1.000%) Apple
7 1 (1.000%) Eloqua
7 1 (1.000%) Facebook
7 1 (1.000%) Twitter
7 1 (1.000%) Zend
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You will have solid understanding of HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, XML, Web Services, ASP.Net and C#... HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, XML, XSLT. ASP.Net (C#), C#.NET 4.0,...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Wigan, North West
Wigan, LancsTo £37K + Bens Innovative logistics and distribution software house with solid international client base including big name retail and FMCG clients urgently requires an experienced C#.NET,...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £37000 per annum + +Great Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Wigan, Lancashire
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Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £37000 - £40000 per annum + +Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Business Analysis, Business Analyst, Functional Architect, Architecture, Energy, B2B, process, transformation, change, BPO, BPR, stakeholder, function, design, requirements, Manchester, Northwest, North West... with B2B energy experience is required...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum DoE
Posted: 17 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
This role exists within an established provider of B2B Systems Integration services to their UK customer base... Working within this highly competitive B2B vertical it is essential that...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 - 50,000 + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
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Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Greater Manchester, North West
My client, a UK leading supplier to many blue chip retail companies, is looking to recruit an Ecommerce Manager. This is a new position within a thriving B2B...
Salary: £35000.00 - £50000.00 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Blueleaf are a multi- award winning digital marketing and advertising agency... You'll be working with some of our top clients to help them specify new solutions to...
Blue-Leaf Digital
Salary: £Attractive!
Posted: 23 May 2013
Manchester, North West
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360 Resourcing Solutions
Salary: £30k - 40k per year + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
To be considered you will be experienced in all things to do with digital marketing and you will plan, deliver and measure online marketing strategies for client Campaigns.
OCC Computing
Salary: £20k - 25k per year + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Altrincham, North West, Manchester
Our client has a fantastic opportunity for a new Marketing Executive to join their ever expanding business.
360 Resourcing Solutions
Salary: £18k - 20k per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
Altrincham, Cheshire
You should have experience in link building, experience in a B2B environment, Our client is embarking upon an exciting path and is looking for an ambitious, creative, dynamic,...
360 Resourcing Solutions
Salary: £18k - 20k per year
Posted: 17 May 2013
Eccles, North West
Our client has a fantastic opportunity for a new Marketing Assistant to join their ever expanding business.
360 Resourcing Solutions
Salary: £16k - 18k per year + excellent bens
Posted: 24 April 2013
Greater Manchester
You will generate revenue and profit from the corporate partnerships (CP) channel, selling products on a white label or joint branded basis through new B2B relationships. Role and...
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Salary: £80000 - £85000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
North West England
50,000 - £55,000 Basic - Circa £70,000 OTE + Benefits - North West A senior salesperson is needed to join an established company in the Hosted Telephony sector. You...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + £70,000 OTE
Posted: 15 May 2013