The first table below looks at the demand for B2B skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited B2B over the 3 months to 24 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
B2B (Business-to-Business)
Rank 179 137 152
Rank change year-on-year
-42 +15
Permanent jobs citing B2B 25 48 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.497% 1.053% 0.575%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.663% 1.518% 0.833%
Number of salaries quoted 18 36 24
Average salary £37,500 £30,750 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.95% -38.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £19,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £65,750 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £35,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -9.09%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3770 3162 2881
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 74.98% 69.37% 69.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3158 2737 2424
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands B2B Salary Trend

B2B
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing B2B across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Birmingham -17 9 £37,500 +29.31%
Worcestershire +6 3 £67,500 +46.73%
Staffordshire -12 3 £30,000 -36.84%
Solihull -23 3 £37,500 +97.36%
Warwickshire -3 1 £32,500 +30.00%
Sutton Coldfield - 1 £37,500 -
B2B
England

B2B
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 18 (46.15%) .NET
2 17 (43.59%) SQL
2 17 (43.59%) B2C
3 16 (41.03%) C#
4 15 (38.46%) JavaScript
4 15 (38.46%) TDD
4 15 (38.46%) jQuery
5 14 (35.90%) ASP.NET
6 13 (33.33%) SQL Server
6 13 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 12 (30.77%) MVC
7 12 (30.77%) VB.NET
7 12 (30.77%) ASP.NET MVC
8 11 (28.21%) SQL Server 2005
9 10 (25.64%) Project Management
10 9 (23.08%) Integration Acceptance Testing
10 9 (23.08%) T-SQL
10 9 (23.08%) MVVM
10 9 (23.08%) SQL Server 2012
11 8 (20.51%) CSS
12 7 (17.95%) E-Commerce
12 7 (17.95%) Ajax
13 6 (15.38%) Marketing
13 6 (15.38%) Business Development
13 6 (15.38%) Finance
13 6 (15.38%) HTML
13 6 (15.38%) Social Media
14 5 (12.82%) XML
14 5 (12.82%) Broadband
14 5 (12.82%) Telecoms

B2B
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 18 (46.15%) .NET
2 15 (38.46%) jQuery
3 14 (35.90%) ASP.NET
4 12 (30.77%) ASP.NET MVC
5 8 (20.51%) CSS
6 7 (17.95%) Ajax
7 6 (15.38%) HTML
8 5 (12.82%) XML
9 4 (10.26%) HTML5
10 3 (7.692%) CSS3
10 3 (7.692%) XSD
10 3 (7.692%) XSL
10 3 (7.692%) Web Services
10 3 (7.692%) JSON
11 2 (5.128%) WebSphere
11 2 (5.128%) .NET Framework
11 2 (5.128%) DOM
11 2 (5.128%) J2EE
11 2 (5.128%) ASP
11 2 (5.128%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.564%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (2.564%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (2.564%) Lotus Domino
1 1 (2.564%) CMS
1 1 (2.564%) Umbraco
1 1 (2.564%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 2 (5.128%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.564%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (2.564%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.82%) Broadband
2 1 (2.564%) DAB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 11 (28.21%) SQL Server 2005
3 9 (23.08%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (5.128%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (2.564%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (5.128%) NUnit
1 2 (5.128%) Moq
2 1 (2.564%) Rational Application Developer
2 1 (2.564%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.564%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
General
1 6 (15.38%) Marketing
1 6 (15.38%) Finance
2 5 (12.82%) Telecoms
3 3 (7.692%) Games
4 1 (2.564%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.564%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 20 (51.28%) Developer
2 12 (30.77%) .NET Developer
2 12 (30.77%) ASP.NET Developer
3 10 (25.64%) VB.NET Developer
3 10 (25.64%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
4 9 (23.08%) SQL Developer
4 9 (23.08%) SQL Server Developer
5 7 (17.95%) Development Manager
6 6 (15.38%) Software Developer
7 5 (12.82%) Business Manager
7 5 (12.82%) Business Development Manager
8 4 (10.26%) Sales Manager
8 4 (10.26%) Senior Developer
8 4 (10.26%) .NET Software Developer
9 3 (7.692%) Account Manager
9 3 (7.692%) Front-End Developer
9 3 (7.692%) Senior Front-End Developer
10 2 (5.128%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 2 (5.128%) Senior Account Manager
10 2 (5.128%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Social Media
2 2 (5.128%) Copywriting
3 1 (2.564%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.564%) SaaS
3 1 (2.564%) iPad
3 1 (2.564%) Web 2.0
3 1 (2.564%) Statistics
3 1 (2.564%) iPhone
3 1 (2.564%) Blog
3 1 (2.564%) RIA
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (43.59%) B2C
2 15 (38.46%) TDD
3 12 (30.77%) MVC
4 10 (25.64%) Project Management
5 9 (23.08%) Integration Acceptance Testing
5 9 (23.08%) MVVM
6 7 (17.95%) E-Commerce
7 6 (15.38%) Business Development
8 5 (12.82%) Scrum
9 4 (10.26%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (10.26%) SOA
10 3 (7.692%) RAD
10 3 (7.692%) Continuous Integration
10 3 (7.692%) Web Development
11 2 (5.128%) Customer Engagement
11 2 (5.128%) Stakeholder Management
11 2 (5.128%) Service Delivery
11 2 (5.128%) OO
11 2 (5.128%) CRM
11 2 (5.128%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 17 (43.59%) SQL
2 16 (41.03%) C#
3 15 (38.46%) JavaScript
4 12 (30.77%) VB.NET
5 9 (23.08%) T-SQL
6 4 (10.26%) Java
7 2 (5.128%) XPath
7 2 (5.128%) C
7 2 (5.128%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (2.564%) MCP
1 1 (2.564%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (2.564%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 13 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) Facebook
2 4 (10.26%) Twitter
3 3 (7.692%) Adobe
4 2 (5.128%) Google
4 2 (5.128%) IBM
5 1 (2.564%) Sitecore
5 1 (2.564%) hybris
5 1 (2.564%) Oracle
5 1 (2.564%) Apple
5 1 (2.564%) ATG
5 1 (2.564%) EPiServer
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
The company h as a strong internet presence in B2C and B2B... Ideal candidate: - Experience in IT - Experience with supply chain and warehouse management systems - Worked with Databases...
TechnoRecruit
Salary: From £35,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Being a Microsoft Gold partner the client works with the newest technologies - ASP.NET 4, WPF, WCF, Apple (IPad and IPhone application work), HTML 5 etc and offer...
Robert Walters
Salary: £20000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
You will be responsible for the full media budget to deliver successful B2B digital campaigns across all paid for and earned channels to improve traffic generation, conversion, website...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Redditch, Worcestershire
You will be required to develop the online marketing strategy and online activity for all of the companies brands, along with all other aspectsof digital marketing including the...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
ERP sales consultancy experience... -Project/resource management experience... Keywords: Microsoft Dynamics Navision/ ERP/ Dynamics NAV/ SAP/ JDEdwards / Sage / Pegasus / Dynamics Axapta / NAV 2009 / MS Dynamics NAV/ Dynamics Navision/...
Conspicuous
Salary: Up to £90,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Our client is a global supplier of information and information technology to the legal, professional services and government sectors. The company is part of a multi national publishing...
Cogence Search
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + excellent bens plus ote
Posted: 23 May 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Reporting to: Digital Marketing Manager... We are very pleased to have an opportunity for an ambitious Content Writer / Social Media Manager to join our thriving business and be...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £20k - 30k per year + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following; - VMware - NetApp - CCNP - CCNA - Cisco Routing, Switching & Firewalls - Cisco Security (PIX and ASA...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013