The first table below looks at the demand for B2C 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 B2C 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
B2C (Business-to-Consumer)
Rank 194 177 154
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -23
Permanent jobs citing B2C 13 12 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.262% 0.266% 0.385%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.349% 0.385% 0.560%
Number of salaries quoted 11 5 14
Average salary £37,500 £45,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% -10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -12.50%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3728 3115 2859
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 75.09% 69.18% 68.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3143 2685 2417
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £26,500
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%
B2C
England

B2C
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing B2C across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands B2C Jobs Demand Trend

B2C
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing B2C across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands B2C Salary Trend

B2C
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing B2C across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands B2C Salary Histogram

B2C
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing B2C within the West Midlands 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Birmingham -21 5 £37,500 +1.35%
Worcestershire - 5 £60,000 -
Staffordshire -7 1 £35,000 -47.16%
Solihull - 1 £37,500 -
Sutton Coldfield - 1 £37,500 -
B2C
England

B2C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing B2C 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 B2C.

1 20 (68.97%) B2B
2 19 (65.52%) .NET
3 17 (58.62%) SQL
4 16 (55.17%) C#
4 16 (55.17%) ASP.NET
5 14 (48.28%) ASP.NET MVC
5 14 (48.28%) MVC
6 13 (44.83%) JavaScript
7 12 (41.38%) Project Management
8 11 (37.93%) SQL Server
8 11 (37.93%) E-Commerce
9 10 (34.48%) TDD
9 10 (34.48%) jQuery
9 10 (34.48%) VB.NET
9 10 (34.48%) Microsoft
10 9 (31.03%) Integration Acceptance Testing
10 9 (31.03%) T-SQL
10 9 (31.03%) MVVM
10 9 (31.03%) SQL Server 2005
10 9 (31.03%) SQL Server 2012
11 7 (24.14%) HTML
12 6 (20.69%) OO
12 6 (20.69%) CSS
12 6 (20.69%) Web Services
12 6 (20.69%) Finance
13 5 (17.24%) Content Management
14 4 (13.79%) Ajax
14 4 (13.79%) ASP.NET MVC 2
14 4 (13.79%) UML
14 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management

B2C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing B2C 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 B2C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 19 (65.52%) .NET
2 16 (55.17%) ASP.NET
3 14 (48.28%) ASP.NET MVC
4 10 (34.48%) jQuery
5 7 (24.14%) HTML
6 6 (20.69%) CSS
6 6 (20.69%) Web Services
7 4 (13.79%) Ajax
7 4 (13.79%) ASP.NET MVC 2
8 2 (6.897%) WebSphere
8 2 (6.897%) DOM
8 2 (6.897%) J2EE
9 1 (3.448%) EJB
9 1 (3.448%) XML
9 1 (3.448%) XSD
9 1 (3.448%) Struts
9 1 (3.448%) XSL
9 1 (3.448%) Flash
9 1 (3.448%) JNDI
9 1 (3.448%) JSTL
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.448%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (3.448%) Lotus Domino
1 1 (3.448%) CMS
1 1 (3.448%) Umbraco
1 1 (3.448%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (3.448%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Photoshop
2 2 (6.897%) Fireworks
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.448%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (37.93%) SQL Server
2 9 (31.03%) SQL Server 2005
2 9 (31.03%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (3.448%) DB2
3 1 (3.448%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.448%) Visual Studio
1 1 (3.448%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1 1 (3.448%) Dreamweaver
1 1 (3.448%) JIRA
1 1 (3.448%) Selenium
1 1 (3.448%) Rational Application Developer
General
1 6 (20.69%) Finance
2 3 (10.34%) Marketing
2 3 (10.34%) Back Office
3 2 (6.897%) Retail
4 1 (3.448%) French Language
Job Titles
1 17 (58.62%) Developer
2 15 (51.72%) .NET Developer
3 11 (37.93%) ASP.NET Developer
4 10 (34.48%) VB.NET Developer
4 10 (34.48%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
5 9 (31.03%) SQL Developer
5 9 (31.03%) SQL Server Developer
6 6 (20.69%) Web Developer
7 5 (17.24%) Senior Developer
7 5 (17.24%) .NET Web Developer
8 4 (13.79%) Senior .NET Developer
8 4 (13.79%) Senior Web Developer
8 4 (13.79%) Senior .NET Web Developer
8 4 (13.79%) Software Developer
8 4 (13.79%) .NET Software Developer
9 3 (10.34%) Architect
9 3 (10.34%) Designer
10 2 (6.897%) Project Manager
10 2 (6.897%) Development Manager
10 2 (6.897%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) N-Tier
2 2 (6.897%) Copywriting
2 2 (6.897%) Social Media
3 1 (3.448%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.448%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.448%) Web 2.0
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (68.97%) B2B
2 14 (48.28%) MVC
3 12 (41.38%) Project Management
4 11 (37.93%) E-Commerce
5 10 (34.48%) TDD
6 9 (31.03%) MVVM
6 9 (31.03%) Integration Acceptance Testing
7 6 (20.69%) OO
8 5 (17.24%) Content Management
9 4 (13.79%) SOA
9 4 (13.79%) UML
9 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (10.34%) RAD
10 3 (10.34%) Web Development
11 2 (6.897%) Customer Engagement
11 2 (6.897%) Web Design
12 1 (3.448%) Agile Software Development
12 1 (3.448%) Pair Programming
12 1 (3.448%) Automated Testing
12 1 (3.448%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 17 (58.62%) SQL
2 16 (55.17%) C#
3 13 (44.83%) JavaScript
4 10 (34.48%) VB.NET
5 9 (31.03%) T-SQL
6 3 (10.34%) Java
7 2 (6.897%) C
8 1 (3.448%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.448%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.448%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 10 (34.48%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.897%) IBM
3 1 (3.448%) Oracle
3 1 (3.448%) ATG
3 1 (3.448%) EPiServer
3 1 (3.448%) Sitecore
3 1 (3.448%) hybris