B2C Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

B2C (Business-to-Consumer)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring B2C skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 87 78
Rank change year-on-year -3 -9 +34
Contract jobs citing B2C 5 22 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.42% 1.28% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 1.47% 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 29
10th Percentile - - £525
25th Percentile £510 £506 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £513 £650
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -21.15% +7.26%
75th Percentile £525 £559 £699
90th Percentile £528 £584 £750
South East median daily rate £560 £414 £650
% change year-on-year +35.35% -36.35% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

B2C falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,075 1,494 1,597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 91.26% 87.16% 89.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 669 770 1,002
10th Percentile £325 £325 £300
25th Percentile £413 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £693 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 74 61
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.79 £18.50
25th Percentile £17.30 £46.84 £47.50
Median hourly rate £32.31 £61.60 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.55% +2.67% +45.65%
75th Percentile £58.00 £71.41 £72.33
90th Percentile £87.25 £87.04 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £21.00 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -63.38% +9.24% +64.53%

B2C
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing B2C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for B2C in Berkshire

B2C
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing B2C.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing B2C

B2C
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing B2C.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing B2C

B2C
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing B2C within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +12 3 £510 -0.49% 2
Slough - 1 £520 - 9
Bracknell - 1 - -
B2C
South East

B2C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Service Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Release Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Solution Architect
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Manager
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Release Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) REST
1 2 (40.00%) SOAP
1 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 1 (20.00%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (20.00%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Architectural Design
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Logistics
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Process Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Release Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Runbook
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce