B2B Contracts in the City of London

Business-to-Business (B2B)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for B2B skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited B2B over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 150 158
Rank change year-on-year +48 +8 -33
Contract jobs citing B2B 24 21 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.10% 0.58% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 0.64% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 10 27
10th Percentile £416 £354 £310
25th Percentile £456 £439 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £531 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +1.19% +16.67%
75th Percentile £619 £652 £631
90th Percentile £664 £678 £685
Central London median daily rate £530 £531 £575
% change year-on-year -0.24% -7.61% +27.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

B2B is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,982 3,305 3,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.59% 91.53% 91.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,403 2,228 2,947
10th Percentile £363 £350 £388
25th Percentile £450 £479 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £676
90th Percentile £825 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 26 42
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.13 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £17.08 £21.81
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -12.50% +122.53%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £54.38
90th Percentile £41.84 £88.30 £65.43
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%

B2B
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing B2B as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for B2B in the City of London

B2B
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing B2B in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for B2B in the City of London

B2B
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing B2B in the City of London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for B2B in the City of London

B2B
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing B2B in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for B2B in the City of London

B2B
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (8.33%) CMS
2 2 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (8.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.17%) Magento
1 1 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (29.17%) Azure
2 6 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 5 (20.83%) Entra ID
3 5 (20.83%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (20.83%) Mimecast
4 4 (16.67%) IaaS
4 4 (16.67%) PaaS
5 1 (4.17%) AWS
5 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (4.17%) Figma
5 1 (4.17%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Data Lake
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
1 1 (4.17%) Relational Database
General
1 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Finance
4 4 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 2 (8.33%) Marketing
5 2 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (4.17%) French Language
6 1 (4.17%) Front Office
6 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Architect
2 6 (25.00%) Developer
3 4 (16.67%) Angular Developer
3 4 (16.67%) Integration Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Data Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Full Stack Developer
4 3 (12.50%) Node.js Developer
5 2 (8.33%) Designer
5 2 (8.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Lead
5 2 (8.33%) Market Data Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Market Data Project Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Project Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Salesforce Architect
6 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Full Stack JavaScript Developer
6 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) AngularJS
2 2 (8.33%) Node.js
3 1 (4.17%) CSS
3 1 (4.17%) EDI
3 1 (4.17%) HTML
3 1 (4.17%) jQuery
3 1 (4.17%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (4.17%) React
3 1 (4.17%) React Native
3 1 (4.17%) REST
3 1 (4.17%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.17%) Biopharmaceutical
2 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.17%) IoT
2 1 (4.17%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.17%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Android
2 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Change Management
2 6 (25.00%) ITIL
2 6 (25.00%) Migration
3 5 (20.83%) Data Migration
3 5 (20.83%) Fintech
3 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (16.67%) Agile
4 4 (16.67%) B2C
4 4 (16.67%) TOGAF
5 3 (12.50%) CRM
5 3 (12.50%) Front End Development
5 3 (12.50%) Full Stack Development
5 3 (12.50%) Project Management
5 3 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (8.33%) Data Integration
6 2 (8.33%) Electronic Trading
6 2 (8.33%) Microservices
6 2 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (8.33%) Project Delivery
6 2 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) TypeScript
2 1 (4.17%) Apex Code
2 1 (4.17%) C#
2 1 (4.17%) C++
2 1 (4.17%) Java
2 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.17%) PHP
2 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) Azure Certification
2 4 (16.67%) TOGAF Certification
3 3 (12.50%) Degree
4 2 (8.33%) CCNA
4 2 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.17%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) QA
2 1 (4.17%) GDPR
2 1 (4.17%) GxP
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Citrix
3 2 (8.33%) Arista
3 2 (8.33%) Bloomberg
3 2 (8.33%) BT
3 2 (8.33%) Cisco
3 2 (8.33%) Radianz
3 2 (8.33%) Refinitiv
3 2 (8.33%) Reuters
3 2 (8.33%) Salesforce
3 2 (8.33%) SAP
3 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow