B2C Contracts in England

B2C (Business-to-Consumer)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for B2C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited B2C over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 358 428 486
Rank change year-on-year +70 +58 -2
Contract jobs citing B2C 183 234 309
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.49% 0.46% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.51% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 163 216
10th Percentile £400 £400 £428
25th Percentile £450 £469 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £700 £813
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - £62.36
25th Percentile - - £63.20
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £65.49
Median % change year-on-year - -46.55% +11.00%
75th Percentile - - £66.88
90th Percentile - - £67.17
UK median hourly rate £13.94 £35.00 £65.49
% change year-on-year -60.17% -46.55% +45.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

B2C 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,992 45,544 64,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.24% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,975 31,977 45,770
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,229 1,592 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

B2C
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for B2C in England

B2C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing B2C in England.

Daily rate trend for B2C in England

B2C
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing B2C in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for B2C in England

B2C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing B2C in England.

Hourly rate trend for B2C in England

B2C
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing B2C within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
London +97 130 £518 -5.91% 101
South East +19 30 £525 -12.50% 30
North of England +12 8 £450 -5.26% 38
North West +14 7 £450 -5.26% 28
East of England +9 6 £485 -22.40% 13
Midlands +28 3 £448 +5.29% 20
West Midlands +31 2 £400 -5.88% 12
Yorkshire +12 1 - - 6
South West +3 1 £575 -4.17% 12
East Midlands - 1 £495 - 8
B2C
UK

B2C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 15 (8.20%) CMS
2 6 (3.28%) Confluence
3 4 (2.19%) WordPress
4 2 (1.09%) Drupal
5 1 (0.55%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.55%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 6 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (3.28%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.64%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (1.64%) InDesign
3 3 (1.64%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.64%) SAP Hybris
2 2 (1.09%) Magento
2 2 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.09%) Shopify
3 1 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.55%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 82 (44.81%) Azure
2 66 (36.07%) Azure DevOps
3 63 (34.43%) Entra ID
4 21 (11.48%) PaaS
5 18 (9.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 14 (7.65%) SaaS
7 10 (5.46%) Azure Functions
7 10 (5.46%) Azure Key Vault
7 10 (5.46%) Azure Logic Apps
7 10 (5.46%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (5.46%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (5.46%) Serverless
8 8 (4.37%) AWS
8 8 (4.37%) Azure Service Bus
9 7 (3.83%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (3.83%) IaaS
10 6 (3.28%) Azure API Management
11 5 (2.73%) GCP
11 5 (2.73%) SuccessFactors
12 4 (2.19%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.19%) FIX Connectivity
2 1 (0.55%) DNS
2 1 (0.55%) Firewall
2 1 (0.55%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.92%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (4.37%) Redis
4 6 (3.28%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.09%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.55%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.55%) MySQL
7 1 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (10.38%) Visual Studio
2 15 (8.20%) JIRA
3 11 (6.01%) Selenium
3 11 (6.01%) SpecFlow
3 11 (6.01%) WebDriver
4 5 (2.73%) Git
5 4 (2.19%) Jenkins
5 4 (2.19%) TeamCity
6 2 (1.09%) WiX
7 1 (0.55%) Hudson
7 1 (0.55%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 47 (25.68%) Social Skills
2 35 (19.13%) Marketing
3 16 (8.74%) Public Sector
4 14 (7.65%) Retail
5 12 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.83%) Legal
7 6 (3.28%) Finance
7 6 (3.28%) Health Technology
7 6 (3.28%) Law
7 6 (3.28%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.73%) French Language
8 5 (2.73%) German Language
8 5 (2.73%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.19%) Front Office
9 4 (2.19%) Local Government
10 3 (1.64%) Advertising
10 3 (1.64%) Back Office
10 3 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.64%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.09%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 58 (31.69%) Developer
2 55 (30.05%) Senior
3 31 (16.94%) Senior Developer
4 26 (14.21%) Analyst
5 23 (12.57%) Backend Developer
6 21 (11.48%) Azure Developer
7 19 (10.38%) Architect
8 18 (9.84%) Software Developer
9 16 (8.74%) Senior Backend Developer
10 14 (7.65%) Business Analyst
10 14 (7.65%) Senior Software Developer
11 11 (6.01%) Senior Analyst
12 10 (5.46%) C# Developer
12 10 (5.46%) Project Manager
12 10 (5.46%) Senior Test Analyst
12 10 (5.46%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (5.46%) Test Analyst
13 8 (4.37%) Consultant
13 8 (4.37%) Software Engineer
14 7 (3.83%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (36.07%) .NET
2 64 (34.97%) XML
3 34 (18.58%) AngularJS
4 29 (15.85%) .NET Framework
5 25 (13.66%) .NET Core
6 17 (9.29%) REST
7 14 (7.65%) React
8 12 (6.56%) OAuth
8 12 (6.56%) OpenID
9 11 (6.01%) ARM Templates
10 10 (5.46%) HTML
11 9 (4.92%) CSS
12 8 (4.37%) SOAP
13 7 (3.83%) ASP.NET
13 7 (3.83%) ASP.NET Core
13 7 (3.83%) JSON
14 6 (3.28%) SAML
15 5 (2.73%) Microsoft Graph
16 4 (2.19%) FIX Protocol
17 3 (1.64%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 34 (18.58%) Product Ownership
2 14 (7.65%) Mobile App
3 11 (6.01%) Video\Live Streaming
4 8 (4.37%) Over-the-Top Content
5 6 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.73%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.73%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.19%) Derivative
7 4 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.19%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.64%) Animation
8 3 (1.64%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.64%) Graphic Design
9 1 (0.55%) Acoustics
9 1 (0.55%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.55%) Contactless
9 1 (0.55%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.55%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.19%) Linux
1 4 (2.19%) Unix
2 1 (0.55%) Windows
2 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (44.81%) Agile
2 72 (39.34%) Scrum
3 68 (37.16%) DevOps
4 62 (33.88%) CI/CD
5 32 (17.49%) B2B
6 23 (12.57%) User Experience
7 22 (12.02%) E-Commerce
8 17 (9.29%) Test Automation
9 16 (8.74%) Project Delivery
10 15 (8.20%) SDLC
11 14 (7.65%) Collaborative Working
11 14 (7.65%) Project Management
11 14 (7.65%) Roadmaps
12 13 (7.10%) Digital Marketing
13 12 (6.56%) Software Engineering
14 11 (6.01%) Performance Testing
15 10 (5.46%) Content Management
16 9 (4.92%) CRM
16 9 (4.92%) Infrastructure as Code
17 8 (4.37%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 65 (35.52%) C#
2 63 (34.43%) PowerShell
3 26 (14.21%) Bicep
4 20 (10.93%) JavaScript
5 18 (9.84%) SQL
6 10 (5.46%) TypeScript
7 7 (3.83%) Java
8 3 (1.64%) Bash
8 3 (1.64%) Python
9 2 (1.09%) PHP
9 2 (1.09%) Ruby
10 1 (0.55%) ABAP
10 1 (0.55%) C++
Qualifications
1 11 (6.01%) Degree
2 6 (3.28%) ISEB
2 6 (3.28%) SC Cleared
2 6 (3.28%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.09%) Master's Degree
3 2 (1.09%) MBA
4 1 (0.55%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.56%) GDPR
2 9 (4.92%) QA
3 2 (1.09%) PMO
4 1 (0.55%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 58 (31.69%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.64%) zsh
3 1 (0.55%) Docker
3 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (4.37%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (2.73%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.73%) Terraform
3 2 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.55%) Ansible
Vendors
1 69 (37.70%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.83%) SAP
3 6 (3.28%) MuleSoft
4 5 (2.73%) Google
5 4 (2.19%) Bloomberg
5 4 (2.19%) ION Trading
5 4 (2.19%) MarketAxess
5 4 (2.19%) Tradeweb
6 3 (1.64%) Adobe
6 3 (1.64%) Databricks
6 3 (1.64%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.09%) Workday
8 1 (0.55%) BMC
8 1 (0.55%) CA
8 1 (0.55%) IBM
8 1 (0.55%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (0.55%) Novell
8 1 (0.55%) Okta
8 1 (0.55%) Remedy
8 1 (0.55%) ServiceNow