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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 361 401 485
Rank change year-on-year +40 +84 +1
Contract jobs citing B2C 193 254 317
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.53% 0.53% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.59% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 186 228
10th Percentile £400 £406 £413
25th Percentile £450 £491 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - +5.77%
75th Percentile £588 £644 £650
90th Percentile £700 £700 £838
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £62.92
25th Percentile - - £64.58
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £67.36
Median % change year-on-year - -48.04% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £35.00 £67.36
% change year-on-year - -48.04% +49.69%

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 31,458 42,946 64,590
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.64% 89.97% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,501 30,170 46,065
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £444 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,315 1,518 1,726
10th Percentile £12.83 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.66 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +10.45%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 +92 138 £513 -10.09% 102
South East -3 31 £525 -12.50% 22
North of England +12 12 £500 +5.26% 43
North West -1 7 £525 +10.53% 29
Yorkshire +11 5 £400 -36.00% 11
East of England +8 5 £485 +12.79% 5
Midlands +26 3 £448 +5.29% 14
West Midlands +17 2 £400 -5.88% 5
South West -9 1 £575 -11.54% 10
East Midlands - 1 £495 - 9
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 12 (6.22%) CMS
2 6 (3.11%) Confluence
3 5 (2.59%) Headless CMS
4 2 (1.04%) Umbraco
4 2 (1.04%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (3.11%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.55%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (1.55%) InDesign
3 3 (1.55%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.04%) Magento
2 2 (1.04%) SAP Hybris
2 2 (1.04%) Shopify
3 1 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 94 (48.70%) Azure
2 74 (38.34%) Entra ID
3 73 (37.82%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (10.88%) PaaS
5 20 (10.36%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 18 (9.33%) Azure Service Bus
7 13 (6.74%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (6.74%) SaaS
8 10 (5.18%) Azure Monitor
8 10 (5.18%) IaaS
9 8 (4.15%) Azure Functions
9 8 (4.15%) Azure Key Vault
9 8 (4.15%) Azure Logic Apps
9 8 (4.15%) Serverless
10 7 (3.63%) AWS
11 5 (2.59%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (2.59%) SuccessFactors
12 4 (2.07%) Contentful
12 4 (2.07%) GCP
12 4 (2.07%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.07%) FIX Connectivity
1 4 (2.07%) Internet
2 2 (1.04%) IP Telephony
2 2 (1.04%) Kerberos
2 2 (1.04%) PBX
2 2 (1.04%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.04%) Unified Communications
2 2 (1.04%) VoIP
3 1 (0.52%) DNS
3 1 (0.52%) Firewall
3 1 (0.52%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (35.75%) SQL Server
2 16 (8.29%) Redis
3 7 (3.63%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (3.11%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.04%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.52%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.52%) MySQL
6 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (8.81%) Visual Studio
2 16 (8.29%) JIRA
3 11 (5.70%) Selenium
3 11 (5.70%) SpecFlow
3 11 (5.70%) WebDriver
4 5 (2.59%) Git
5 4 (2.07%) TeamCity
6 2 (1.04%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.52%) Hudson
7 1 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 53 (27.46%) Social Skills
2 36 (18.65%) Marketing
3 16 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (8.29%) Retail
4 14 (7.25%) Public Sector
5 9 (4.66%) Manufacturing
6 8 (4.15%) Finance
7 7 (3.63%) Legal
8 6 (3.11%) Health Technology
8 6 (3.11%) Law
9 5 (2.59%) Local Government
9 5 (2.59%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (2.59%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.07%) Front Office
10 4 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.55%) Advertising
11 3 (1.55%) Automotive
11 3 (1.55%) Back Office
11 3 (1.55%) German Language
12 2 (1.04%) French Language
Job Titles
1 69 (35.75%) Developer
2 67 (34.72%) Senior
3 40 (20.73%) Senior Developer
4 30 (15.54%) Backend Developer
5 28 (14.51%) Analyst
6 26 (13.47%) Azure Developer
7 22 (11.40%) Architect
7 22 (11.40%) Senior Backend Developer
8 17 (8.81%) Software Developer
9 16 (8.29%) Business Analyst
10 14 (7.25%) Senior Software Developer
11 12 (6.22%) C# Developer
11 12 (6.22%) Project Manager
12 11 (5.70%) Senior Analyst
13 10 (5.18%) Senior Test Analyst
13 10 (5.18%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (5.18%) Test Analyst
14 9 (4.66%) Senior C# Developer
15 8 (4.15%) .NET Developer
15 8 (4.15%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (39.90%) .NET
2 71 (36.79%) XML
3 37 (19.17%) AngularJS
4 35 (18.13%) .NET Core
5 29 (15.03%) .NET Framework
6 23 (11.92%) React
7 21 (10.88%) HTML
8 19 (9.84%) CSS
9 16 (8.29%) REST
10 15 (7.77%) ASP.NET
10 15 (7.77%) ASP.NET Core
11 13 (6.74%) OAuth
11 13 (6.74%) OpenID
12 9 (4.66%) SAML
13 7 (3.63%) ARM Templates
13 7 (3.63%) Microsoft Graph
14 5 (2.59%) JSON
14 5 (2.59%) SOAP
15 4 (2.07%) FIX Protocol
16 3 (1.55%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (21.24%) Product Ownership
2 15 (7.77%) Mobile App
3 11 (5.70%) Video\Live Streaming
4 8 (4.15%) Over-the-Top Content
5 6 (3.11%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (3.11%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.59%) Acoustics
6 5 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.07%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.07%) Derivative
7 4 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.07%) Fixed Income
7 4 (2.07%) Mobile Payment
8 3 (1.55%) Animation
8 3 (1.55%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.55%) Graphic Design
8 3 (1.55%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.52%) Contactless
9 1 (0.52%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.07%) Linux
1 4 (2.07%) Unix
2 1 (0.52%) Android
2 1 (0.52%) Windows
2 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (48.19%) Agile
2 82 (42.49%) Scrum
3 76 (39.38%) DevOps
4 67 (34.72%) CI/CD
5 28 (14.51%) B2B
6 25 (12.95%) User Experience
7 20 (10.36%) E-Commerce
8 17 (8.81%) Digital Marketing
8 17 (8.81%) Test Automation
9 16 (8.29%) Project Delivery
10 15 (7.77%) SDLC
11 14 (7.25%) CRM
11 14 (7.25%) Project Management
12 13 (6.74%) Roadmaps
13 12 (6.22%) Software Engineering
14 11 (5.70%) Collaborative Working
14 11 (5.70%) Performance Testing
15 10 (5.18%) Problem-Solving
15 10 (5.18%) Stakeholder Management
16 9 (4.66%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 74 (38.34%) C#
2 69 (35.75%) PowerShell
3 36 (18.65%) Bicep
4 30 (15.54%) JavaScript
5 19 (9.84%) TypeScript
6 16 (8.29%) SQL
7 5 (2.59%) Java
8 2 (1.04%) Bash
8 2 (1.04%) PHP
9 1 (0.52%) C++
9 1 (0.52%) Python
9 1 (0.52%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 12 (6.22%) Degree
2 7 (3.63%) ISEB
3 4 (2.07%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.07%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.04%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.04%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.04%) MBA
5 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.74%) GDPR
2 8 (4.15%) QA
3 2 (1.04%) PMO
3 2 (1.04%) WCAG
4 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 67 (34.72%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.04%) zsh
3 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (5.70%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (2.59%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 77 (39.90%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.66%) MuleSoft
3 6 (3.11%) SAP
4 4 (2.07%) Bloomberg
4 4 (2.07%) Google
4 4 (2.07%) ION Trading
4 4 (2.07%) MarketAxess
4 4 (2.07%) Tradeweb
5 3 (1.55%) Adobe
5 3 (1.55%) Databricks
5 3 (1.55%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.04%) Cisco
6 2 (1.04%) Mitel
6 2 (1.04%) Workday
7 1 (0.52%) BMC
7 1 (0.52%) CA
7 1 (0.52%) IBM
7 1 (0.52%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (0.52%) Novell
7 1 (0.52%) Remedy