B2C Contracts in England

B2C (Business-to-Consumer)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring B2C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited B2C over the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 394 361 394
Rank change year-on-year -33 +33 +102
Contract jobs citing B2C 96 189 255
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.51% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.59% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 119 190
10th Percentile £360 £375 £406
25th Percentile £459 £440 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £500 £563
Median % change year-on-year +8.50% -11.11% +2.27%
75th Percentile £666 £583 £648
90th Percentile £725 £700 £699
UK median daily rate £538 £506 £563
% change year-on-year +6.17% -10.00% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
UK median hourly rate - - £35.00
% change year-on-year - - -48.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 23,042 31,926 42,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.37% 85.47% 89.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,874 20,691 29,652
10th Percentile £300 £304 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £503 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.29% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,121 2,339 1,542
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £11.25
25th Percentile £17.61 £16.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £35.03
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +8.82% +36.41%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.60 £64.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.97 £75.67
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +34.62%

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 26 June 2025.

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 26 June 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
London -13 65 £540 +5.37% 281
South East +21 16 £600 +15.66% 68
North of England +11 7 £513 +2.50% 70
North West +12 6 £513 -6.68% 39
Midlands +9 2 £506 +6.58% 22
East Midlands -1 2 £506 -7.95% 8
East of England +22 1 £463 -4.64% 4
Yorkshire -1 1 £500 +25.00% 25
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 8 (8.33%) CMS
2 4 (4.17%) Headless CMS
3 3 (3.13%) Confluence
3 3 (3.13%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.08%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (2.08%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (2.08%) Adobe Premiere
1 2 (2.08%) InDesign
1 2 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (2.08%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.04%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (7.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.04%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (1.04%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 31 (32.29%) Azure
2 19 (19.79%) Entra ID
3 13 (13.54%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (11.46%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (9.38%) AWS
5 9 (9.38%) SaaS
6 6 (6.25%) Power Platform
7 5 (5.21%) Azure Service Bus
7 5 (5.21%) Power Automate
7 5 (5.21%) PowerApps
8 4 (4.17%) Contentful
8 4 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (4.17%) PaaS
9 3 (3.13%) Azure AKS
9 3 (3.13%) Contentstack
9 3 (3.13%) Figma
9 3 (3.13%) Google Analytics
9 3 (3.13%) IaaS
9 3 (3.13%) prismic.io
10 2 (2.08%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.08%) Firewall
1 2 (2.08%) NGFW
2 1 (1.04%) DNS
2 1 (1.04%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.17%) Redis
3 2 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.08%) Power BI
4 1 (1.04%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.04%) SSDT
4 1 (1.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Git
1 3 (3.13%) JIRA
2 2 (2.08%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.04%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.04%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.04%) JUnit
General
1 38 (39.58%) Social Skills
2 24 (25.00%) Marketing
3 18 (18.75%) Retail
4 16 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (16.67%) Finance
5 5 (5.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (4.17%) Banking
6 4 (4.17%) German Language
6 4 (4.17%) Legal
7 3 (3.13%) Automotive
7 3 (3.13%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.13%) Social Housing
8 2 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.08%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.08%) Swedish Language
9 1 (1.04%) Billing
9 1 (1.04%) French Language
9 1 (1.04%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.04%) Local Government
9 1 (1.04%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (22.92%) Developer
2 14 (14.58%) Architect
3 11 (11.46%) Analyst
3 11 (11.46%) Solutions Architect
4 9 (9.38%) Backend Developer
5 8 (8.33%) Lead
5 8 (8.33%) Product Manager
5 8 (8.33%) Senior
6 7 (7.29%) Project Manager
7 5 (5.21%) .NET Developer
7 5 (5.21%) Azure Developer
8 4 (4.17%) Android Developer
8 4 (4.17%) ASP.NET Developer
8 4 (4.17%) Business Analyst
8 4 (4.17%) C# .NET Developer
8 4 (4.17%) C# Developer
8 4 (4.17%) Designer
9 3 (3.13%) Cloud Developer
9 3 (3.13%) E-Commerce Manager
9 3 (3.13%) Identity Management Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (12.50%) React
2 9 (9.38%) HTML
3 8 (8.33%) CSS
3 8 (8.33%) REST
4 7 (7.29%) .NET
4 7 (7.29%) OAuth
5 6 (6.25%) ASP.NET
5 6 (6.25%) FastAPI
6 5 (5.21%) .NET Core
6 5 (5.21%) OAuth2
6 5 (5.21%) OpenID
6 5 (5.21%) SAML
7 4 (4.17%) ASP.NET Core
7 4 (4.17%) LDAP
7 4 (4.17%) XML
8 3 (3.13%) Android Jetpack
8 3 (3.13%) GraphQL
8 3 (3.13%) Next.js
8 3 (3.13%) RESTful
8 3 (3.13%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 9 (9.38%) Mobile App
3 4 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.13%) Acoustics
5 2 (2.08%) Animation
5 2 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.08%) Digital Wallet
5 2 (2.08%) Motion Graphics
5 2 (2.08%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.08%) Photography
5 2 (2.08%) Social Media
6 1 (1.04%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.04%) EPoS
6 1 (1.04%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.04%) PMI
6 1 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.42%) Android
2 7 (7.29%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.08%) Debian
3 2 (2.08%) Linux
3 2 (2.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (46.88%) B2B
2 30 (31.25%) Agile
3 23 (23.96%) DevOps
4 21 (21.88%) CI/CD
4 21 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (19.79%) E-Commerce
6 16 (16.67%) User Experience
7 13 (13.54%) Customer Experience
7 13 (13.54%) Roadmaps
8 12 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
8 12 (12.50%) Identity Management
9 11 (11.46%) Project Management
9 11 (11.46%) Scrum
9 11 (11.46%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (10.42%) API Integration
10 10 (10.42%) Customer-Centricity
10 10 (10.42%) Product Strategy
11 9 (9.38%) Analytics
11 9 (9.38%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 9 (9.38%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 13 (13.54%) JavaScript
2 11 (11.46%) C#
2 11 (11.46%) SQL
3 8 (8.33%) PowerShell
4 7 (7.29%) TypeScript
5 6 (6.25%) Python
6 4 (4.17%) Bicep
6 4 (4.17%) Kotlin
7 1 (1.04%) Apex Code
7 1 (1.04%) Swift
Qualifications
1 6 (6.25%) Degree
2 5 (5.21%) Azure Certification
3 3 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.04%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.04%) PMP
4 1 (1.04%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.13%) Accessibility
1 3 (3.13%) QA
2 2 (2.08%) PSD2
3 1 (1.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.04%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.04%) GDPR
3 1 (1.04%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.04%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (19.79%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.21%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (5.21%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.08%) Terraform
4 1 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.04%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 16 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.25%) Adobe
2 6 (6.25%) SAP
3 5 (5.21%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.17%) ForgeRock
4 4 (4.17%) Workday
5 3 (3.13%) Google
5 3 (3.13%) MuleSoft
6 2 (2.08%) Ceridian
6 2 (2.08%) Dell
7 1 (1.04%) Apple
7 1 (1.04%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.04%) Okta
7 1 (1.04%) OneTrust
7 1 (1.04%) Optimizely
7 1 (1.04%) UiPath