B2B Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Business-to-Business (B2B)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire citing B2B skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	67	-	44
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	+28
Contract jobs citing B2B	11	0	2
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire	1.17%	-	0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.40%	-	0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted	3	0	0
10^th Percentile	£792	-	-
25^th Percentile	£804	-	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£825	-	-
75^th Percentile	£838	-	-
90^th Percentile	£845	-	-
East of England median daily rate	£793	£625	£260
% change year-on-year	+26.80%	+140.38%	-45.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

B2B falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Hertfordshire.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	787	499	382
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire	83.63%	90.89%	83.22%
Number of daily rates quoted	258	214	150
10^th Percentile	£200	£196	£257
25^th Percentile	£408	£402	£314
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£539	£525	£425
Median % change year-on-year	+2.57%	+23.53%	-19.05%
75^th Percentile	£675	£597	£575
90^th Percentile	£807	£713	£650
East of England median daily rate	£500	£500	£450
% change year-on-year	-	+11.11%	-10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	275	154	89
10^th Percentile	£15.05	£16.45	£15.10
25^th Percentile	£32.25	£18.45	£30.00
Median hourly rate	£65.00	£42.75	£65.00
Median % change year-on-year	+52.05%	-34.23%	-
75^th Percentile	£72.63	£65.00	£68.75
90^th Percentile	£83.75	£69.63	£75.05
East of England median hourly rate	£47.50	£21.00	£25.00
% change year-on-year	+126.19%	-16.00%	+25.00%

B2B Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing B2B relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

B2B Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing B2B.

B2B Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing B2B.

B2B Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing B2B within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 12 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Stevenage	-	7	£825	-	1
St Albans	-	3	-	-	4
Watford	-	1	-	-
B2B East of England

B2B Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing B2B also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hertfordshire region citing B2B.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cisco	45.5%	5
1	Cisco CUCM	45.5%	5
1	CMS	45.5%	5
1	H.323	45.5%	5
1	SAP	45.5%	5
1	SC Cleared	45.5%	5
1	Security Cleared	45.5%	5
1	VMware	45.5%	5
1	VMware Infrastructure	45.5%	5
1	WebEx	45.5%	5
1	XMPP	45.5%	5
12	CCNP	36.4%	4
12	CCNP Voice	36.4%	4
12	Cisco Certification	36.4%	4
15	B2C	27.3%	3
15	Customer Service	27.3%	3
15	Microsoft Excel	27.3%	3
15	Quality Management	27.3%	3
15	Stakeholder Management	27.3%	3
20	EDI	18.2%	2
20	SAP S/4HANA	18.2%	2
20	Workshop Facilitation	18.2%	2
23	Ariba	9.1%	1
23	B2B Sales	9.1%	1
23	Business Development	9.1%	1
23	Change Management	9.1%	1
23	Contract Management	9.1%	1
23	CRM	9.1%	1
23	Customer Experience	9.1%	1
23	Decision-Making	9.1%	1

B2B Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	B2C	27.3%	3
1	Customer Service	27.3%	3
1	Quality Management	27.3%	3
1	Stakeholder Management	27.3%	3
5	Workshop Facilitation	18.2%	2
6	B2B Sales	9.1%	1
6	Business Development	9.1%	1
6	Change Management	9.1%	1
6	Contract Management	9.1%	1
6	CRM	9.1%	1
6	Customer Experience	9.1%	1
6	Decision-Making	9.1%	1
6	Dependency Management	9.1%	1
6	E-Commerce	9.1%	1
6	Logistics	9.1%	1
6	Order Management	9.1%	1
6	Order to Cash	9.1%	1
6	Source to Pay	9.1%	1
6	Supplier Management	9.1%	1
6	Technical Leadership	9.1%	1