B2C Contracts in the UK excluding London

B2C (Business-to-Consumer)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 319 326
Rank change year-on-year -8 +7 +40
DemandTrendContract jobs citing B2C 40 51 116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.26% 0.28% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.34% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 33 92
10th Percentile £285 £200 £407
25th Percentile £395 £363 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £625
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -28.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £559 £575 £675
90th Percentile £669 £630 £747
UK median daily rate £505 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +1.00% -16.67% +6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,713 15,053 19,209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.21% 82.75% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,234 8,986 12,838
10th Percentile £238 £250 £260
25th Percentile £366 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £690
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,387 1,466 1,202
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.69 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.30 £17.55
Median hourly rate £22.84 £41.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.96% +10.67% +70.45%
75th Percentile £43.88 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.50 £41.50
% change year-on-year -37.90% -2.41% +54.56%

B2C
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing B2C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for B2C in the UK excluding London

B2C
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing B2C.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing B2C

B2C
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing B2C in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for B2C in the UK excluding London

B2C
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing B2C.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing B2C

B2C
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing B2C within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -4 18 £575 +38.97% 94
North of England -12 14 £405 -19.00% 53
North West -3 9 £405 -22.86% 38
Scotland -2 5 £438 -31.37% 8
Yorkshire -5 5 £470 +17.50% 12
East of England +5 2 £481 +4.05% 11
East Midlands -2 1 £550 +22.22% 8
Midlands -8 1 £550 +22.22% 14
B2C
UK

B2C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 6 (15.00%) CMS
2 3 (7.50%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (2.50%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (2.50%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (2.50%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 13 (32.50%) Azure
2 9 (22.50%) Figma
3 7 (17.50%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (12.50%) GitHub
5 4 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (10.00%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 4 (10.00%) Serverless
6 3 (7.50%) Entra ID
7 2 (5.00%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 2 (5.00%) SaaS
8 1 (2.50%) AWS
8 1 (2.50%) Power Platform
8 1 (2.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (2.50%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.50%) Power BI
2 1 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (22.50%) Storybook
2 5 (12.50%) Gradle
2 5 (12.50%) Xcode
3 4 (10.00%) Git
3 4 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 15 (37.50%) Retail
2 7 (17.50%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (17.50%) Finance
2 7 (17.50%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.50%) Marketing
4 3 (7.50%) Automotive
4 3 (7.50%) German Language
4 3 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (7.50%) Manufacturing
4 3 (7.50%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.00%) Social Housing
5 2 (5.00%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 10 (25.00%) Developer
2 7 (17.50%) Architect
3 5 (12.50%) Analyst
3 5 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 5 (12.50%) React Developer
4 4 (10.00%) .NET Developer
4 4 (10.00%) Lead
4 4 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (10.00%) Technical Leader
5 3 (7.50%) Product Manager
6 2 (5.00%) Cloud Architect
6 2 (5.00%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (5.00%) Head of Digital
6 2 (5.00%) Head of E-Commerce
6 2 (5.00%) Implementation Manager
6 2 (5.00%) Implementation Project Manager
6 2 (5.00%) Salesforce Technical Leader
7 1 (2.50%) Agile Delivery Manager
7 1 (2.50%) ASP.NET MVC Developer
7 1 (2.50%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (17.50%) React
2 6 (15.00%) CSS
2 6 (15.00%) HTML
3 5 (12.50%) .NET
3 5 (12.50%) Bootstrap
3 5 (12.50%) D3.js
3 5 (12.50%) OAuth
3 5 (12.50%) React Native
3 5 (12.50%) REST
3 5 (12.50%) SVG
4 4 (10.00%) AngularJS
4 4 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 4 (10.00%) Blazor
4 4 (10.00%) CSS3
4 4 (10.00%) Express.js
4 4 (10.00%) HTML5
4 4 (10.00%) Next.js
4 4 (10.00%) Node.js
4 4 (10.00%) Redux
4 4 (10.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (7.50%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.50%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.50%) IoT
3 1 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.50%) Android
1 5 (12.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) E-Commerce
2 12 (30.00%) Agile
3 11 (27.50%) DevOps
4 7 (17.50%) Customer-Centricity
4 7 (17.50%) Translating Business Requirements
5 6 (15.00%) Data Visualisation
5 6 (15.00%) Visualisation
6 5 (12.50%) Analytics
6 5 (12.50%) B2B
6 5 (12.50%) Biometrics
6 5 (12.50%) Mobile Application Development
6 5 (12.50%) Roadmaps
6 5 (12.50%) Scrum
7 4 (10.00%) Code Quality
7 4 (10.00%) Customer Experience
7 4 (10.00%) DevSecOps
7 4 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
7 4 (10.00%) Performance Analysis
7 4 (10.00%) Progressive Web App
7 4 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.50%) SQL
2 6 (15.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (12.50%) C#
3 5 (12.50%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.50%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 3 (7.50%) Degree
2 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.50%) PMP
2 1 (2.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.50%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.50%) PMO
2 1 (2.50%) QA
System Software
1 3 (7.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.50%) Docker
Vendors
1 10 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.00%) Salesforce
3 5 (12.50%) SAP
4 2 (5.00%) Oracle
5 1 (2.50%) Adobe
5 1 (2.50%) Atlassian