B2C (Business-to-Consumer)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 394 460 507
Rank change year-on-year +66 +47 +3
Contract jobs citing B2C 199 260 367
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.45% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.50% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 176 259
10th Percentile £400 £404 £413
25th Percentile £450 £463 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £670
90th Percentile £700 £700 £805
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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% +45.53%
75th Percentile - - £66.88
90th Percentile - - £67.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £65.49
% change year-on-year - - +11.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,140 52,105 79,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.25% 89.83% 90.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,924 36,124 55,482
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,724 1,874
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.17 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

B2C
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for B2C in the UK

B2C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for B2C in the UK

B2C
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing B2C over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for B2C in the UK

B2C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for B2C in the UK

B2C
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 9 May 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
England +68 187 £513 -6.82% 189
London +86 134 £513 -7.87% 92
Work from Home +87 85 £500 -9.09% 102
UK excluding London +11 52 £525 -4.55% 99
South East +16 31 £525 -12.50% 32
North of England +8 8 £450 -5.26% 31
North West +5 7 £450 -5.26% 23
East of England +11 6 £485 +12.79% 9
Scotland +42 4 £650 +160.00% 5
Midlands +37 3 £448 +5.29% 12
West Midlands +23 2 £400 -5.88% 6
Yorkshire +8 1 - - 6
South West +1 1 £575 - 11
East Midlands - 1 £495 - 6

B2C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 13 (6.53%) CMS
2 6 (3.02%) Confluence
3 3 (1.51%) WordPress
4 1 (0.50%) Drupal
4 1 (0.50%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 6 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (3.02%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.51%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (1.51%) InDesign
3 3 (1.51%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (2.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.01%) Magento
2 2 (1.01%) SAP Hybris
2 2 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.01%) Shopify
3 1 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.50%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 96 (48.24%) Azure
2 76 (38.19%) Azure DevOps
3 75 (37.69%) Entra ID
4 23 (11.56%) PaaS
5 20 (10.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 19 (9.55%) Azure Service Bus
7 14 (7.04%) SaaS
8 12 (6.03%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (5.53%) Azure Monitor
9 11 (5.53%) Serverless
10 10 (5.03%) Azure Functions
10 10 (5.03%) Azure Key Vault
10 10 (5.03%) Azure Logic Apps
11 9 (4.52%) IaaS
12 8 (4.02%) AWS
13 7 (3.52%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (3.02%) Azure API Management
15 5 (2.51%) GCP
15 5 (2.51%) Power Platform
15 5 (2.51%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.01%) FIX Connectivity
2 2 (1.01%) HTTP
3 1 (0.50%) DNS
3 1 (0.50%) Firewall
3 1 (0.50%) Intranet
3 1 (0.50%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (35.18%) SQL Server
2 17 (8.54%) Redis
3 10 (5.03%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (4.02%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.01%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.01%) MySQL
6 2 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.50%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.50%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (9.55%) Visual Studio
2 13 (6.53%) JIRA
3 11 (5.53%) Selenium
3 11 (5.53%) SpecFlow
3 11 (5.53%) WebDriver
4 7 (3.52%) Git
5 4 (2.01%) Jenkins
5 4 (2.01%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.50%) Hudson
6 1 (0.50%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.50%) WiX
General
1 48 (24.12%) Social Skills
2 35 (17.59%) Marketing
3 18 (9.05%) Public Sector
4 16 (8.04%) Retail
5 14 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (4.02%) Finance
6 8 (4.02%) Legal
7 6 (3.02%) Health Technology
7 6 (3.02%) Law
7 6 (3.02%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.51%) Local Government
8 5 (2.51%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (2.51%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.01%) Billing
9 4 (2.01%) French Language
9 4 (2.01%) Front Office
9 4 (2.01%) German Language
9 4 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.51%) Advertising
10 3 (1.51%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 68 (34.17%) Developer
2 65 (32.66%) Senior
3 39 (19.60%) Senior Developer
4 30 (15.08%) Backend Developer
5 28 (14.07%) Analyst
6 25 (12.56%) Azure Developer
7 22 (11.06%) Senior Backend Developer
8 20 (10.05%) Architect
9 18 (9.05%) Software Developer
10 14 (7.04%) Business Analyst
10 14 (7.04%) Senior Software Developer
11 12 (6.03%) C# Developer
12 11 (5.53%) Senior Analyst
13 10 (5.03%) Project Manager
13 10 (5.03%) Senior Test Analyst
13 10 (5.03%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (5.03%) Test Analyst
14 9 (4.52%) Consultant
14 9 (4.52%) Senior C# Developer
14 9 (4.52%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (39.20%) .NET
2 73 (36.68%) XML
3 35 (17.59%) .NET Core
3 35 (17.59%) AngularJS
4 29 (14.57%) .NET Framework
5 23 (11.56%) React
6 20 (10.05%) HTML
6 20 (10.05%) REST
7 19 (9.55%) CSS
8 15 (7.54%) ASP.NET
8 15 (7.54%) ASP.NET Core
8 15 (7.54%) OAuth
8 15 (7.54%) OpenID
9 11 (5.53%) ARM Templates
10 10 (5.03%) SOAP
11 9 (4.52%) SAML
12 8 (4.02%) JSON
13 6 (3.02%) Microsoft Graph
14 4 (2.01%) FIX Protocol
14 4 (2.01%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (19.60%) Product Ownership
2 14 (7.04%) Mobile App
3 11 (5.53%) Video\Live Streaming
4 8 (4.02%) Over-the-Top Content
5 7 (3.52%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.51%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.51%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.01%) Derivative
7 4 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.01%) Fixed Income
7 4 (2.01%) Mobile Payment
8 3 (1.51%) Animation
8 3 (1.51%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.51%) Graphic Design
9 1 (0.50%) Acoustics
9 1 (0.50%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.50%) Contactless
9 1 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.01%) Linux
1 4 (2.01%) Unix
2 1 (0.50%) Windows
2 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (45.73%) Agile
2 78 (39.20%) DevOps
2 78 (39.20%) Scrum
3 72 (36.18%) CI/CD
4 30 (15.08%) B2B
5 22 (11.06%) User Experience
6 19 (9.55%) E-Commerce
7 18 (9.05%) Test Automation
8 16 (8.04%) Project Delivery
8 16 (8.04%) Software Engineering
9 15 (7.54%) Roadmaps
9 15 (7.54%) SDLC
10 13 (6.53%) Collaborative Working
10 13 (6.53%) Digital Marketing
10 13 (6.53%) Project Management
11 11 (5.53%) CRM
11 11 (5.53%) Performance Testing
12 10 (5.03%) Infrastructure as Code
13 9 (4.52%) Data Protection
13 9 (4.52%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 75 (37.69%) C#
2 72 (36.18%) PowerShell
3 36 (18.09%) Bicep
4 30 (15.08%) JavaScript
5 21 (10.55%) SQL
6 19 (9.55%) TypeScript
7 7 (3.52%) Java
8 3 (1.51%) Bash
8 3 (1.51%) Python
9 2 (1.01%) PHP
9 2 (1.01%) Ruby
10 1 (0.50%) ABAP
10 1 (0.50%) C++
Qualifications
1 12 (6.03%) Degree
2 6 (3.02%) ISEB
2 6 (3.02%) SC Cleared
2 6 (3.02%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.01%) Azure Certification
3 2 (1.01%) Master's Degree
3 2 (1.01%) MBA
4 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.53%) GDPR
2 9 (4.52%) QA
3 4 (2.01%) PMO
4 2 (1.01%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.50%) SLA
5 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 68 (34.17%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.51%) zsh
3 2 (1.01%) Docker
4 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (5.53%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (3.02%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.51%) Terraform
4 2 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 79 (39.70%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.52%) MuleSoft
3 6 (3.02%) SAP
4 5 (2.51%) Google
5 4 (2.01%) Bloomberg
5 4 (2.01%) ION Trading
5 4 (2.01%) MarketAxess
5 4 (2.01%) Tradeweb
6 3 (1.51%) Adobe
6 3 (1.51%) Databricks
6 3 (1.51%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.01%) Okta
7 2 (1.01%) Workday
8 1 (0.50%) BMC
8 1 (0.50%) CA
8 1 (0.50%) IBM
8 1 (0.50%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (0.50%) Novell
8 1 (0.50%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.50%) ServiceNow