B2B Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Business-to-Business (B2B)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring B2B skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited B2B over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 223 245 315
Rank change year-on-year +22 +70 +43
Contract jobs citing B2B 81 100 165
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.82% 0.65% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.74% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 63 101
10th Percentile £350 £190 £381
25th Percentile £400 £429 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.42% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £650
90th Percentile £693 £675 £756
UK median daily rate £475 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -7.32% -2.38% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66.25 - -
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £23.00
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £45.50 £21.69 £44.00
% change year-on-year +109.77% -50.70% -13.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

B2B
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing B2B as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

B2B trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

B2B
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing B2B.

B2B daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

B2B
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing B2B over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

B2B daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

B2B
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing B2B.

B2B hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

B2B
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.23%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (1.23%) CMS
2 1 (1.23%) Confluence
2 1 (1.23%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Fusion 360
1 1 (1.23%) InVision
1 1 (1.23%) Sketch
1 1 (1.23%) SOLIDWORKS
1 1 (1.23%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (2.47%) Workfront
2 1 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.23%) Magento
2 1 (1.23%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 26 (32.10%) Azure
2 15 (18.52%) SaaS
3 13 (16.05%) AWS
4 8 (9.88%) Entra ID
4 8 (9.88%) GCP
5 7 (8.64%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (8.64%) Serverless
6 4 (4.94%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (4.94%) Figma
6 4 (4.94%) Power Automate
6 4 (4.94%) Power Platform
6 4 (4.94%) PowerApps
7 3 (3.70%) Azure Event Grid
7 3 (3.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (3.70%) Azure Functions
7 3 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (3.70%) OneDrive
8 2 (2.47%) Azure API Management
8 2 (2.47%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.70%) HTTPS
1 3 (3.70%) Skype
1 3 (3.70%) VPN
2 2 (2.47%) FTP
2 2 (2.47%) HTTP
3 1 (1.23%) Firewall
3 1 (1.23%) SSH
3 1 (1.23%) SSL
3 1 (1.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.17%) Data Lake
2 3 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.47%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.47%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.23%) Big Data
4 1 (1.23%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (4.94%) JIRA
2 2 (2.47%) Bitbucket
2 2 (2.47%) GitLab
3 1 (1.23%) Axure RP
3 1 (1.23%) ERwin
3 1 (1.23%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.23%) Postman
General
1 19 (23.46%) Social Skills
2 14 (17.28%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (14.81%) Finance
3 12 (14.81%) Marketing
4 5 (6.17%) Retail
4 5 (6.17%) Telecoms
5 4 (4.94%) Legal
6 3 (3.70%) Billing
6 3 (3.70%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.47%) Brand Awareness
7 2 (2.47%) Dutch Language
7 2 (2.47%) French Language
7 2 (2.47%) German Language
8 1 (1.23%) Advertising
8 1 (1.23%) Back Office
8 1 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.23%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (16.05%) Architect
2 11 (13.58%) Developer
3 7 (8.64%) Consultant
3 7 (8.64%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (6.17%) Full-Stack Developer
4 5 (6.17%) Project Manager
5 4 (4.94%) Designer
5 4 (4.94%) E-Commerce Manager
5 4 (4.94%) Junior
5 4 (4.94%) Junior Architect
5 4 (4.94%) Junior Solutions Architect
5 4 (4.94%) Lead
6 3 (3.70%) Backend Developer
6 3 (3.70%) Digital Programme Manager
6 3 (3.70%) E-Commerce Programme Manager
6 3 (3.70%) Marketing Manager
6 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Engineer
6 3 (3.70%) Programme Manager
6 3 (3.70%) UI/UX Designer
6 3 (3.70%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.88%) Node.js
1 8 (9.88%) React
2 7 (8.64%) .NET
3 5 (6.17%) Middleware
4 4 (4.94%) FastAPI
5 3 (3.70%) .NET Framework
5 3 (3.70%) EDI
5 3 (3.70%) Next.js
5 3 (3.70%) OAuth
5 3 (3.70%) XML
5 3 (3.70%) XSLT
5 3 (3.70%) YAML
6 2 (2.47%) HTML
6 2 (2.47%) Playwright
6 2 (2.47%) RESTful
6 2 (2.47%) Ruby on Rails
6 2 (2.47%) WebAssembly
7 1 (1.23%) CSS
7 1 (1.23%) GraphQL
7 1 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.41%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (6.17%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.70%) Educational Technology
3 3 (3.70%) Social Media
4 2 (2.47%) Blog
4 2 (2.47%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.47%) Digital Media
4 2 (2.47%) Digital Signage
4 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.47%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.23%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.23%) CMDB
5 1 (1.23%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.23%) FMCG
5 1 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.94%) Unix
2 3 (3.70%) Linux
3 2 (2.47%) Windows
4 1 (1.23%) AIX
4 1 (1.23%) Android
4 1 (1.23%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.23%) Solaris
4 1 (1.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (23.46%) B2C
2 17 (20.99%) Migration
3 16 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (18.52%) DevOps
5 12 (14.81%) Agile
5 12 (14.81%) CI/CD
6 10 (12.35%) Artificial Intelligence
7 8 (9.88%) Data Governance
7 8 (9.88%) Infrastructure as Code
7 8 (9.88%) User Experience
8 7 (8.64%) E-Commerce
8 7 (8.64%) ETL
8 7 (8.64%) Event-Driven
8 7 (8.64%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 7 (8.64%) Full-Stack Development
8 7 (8.64%) TOGAF
9 6 (7.41%) Containerisation
9 6 (7.41%) Customer Experience
9 6 (7.41%) ERP
10 5 (6.17%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.58%) Python
2 9 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 8 (9.88%) TypeScript
4 6 (7.41%) ActionScript
4 6 (7.41%) ActionScript 2.0
4 6 (7.41%) PowerShell
5 4 (4.94%) SQL
6 3 (3.70%) C#
7 2 (2.47%) Java
7 2 (2.47%) Ruby
8 1 (1.23%) Apex Code
8 1 (1.23%) Bash
8 1 (1.23%) C
8 1 (1.23%) Groovy
8 1 (1.23%) Korn
8 1 (1.23%) Perl
8 1 (1.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (8.64%) Degree
2 5 (6.17%) Azure Certification
3 4 (4.94%) TOGAF Certification
4 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.47%) IBM Certification
5 2 (2.47%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.23%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.47%) Accessibility
1 2 (2.47%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.23%) GDPR
2 1 (1.23%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.23%) QA
2 1 (1.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (8.64%) Docker
2 6 (7.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (9.88%) Terraform
2 5 (6.17%) Kubernetes
3 4 (4.94%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (2.47%) Grafana
5 2 (2.47%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.23%) Ansible
6 1 (1.23%) Nagios
6 1 (1.23%) Progress Chef
6 1 (1.23%) Puppet
6 1 (1.23%) SCOM
Vendors
1 12 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.88%) Salesforce
3 5 (6.17%) IBM
4 4 (4.94%) SAP
5 3 (3.70%) CyberArk
5 3 (3.70%) Google
5 3 (3.70%) IBM Sterling
5 3 (3.70%) Oracle
6 2 (2.47%) Adobe
6 2 (2.47%) Databricks
6 2 (2.47%) Facebook
6 2 (2.47%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.23%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (1.23%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.23%) HubSpot
7 1 (1.23%) Marketo
7 1 (1.23%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.23%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.23%) SEEBURGER
7 1 (1.23%) Splunk