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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 222 240 305
Rank change year-on-year +18 +65 +47
Contract jobs citing B2B 93 108 153
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.91% 0.74% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.85% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 67 93
10th Percentile £356 £190 £366
25th Percentile £402 £403 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -0.47%
75th Percentile £663 £600 £650
90th Percentile £750 £675 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -7.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.25 - -
Median hourly rate £25.50 - £23.00
75th Percentile £36.50 - -
90th Percentile £55.85 - -
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £30.25 £46.00
% change year-on-year +19.01% -34.24% -1.08%

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 9,339 12,721 21,711
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.78% 87.31% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,324 8,559 15,315
10th Percentile £325 £325 £357
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +0.47%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £751 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 553 523
10th Percentile £12.70 £15.03 £18.49
25th Percentile £19.00 £25.18 £26.00
Median hourly rate £34.65 £43.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.42% -18.10% +31.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £38.18
% change year-on-year -32.93% -1.77% +46.83%

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 6 July 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
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing B2B over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

B2B hourly rate histogram 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 1 (1.08%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (1.08%) CMS
1 1 (1.08%) Confluence
1 1 (1.08%) IIS
1 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.08%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.08%) InVision
2 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.08%) Sketch
2 1 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.08%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 4 (4.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.23%) Oracle Retail
2 3 (3.23%) Shopify
3 2 (2.15%) Workfront
4 1 (1.08%) Magento
4 1 (1.08%) NetSuite
4 1 (1.08%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 22 (23.66%) Azure
2 12 (12.90%) AWS
2 12 (12.90%) SaaS
3 9 (9.68%) GCP
4 7 (7.53%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (6.45%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (6.45%) Entra ID
5 6 (6.45%) Serverless
6 3 (3.23%) Azure Event Grid
6 3 (3.23%) Azure Functions
6 3 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (3.23%) BigCommerce
6 3 (3.23%) Figma
7 2 (2.15%) Azure API Management
7 2 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.15%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.08%) GitHub
8 1 (1.08%) Google App Engine
8 1 (1.08%) Google Sheets
8 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.23%) HTTPS
1 3 (3.23%) VPN
2 1 (1.08%) Firewall
2 1 (1.08%) FTP
2 1 (1.08%) HTTP
2 1 (1.08%) NaaS
2 1 (1.08%) Skype
2 1 (1.08%) SSH
2 1 (1.08%) SSL
2 1 (1.08%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.08%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.08%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.08%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.15%) Bitbucket
1 2 (2.15%) GitLab
1 2 (2.15%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.15%) JIRA
2 1 (1.08%) Axure RP
2 1 (1.08%) Git
2 1 (1.08%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (1.08%) Postman
2 1 (1.08%) Subversion
General
1 30 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 17 (18.28%) Finance
3 14 (15.05%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (15.05%) Marketing
4 11 (11.83%) Retail
5 5 (5.38%) Telecoms
6 4 (4.30%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.23%) Banking
7 3 (3.23%) German Language
7 3 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.15%) Brand Awareness
8 2 (2.15%) French Language
8 2 (2.15%) Legal
8 2 (2.15%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.08%) Advertising
9 1 (1.08%) Billing
9 1 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (15.05%) Architect
2 11 (11.83%) Developer
3 7 (7.53%) Solutions Architect
4 6 (6.45%) Project Manager
5 5 (5.38%) Consultant
5 5 (5.38%) E-Commerce Manager
5 5 (5.38%) Full-Stack Developer
5 5 (5.38%) Lead
6 4 (4.30%) Enterprise Architect
6 4 (4.30%) Product Manager
7 3 (3.23%) Analyst
7 3 (3.23%) Business Analyst
7 3 (3.23%) E-Commerce Programme Manager
7 3 (3.23%) EDI Specialist
7 3 (3.23%) Identity Management Specialist
7 3 (3.23%) Marketing Manager
7 3 (3.23%) Network Specialist
7 3 (3.23%) Product Owner
7 3 (3.23%) Programme Manager
7 3 (3.23%) Sales Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.60%) Node.js
1 8 (8.60%) React
2 7 (7.53%) EDI
3 5 (5.38%) .NET
4 4 (4.30%) FastAPI
4 4 (4.30%) OAuth
5 3 (3.23%) .NET Framework
5 3 (3.23%) cXML
5 3 (3.23%) EDIFACT
5 3 (3.23%) HTML
5 3 (3.23%) Middleware
5 3 (3.23%) Next.js
5 3 (3.23%) OpenID
5 3 (3.23%) SAML
5 3 (3.23%) VML
5 3 (3.23%) YAML
6 2 (2.15%) CSS
6 2 (2.15%) Flash
6 2 (2.15%) XML
6 2 (2.15%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.05%) Product Ownership
2 5 (5.38%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.30%) Educational Technology
3 4 (4.30%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (3.23%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.23%) Social Media
5 2 (2.15%) Blog
5 2 (2.15%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.15%) Digital Media
5 2 (2.15%) Digital Signage
5 2 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.08%) CMDB
6 1 (1.08%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.08%) TM Forum
6 1 (1.08%) Virtual Reality
6 1 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.30%) Unix
2 3 (3.23%) Linux
3 2 (2.15%) Windows
4 1 (1.08%) AIX
4 1 (1.08%) Android
4 1 (1.08%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.08%) Solaris
4 1 (1.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (25.81%) B2C
2 15 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (15.05%) E-Commerce
4 13 (13.98%) Agile
4 13 (13.98%) DevOps
4 13 (13.98%) Migration
4 13 (13.98%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (12.90%) Artificial Intelligence
6 11 (11.83%) Project Management
6 11 (11.83%) Roadmaps
7 10 (10.75%) CI/CD
7 10 (10.75%) User Experience
8 9 (9.68%) Microservices
9 8 (8.60%) B2B Sales
9 8 (8.60%) Coaching
9 8 (8.60%) Event-Driven
9 8 (8.60%) Full-Stack Development
9 8 (8.60%) Service Delivery
10 7 (7.53%) Infrastructure as Code
10 7 (7.53%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.75%) JavaScript
1 10 (10.75%) Python
2 8 (8.60%) TypeScript
3 5 (5.38%) ActionScript
3 5 (5.38%) ActionScript 2.0
4 4 (4.30%) PowerShell
5 3 (3.23%) C#
6 2 (2.15%) Java
6 2 (2.15%) Korn
6 2 (2.15%) SQL
7 1 (1.08%) Apex Code
7 1 (1.08%) Bash
7 1 (1.08%) C
7 1 (1.08%) Groovy
7 1 (1.08%) Perl
7 1 (1.08%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (9.68%) Degree
2 4 (4.30%) Azure Certification
3 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.15%) IBM Certification
4 2 (2.15%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.08%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.23%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.08%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.08%) GDPR
2 1 (1.08%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.08%) QA
2 1 (1.08%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (6.45%) Active Directory
1 6 (6.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.45%) Single Sign-On
1 6 (6.45%) Terraform
2 4 (4.30%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.15%) Grafana
3 2 (2.15%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.08%) Ansible
4 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.08%) Nagios
4 1 (1.08%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.08%) Puppet
4 1 (1.08%) SCOM
Vendors
1 12 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.83%) Salesforce
2 11 (11.83%) SAP
3 5 (5.38%) Adobe
3 5 (5.38%) Google
3 5 (5.38%) IBM
3 5 (5.38%) Oracle
4 3 (3.23%) Ariba
4 3 (3.23%) CyberArk
4 3 (3.23%) IBM Sterling
4 3 (3.23%) Sitecore
5 2 (2.15%) Facebook
5 2 (2.15%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.08%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.08%) ForgeRock
6 1 (1.08%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.08%) Marketo
6 1 (1.08%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.08%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.08%) Splunk