B2B Jobs in the South West

Business-to-Business (B2B)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring B2B skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited B2B over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 131 203
Rank change year-on-year +19 +72 +63
Permanent jobs citing B2B 69 188 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.95% 1.92% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 2.36% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 23 87 20
10th Percentile £26,450 £25,000 £30,950
25th Percentile £28,125 £26,125 £34,425
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -21.05% -29.63%
75th Percentile £75,000 £54,375 £60,625
90th Percentile £87,250 £73,500 £72,125
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -25.00% -4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,300 7,971 6,271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 93.04% 81.38% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,860 5,719 3,481
10th Percentile £27,225 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -6.48% +8.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £69,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

B2B
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing B2B as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for B2B in the South West

B2B
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing B2B in the South West.

Salary trend for B2B in the South West

B2B
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing B2B in the South West over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for B2B in the South West

B2B
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing B2B within the South West region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Devon -14 43 £85,000 +78.95% 13
Bristol +56 12 £30,000 -40.00% 24
Somerset +10 7 £63,750 +77.08% 15
Gloucestershire +63 5 £27,500 - 14
Dorset +21 2 £80,000 +146.15% 14
Cornwall +2 2 £85,000 -37.04%
Wiltshire - 1 - - 11
B2B
England

B2B
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (4.35%) CMS
2 1 (1.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.45%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.70%) SaaS
2 4 (5.80%) GitHub
3 3 (4.35%) Google Ads
4 2 (2.90%) Azure
5 1 (1.45%) AWS
5 1 (1.45%) Azure AI
5 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (1.45%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.45%) IaaS
5 1 (1.45%) PaaS
5 1 (1.45%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 21 (30.43%) SD-WAN
1 21 (30.43%) WAN
2 20 (28.99%) 5G
3 4 (5.80%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.45%) DNS
4 1 (1.45%) Firewall
4 1 (1.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.45%) MySQL
1 1 (1.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (26.09%) JIRA
2 5 (7.25%) Git
3 4 (5.80%) LabVIEW
3 4 (5.80%) Visual Studio
General
1 34 (49.28%) Presentation Skills
1 34 (49.28%) Social Skills
2 18 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (23.19%) Electronics
4 14 (20.29%) Marketing
5 10 (14.49%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (13.04%) Retail
7 8 (11.59%) Finance
8 5 (7.25%) Brand Awareness
8 5 (7.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (7.25%) Manufacturing
9 4 (5.80%) Aerospace
9 4 (5.80%) Military
10 2 (2.90%) Advertising
10 2 (2.90%) Automotive
10 2 (2.90%) French Language
10 2 (2.90%) German Language
10 2 (2.90%) Legal
11 1 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 17 (24.64%) Support Engineer
1 17 (24.64%) Technical Engineer
1 17 (24.64%) Technical Support
1 17 (24.64%) Technical Support Engineer
2 12 (17.39%) Lead
2 12 (17.39%) Senior
3 8 (11.59%) Project Leader
3 8 (11.59%) Senior Project Leader
3 8 (11.59%) Software Project Leader
3 8 (11.59%) Technical Leader
3 8 (11.59%) Technical Project Leader
4 5 (7.25%) Marketing Manager
5 4 (5.80%) C Software Engineer
5 4 (5.80%) C++ Software Engineer
5 4 (5.80%) Electronics Engineer
5 4 (5.80%) Embedded C Engineer
5 4 (5.80%) Embedded C Software Engineer
5 4 (5.80%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (5.80%) Real Time Software Engineer
5 4 (5.80%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.80%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 20 (28.99%) Self-Driving Car
2 19 (27.54%) Satnav
3 15 (21.74%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (8.70%) GNSS
5 4 (5.80%) Onboarding
5 4 (5.80%) Social Media
6 2 (2.90%) Blog
6 2 (2.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (2.90%) FPGA
6 2 (2.90%) MicroBlaze
6 2 (2.90%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (2.90%) VHDL
7 1 (1.45%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.45%) NHS
7 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 23 (33.33%) Linux
2 6 (8.70%) Windows
3 4 (5.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (53.62%) Problem-Solving
1 37 (53.62%) Test Automation
2 23 (33.33%) CRM
3 18 (26.09%) Computer Science
4 17 (24.64%) Scenario Testing
5 16 (23.19%) Test Assurance
6 14 (20.29%) Defect Tracking
6 14 (20.29%) Requirements Analysis
7 13 (18.84%) Software Engineering
8 12 (17.39%) Innovative Thinking
8 12 (17.39%) Mentoring
8 12 (17.39%) Project Management
8 12 (17.39%) Validation
9 11 (15.94%) Agile
9 11 (15.94%) Creative Thinking
10 9 (13.04%) Project Delivery
10 9 (13.04%) Waterfall
11 8 (11.59%) Conflict Resolution
11 8 (11.59%) Lead Generation
11 8 (11.59%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.49%) C++
1 10 (14.49%) MATLAB
2 9 (13.04%) Python
3 6 (8.70%) C
4 2 (2.90%) Perl
4 2 (2.90%) Tcl
4 2 (2.90%) VB
5 1 (1.45%) Bicep
5 1 (1.45%) Java
5 1 (1.45%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.45%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (69.57%) Degree
2 21 (30.43%) HND
3 16 (23.19%) HNC
4 2 (2.90%) ACCA
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.45%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.39%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (2.90%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (2.90%) Firmware
2 1 (1.45%) Docker
2 1 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (28.99%) Salesforce
2 4 (5.80%) Intel
3 3 (4.35%) Google
3 3 (4.35%) HubSpot
4 2 (2.90%) Altera
4 2 (2.90%) Green Hills
4 2 (2.90%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.90%) Sage
4 2 (2.90%) Xilinx
5 1 (1.45%) Cribl.io
5 1 (1.45%) Databricks
5 1 (1.45%) Genesys
5 1 (1.45%) Meraki
5 1 (1.45%) Splunk