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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 439 519
Rank change year-on-year +54 +80 -30
Contract jobs citing B2C 202 256 359
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.45% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.50% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 175 252
10th Percentile £401 £400 £413
25th Percentile £450 £463 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £698 £823
UK excluding London median daily rate £519 £550 £506
% change year-on-year -5.68% +8.64% +1.25%
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 36,679 51,168 79,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.19% 89.82% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,608 35,479 55,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £479
% change year-on-year - +4.38% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,692 1,900
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.94 £16.10 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.21%

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 16 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 16 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 +76 190 £513 -6.82% 171
London +108 135 £513 -9.49% 93
Work from Home +88 89 £500 -9.09% 99
UK excluding London +17 54 £519 -5.68% 80
South East +4 32 £525 -12.50% 26
North of England +5 9 £500 +5.26% 31
North West +9 8 £500 +5.26% 23
East of England +13 6 £485 +12.79% 5
Scotland +37 4 £650 - 3
Midlands +29 3 £448 +5.29% 10
West Midlands +27 2 £400 -5.88% 4
Yorkshire +3 1 - - 7
South West -3 1 £575 +4.55% 7
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 12 (5.94%) CMS
2 6 (2.97%) Confluence
3 3 (1.49%) WordPress
4 2 (0.99%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.50%) Drupal
Applications
1 6 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (2.97%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.49%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (1.49%) InDesign
3 3 (1.49%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.99%) Magento
2 2 (0.99%) SAP Hybris
2 2 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.99%) Shopify
3 1 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.50%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 96 (47.52%) Azure
2 76 (37.62%) Azure DevOps
3 75 (37.13%) Entra ID
4 23 (11.39%) PaaS
5 20 (9.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 19 (9.41%) Azure Service Bus
7 13 (6.44%) SaaS
8 12 (5.94%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (5.45%) Azure Monitor
9 11 (5.45%) Serverless
10 10 (4.95%) Azure Functions
10 10 (4.95%) Azure Key Vault
10 10 (4.95%) Azure Logic Apps
11 9 (4.46%) IaaS
12 8 (3.96%) AWS
13 7 (3.47%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (2.97%) Azure API Management
15 5 (2.48%) GCP
15 5 (2.48%) Power Platform
15 5 (2.48%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.98%) FIX Connectivity
1 4 (1.98%) Internet
2 2 (0.99%) 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 (34.65%) SQL Server
2 17 (8.42%) Redis
3 10 (4.95%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (3.96%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.99%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.99%) MySQL
6 2 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.50%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.50%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (9.41%) Visual Studio
2 17 (8.42%) JIRA
3 11 (5.45%) Selenium
3 11 (5.45%) SpecFlow
3 11 (5.45%) WebDriver
4 7 (3.47%) Git
5 4 (1.98%) TeamCity
6 3 (1.49%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.50%) Hudson
7 1 (0.50%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.50%) WiX
General
1 53 (26.24%) Social Skills
2 39 (19.31%) Marketing
3 18 (8.91%) Public Sector
4 16 (7.92%) Retail
5 14 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (4.95%) Manufacturing
7 9 (4.46%) Finance
8 7 (3.47%) Legal
9 6 (2.97%) Health Technology
9 6 (2.97%) Law
10 5 (2.48%) Local Government
10 5 (2.48%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (2.48%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.98%) Billing
11 4 (1.98%) Front Office
11 4 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.49%) Advertising
12 3 (1.49%) Back Office
12 3 (1.49%) French Language
12 3 (1.49%) German Language
Job Titles
1 68 (33.66%) Developer
2 67 (33.17%) Senior
3 39 (19.31%) Senior Developer
4 30 (14.85%) Backend Developer
5 29 (14.36%) Analyst
6 25 (12.38%) Azure Developer
7 22 (10.89%) Senior Backend Developer
8 20 (9.90%) Architect
9 18 (8.91%) Software Developer
10 16 (7.92%) Business Analyst
11 14 (6.93%) Senior Software Developer
12 12 (5.94%) C# Developer
12 12 (5.94%) Project Manager
13 11 (5.45%) Senior Analyst
14 10 (4.95%) Senior Test Analyst
14 10 (4.95%) Solutions Architect
14 10 (4.95%) Test Analyst
15 9 (4.46%) Consultant
15 9 (4.46%) Senior C# Developer
15 9 (4.46%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (38.61%) .NET
2 73 (36.14%) XML
3 35 (17.33%) .NET Core
3 35 (17.33%) AngularJS
4 29 (14.36%) .NET Framework
5 22 (10.89%) React
6 21 (10.40%) HTML
7 20 (9.90%) REST
8 19 (9.41%) CSS
9 15 (7.43%) ASP.NET
9 15 (7.43%) ASP.NET Core
9 15 (7.43%) OAuth
9 15 (7.43%) OpenID
10 11 (5.45%) ARM Templates
11 10 (4.95%) SOAP
12 9 (4.46%) SAML
13 8 (3.96%) JSON
14 6 (2.97%) Microsoft Graph
15 4 (1.98%) FIX Protocol
15 4 (1.98%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (19.80%) Product Ownership
2 15 (7.43%) Mobile App
3 11 (5.45%) Video\Live Streaming
4 8 (3.96%) Over-the-Top Content
5 7 (3.47%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.97%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.48%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.98%) Derivative
8 4 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.98%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.98%) Mobile Payment
9 3 (1.49%) Animation
9 3 (1.49%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.49%) Graphic Design
10 2 (0.99%) Acoustics
11 1 (0.50%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.50%) Contactless
11 1 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.98%) Linux
1 4 (1.98%) Unix
2 1 (0.50%) Android
2 1 (0.50%) Windows
2 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (47.52%) Agile
2 82 (40.59%) Scrum
3 80 (39.60%) DevOps
4 72 (35.64%) CI/CD
5 30 (14.85%) B2B
6 23 (11.39%) E-Commerce
7 22 (10.89%) User Experience
8 18 (8.91%) Test Automation
9 17 (8.42%) Digital Marketing
10 16 (7.92%) Project Delivery
10 16 (7.92%) Software Engineering
11 15 (7.43%) CRM
11 15 (7.43%) Roadmaps
11 15 (7.43%) SDLC
12 14 (6.93%) Project Management
13 12 (5.94%) Collaborative Working
14 11 (5.45%) Performance Testing
15 10 (4.95%) Business Analysis
15 10 (4.95%) Data Protection
15 10 (4.95%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 75 (37.13%) C#
2 72 (35.64%) PowerShell
3 36 (17.82%) Bicep
4 29 (14.36%) JavaScript
5 21 (10.40%) SQL
6 19 (9.41%) TypeScript
7 6 (2.97%) Java
8 3 (1.49%) Bash
9 2 (0.99%) PHP
9 2 (0.99%) Python
9 2 (0.99%) Ruby
10 1 (0.50%) ABAP
10 1 (0.50%) C++
Qualifications
1 12 (5.94%) Degree
2 7 (3.47%) ISEB
3 6 (2.97%) SC Cleared
3 6 (2.97%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.99%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.99%) Master's Degree
4 2 (0.99%) MBA
5 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.44%) GDPR
2 8 (3.96%) QA
3 4 (1.98%) PMO
4 2 (0.99%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.50%) SLA
5 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 68 (33.66%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.49%) zsh
3 1 (0.50%) Docker
3 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (5.45%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (2.97%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.48%) Terraform
4 2 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 79 (39.11%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.47%) MuleSoft
3 6 (2.97%) SAP
4 5 (2.48%) Google
5 4 (1.98%) Bloomberg
5 4 (1.98%) ION Trading
5 4 (1.98%) MarketAxess
5 4 (1.98%) Tradeweb
6 3 (1.49%) Adobe
6 3 (1.49%) Databricks
6 3 (1.49%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.99%) Okta
7 2 (0.99%) 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%) Remedy