B2C Contracts with Work from Home Options

B2C (Business-to-Consumer)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 259 340 429
Rank change year-on-year +81 +89 -33
Contract jobs citing B2C 86 131 193
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.59% 0.54% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.60% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 93 137
10th Percentile £408 £400 £400
25th Percentile £453 £500 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £670
90th Percentile £723 £702 £838
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £35.00 £67.36
% change year-on-year - -48.04% +49.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,882 21,904 40,173
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.65% 91.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,678 15,514 29,175
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +3.81% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 570 507 533
10th Percentile £14.83 £18.58 £14.30
25th Percentile £24.06 £26.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +37.60% +58.98%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year - +40.19% +7.00%

B2C
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing B2C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

B2C trend for jobs with a WFH option

B2C
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing B2C.

B2C daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

B2C
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing B2C over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

B2C daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

B2C
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing B2C.

B2C hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

B2C
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 7 (8.14%) CMS
2 6 (6.98%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (4.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (4.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (4.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.33%) SAP Hybris
2 2 (2.33%) Shopify
3 1 (1.16%) Magento
3 1 (1.16%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 37 (43.02%) Azure
2 28 (32.56%) Entra ID
3 27 (31.40%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (9.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 8 (9.30%) PaaS
5 7 (8.14%) IaaS
6 6 (6.98%) Azure API Management
6 6 (6.98%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (6.98%) Azure Key Vault
6 6 (6.98%) Azure Logic Apps
6 6 (6.98%) Azure Monitor
6 6 (6.98%) Azure Service Bus
6 6 (6.98%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (6.98%) Serverless
7 5 (5.81%) Azure Functions
7 5 (5.81%) SaaS
8 3 (3.49%) GCP
8 3 (3.49%) GitHub
9 2 (2.33%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 2 (2.33%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.65%) FIX Connectivity
1 4 (4.65%) Internet
2 1 (1.16%) DNS
2 1 (1.16%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (27.91%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.81%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (5.81%) Redis
3 4 (4.65%) NoSQL
4 3 (3.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.16%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.16%) MySQL
5 1 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (17.44%) JIRA
2 9 (10.47%) Visual Studio
3 4 (4.65%) Git
3 4 (4.65%) Selenium
3 4 (4.65%) SpecFlow
3 4 (4.65%) TeamCity
3 4 (4.65%) WebDriver
4 3 (3.49%) Jenkins
General
1 28 (32.56%) Social Skills
2 22 (25.58%) Marketing
3 7 (8.14%) Manufacturing
3 7 (8.14%) Retail
4 5 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.65%) Front Office
6 3 (3.49%) Finance
6 3 (3.49%) French Language
6 3 (3.49%) German Language
6 3 (3.49%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.33%) Back Office
7 2 (2.33%) Billing
7 2 (2.33%) Health Technology
7 2 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.33%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.16%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 29 (33.72%) Developer
2 21 (24.42%) Senior
3 15 (17.44%) Analyst
4 14 (16.28%) Azure Developer
4 14 (16.28%) Senior Developer
5 11 (12.79%) Backend Developer
6 10 (11.63%) Architect
6 10 (11.63%) Business Analyst
7 9 (10.47%) Project Manager
7 9 (10.47%) Senior Backend Developer
8 8 (9.30%) Software Developer
9 7 (8.14%) C# Developer
10 5 (5.81%) Consultant
10 5 (5.81%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (5.81%) Technical Architect
11 4 (4.65%) Credit Analyst
11 4 (4.65%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
11 4 (4.65%) Senior Analyst
11 4 (4.65%) Senior C# Developer
11 4 (4.65%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (34.88%) .NET
2 27 (31.40%) XML
3 14 (16.28%) AngularJS
4 13 (15.12%) REST
5 12 (13.95%) .NET Core
6 9 (10.47%) OAuth
6 9 (10.47%) OpenID
7 8 (9.30%) .NET Framework
8 7 (8.14%) React
9 6 (6.98%) ARM Templates
9 6 (6.98%) CSS
9 6 (6.98%) HTML
9 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Graph
9 6 (6.98%) SAML
10 5 (5.81%) SOAP
11 4 (4.65%) ASP.NET
11 4 (4.65%) ASP.NET Core
11 4 (4.65%) FIX Protocol
11 4 (4.65%) JSON
12 1 (1.16%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.95%) Mobile App
2 11 (12.79%) Product Ownership
2 11 (12.79%) Video\Live Streaming
3 8 (9.30%) Over-the-Top Content
4 4 (4.65%) Derivative
4 4 (4.65%) Fixed Income
5 3 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.33%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.16%) Contactless
7 1 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.16%) Mobile Payment
7 1 (1.16%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.65%) Unix
2 1 (1.16%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (44.19%) Agile
2 35 (40.70%) Scrum
3 29 (33.72%) DevOps
4 25 (29.07%) CI/CD
5 16 (18.60%) B2B
6 15 (17.44%) User Experience
7 14 (16.28%) E-Commerce
8 13 (15.12%) SDLC
9 12 (13.95%) Digital Marketing
9 12 (13.95%) Project Management
10 11 (12.79%) CRM
11 10 (11.63%) Business Analysis
12 9 (10.47%) Test Automation
13 8 (9.30%) Performance Metrics
13 8 (9.30%) Project Delivery
14 7 (8.14%) Software Engineering
14 7 (8.14%) User Acceptance Testing
15 6 (6.98%) Content Management
15 6 (6.98%) Stakeholder Management
15 6 (6.98%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 27 (31.40%) C#
2 26 (30.23%) PowerShell
3 16 (18.60%) JavaScript
4 13 (15.12%) Bicep
5 12 (13.95%) SQL
6 7 (8.14%) TypeScript
7 6 (6.98%) Java
8 3 (3.49%) Bash
9 1 (1.16%) C++
9 1 (1.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (5.81%) Degree
2 1 (1.16%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.65%) PMO
1 4 (4.65%) QA
2 3 (3.49%) GDPR
3 1 (1.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (24.42%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.49%) zsh
3 1 (1.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.33%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (26.74%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.98%) MuleSoft
3 4 (4.65%) Bloomberg
3 4 (4.65%) ION Trading
3 4 (4.65%) MarketAxess
3 4 (4.65%) Tradeweb
4 3 (3.49%) Google
4 3 (3.49%) SAP
5 2 (2.33%) Okta
5 2 (2.33%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.16%) BMC
6 1 (1.16%) CA
6 1 (1.16%) Databricks
6 1 (1.16%) IBM
6 1 (1.16%) Novell
6 1 (1.16%) OneTrust
6 1 (1.16%) Remedy
6 1 (1.16%) ServiceNow