B2B Contracts

Business-to-Business (B2B)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for B2B skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited B2B over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 313 375 401
Rank change year-on-year +62 +26 -13
Contract jobs citing B2B 282 345 560
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.62% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.69% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 207 368
10th Percentile £238 £348 £375
25th Percentile £441 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £564
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -6.87% +12.75%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £675
90th Percentile £675 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 6
10th Percentile £13.31 £33.50 £25.38
25th Percentile £15.31 £44.00 £41.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £46.00 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% -5.26% +76.56%
75th Percentile £40.63 £53.88 £58.97
90th Percentile £68.75 £61.63 £64.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.27 - £11.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

B2B 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 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

B2B
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing B2B as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for B2B in the UK

B2B
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing B2B.

Daily rate trend for B2B in the UK

B2B
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing B2B over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for B2B in the UK

B2B
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing B2B.

Hourly rate trend for B2B in the UK

B2B
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing B2B over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for B2B in the UK

B2B
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing B2B within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 +55 258 £513 -4.65% 786
London +81 152 £545 +1.40% 337
Work from Home +59 106 £513 -4.65% 350
UK excluding London +10 104 £513 +2.50% 419
South East -5 59 £513 -9.89% 115
North of England +12 20 £400 -20.00% 138
East of England +16 14 £550 +38.54% 45
North West +12 13 £538 +7.50% 89
Scotland +39 4 £475 +72.73% 9
North East - 4 £190 - 8
Midlands +15 3 £238 -53.43% 75
Yorkshire +12 3 £432 -13.60% 43
West Midlands +9 3 £238 -46.63% 40
South West -1 3 - - 41
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

B2B
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 6 (2.13%) CMS
2 5 (1.77%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.06%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (1.06%) Confluence
3 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.71%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.35%) Appian
5 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (4.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.77%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (1.06%) Sketch
6 2 (0.71%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.71%) InVision
6 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.71%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.35%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.35%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.35%) Final Cut Pro
7 1 (0.35%) InDesign
7 1 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 28 (9.93%) Shopify
2 14 (4.96%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (3.90%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.77%) SAP CO
4 5 (1.77%) SAP FI
4 5 (1.77%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.71%) Magento
5 2 (0.71%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.71%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.35%) Maximo
6 1 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.35%) WebTrends
6 1 (0.35%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.35%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 41 (14.54%) Azure
2 33 (11.70%) SaaS
3 26 (9.22%) BigCommerce
4 24 (8.51%) AWS
5 17 (6.03%) Figma
6 16 (5.67%) Power Platform
7 14 (4.96%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (4.61%) GCP
9 10 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (3.19%) Entra ID
10 9 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (2.84%) PaaS
11 8 (2.84%) Serverless
11 8 (2.84%) Snowflake
12 6 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (2.13%) GitHub
12 6 (2.13%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 5 (1.77%) IaaS
13 5 (1.77%) Mimecast
14 4 (1.42%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 25 (8.87%) DMZ
2 9 (3.19%) Firewall
3 6 (2.13%) Radio Access Network
4 5 (1.77%) 5G
4 5 (1.77%) SMS
5 4 (1.42%) 3G
5 4 (1.42%) 4G
6 3 (1.06%) VoIP
6 3 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.71%) FTP
8 1 (0.35%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.19%) Power BI
2 8 (2.84%) MySQL
3 6 (2.13%) Data Lake
3 6 (2.13%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.77%) Big Data
5 4 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.06%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.71%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.71%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.35%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.35%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.35%) Metadata
8 1 (0.35%) NonStop SQL
8 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (2.84%) Git
2 6 (2.13%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.13%) Maven
3 5 (1.77%) JIRA
4 2 (0.71%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.71%) Gradle
4 2 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (0.71%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.35%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.35%) GitLab
5 1 (0.35%) gulp
5 1 (0.35%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 78 (27.66%) Marketing
2 71 (25.18%) Social Skills
3 43 (15.25%) Finance
4 38 (13.48%) Retail
5 33 (11.70%) Banking
6 24 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (3.90%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.19%) German Language
9 9 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (3.19%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.84%) French Language
11 7 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.77%) Legal
12 5 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.77%) Publishing
13 4 (1.42%) Advertising
14 3 (1.06%) Automotive
14 3 (1.06%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 52 (18.44%) Senior
2 36 (12.77%) Analyst
3 32 (11.35%) Architect
4 28 (9.93%) Network Engineer
5 25 (8.87%) Senior Network Engineer
6 24 (8.51%) Developer
7 23 (8.16%) Designer
8 17 (6.03%) Business Analyst
8 17 (6.03%) Consultant
9 16 (5.67%) Product Manager
10 13 (4.61%) Lead
10 13 (4.61%) UX Designer
11 12 (4.26%) Project Manager
12 11 (3.90%) Salesforce Architect
12 11 (3.90%) Senior Manager
13 10 (3.55%) Solutions Architect
14 8 (2.84%) Marketing Manager
15 6 (2.13%) Desktop Support
15 6 (2.13%) Programme Manager
15 6 (2.13%) UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.80%) VML
2 11 (3.90%) React
3 10 (3.55%) AngularJS
3 10 (3.55%) CSS
4 8 (2.84%) HTML
4 8 (2.84%) Lightning Web Components
4 8 (2.84%) REST
4 8 (2.84%) RESTful
4 8 (2.84%) Web Services
5 6 (2.13%) Node.js
6 5 (1.77%) jQuery
6 5 (1.77%) Spring
7 4 (1.42%) .NET
7 4 (1.42%) IDoc
7 4 (1.42%) Sass
7 4 (1.42%) XML
8 3 (1.06%) OAuth
8 3 (1.06%) OpenID
8 3 (1.06%) Spring MVC
8 3 (1.06%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.26%) Social Media
2 11 (3.90%) Product Ownership
3 10 (3.55%) Data Centre
4 8 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.48%) FMCG
5 7 (2.48%) IoT
5 7 (2.48%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.13%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.42%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.42%) EPoS
8 3 (1.06%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.06%) Graphic Design
8 3 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.06%) Marketing Technology
8 3 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.71%) Contactless
9 2 (0.71%) Digital Wallet
9 2 (0.71%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.71%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.03%) Windows
2 4 (1.42%) Linux
2 4 (1.42%) Unix
3 3 (1.06%) Android
4 2 (0.71%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (18.09%) Agile
2 42 (14.89%) Migration
3 36 (12.77%) User Experience
4 35 (12.41%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (11.70%) E-Commerce
6 29 (10.28%) B2C
6 29 (10.28%) CRM
6 29 (10.28%) DevOps
7 27 (9.57%) Customer Acquisition
8 26 (9.22%) Analytics
9 24 (8.51%) Project Management
9 24 (8.51%) Roadmaps
10 23 (8.16%) UX Design
11 21 (7.45%) Customer Experience
11 21 (7.45%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (7.09%) Project Delivery
13 19 (6.74%) Technology Strategy
14 15 (5.32%) Decision-Making
14 15 (5.32%) ERP
14 15 (5.32%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (6.74%) SQL
2 16 (5.67%) TypeScript
3 14 (4.96%) Python
4 11 (3.90%) Java
4 11 (3.90%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.84%) C#
6 6 (2.13%) PHP
7 5 (1.77%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.42%) VBA
9 3 (1.06%) Bash
9 3 (1.06%) Go
9 3 (1.06%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.71%) C
10 2 (0.71%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.71%) Objective-C
10 2 (0.71%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.71%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.71%) Swift
11 1 (0.35%) Bicep
11 1 (0.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 27 (9.57%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (7.45%) Degree
3 9 (3.19%) SC Cleared
3 9 (3.19%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.77%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.42%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.42%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (0.71%) CCNA
6 2 (0.71%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.71%) MBA
7 1 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.35%) CBAP
7 1 (0.35%) CSPO
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.35%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.26%) QA
2 9 (3.19%) SLA
3 7 (2.48%) GDPR
4 5 (1.77%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.42%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.42%) PSD2
6 3 (1.06%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.71%) PMO
8 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.35%) GxP
System Software
1 10 (3.55%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.06%) zsh
3 1 (0.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (2.48%) Terraform
2 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.06%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.71%) Ansible
5 1 (0.35%) CASB
5 1 (0.35%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 51 (18.09%) Salesforce
2 48 (17.02%) SAP
3 40 (14.18%) Microsoft
4 30 (10.64%) CheckPoint
4 30 (10.64%) Cisco
5 29 (10.28%) Adobe
6 27 (9.57%) Arista
7 26 (9.22%) Sitecore
8 12 (4.26%) Dell
8 12 (4.26%) Intel
9 11 (3.90%) Google
10 5 (1.77%) Databricks
11 4 (1.42%) Apple
11 4 (1.42%) FIS
12 3 (1.06%) Aruba
12 3 (1.06%) Citrix
12 3 (1.06%) F5
12 3 (1.06%) IBM
12 3 (1.06%) Informatica
12 3 (1.06%) Meraki