Business-to-Business (B2B)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for B2B skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 257 256 202
Rank change year-on-year -1 -54 +43
Permanent jobs citing B2B 1,161 1,354 3,495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.11% 1.43% 2.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.50% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 827 885 1,055
10th Percentile £25,900 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £46,570 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £50,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year -23.00% -5.21% +5.50%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for B2B in the UK

B2B
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for B2B in the UK

B2B
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +8 1,065 £45,000 -25.00% 786
UK excluding London +39 877 £38,500 -23.00% 419
Work from Home -44 401 £50,000 -9.09% 350
London -69 235 £71,092 +9.37% 337
South East -69 205 £37,500 -22.98% 115
South West +72 187 £37,500 -21.05% 41
North of England +78 185 £41,234 -31.28% 138
Midlands +74 177 £40,060 -19.88% 75
West Midlands +61 124 £35,000 -30.00% 40
North West +15 93 £41,234 -25.03% 89
Yorkshire +83 76 £40,750 -34.80% 43
East of England -14 68 £40,500 -29.57% 45
East Midlands +5 53 £62,500 +25.00% 35
Scotland -60 44 £33,750 -34.15% 9
North East +1 16 £37,500 -57.75% 8
Wales +5 9 £53,409 +41.07% 9
Northern Ireland +16 2 £95,000 +119.65%

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 40 (3.45%) CMS
2 31 (2.67%) SharePoint
3 25 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 22 (1.89%) WordPress
5 10 (0.86%) Confluence
6 8 (0.69%) Anypoint
6 8 (0.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 8 (0.69%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.43%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (0.34%) SAS
8 4 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.26%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.26%) Drupal
9 3 (0.26%) IIS
10 2 (0.17%) Apache
10 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.17%) Joomla!
10 2 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 89 (7.67%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (1.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 15 (1.29%) Photoshop
6 13 (1.12%) Adobe Illustrator
7 12 (1.03%) InDesign
8 8 (0.69%) Adobe After Effects
8 8 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
9 6 (0.52%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.34%) SPSS
11 3 (0.26%) Sketch
12 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.17%) Avid Media Composer
12 2 (0.17%) Final Cut Pro
12 2 (0.17%) Notion
13 1 (0.086%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.086%) Chatbot
13 1 (0.086%) Trello
Business Applications
1 48 (4.13%) Salesforce CRM
2 29 (2.50%) Shopify
3 21 (1.81%) Magento
4 5 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.43%) SAP GTS
5 4 (0.34%) CA PPM
5 4 (0.34%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.26%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 3 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.26%) SAP CX
7 2 (0.17%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 2 (0.17%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.17%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.086%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.086%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 159 (13.70%) SaaS
2 105 (9.04%) Azure
3 75 (6.46%) AWS
4 48 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (2.84%) Power Platform
6 23 (1.98%) Figma
7 20 (1.72%) Entra ID
8 19 (1.64%) GitHub
9 16 (1.38%) Google Analytics
10 14 (1.21%) OneDrive
11 13 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (0.95%) GCP
13 10 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (0.86%) Serverless
14 9 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
14 9 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
15 8 (0.69%) Google Ads
15 8 (0.69%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 47 (4.05%) WAN
2 44 (3.79%) 5G
3 38 (3.27%) SD-WAN
4 35 (3.01%) Firewall
5 29 (2.50%) VPN
6 21 (1.81%) Internet
7 19 (1.64%) Wireless
8 17 (1.46%) DNS
9 16 (1.38%) Extranet
10 15 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (1.12%) Broadband
12 12 (1.03%) TCP/IP
13 11 (0.95%) HTTP
14 9 (0.78%) LAN
14 9 (0.78%) Structured Cabling
15 8 (0.69%) SMTP
16 7 (0.60%) Intranet
16 7 (0.60%) VLAN
17 6 (0.52%) Bluetooth
17 6 (0.52%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (2.67%) Power BI
2 26 (2.24%) SQL Server
3 17 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (1.29%) MySQL
5 14 (1.21%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.12%) Redis
7 10 (0.86%) Tableau
8 9 (0.78%) MS Access
9 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.34%) Big Data
10 4 (0.34%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.34%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.26%) GIS
11 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.17%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.17%) DB2
12 2 (0.17%) DTS
12 2 (0.17%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 38 (3.27%) JIRA
2 29 (2.50%) Git
3 24 (2.07%) Visual Studio
4 9 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.69%) LabVIEW
6 3 (0.26%) webpack
7 2 (0.17%) Bower
7 2 (0.17%) eggPlant
7 2 (0.17%) gulp
7 2 (0.17%) Moq
8 1 (0.086%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.086%) Grunt
8 1 (0.086%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.086%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.086%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.086%) TeamCity
General
1 446 (38.42%) Social Skills
2 338 (29.11%) Marketing
3 156 (13.44%) Finance
4 128 (11.02%) Retail
5 120 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
6 105 (9.04%) Telecoms
7 69 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 68 (5.86%) Organisational Skills
9 55 (4.74%) Presentation Skills
10 45 (3.88%) Legal
11 35 (3.01%) Brand Awareness
12 31 (2.67%) Electronics
13 28 (2.41%) Law
14 22 (1.89%) Games
15 20 (1.72%) Publishing
16 19 (1.64%) Banking
17 17 (1.46%) Advertising
18 15 (1.29%) German Language
19 12 (1.03%) Manufacturing
20 9 (0.78%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 131 (11.28%) Developer
2 120 (10.34%) Senior
3 87 (7.49%) Development Manager
4 79 (6.80%) Lead
5 73 (6.29%) Business Development Manager
5 73 (6.29%) Business Manager
6 52 (4.48%) Analyst
7 50 (4.31%) Project Manager
8 44 (3.79%) Designer
9 39 (3.36%) Product Manager
10 38 (3.27%) Consultant
11 37 (3.19%) Junior
12 35 (3.01%) Architect
13 33 (2.84%) Software Engineer
14 32 (2.76%) Account Manager
15 30 (2.58%) Business Development Executive
15 30 (2.58%) Senior Manager
16 28 (2.41%) Senior Developer
17 27 (2.33%) Project Consultant
18 26 (2.24%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (4.74%) HTML
2 47 (4.05%) .NET
3 38 (3.27%) CSS
4 35 (3.01%) React
5 24 (2.07%) EDI
5 24 (2.07%) JSON
6 23 (1.98%) Web Services
6 23 (1.98%) XML
7 16 (1.38%) Laravel
8 15 (1.29%) Node.js
9 14 (1.21%) ASP.NET
10 13 (1.12%) REST
11 12 (1.03%) EDIFACT
11 12 (1.03%) Kafka
11 12 (1.03%) SOAP
11 12 (1.03%) Spring Boot
12 11 (0.95%) .NET Framework
12 11 (0.95%) AngularJS
13 10 (0.86%) Middleware
13 10 (0.86%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 111 (9.56%) Self-Motivation
2 67 (5.77%) Social Media
3 66 (5.68%) Driving Licence
4 50 (4.31%) Product Ownership
5 36 (3.10%) GNSS
6 30 (2.58%) Blog
7 22 (1.89%) Onboarding
8 21 (1.81%) Graphic Design
9 20 (1.72%) Credit Risk
10 19 (1.64%) Management Information System
11 15 (1.29%) Mobile App
12 14 (1.21%) Animation
12 14 (1.21%) Data Centre
13 13 (1.12%) Tandem
14 12 (1.03%) Client/Server
14 12 (1.03%) EPoS
14 12 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
15 11 (0.95%) FPGA
16 9 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
17 8 (0.69%) MicroBlaze
Operating Systems
1 76 (6.55%) Windows
2 63 (5.43%) Linux
3 17 (1.46%) Unix
4 15 (1.29%) Android
4 15 (1.29%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.03%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.69%) Debian
7 7 (0.60%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.26%) SUSE
8 3 (0.26%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 3 (0.26%) VMS
9 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (16.88%) Agile
2 181 (15.59%) CRM
3 166 (14.30%) Problem-Solving
4 165 (14.21%) Project Management
5 161 (13.87%) Business Development
6 147 (12.66%) Customer Service
7 133 (11.46%) Decision-Making
8 129 (11.11%) B2C
9 106 (9.13%) E-Commerce
10 105 (9.04%) B2B Sales
11 90 (7.75%) Customer Experience
12 84 (7.24%) Roadmaps
13 80 (6.89%) Computer Science
14 77 (6.63%) Project Delivery
15 75 (6.46%) Test Automation
16 71 (6.12%) Analytics
17 67 (5.77%) Digital Marketing
18 66 (5.68%) Software Engineering
19 64 (5.51%) Product Management
19 64 (5.51%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 87 (7.49%) SQL
2 64 (5.51%) JavaScript
3 60 (5.17%) Python
4 44 (3.79%) C++
5 38 (3.27%) C
6 34 (2.93%) PHP
7 32 (2.76%) C#
8 26 (2.24%) Java
9 23 (1.98%) Perl
9 23 (1.98%) VB
10 20 (1.72%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.64%) Bash
11 19 (1.64%) MATLAB
11 19 (1.64%) TypeScript
12 15 (1.29%) Go
13 11 (0.95%) R
14 10 (0.86%) RPG
14 10 (0.86%) VB.NET
14 10 (0.86%) VBA
15 8 (0.69%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 274 (23.60%) Degree
2 36 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 23 (1.98%) HND
4 15 (1.29%) Master's Degree
5 10 (0.86%) MBA
6 6 (0.52%) CISSP
7 5 (0.43%) PMP
7 5 (0.43%) Security Cleared
8 4 (0.34%) CEH
8 4 (0.34%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.26%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.17%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.17%) ISEB
10 2 (0.17%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.17%) MCSA
11 1 (0.086%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.086%) CCNP
11 1 (0.086%) CCSE
11 1 (0.086%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (5.08%) SLA
2 38 (3.27%) PMO
3 34 (2.93%) QA
4 16 (1.38%) GDPR
5 13 (1.12%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.69%) IFRS
7 7 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (0.60%) ISO 9001
8 6 (0.52%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.43%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.26%) JTAG
11 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.086%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.086%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 28 (2.41%) Docker
2 25 (2.15%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.38%) Embedded Firmware
3 16 (1.38%) Firmware
4 12 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.26%) Ceph
6 3 (0.26%) Gluster
6 3 (0.26%) KVM
6 3 (0.26%) oVirt
6 3 (0.26%) VMware Server
6 3 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.086%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (1.98%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.34%) Ansible
4 3 (0.26%) Graylog
4 3 (0.26%) Observium
4 3 (0.26%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.26%) Puppet
4 3 (0.26%) Terraform
4 3 (0.26%) ZABBIX
5 2 (0.17%) SQL Sentry
6 1 (0.086%) Autotask
6 1 (0.086%) Nagios
Vendors
1 173 (14.90%) Microsoft
2 117 (10.08%) Salesforce
3 67 (5.77%) SAP
4 45 (3.88%) Adobe
5 31 (2.67%) Google
6 19 (1.64%) Oracle
7 13 (1.12%) IBM
8 12 (1.03%) Cisco
9 11 (0.95%) BT
9 11 (0.95%) Cadence
10 10 (0.86%) Apple
10 10 (0.86%) MuleSoft
11 9 (0.78%) Computacenter
12 8 (0.69%) Altera
12 8 (0.69%) Apttus
12 8 (0.69%) Green Hills
12 8 (0.69%) Motorola
12 8 (0.69%) Virgin Media
12 8 (0.69%) Xilinx
13 7 (0.60%) Meraki