B2C Contracts

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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 399 434 517
Rank change year-on-year +35 +83 -7
Contract jobs citing B2C 204 276 363
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.50% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.55% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 194 256
10th Percentile £378 £406 £413
25th Percentile £450 £491 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - +8.37%
75th Percentile £593 £644 £650
90th Percentile £700 £700 £838
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £563 £525
% change year-on-year -11.11% +7.14% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £62.92
25th Percentile - - £64.58
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £67.36
Median % change year-on-year - -48.04% +49.69%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £67.36

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 36,910 49,947 79,932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.25% 89.66% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,591 34,538 56,189
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £648
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,563 1,686 1,877
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.54 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +38.82% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

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 8 June 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 8 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 +44 197 £513 -8.89% 181
London +74 140 £513 -10.09% 89
Work from Home +60 81 £500 -13.04% 94
UK excluding London -12 55 £500 -11.11% 93
South East -10 34 £525 -12.50% 16
North of England +10 12 £500 +5.26% 40
North West +6 7 £525 +10.53% 28
Yorkshire +12 5 £400 -36.00% 10
East of England +8 5 £485 +12.79% 4
Midlands +20 3 £448 +5.29% 14
West Midlands +10 2 £400 -5.88% 10
Scotland +38 1 £550 - 4
South West -5 1 £575 -11.54% 11
East Midlands - 1 £495 - 4

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 13 (6.37%) CMS
2 6 (2.94%) Confluence
3 5 (2.45%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.98%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.98%) WordPress
5 1 (0.49%) Drupal
Applications
1 6 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (2.94%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.47%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (1.47%) InDesign
3 3 (1.47%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.98%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (0.98%) Magento
2 2 (0.98%) SAP Hybris
2 2 (0.98%) Shopify
3 1 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.49%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 97 (47.55%) Azure
2 73 (35.78%) Azure DevOps
2 73 (35.78%) Entra ID
3 21 (10.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 21 (10.29%) PaaS
4 20 (9.80%) Azure Service Bus
5 14 (6.86%) SaaS
6 13 (6.37%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (4.90%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (4.90%) IaaS
7 10 (4.90%) Serverless
8 8 (3.92%) AWS
8 8 (3.92%) Azure Functions
8 8 (3.92%) Azure Key Vault
8 8 (3.92%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (2.45%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (2.45%) Power Platform
9 5 (2.45%) SuccessFactors
10 4 (1.96%) Contentful
10 4 (1.96%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.96%) FIX Connectivity
1 4 (1.96%) Internet
2 2 (0.98%) IP Telephony
2 2 (0.98%) Kerberos
2 2 (0.98%) PBX
2 2 (0.98%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.98%) Unified Communications
2 2 (0.98%) VoIP
3 1 (0.49%) DNS
3 1 (0.49%) Firewall
3 1 (0.49%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (33.82%) SQL Server
2 17 (8.33%) Redis
3 8 (3.92%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (3.43%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.98%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.98%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.98%) MySQL
6 1 (0.49%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.49%) Power BI
6 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (8.33%) Visual Studio
2 16 (7.84%) JIRA
3 11 (5.39%) Selenium
3 11 (5.39%) SpecFlow
3 11 (5.39%) WebDriver
4 5 (2.45%) Git
5 4 (1.96%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.98%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.49%) Hudson
7 1 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 53 (25.98%) Social Skills
2 39 (19.12%) Marketing
3 20 (9.80%) Retail
4 16 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (6.86%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.90%) Finance
7 9 (4.41%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.43%) Legal
9 6 (2.94%) Health Technology
9 6 (2.94%) Law
10 5 (2.45%) Local Government
10 5 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (2.45%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.96%) Front Office
11 4 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.47%) Advertising
12 3 (1.47%) Automotive
12 3 (1.47%) Back Office
12 3 (1.47%) German Language
13 2 (0.98%) Billing
Job Titles
1 71 (34.80%) Developer
2 68 (33.33%) Senior
3 41 (20.10%) Senior Developer
4 30 (14.71%) Backend Developer
5 28 (13.73%) Analyst
6 26 (12.75%) Azure Developer
7 22 (10.78%) Architect
7 22 (10.78%) Senior Backend Developer
8 17 (8.33%) Software Developer
9 16 (7.84%) Business Analyst
10 14 (6.86%) Senior Software Developer
11 13 (6.37%) Project Manager
12 12 (5.88%) C# Developer
13 11 (5.39%) Senior Analyst
13 11 (5.39%) Solutions Architect
14 10 (4.90%) Senior Test Analyst
14 10 (4.90%) Test Analyst
15 9 (4.41%) Senior C# Developer
16 8 (3.92%) .NET Developer
16 8 (3.92%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (37.75%) .NET
2 72 (35.29%) XML
3 36 (17.65%) .NET Core
3 36 (17.65%) AngularJS
4 29 (14.22%) .NET Framework
5 23 (11.27%) React
6 21 (10.29%) HTML
7 19 (9.31%) CSS
8 17 (8.33%) REST
9 15 (7.35%) ASP.NET
9 15 (7.35%) ASP.NET Core
10 12 (5.88%) OAuth
10 12 (5.88%) OpenID
11 8 (3.92%) SAML
12 7 (3.43%) ARM Templates
13 6 (2.94%) JSON
13 6 (2.94%) Microsoft Graph
13 6 (2.94%) SOAP
14 4 (1.96%) FIX Protocol
15 3 (1.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (20.10%) Product Ownership
2 15 (7.35%) Mobile App
3 11 (5.39%) Video\Live Streaming
4 8 (3.92%) Over-the-Top Content
5 6 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.94%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.45%) Acoustics
6 5 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.96%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.96%) Derivative
7 4 (1.96%) Fixed Income
7 4 (1.96%) Mobile Payment
8 3 (1.47%) Animation
8 3 (1.47%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.47%) Graphic Design
8 3 (1.47%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.49%) Contactless
9 1 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.49%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.96%) Linux
1 4 (1.96%) Unix
2 1 (0.49%) Android
2 1 (0.49%) Windows
2 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (46.08%) Agile
2 83 (40.69%) Scrum
3 77 (37.75%) DevOps
4 67 (32.84%) CI/CD
5 32 (15.69%) B2B
6 25 (12.25%) User Experience
7 20 (9.80%) E-Commerce
8 19 (9.31%) Digital Marketing
9 18 (8.82%) Test Automation
10 17 (8.33%) Project Delivery
11 15 (7.35%) Project Management
11 15 (7.35%) SDLC
12 14 (6.86%) CRM
13 13 (6.37%) Roadmaps
13 13 (6.37%) Software Engineering
14 11 (5.39%) Collaborative Working
14 11 (5.39%) Performance Testing
14 11 (5.39%) Stakeholder Management
15 10 (4.90%) Problem-Solving
15 10 (4.90%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 74 (36.27%) C#
2 69 (33.82%) PowerShell
3 36 (17.65%) Bicep
4 29 (14.22%) JavaScript
5 19 (9.31%) TypeScript
6 18 (8.82%) SQL
7 6 (2.94%) Java
8 2 (0.98%) Bash
8 2 (0.98%) PHP
8 2 (0.98%) Python
9 1 (0.49%) C++
9 1 (0.49%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 12 (5.88%) Degree
2 7 (3.43%) ISEB
3 4 (1.96%) SC Cleared
3 4 (1.96%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.98%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.98%) Master's Degree
4 2 (0.98%) MBA
5 1 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.37%) GDPR
2 8 (3.92%) QA
3 2 (0.98%) PMO
3 2 (0.98%) WCAG
4 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.49%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.49%) SLA
System Software
1 67 (32.84%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.98%) zsh
3 1 (0.49%) Docker
3 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (5.39%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (2.94%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 78 (38.24%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.92%) MuleSoft
3 7 (3.43%) SAP
4 5 (2.45%) Adobe
5 4 (1.96%) Bloomberg
5 4 (1.96%) Databricks
5 4 (1.96%) Google
5 4 (1.96%) ION Trading
5 4 (1.96%) MarketAxess
5 4 (1.96%) Tradeweb
6 3 (1.47%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.98%) Cisco
7 2 (0.98%) Mitel
7 2 (0.98%) Okta
7 2 (0.98%) Workday
8 1 (0.49%) IBM
8 1 (0.49%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (0.49%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.49%) Remedy
8 1 (0.49%) ServiceNow