B2B Contracts in the South East

Business-to-Business (B2B)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 140 205
Rank change year-on-year -5 +65 -36
Contract jobs citing B2B 59 76 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.05% 1.35% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.51% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 50 29
10th Percentile £121 £406 £340
25th Percentile £436 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £569 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.89% -5.21% +14.29%
75th Percentile £519 £675 £650
90th Percentile - £711 £741
England median daily rate £513 £538 £575
% change year-on-year -4.65% -6.52% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,681 5,025 6,877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.11% 89.06% 89.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,707 3,458 4,680
10th Percentile £260 £250 £230
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% +0.10% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £543
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.38% +8.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 451 217 274
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.14 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.26 £22.16 £15.13
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.72
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +141.77% -21.04%
75th Percentile £62.60 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £62.95
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +50.00% +11.11%

B2B
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing B2B as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for B2B in the South East

B2B
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for B2B in the South East

B2B
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing B2B in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for B2B in the South East

B2B
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for B2B in the South East

B2B
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing B2B within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 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
Thames Valley +4 44 £513 -10.87% 48
Berkshire -24 36 £513 -10.87% 22
Surrey +12 9 £513 +16.48% 17
Buckinghamshire +37 8 - - 16
Hampshire -1 4 £363 -39.58% 16
B2B
England

B2B
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 6 (10.17%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.69%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.78%) Power Platform
1 4 (6.78%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (5.08%) Figma
3 2 (3.39%) ChatGPT
4 1 (1.69%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 25 (42.37%) DMZ
2 6 (10.17%) Radio Access Network
3 5 (8.47%) 5G
4 4 (6.78%) 3G
4 4 (6.78%) 4G
5 1 (1.69%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.78%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.69%) JIRA
General
1 26 (44.07%) Banking
1 26 (44.07%) Finance
2 10 (16.95%) Marketing
3 9 (15.25%) Telecoms
4 8 (13.56%) Retail
5 6 (10.17%) Social Skills
6 4 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.39%) German Language
8 1 (1.69%) Advertising
8 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (42.37%) Network Engineer
1 25 (42.37%) Senior
1 25 (42.37%) Senior Network Engineer
2 6 (10.17%) Analyst
3 5 (8.47%) Account Executive
4 4 (6.78%) Consultant
4 4 (6.78%) Coordinator
4 4 (6.78%) Designer
4 4 (6.78%) Pricing Analyst
4 4 (6.78%) Technical Coordinator
4 4 (6.78%) Technical Support
4 4 (6.78%) UX Designer
5 3 (5.08%) Architect
5 3 (5.08%) User Experience Architect
6 2 (3.39%) Communications Specialist
6 2 (3.39%) Marketing Analyst
6 2 (3.39%) Performance Specialist
6 2 (3.39%) Project Manager
6 2 (3.39%) UI Designer
6 2 (3.39%) UI/UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.86%) Social Media
2 2 (3.39%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.69%) Blog
3 1 (1.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (42.37%) Migration
2 6 (10.17%) Capacity Planning
2 6 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (10.17%) User Experience
2 6 (10.17%) UX Design
3 5 (8.47%) B2C
3 5 (8.47%) Business Development
3 5 (8.47%) Lead Generation
3 5 (8.47%) Planning and Forecasting
3 5 (8.47%) Project Management
4 4 (6.78%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (6.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (6.78%) Defect Management
4 4 (6.78%) Performance Management
4 4 (6.78%) Process Improvement
4 4 (6.78%) Roadmaps
4 4 (6.78%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (6.78%) Service Delivery
4 4 (6.78%) Workflow
5 3 (5.08%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.78%) SQL
1 4 (6.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (42.37%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (1.69%) Degree
Vendors
1 25 (42.37%) Arista
1 25 (42.37%) CheckPoint
1 25 (42.37%) Cisco
2 4 (6.78%) Salesforce
3 3 (5.08%) Microsoft