The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Facebook products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Facebook over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Birmingham region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Facebook, Inc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Facebook
Rank - 54 48
Contract jobs citing Facebook 0 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - 0.322% 0.195%
As % of the Vendors category - 0.667% 0.412%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £225 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -30.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £280
% change year-on-year
-8.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.49 - £22.50
All Vendors
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
215 300 243
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 48.97% 48.31% 47.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 135 119
Average daily rate £340 £325 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% +1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £211 £163 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £485 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 23 22
Average hourly rate £20.00 £15.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.76 £10.30 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £38.80 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Facebook
West Midlands

Facebook
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Facebook across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Birmingham Facebook Jobs Demand Trend

Facebook
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Facebook across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Facebook Daily Rate Trend

Facebook
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Facebook also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Facebook.

1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) SEO
2 1 (50.00%) CMS
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
2 1 (50.00%) Joomla!
2 1 (50.00%) Internet Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) jQuery
2 1 (50.00%) WordPress
2 1 (50.00%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (50.00%) Sitecore
2 1 (50.00%) Online Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Web Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) HTML5
2 1 (50.00%) CSS3
2 1 (50.00%) Twitter
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) XHTML
2 1 (50.00%) Internet

Facebook
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Facebook also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Facebook. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) jQuery
1 1 (50.00%) HTML5
1 1 (50.00%) CSS3
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) Joomla!
1 1 (50.00%) WordPress
1 1 (50.00%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
General
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Web Marketing Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Web Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) SEO
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
2 1 (50.00%) Internet Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Online Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Web Marketing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) Sitecore
1 1 (50.00%) Twitter