The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Social Media over the 3 months to 17 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Bristol 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Social Media
Rank 44 59 -
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -
Contract jobs citing Social Media 6 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 1.124% 0.235% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.667% 1.460% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
Average daily rate £325 £250 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £233 £269 £325
% change year-on-year
-13.48% -17.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £12.83 £14.50
% change year-on-year
+114.42% -11.55%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
90 137 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 16.85% 16.12% 17.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 91 45
Average daily rate £338 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £237 £211
10% offered a daily rate of more than £512 £451 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 8
Average hourly rate £42.50 £32.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.81% +60.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Social Media
South West

Social Media
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Social Media across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Bristol Social Media Jobs Demand Trend

Social Media
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Social Media Daily Rate Trend

Social Media
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Social Media across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bristol Social Media Daily Rate Histogram

Social Media
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Social Media across the Bristol region.

Bristol Social Media Hourly Rate Trend

Social Media
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Social Media 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 Social Media.

1 4 (57.14%) HTML
1 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
1 4 (57.14%) CSS
2 3 (42.86%) CMS
2 3 (42.86%) Content Management
2 3 (42.86%) Google
2 3 (42.86%) Marketing
2 3 (42.86%) Google Analytics
2 3 (42.86%) Online Marketing
2 3 (42.86%) Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (28.57%) Inversion of Control
3 2 (28.57%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC 3
3 2 (28.57%) Facebook
3 2 (28.57%) Twitter
3 2 (28.57%) OAuth
3 2 (28.57%) Sitecore CMS
3 2 (28.57%) Sitecore
3 2 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (28.57%) RESTful
3 2 (28.57%) C#
3 2 (28.57%) LINQ
3 2 (28.57%) jQuery
3 2 (28.57%) Unit Testing
3 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
3 2 (28.57%) JSON
3 2 (28.57%) ReSharper
3 2 (28.57%) Requirements Analysis

Social Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Social Media 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 Social Media. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (57.14%) CSS
1 4 (57.14%) HTML
2 2 (28.57%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) ASP
2 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
2 2 (28.57%) XML
2 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
2 2 (28.57%) JSON
2 2 (28.57%) LINQ
2 2 (28.57%) jQuery
2 2 (28.57%) OAuth
2 2 (28.57%) RESTful
2 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (28.57%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) CMS
2 2 (28.57%) Sitecore CMS
2 2 (28.57%) TeamSite
3 1 (14.29%) CM System
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Google Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) WebTrends
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) ReSharper
1 2 (28.57%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (42.86%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Web Manager
1 2 (28.57%) .NET Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Coordinator
2 1 (14.29%) Web Content Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Web Marketing Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Content Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Security Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Inversion of Control
2 1 (14.29%) DTV
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Content Management
1 3 (42.86%) Online Marketing
1 3 (42.86%) Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Unit Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Web Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) MVC
3 1 (14.29%) Contact Management
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) B2B
3 1 (14.29%) Email Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Web Marketing
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 2 (28.57%) VB
2 2 (28.57%) VB6
2 2 (28.57%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Google
2 2 (28.57%) Sitecore
2 2 (28.57%) Facebook
2 2 (28.57%) Twitter
2 2 (28.57%) Omniture
3 1 (14.29%) SAP
3 1 (14.29%) Sourcefire