The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Facebook products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Facebook over the 3 months to 19 June 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 City of London 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Facebook
Rank 189 197 232
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +35
Contract jobs citing Facebook 21 15 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.310% 0.194% 0.190%
As % of the Vendors category 0.677% 0.454% 0.447%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 9 12
Average daily rate £305 £340 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.22% +1.49%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £203 £295 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £565 £545
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+16.66% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 - £22.50
All Vendors
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3100 3301 4255
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 45.72% 42.64% 42.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2194 2259 2970
Average daily rate £425 £425 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £280 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £648
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 97 139
Average hourly rate £22.25 £21.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.95% -4.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.05 £12.50 £14.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £39.00 £50.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Facebook
London

Facebook
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Facebook Daily Rate Trend

Facebook
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Facebook across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London Facebook Daily Rate Histogram

Facebook
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 20 (62.50%) Twitter
2 18 (56.25%) JavaScript
2 18 (56.25%) Android
3 17 (53.13%) Social Media
4 16 (50.00%) HTML
5 15 (46.88%) Java
5 15 (46.88%) CSS
6 14 (43.75%) Google
7 13 (40.63%) HTML5
8 9 (28.13%) Apple iOS
8 9 (28.13%) SQL
8 9 (28.13%) CSS3
9 8 (25.00%) RESTful
9 8 (25.00%) jQuery
9 8 (25.00%) JSON
10 7 (21.88%) PHP
11 6 (18.75%) XML
11 6 (18.75%) MVC
11 6 (18.75%) Internet
11 6 (18.75%) Objective-C
11 6 (18.75%) Google Maps API
11 6 (18.75%) Git (software)
11 6 (18.75%) Mobile App
12 5 (15.63%) Semantic HTML
12 5 (15.63%) New Media
12 5 (15.63%) Adobe
12 5 (15.63%) Telecoms
12 5 (15.63%) Web Services
12 5 (15.63%) OOP
12 5 (15.63%) C

Facebook
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 16 (50.00%) HTML
2 15 (46.88%) CSS
3 13 (40.63%) HTML5
4 9 (28.13%) CSS3
5 8 (25.00%) RESTful
5 8 (25.00%) jQuery
5 8 (25.00%) JSON
6 6 (18.75%) XML
6 6 (18.75%) Google Maps API
7 5 (15.63%) Semantic HTML
7 5 (15.63%) Web Services
8 4 (12.50%) .NET
8 4 (12.50%) OpenGL
8 4 (12.50%) CodeIgniter
8 4 (12.50%) CakePHP
8 4 (12.50%) iOS SDK
9 3 (9.375%) Flash
10 2 (6.250%) Ajax
10 2 (6.250%) REST
11 1 (3.125%) Sinatra
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.375%) CMS
2 2 (6.250%) WordPress
2 2 (6.250%) Facebook Platform
3 1 (3.125%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (3.125%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.75%) Internet
2 2 (6.250%) HTTP
3 1 (3.125%) 4G
3 1 (3.125%) IMAP
3 1 (3.125%) SMS
3 1 (3.125%) VoIP
3 1 (3.125%) POP3
3 1 (3.125%) SMTP
3 1 (3.125%) FTP
3 1 (3.125%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.125%) HTTPS
3 1 (3.125%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.250%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (6.250%) MySQL
1 2 (6.250%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.125%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.125%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Git (software)
2 1 (3.125%) Mercurial
2 1 (3.125%) Subversion
2 1 (3.125%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (15.63%) Telecoms
2 4 (12.50%) German Language
2 4 (12.50%) Dutch Language
3 3 (9.375%) French Language
3 3 (9.375%) Spanish Language
3 3 (9.375%) Marketing
3 3 (9.375%) Games
4 2 (6.250%) Publishing
5 1 (3.125%) Multimedia
5 1 (3.125%) Finance
5 1 (3.125%) Legal
Job Titles
1 23 (71.88%) Developer
2 8 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 8 (25.00%) Android Developer
3 5 (15.63%) Senior PHP Developer
3 5 (15.63%) PHP Developer
4 4 (12.50%) Web Developer
5 2 (6.250%) Senior Web Developer
5 2 (6.250%) Flash Developer
5 2 (6.250%) Mobile Developer
5 2 (6.250%) Communications Officer
6 1 (3.125%) iOS Developer
6 1 (3.125%) Front-End Developer
6 1 (3.125%) Technical Leader
6 1 (3.125%) Technical Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Technical Trainer
6 1 (3.125%) Architect
6 1 (3.125%) Trainer
6 1 (3.125%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 17 (53.13%) Social Media
2 6 (18.75%) Mobile App
3 5 (15.63%) New Media
4 4 (12.50%) Streaming Video
4 4 (12.50%) Blog
4 4 (12.50%) Open Source
5 2 (6.250%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (6.250%) Heroku
6 1 (3.125%) Digital Media
6 1 (3.125%) Smartphone
6 1 (3.125%) Copywriting
6 1 (3.125%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (3.125%) Psychology
6 1 (3.125%) Computer Science
6 1 (3.125%) Social Network
6 1 (3.125%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 18 (56.25%) Android
2 9 (28.13%) Apple iOS
3 4 (12.50%) Linux
3 4 (12.50%) UNIX
4 1 (3.125%) Windows Phone
4 1 (3.125%) Windows Phone 7
4 1 (3.125%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.75%) MVC
2 5 (15.63%) OOP
3 4 (12.50%) OO
3 4 (12.50%) CRM
3 4 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (12.50%) Time Management
4 3 (9.375%) Mobile Application Development
4 3 (9.375%) Workflow Management
4 3 (9.375%) Workflow
5 2 (6.250%) SEO
5 2 (6.250%) Scrum
5 2 (6.250%) Web Design
5 2 (6.250%) Web Development
6 1 (3.125%) Analytics
6 1 (3.125%) Responsive Web Design
6 1 (3.125%) Graceful Degradation
6 1 (3.125%) Waterfall
6 1 (3.125%) Progressive Enhancement
6 1 (3.125%) Web Usability
6 1 (3.125%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (56.25%) JavaScript
2 15 (46.88%) Java
3 9 (28.13%) SQL
4 7 (21.88%) PHP
5 6 (18.75%) Objective-C
6 5 (15.63%) C
6 5 (15.63%) C++
7 2 (6.250%) Python
7 2 (6.250%) ActionScript
7 2 (6.250%) C#
7 2 (6.250%) Ruby
7 2 (6.250%) ActionScript 3.0
7 2 (6.250%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 2 (6.250%) Degree
2 1 (3.125%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.125%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.125%) QA
Vendors
1 20 (62.50%) Twitter
2 14 (43.75%) Google
3 5 (15.63%) Adobe
4 1 (3.125%) Guidewire
4 1 (3.125%) Zend
4 1 (3.125%) Microsoft
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