The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media 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 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 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Social Media
Rank 162 158 219
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +61
Contract jobs citing Social Media 39 55 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.620% 0.707% 0.274%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.959% 2.132% 0.680%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 42 20
Average daily rate £350 £400 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +18.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £155 £278 £199
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £775 £483
UK excluding London average daily rate £233 £269 £325
% change year-on-year
-13.48% -17.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £25.00 £17.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.84% -
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
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1991 2580 3971
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 31.63% 33.16% 40.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1475 1982 3065
Average daily rate £500 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £311 £298 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £650 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 69 51
Average hourly rate £25.00 £21.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.27% +2.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £13.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Social Media
London

Social Media
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London 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 21 (29.58%) Android
2 20 (28.17%) Java
3 17 (23.94%) Facebook
4 15 (21.13%) Degree
4 15 (21.13%) Twitter
4 15 (21.13%) JavaScript
4 15 (21.13%) C
4 15 (21.13%) HTML
5 14 (19.72%) Marketing
6 13 (18.31%) Google
6 13 (18.31%) Content Management
6 13 (18.31%) CSS
7 12 (16.90%) Analytics
8 11 (15.49%) HTML5
9 10 (14.08%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (14.08%) Computer Science
10 9 (12.68%) Mobile App
10 9 (12.68%) Web Services
10 9 (12.68%) Eclipse
11 8 (11.27%) SEO
12 7 (9.859%) .NET
12 7 (9.859%) SQL Server
12 7 (9.859%) New Media
12 7 (9.859%) Big Data
12 7 (9.859%) Security Cleared
13 6 (8.451%) Continuous Improvement
13 6 (8.451%) C++
13 6 (8.451%) PHP
13 6 (8.451%) Oracle
13 6 (8.451%) E-Commerce

Social Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 15 (21.13%) HTML
2 13 (18.31%) CSS
3 11 (15.49%) HTML5
4 9 (12.68%) Web Services
5 7 (9.859%) .NET
6 5 (7.042%) jQuery
6 5 (7.042%) RESTful
6 5 (7.042%) MapReduce
7 4 (5.634%) JSON
8 3 (4.225%) XML
8 3 (4.225%) Flash
8 3 (4.225%) OpenGL
9 2 (2.817%) LAMP
9 2 (2.817%) Cocoa
9 2 (2.817%) XHTML
9 2 (2.817%) J2EE
9 2 (2.817%) ASP
9 2 (2.817%) Ajax
9 2 (2.817%) CSS3
10 1 (1.408%) DHTML
Application Platforms
1 6 (8.451%) CMS
2 5 (7.042%) Amazon AWS
2 5 (7.042%) Apache Pig
3 2 (2.817%) WordPress
3 2 (2.817%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.408%) MS Exchange
4 1 (1.408%) TeamSite
4 1 (1.408%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (1.408%) Joomla!
4 1 (1.408%) Drupal
4 1 (1.408%) IIS
4 1 (1.408%) MSMQ
4 1 (1.408%) Facebook Platform
4 1 (1.408%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 2 (2.817%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (1.408%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (1.408%) OmniGraffle
2 1 (1.408%) Office 365
2 1 (1.408%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.408%) MS Office
2 1 (1.408%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (5.634%) Google Analytics
2 1 (1.408%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.634%) Internet
2 2 (2.817%) HTTP
2 2 (2.817%) Intranet
3 1 (1.408%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.408%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.408%) 3G
3 1 (1.408%) Firewall
3 1 (1.408%) IMAP
3 1 (1.408%) 4G
3 1 (1.408%) VoIP
3 1 (1.408%) POP3
3 1 (1.408%) SMTP
3 1 (1.408%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.859%) SQL Server
1 7 (9.859%) Big Data
2 5 (7.042%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (7.042%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (7.042%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 5 (7.042%) Hadoop
2 5 (7.042%) Apache Hive
3 4 (5.634%) MySQL
4 1 (1.408%) Hazelcast
4 1 (1.408%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.408%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.408%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 10 (14.08%) Team Foundation Server
2 9 (12.68%) Eclipse
3 2 (2.817%) Axure RP
3 2 (2.817%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.408%) Appcelerator Titanium
4 1 (1.408%) Jasmine
4 1 (1.408%) Xcode
4 1 (1.408%) CruiseControl
4 1 (1.408%) Selenium
4 1 (1.408%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 14 (19.72%) Marketing
2 6 (8.451%) Publishing
2 6 (8.451%) Games
3 5 (7.042%) Telecoms
4 4 (5.634%) Multimedia
4 4 (5.634%) Dutch Language
4 4 (5.634%) German Language
5 3 (4.225%) French Language
5 3 (4.225%) Spanish Language
5 3 (4.225%) Finance
6 1 (1.408%) Advertising
6 1 (1.408%) Front Office
6 1 (1.408%) Banking
6 1 (1.408%) Retail
6 1 (1.408%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 33 (46.48%) Developer
2 16 (22.54%) Android Developer
3 6 (8.451%) Content Editor
4 4 (5.634%) Web Developer
5 3 (4.225%) Consultant
5 3 (4.225%) Senior Developer
5 3 (4.225%) Java Developer
5 3 (4.225%) Designer
5 3 (4.225%) iOS Developer
6 2 (2.817%) User Experience Designer
6 2 (2.817%) Content Manager
6 2 (2.817%) Communications Officer
6 2 (2.817%) Business Analyst
6 2 (2.817%) Java Web Developer
6 2 (2.817%) Account Director
6 2 (2.817%) Analyst
6 2 (2.817%) Flash Developer
6 2 (2.817%) Coordinator
6 2 (2.817%) Architect
6 2 (2.817%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.08%) Computer Science
2 9 (12.68%) Mobile App
3 7 (9.859%) New Media
4 6 (8.451%) Streaming Video
5 5 (7.042%) Blog
5 5 (7.042%) Open Source
6 4 (5.634%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (5.634%) Digital Media
7 2 (2.817%) iPad
7 2 (2.817%) RIA
7 2 (2.817%) Statistics
8 1 (1.408%) Graphic Design
8 1 (1.408%) Photography
8 1 (1.408%) Spread Betting
8 1 (1.408%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.408%) Psychology
8 1 (1.408%) IVR
8 1 (1.408%) Web 2.0
8 1 (1.408%) Copywriting
8 1 (1.408%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 21 (29.58%) Android
2 5 (7.042%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (18.31%) Content Management
2 12 (16.90%) Analytics
3 8 (11.27%) SEO
4 6 (8.451%) E-Commerce
4 6 (8.451%) Data Modelling
4 6 (8.451%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (7.042%) Big Data Analytics
5 5 (7.042%) ETL
6 4 (5.634%) Project Management
6 4 (5.634%) Business Analysis
6 4 (5.634%) Web Development
6 4 (5.634%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (5.634%) Mobile Application Development
7 3 (4.225%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (4.225%) Time Management
7 3 (4.225%) Business Development
7 3 (4.225%) Process Management
7 3 (4.225%) OOP
7 3 (4.225%) CRM
7 3 (4.225%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (28.17%) Java
2 15 (21.13%) JavaScript
2 15 (21.13%) C
3 6 (8.451%) PHP
3 6 (8.451%) C++
4 4 (5.634%) Objective-C
5 2 (2.817%) Ruby
5 2 (2.817%) ActionScript 3.0
5 2 (2.817%) ActionScript 2.0
5 2 (2.817%) ActionScript
6 1 (1.408%) Python
6 1 (1.408%) C#
6 1 (1.408%) SQL
6 1 (1.408%) Scala
Qualifications
1 15 (21.13%) Degree
2 7 (9.859%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.634%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.408%) BC Cleared
4 1 (1.408%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.225%) QA
2 1 (1.408%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (1.408%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.408%) OpenSSO
Vendors
1 17 (23.94%) Facebook
2 15 (21.13%) Twitter
3 13 (18.31%) Google
4 6 (8.451%) Oracle
5 5 (7.042%) Vertica
6 4 (5.634%) Adobe
7 3 (4.225%) ATG
7 3 (4.225%) Microsoft
8 1 (1.408%) Omniture
8 1 (1.408%) IBM
8 1 (1.408%) Coremetrics
8 1 (1.408%) Eloqua
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