The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Facebook products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the England 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 England 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 391 393 492
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +99
Contract jobs citing Facebook 122 167 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.293% 0.313% 0.141%
As % of the Vendors category 0.629% 0.677% 0.305%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 113 53
Average daily rate £313 £350 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% +20.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £190 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £280
% change year-on-year
-8.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 0
Average hourly rate £27.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.49 - £22.50
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19388 24654 25908
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.63% 46.22% 46.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10664 13039 13321
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1105 1232 1516
Average hourly rate £19.63 £19.63 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -1.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £11.50 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Facebook
UK

Facebook
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Facebook Daily Rate Histogram

Facebook
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Facebook Hourly Rate Trend

Facebook
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Facebook across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Facebook Hourly Rate Histogram

Facebook
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Facebook within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London -19 57 £325 -7.14%
South East +11 25 £350 +24.44%
East of England +40 23 £263 -12.50%
North West +18 7 £295 -26.25%
West Midlands +4 4 £260 +15.55%
South West +29 3 £325 +20.93%
East Midlands -2 2 - -
Facebook
UK

Facebook
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 124 (54.87%) Twitter
2 113 (50.00%) Social Media
3 103 (45.58%) JavaScript
3 103 (45.58%) CSS
4 94 (41.59%) HTML
5 77 (34.07%) HTML5
6 73 (32.30%) Google
7 69 (30.53%) jQuery
8 68 (30.09%) Apple iOS
9 64 (28.32%) OO
10 60 (26.55%) CSS3
10 60 (26.55%) Android
11 47 (20.80%) Java
12 43 (19.03%) Marketing
13 42 (18.58%) Mobile App
14 39 (17.26%) PHP
15 36 (15.93%) JSON
16 35 (15.49%) MVC
16 35 (15.49%) XML
17 34 (15.04%) Degree
17 34 (15.04%) Objective-C
18 33 (14.60%) SQL
19 28 (12.39%) .NET
19 28 (12.39%) CMS
19 28 (12.39%) Games
19 28 (12.39%) Computer Science
20 27 (11.95%) Scrum
20 27 (11.95%) Photoshop
21 26 (11.50%) Git (software)
22 24 (10.62%) New Media

Facebook
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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
1 103 (45.58%) CSS
2 94 (41.59%) HTML
3 77 (34.07%) HTML5
4 69 (30.53%) jQuery
5 60 (26.55%) CSS3
6 36 (15.93%) JSON
7 35 (15.49%) XML
8 28 (12.39%) .NET
9 23 (10.18%) Web Services
9 23 (10.18%) Google Maps API
10 21 (9.292%) Ajax
11 20 (8.850%) Cocoa
11 20 (8.850%) XHTML
12 19 (8.407%) Node.js
13 18 (7.965%) ASP.NET
14 17 (7.522%) RESTful
14 17 (7.522%) Backbone.js
15 14 (6.195%) Underscore.js
15 14 (6.195%) iOS SDK
16 13 (5.752%) Zepto.js
Application Platforms
1 28 (12.39%) CMS
2 20 (8.850%) WordPress
3 13 (5.752%) Facebook Platform
4 7 (3.097%) Drupal
4 7 (3.097%) Umbraco
5 4 (1.770%) Joomla!
5 4 (1.770%) Sitecore CMS
5 4 (1.770%) ExpressionEngine
6 3 (1.327%) Apache
6 3 (1.327%) IIS
7 2 (0.885%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.885%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (0.885%) Windows Azure
8 1 (0.442%) Google App Engine
8 1 (0.442%) TeamSite
Applications
1 27 (11.95%) Photoshop
2 5 (2.212%) Adobe Premiere
3 4 (1.770%) MS Excel
3 4 (1.770%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (1.770%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.442%) PageMaker
4 1 (0.442%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.442%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.770%) Google Analytics
2 2 (0.885%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (0.885%) Optimost
Communications & Networking
1 19 (8.407%) Internet
2 10 (4.425%) HTTP
3 6 (2.655%) Intranet
4 5 (2.212%) LDAP
5 4 (1.770%) POP3
5 4 (1.770%) SMTP
5 4 (1.770%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.770%) HTTPS
5 4 (1.770%) IMAP
6 3 (1.327%) 4G
6 3 (1.327%) FTP
6 3 (1.327%) VoIP
6 3 (1.327%) 3G
7 2 (0.885%) DNS
8 1 (0.442%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.292%) MySQL
2 15 (6.637%) SQL Server
3 12 (5.310%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.885%) IDOL
4 2 (0.885%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (0.885%) Redis
4 2 (0.885%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (0.885%) Big Data
5 1 (0.442%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.442%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (0.442%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 26 (11.50%) Git (software)
2 15 (6.637%) Xcode
2 15 (6.637%) Jasmine
3 9 (3.982%) Subversion
3 9 (3.982%) Visual Studio
4 7 (3.097%) NetBeans
5 5 (2.212%) Eclipse
6 4 (1.770%) Ant
6 4 (1.770%) Mercurial
7 3 (1.327%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.885%) JIRA
8 2 (0.885%) ReSharper
8 2 (0.885%) JSUnit
8 2 (0.885%) Trac
9 1 (0.442%) GitHub
9 1 (0.442%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.442%) Balsamiq Mockups
9 1 (0.442%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.442%) Dreamweaver
General
1 43 (19.03%) Marketing
2 28 (12.39%) Games
3 9 (3.982%) Publishing
4 8 (3.540%) Telecoms
5 7 (3.097%) Legal
6 6 (2.655%) Multimedia
7 5 (2.212%) Retail
7 5 (2.212%) Finance
7 5 (2.212%) Law
8 4 (1.770%) Dutch Language
8 4 (1.770%) German Language
8 4 (1.770%) Music
9 3 (1.327%) Spanish Language
9 3 (1.327%) French Language
9 3 (1.327%) Advertising
10 2 (0.885%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.885%) Automotive
10 2 (0.885%) Electronics
10 2 (0.885%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 149 (65.93%) Developer
2 39 (17.26%) Web Developer
3 22 (9.735%) iOS Developer
4 20 (8.850%) Front-End Developer
5 15 (6.637%) PHP Developer
6 14 (6.195%) Android Developer
7 13 (5.752%) Senior Developer
8 11 (4.867%) .NET Developer
9 7 (3.097%) Mobile Developer
9 7 (3.097%) Java Developer
9 7 (3.097%) Applications Developer
10 5 (2.212%) Facebook Developer
10 5 (2.212%) Java Web Developer
10 5 (2.212%) ASP.NET Developer
10 5 (2.212%) Software Engineer
10 5 (2.212%) Analyst
11 4 (1.770%) Consultant
11 4 (1.770%) Programmer
11 4 (1.770%) Software Development Engineer
11 4 (1.770%) PHP Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 113 (50.00%) Social Media
2 42 (18.58%) Mobile App
3 28 (12.39%) Computer Science
4 24 (10.62%) New Media
5 19 (8.407%) Social Network
6 18 (7.965%) iPhone
6 18 (7.965%) iPad
7 12 (5.310%) Open Source
8 11 (4.867%) Streaming Video
9 9 (3.982%) Digital Media
10 7 (3.097%) Machine Learning
10 7 (3.097%) Blog
11 5 (2.212%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (2.212%) Copywriting
12 4 (1.770%) Management Information System
12 4 (1.770%) Online Games
13 3 (1.327%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (1.327%) Psychology
14 2 (0.885%) Client/Server
14 2 (0.885%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 68 (30.09%) Apple iOS
2 60 (26.55%) Android
3 16 (7.080%) Windows
4 15 (6.637%) Linux
5 10 (4.425%) UNIX
6 3 (1.327%) Windows Phone
6 3 (1.327%) Windows Mobile
7 2 (0.885%) Windows Phone 8
8 1 (0.442%) Windows Phone 7
8 1 (0.442%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (28.32%) OO
2 35 (15.49%) MVC
3 27 (11.95%) Scrum
4 23 (10.18%) Web Development
5 20 (8.850%) Agile Software Development
6 19 (8.407%) SEO
7 16 (7.080%) Content Management
8 13 (5.752%) Test Automation
8 13 (5.752%) OOP
8 13 (5.752%) Web Design
8 13 (5.752%) Continuous Integration
9 12 (5.310%) Analytics
10 11 (4.867%) Mobile Application Development
11 10 (4.425%) TDD
11 10 (4.425%) Digital Marketing
11 10 (4.425%) Memory Management
12 9 (3.982%) E-Commerce
13 8 (3.540%) OOD
13 8 (3.540%) RUP
13 8 (3.540%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 103 (45.58%) JavaScript
2 47 (20.80%) Java
3 39 (17.26%) PHP
4 34 (15.04%) Objective-C
5 33 (14.60%) SQL
6 22 (9.735%) C#
7 16 (7.080%) C++
7 16 (7.080%) C
8 9 (3.982%) Ruby
9 8 (3.540%) FQL
10 6 (2.655%) Python
11 5 (2.212%) XPath
11 5 (2.212%) ActionScript
12 4 (1.770%) PHP5
12 4 (1.770%) ActionScript 3.0
13 3 (1.327%) ActionScript 2.0
14 2 (0.885%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.885%) Perl
14 2 (0.885%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.885%) VB
Qualifications
1 34 (15.04%) Degree
2 5 (2.212%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.885%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (0.885%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.442%) BC Cleared
4 1 (0.442%) MBA
4 1 (0.442%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.982%) QA
System Software
1 5 (2.212%) OpenSSO
Systems Management
1 2 (0.885%) CA SiteMinder
2 1 (0.442%) Plesk
2 1 (0.442%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 124 (54.87%) Twitter
2 73 (32.30%) Google
3 10 (4.425%) Oracle
3 10 (4.425%) Adobe
4 9 (3.982%) Zend
4 9 (3.982%) Microsoft
5 8 (3.540%) Apple
6 4 (1.770%) IBM
6 4 (1.770%) FatWire
6 4 (1.770%) Sitecore
7 3 (1.327%) Yahoo!
8 2 (0.885%) SAP
8 2 (0.885%) HP
9 1 (0.442%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.442%) Omniture
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