The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Social Media over the 3 months to 22 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 Glasgow 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Social Media
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Social Media 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.521% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.923% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £225 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £230 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
-16.36% -8.33%
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
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
260 138 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 27.11% 17.58% 13.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 66 60
Average daily rate £360 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.71% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £201 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 13 5
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.89 £12.00 £20.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.20 £26.00 £121.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
Social Media
Scotland

Social Media
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Social Media Daily Rate Trend

Social Media
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 5 (100.00%) Drupal
2 3 (60.00%) Umbraco
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Copywriting
2 3 (60.00%) Marketing
3 2 (40.00%) Web Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) PHP
3 2 (40.00%) SEO
3 2 (40.00%) CMS
3 2 (40.00%) Music
3 2 (40.00%) Joomla!
4 1 (20.00%) Google Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (20.00%) Content Management
4 1 (20.00%) Google
4 1 (20.00%) Pay per click

Social Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) Drupal
2 3 (60.00%) Umbraco
3 2 (40.00%) CMS
3 2 (40.00%) Joomla!
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Google Analytics
General
1 3 (60.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Music
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) PHP Developer
2 1 (20.00%) SEO Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Copywriting
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Web Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) SEO
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Content Management
3 1 (20.00%) Pay per click
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PHP
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Google
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