The first table below looks at the demand for Facebook Platform skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Facebook Platform 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 of the Application Platforms category for the Kent 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Facebook Platform (Facebook APIs)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Facebook Platform 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £225 -
% change year-on-year
+77.77% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 - -
All Application Platforms
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
62 44 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 21.60% 16.67% 21.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 27 44
Average daily rate £298 £300 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.83% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £249 £235 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £453 £368 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
Average hourly rate £22.69 £27.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.49% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Facebook Platform
South East