The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Social Media 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Leeds 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Social Media
Rank - 62 59
Contract jobs citing Social Media 0 11 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds - 1.088% 0.442%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 6.587% 1.887%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 9 1
Average daily rate - £300 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -29.41%
UK excluding London average daily rate £231 £275 £310
% change year-on-year
-15.90% -11.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £32.20 £14.50
% change year-on-year
-14.59% +122.06%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
171 167 159
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 21.59% 16.52% 23.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 85 74
Average daily rate £286 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.92% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £182 £275 £218
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 12
Average hourly rate £12.50 £11.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -62.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.50 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £13.10 £34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Social Media
West Yorkshire

Social Media
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Social Media Daily Rate Trend

Social Media
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (100.00%) Ruby
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) B2B

Social Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 2 (100.00%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Technical Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Ruby