The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex 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 Middlesex 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 - 33 -
Contract jobs citing Social Media 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex - 0.309% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 1.449% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £233 £269 £325
% change year-on-year
-13.48% -17.30%
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
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
49 69 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 23.44% 21.30% 15.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 30 12
Average daily rate £431 £350 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.30% -17.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £320 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £615 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 5
Average hourly rate £32.50 £39.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £24.90 £28.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.25 £40.15 £36.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Social Media
South East

Social Media
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Social Media Daily Rate Trend

Social Media
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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%) Content Management
1 2 (100.00%) CMS
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Social Network
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Content Management
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) PMI
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Process Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Finance

Social Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 2 (100.00%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Premiere
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Content Editor
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PMI
1 1 (50.00%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Content Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Content Management
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Process Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe