The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Facebook products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 North West 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 111 129 -
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -
Contract jobs citing Facebook 7 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.300% 0.096% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.662% 0.185% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £295 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.25% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £280
% change year-on-year
-8.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.49 - £22.50
All Vendors
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1058 1618 1418
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 45.39% 52.01% 46.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 736 683
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £489 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 79 97
Average hourly rate £19.04 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.80% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.84 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £29.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Facebook
England

Facebook
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Facebook Daily Rate Trend

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 North West 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
Manchester +10 5 £295 -26.25%
Merseyside - 3 - -
Lancashire - 1 - -
Facebook
England

Facebook
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 11 (84.62%) Twitter
2 9 (69.23%) JavaScript
2 9 (69.23%) CSS
3 8 (61.54%) XML
3 8 (61.54%) CSS3
3 8 (61.54%) jQuery
3 8 (61.54%) HTML5
4 7 (53.85%) MVC
4 7 (53.85%) CMS
4 7 (53.85%) NetBeans
4 7 (53.85%) Google
4 7 (53.85%) Degree
5 6 (46.15%) SEO
5 6 (46.15%) PHP
5 6 (46.15%) .NET
5 6 (46.15%) ASP.NET
5 6 (46.15%) Git (software)
5 6 (46.15%) Umbraco
5 6 (46.15%) Mobile App
6 5 (38.46%) Razor View Engine
6 5 (38.46%) WordPress
6 5 (38.46%) Google Maps API
6 5 (38.46%) ASP.NET MVC
6 5 (38.46%) Visual Studio
6 5 (38.46%) Windows
6 5 (38.46%) Linux
6 5 (38.46%) OO
6 5 (38.46%) OOD
6 5 (38.46%) MySQL
6 5 (38.46%) Oracle

Facebook
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 9 (69.23%) CSS
2 8 (61.54%) XML
2 8 (61.54%) CSS3
2 8 (61.54%) jQuery
2 8 (61.54%) HTML5
3 6 (46.15%) .NET
3 6 (46.15%) ASP.NET
4 5 (38.46%) Razor View Engine
4 5 (38.46%) Google Maps API
4 5 (38.46%) ASP.NET MVC
4 5 (38.46%) XSD
4 5 (38.46%) XSLT
4 5 (38.46%) CodeIgniter
4 5 (38.46%) CakePHP
5 3 (23.08%) JSON
6 2 (15.38%) JSP
6 2 (15.38%) Servlets
6 2 (15.38%) SOAP
6 2 (15.38%) Web Services
6 2 (15.38%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 7 (53.85%) CMS
2 6 (46.15%) Umbraco
3 5 (38.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (7.692%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) MySQL
1 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
1 5 (38.46%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (53.85%) NetBeans
2 6 (46.15%) Git (software)
3 5 (38.46%) Visual Studio
4 2 (15.38%) Eclipse
4 2 (15.38%) JIRA
4 2 (15.38%) Subversion
General
1 3 (23.08%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Developer
2 5 (38.46%) .NET Developer
2 5 (38.46%) ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Web Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Applications Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Java Applications Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Engagement Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Java Web Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Web Applications Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Java Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Umbraco Developer
5 1 (7.692%) PHP Web Developer
5 1 (7.692%) PHP Programmer
5 1 (7.692%) Web Programmer
5 1 (7.692%) Data Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) PHP Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Market Data Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Market Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Coordinator
5 1 (7.692%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Mobile App
2 4 (30.77%) Social Media
3 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (7.692%) Social Network
4 1 (7.692%) Copywriting
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
1 5 (38.46%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) MVC
2 6 (46.15%) SEO
3 5 (38.46%) OO
3 5 (38.46%) OOD
3 5 (38.46%) Web Development
3 5 (38.46%) Business Development
4 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) E-Commerce
4 2 (15.38%) ITIL
4 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
4 2 (15.38%) Release Management
4 2 (15.38%) Web Design
4 2 (15.38%) Content Management
4 2 (15.38%) Customer Engagement
4 2 (15.38%) Online Marketing
4 2 (15.38%) Marketing Strategy
5 1 (7.692%) Social Media Marketing
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) JavaScript
2 6 (46.15%) PHP
3 5 (38.46%) C#
3 5 (38.46%) XPath
4 2 (15.38%) Java
4 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) Plesk
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Twitter
2 7 (53.85%) Google
3 5 (38.46%) Oracle
3 5 (38.46%) Zend