Social Media Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media 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 Social Media 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category 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.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Social Media
Rank 111 122 124
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +2
Contract jobs citing Social Media 7 10 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.300% 0.321% 0.066%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.311% 1.618% 0.320%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 0
Average daily rate £225 £405 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-44.44% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £231 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
-15.90% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £13.50 - £10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £11.25 £14.50
% change year-on-year
+144.44% -22.41%
Search 20 Social Media jobs in the North West
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 534 618 625
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 22.91% 19.86% 20.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 301 312
Average daily rate £300 £325 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £205 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £470 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 56 71
Average hourly rate £15.00 £19.75 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.05% -1.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £13.35 £10.47
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 £25.00 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Social Media
England

Social Media
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Social Media Daily Rate Trend

Social Media
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Social Media across the North West region.

North West Social Media Hourly Rate Trend

Social Media
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Media 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 +7 6 - -
Merseyside - 1 £225 -
Social Media
England

Social Media
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 8 (57.14%) Marketing
2 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 7 (50.00%) PHP
2 7 (50.00%) CSS
3 5 (35.71%) HTML5
3 5 (35.71%) Twitter
4 4 (28.57%) Facebook
4 4 (28.57%) CSS3
4 4 (28.57%) CMS
4 4 (28.57%) Content Management
4 4 (28.57%) Google
4 4 (28.57%) MySQL
4 4 (28.57%) OO
5 3 (21.43%) MVC
5 3 (21.43%) SEO
5 3 (21.43%) Zend
5 3 (21.43%) CodeIgniter
5 3 (21.43%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (14.29%) Google Analytics
6 2 (14.29%) Degree
6 2 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
6 2 (14.29%) Online Marketing
6 2 (14.29%) Marketing Strategy
6 2 (14.29%) Analytics
6 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
6 2 (14.29%) E-Commerce
6 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
6 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (14.29%) XML
6 2 (14.29%) HTML

Social Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 7 (50.00%) CSS
2 5 (35.71%) HTML5
3 4 (28.57%) CSS3
4 3 (21.43%) CodeIgniter
5 2 (14.29%) XML
5 2 (14.29%) HTML
6 1 (7.143%) J2EE
6 1 (7.143%) XSL
6 1 (7.143%) SOAP
6 1 (7.143%) Web Services
6 1 (7.143%) J2ME
6 1 (7.143%) Ajax
6 1 (7.143%) REST
6 1 (7.143%) JSON
6 1 (7.143%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 4 (28.57%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) MySQL
2 1 (7.143%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Eclipse
1 1 (7.143%) Git (software)
General
1 8 (57.14%) Marketing
2 1 (7.143%) Front Office
2 1 (7.143%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Developer
2 3 (21.43%) JavaScript Developer
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Front-End Developer
3 2 (14.29%) SEO Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Copywriter
3 2 (14.29%) Engagement Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Coordinator
4 1 (7.143%) Programme Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Web Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Data Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Android Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Market Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Market Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.143%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.143%) Copywriting
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Content Management
1 4 (28.57%) OO
2 3 (21.43%) MVC
2 3 (21.43%) SEO
2 3 (21.43%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
3 2 (14.29%) Online Marketing
3 2 (14.29%) Marketing Strategy
3 2 (14.29%) Analytics
3 2 (14.29%) E-Commerce
3 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (7.143%) Project Management
4 1 (7.143%) CRM
4 1 (7.143%) Web Design
4 1 (7.143%) Social Media Marketing
4 1 (7.143%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 7 (50.00%) PHP
2 1 (7.143%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
1 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Twitter
2 4 (28.57%) Facebook
2 4 (28.57%) Google
3 3 (21.43%) Zend
4 1 (7.143%) Sage
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