The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 200 203 225
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +22
Contract jobs citing Social Media 24 36 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.308% 0.355% 0.270%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.536% 1.880% 1.434%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 19 13
Average daily rate £290 £250 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £223 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £355 £390 £345
UK excluding London average daily rate £231 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
-15.90% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £32.20 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +122.06%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £11.25 £14.50
% change year-on-year
+144.44% -22.41%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1563 1915 1952
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 20.05% 18.87% 18.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 717 810 808
Average daily rate £375 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 177 180
Average hourly rate £22.50 £27.50 £30.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% -10.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.60 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £40.00
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Social Media Daily Rate Trend

Social Media
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Social Media across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Social Media Daily Rate Histogram

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 South East region.

South East 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 South East 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
West Sussex +22 5 - -
Buckinghamshire +11 5 £228 -
Berkshire +1 5 - -
Surrey +11 4 £225 -
East Sussex +9 3 £225 +5.88%
Hampshire - 3 £325 -
Social Media
England

Social Media
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 16 (36.36%) Marketing
1 16 (36.36%) Analytics
2 15 (34.09%) CMS
3 14 (31.82%) Facebook
4 12 (27.27%) Twitter
5 11 (25.00%) Content Management
5 11 (25.00%) Degree
6 10 (22.73%) Intranet
7 9 (20.45%) SEO
8 8 (18.18%) HTML
8 8 (18.18%) CSS
9 7 (15.91%) JavaScript
9 7 (15.91%) PHP
9 7 (15.91%) Photoshop
9 7 (15.91%) Digital Marketing
10 6 (13.64%) jQuery
10 6 (13.64%) Web Development
10 6 (13.64%) Google
10 6 (13.64%) Adobe Premiere
10 6 (13.64%) Project Management
10 6 (13.64%) New Media
11 5 (11.36%) HTML5
11 5 (11.36%) Internet
11 5 (11.36%) Microsoft
11 5 (11.36%) .NET
11 5 (11.36%) XML
11 5 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (11.36%) Web Analytics
11 5 (11.36%) Telecoms
11 5 (11.36%) QA

Social Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 8 (18.18%) HTML
1 8 (18.18%) CSS
2 6 (13.64%) jQuery
3 5 (11.36%) HTML5
3 5 (11.36%) .NET
3 5 (11.36%) XML
4 4 (9.091%) Web Services
5 2 (4.545%) .NET Framework
5 2 (4.545%) ADO.NET
5 2 (4.545%) ASP.NET
6 1 (2.273%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (2.273%) CakePHP
6 1 (2.273%) LINQ
6 1 (2.273%) Smarty
6 1 (2.273%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 1 (2.273%) REST
6 1 (2.273%) CSS3
6 1 (2.273%) XHTML
6 1 (2.273%) SOAP
6 1 (2.273%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 15 (34.09%) CMS
2 4 (9.091%) Drupal
3 2 (4.545%) Joomla!
3 2 (4.545%) IIS
3 2 (4.545%) Apache
3 2 (4.545%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.273%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (2.273%) TeamSite
4 1 (2.273%) ESB
4 1 (2.273%) TYPO3
Applications
1 7 (15.91%) Photoshop
2 6 (13.64%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (4.545%) MS Excel
4 1 (2.273%) MS Office
4 1 (2.273%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (2.273%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 3 (6.818%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 10 (22.73%) Intranet
2 5 (11.36%) Internet
3 1 (2.273%) Extranet
3 1 (2.273%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.818%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.545%) MySQL
3 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (4.545%) JIRA
1 2 (4.545%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.273%) Git (software)
2 1 (2.273%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (2.273%) Subversion
General
1 16 (36.36%) Marketing
2 5 (11.36%) Telecoms
3 4 (9.091%) Publishing
4 3 (6.818%) Games
5 2 (4.545%) Retail
5 2 (4.545%) Advertising
6 1 (2.273%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.273%) Finance
6 1 (2.273%) Local Government
6 1 (2.273%) Banking
6 1 (2.273%) Music
Job Titles
1 6 (13.64%) Marketing Manager
1 6 (13.64%) Communications Manager
2 5 (11.36%) Internal Communications Manager
2 5 (11.36%) Project Manager
2 5 (11.36%) Developer
3 4 (9.091%) Web Developer
3 4 (9.091%) Digital Project Manager
4 3 (6.818%) Consultant
4 3 (6.818%) Architect
5 2 (4.545%) Lead Architect
5 2 (4.545%) QA Engineer
5 2 (4.545%) Integration Architect
5 2 (4.545%) Lead Developer
5 2 (4.545%) Lead Web Developer
6 1 (2.273%) Managing Consultant
6 1 (2.273%) Salesforce.com Consultant
6 1 (2.273%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.273%) Sales Consultant
6 1 (2.273%) Analyst
6 1 (2.273%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.64%) New Media
2 4 (9.091%) W3C
3 2 (4.545%) Blog
3 2 (4.545%) Social Network
3 2 (4.545%) Online Games
3 2 (4.545%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.545%) Computer Science
3 2 (4.545%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.545%) Open Source
4 1 (2.273%) RIA
4 1 (2.273%) Kindle
4 1 (2.273%) PMI
4 1 (2.273%) Mobile Games
4 1 (2.273%) E-Learning
4 1 (2.273%) Statistics
4 1 (2.273%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.545%) Windows
2 1 (2.273%) Windows XP
2 1 (2.273%) Linux
2 1 (2.273%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (36.36%) Analytics
2 11 (25.00%) Content Management
3 9 (20.45%) SEO
4 7 (15.91%) Digital Marketing
5 6 (13.64%) Web Development
5 6 (13.64%) Project Management
6 5 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (11.36%) Web Analytics
7 4 (9.091%) E-Commerce
8 3 (6.818%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (6.818%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (6.818%) Pay per click
9 2 (4.545%) Load Balancing
9 2 (4.545%) Software Testing
9 2 (4.545%) Automated Testing
9 2 (4.545%) Business Analysis
9 2 (4.545%) B2B
9 2 (4.545%) MVC
9 2 (4.545%) Social Media Marketing
10 1 (2.273%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.91%) JavaScript
1 7 (15.91%) PHP
2 3 (6.818%) SQL
3 2 (4.545%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.273%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.273%) VB.NET
4 1 (2.273%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (4.545%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.273%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.273%) BC Cleared
3 1 (2.273%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.36%) QA
2 3 (6.818%) WAI
3 1 (2.273%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 2 (4.545%) CA SiteMinder
2 1 (2.273%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 14 (31.82%) Facebook
2 12 (27.27%) Twitter
3 6 (13.64%) Google
4 5 (11.36%) Microsoft
5 3 (6.818%) Zend
5 3 (6.818%) Adobe
6 1 (2.273%) Salesforce.com
6 1 (2.273%) Progress
6 1 (2.273%) Omniture
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