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The table below looks at the demand for Social Networking skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Social Network over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSocial Networking
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank248298
Rank change on same period last yearUp+50
Matching contract IT job ads52
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.284 %0.079 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£265£200
Average daily rate£275£213
% change on same period last year+29.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£285£225
UK excluding London average daily rate£315£213
% change on same period last year+48.23 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
South East
Matching contract IT job ads17592542
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.378 %2.507 %
Daily rates quoted408543
Average minimum daily rate£333£327
Average daily rate£356£348
% change on same period last year+2.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£369
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£350
% change on same period last year+0.42 %
Hourly rates quoted339449
Average minimum hourly rate£24.64£29.44
Average hourly rate£26.41£31.07
% change on same period last year-14.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.19£32.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.26£28.13
% change on same period last year-10.19 %
Social Network EnglandSocial Network
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Social Network
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Social Network across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South East Social Network Demand Trend

Social Network
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Social Network across the South East region.

South East Social Network Daily Rate Trend

Social Network
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Network within the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BerkshireNew entry-2£350-
HampshireNew entry-2£200-
KentUp+81--
Social Network EnglandSocial Network
England

Social Network
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Social Network 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 Network.

16 (60.00 %)PHP
24 (40.00 %)E-Commerce
24 (40.00 %)Web 2.0
24 (40.00 %)JavaScript
33 (30.00 %)CSS
33 (30.00 %)OO
33 (30.00 %)XHTML
33 (30.00 %)Symfony
33 (30.00 %)Marketing
42 (20.00 %)Internet
42 (20.00 %)XML
42 (20.00 %)MySQL
42 (20.00 %)PHP5
42 (20.00 %)jQuery
42 (20.00 %)Blog
51 (10.00 %)E-business
51 (10.00 %)Finance
51 (10.00 %)Stakeholder Management
51 (10.00 %)CMS
51 (10.00 %)LAMP
51 (10.00 %)HTML
51 (10.00 %)DOM
51 (10.00 %)Insurance
51 (10.00 %)OOD
51 (10.00 %)B2B
51 (10.00 %)B2C
51 (10.00 %)Web Development
51 (10.00 %)Wiki
51 (10.00 %)Drupal
51 (10.00 %)Digital Marketing

Social Network
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Social Network 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 Network. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (30.00 %)CSS
13 (30.00 %)XHTML
13 (30.00 %)Symfony
22 (20.00 %)jQuery
22 (20.00 %)XML
31 (10.00 %)DOM
31 (10.00 %)LAMP
31 (10.00 %)HTML
31 (10.00 %)Drupal
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (10.00 %)CMS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (20.00 %)Internet
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (20.00 %)MySQL
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (30.00 %)Marketing
21 (10.00 %)Finance
21 (10.00 %)Insurance
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (60.00 %)Developer
25 (50.00 %)PHP Developer
32 (20.00 %)Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Change Manager
41 (10.00 %)Coordinator
41 (10.00 %)Business Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Communications Manager
41 (10.00 %)Content Editor
41 (10.00 %)Marketing Analyst
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (40.00 %)Web 2.0
22 (20.00 %)Blog
31 (10.00 %)Wiki
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)E-Commerce
23 (30.00 %)OO
31 (10.00 %)OOD
31 (10.00 %)B2B
31 (10.00 %)B2C
31 (10.00 %)E-business
31 (10.00 %)Stakeholder Management
31 (10.00 %)Web Development
31 (10.00 %)Digital Marketing
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (60.00 %)PHP
24 (40.00 %)JavaScript
32 (20.00 %)PHP5