The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Network 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 Network 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Social Networking
Rank 219 231 234
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +3
Contract jobs citing Social Network 4 16 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.051% 0.158% 0.172%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.260% 0.836% 0.908%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 13
Average daily rate £400 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% +9.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+33.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £175.00 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year
+536.36% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1540 1915 1982
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.71% 18.85% 18.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 696 817 810
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 £215 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 180 182
Average hourly rate £23.75 £27.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.63% -8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.92 £12.80 £12.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Social Network
England

Social Network
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Social Network
Daily Rate Trend

This 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
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Social Network across the South East region.

South East Social Network Hourly 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 17 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
Surrey - 4 £400 -
Social Network
England

Social Network
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 5 (41.67%) Twitter
2 4 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 4 (33.33%) Facebook
2 4 (33.33%) Facebook Platform
2 4 (33.33%) Android
2 4 (33.33%) iPhone
2 4 (33.33%) iPad
2 4 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 4 (33.33%) Marketing
3 3 (25.00%) Business Development
3 3 (25.00%) CRM
3 3 (25.00%) Internet
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (25.00%) Digital Media
4 2 (16.67%) Redis
4 2 (16.67%) Social Media
4 2 (16.67%) QA
4 2 (16.67%) Sinatra
4 2 (16.67%) iOS SDK
4 2 (16.67%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 2 (16.67%) UML
4 2 (16.67%) E-Commerce
4 2 (16.67%) Retail
4 2 (16.67%) Zachman Framework
4 2 (16.67%) TOGAF
4 2 (16.67%) WebSphere
4 2 (16.67%) CMS

Social Network
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 2 (16.67%) Ruby on Rails
1 2 (16.67%) WebSphere
1 2 (16.67%) Sinatra
1 2 (16.67%) iOS SDK
2 1 (8.333%) Java EE
2 1 (8.333%) J2EE
2 1 (8.333%) XML
2 1 (8.333%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) Facebook Platform
2 2 (16.67%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (16.67%) Apache Cassandra
1 2 (16.67%) Redis
General
1 4 (33.33%) Marketing
2 2 (16.67%) Retail
3 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
3 1 (8.333%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Administrator
3 2 (16.67%) Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Ruby Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Facebook Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Project Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Communications Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Marketing Manager
4 1 (8.333%) webMethods Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) iPhone
1 4 (33.33%) iPad
1 4 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 3 (25.00%) Digital Media
2 3 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (16.67%) Social Media
4 1 (8.333%) PMI
4 1 (8.333%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Android
1 4 (33.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) CRM
1 3 (25.00%) Business Development
2 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (16.67%) UML
2 2 (16.67%) E-Commerce
2 2 (16.67%) Zachman Framework
2 2 (16.67%) TOGAF
3 1 (8.333%) Content Management
3 1 (8.333%) Business Analysis
3 1 (8.333%) Telemarketing
3 1 (8.333%) B2B
3 1 (8.333%) PRINCE
3 1 (8.333%) Project Management
3 1 (8.333%) Change Management
3 1 (8.333%) Email Marketing
3 1 (8.333%) Product Marketing
3 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Content Management
3 1 (8.333%) Social Media Marketing
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (8.333%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Twitter
2 4 (33.33%) Facebook
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (8.333%) webMethods
4 1 (8.333%) ATG
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