The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Network in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Social Networking
Rank 114 - 115
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Social Network 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.049% - 0.071%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.242% - 0.395%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £300 - £275
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 West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
413 649 506
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 20.17% 19.58% 18.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 347 209
Average daily rate £350 £390 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +11.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £252 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £511 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 44 55
Average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.23 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.65 £42.50
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West 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
Devon - 1 £300 -
Social Network
England

Social Network
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 (83.33%) XML
1 5 (83.33%) CSS
2 4 (66.67%) Web Development
2 4 (66.67%) HTML
2 4 (66.67%) Java
2 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 3 (50.00%) Blog
3 3 (50.00%) Android
3 3 (50.00%) Web Services
3 3 (50.00%) Photoshop
3 3 (50.00%) Eclipse
3 3 (50.00%) Subversion
4 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (33.33%) REST
4 2 (33.33%) .NET
4 2 (33.33%) Mac OS X
4 2 (33.33%) jQuery
4 2 (33.33%) C#
5 1 (16.67%) WordPress
5 1 (16.67%) W3C
5 1 (16.67%) Content Management Server
5 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (16.67%) Intranet
5 1 (16.67%) Internet
5 1 (16.67%) Middleware
5 1 (16.67%) Project Management
5 1 (16.67%) SEO
5 1 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) Scrum
5 1 (16.67%) MySQL

Social Network
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 5 (83.33%) CSS
1 5 (83.33%) XML
2 4 (66.67%) HTML
3 3 (50.00%) Web Services
4 2 (33.33%) .NET
4 2 (33.33%) jQuery
4 2 (33.33%) REST
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
5 1 (16.67%) XSLT
5 1 (16.67%) Middleware
5 1 (16.67%) Ajax
5 1 (16.67%) WebSphere
5 1 (16.67%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) IIS
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 1 (16.67%) Content Management Server
1 1 (16.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Intranet
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MySQL
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Eclipse
1 3 (50.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Multimedia
1 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Android Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Web Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Integration Manager
4 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
4 1 (16.67%) C# Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Web Developer
4 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Software Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior C# Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior .NET Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Integration Project Manager
4 1 (16.67%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (16.67%) C# Software Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Front-End Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Front-End Web Developer
4 1 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (16.67%) .NET Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Blog
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (16.67%) iPad
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Media
2 1 (16.67%) N-Tier
2 1 (16.67%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Android
2 2 (33.33%) Mac OS X
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Web Development
2 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (16.67%) Content Management
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Web Usability
3 1 (16.67%) Feature Driven Development
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) SOA
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) SEO
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Java
1 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) PHP
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) IBM
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Google