The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Social Media 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 Surrey 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 Media
Rank 73 91 89
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -2
Contract jobs citing Social Media 4 9 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.351% 0.547% 0.640%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.606% 3.226% 3.297%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 6
Average daily rate £225 £225 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -30.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £233 £269 £325
% change year-on-year
-13.48% -17.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £12.83 £14.50
% change year-on-year
+114.42% -11.55%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
249 279 364
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 21.86% 16.95% 19.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 131 205
Average daily rate £400 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £160 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £503 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 17 12
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.25 £31.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% +6.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Social Media
South East

Social Media
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey 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
Guildford - 2 - -
Social Media
South East

Social Media
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 7 (53.85%) Intranet
1 7 (53.85%) Marketing
2 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (30.77%) HTML
3 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
3 4 (30.77%) Degree
3 4 (30.77%) Analytics
4 3 (23.08%) CMS
4 3 (23.08%) Facebook
4 3 (23.08%) Twitter
4 3 (23.08%) HTML5
4 3 (23.08%) jQuery
4 3 (23.08%) CSS
4 3 (23.08%) XML
4 3 (23.08%) Content Management
4 3 (23.08%) Publishing
5 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
5 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
5 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
5 2 (15.38%) SEO
5 2 (15.38%) W3C
5 2 (15.38%) Web Analytics
5 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
5 2 (15.38%) PHP
5 2 (15.38%) .NET
5 2 (15.38%) WAI
5 2 (15.38%) Drupal
5 2 (15.38%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (7.692%) Blog
6 1 (7.692%) Games

Social Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 4 (30.77%) HTML
2 3 (23.08%) CSS
2 3 (23.08%) XML
2 3 (23.08%) jQuery
2 3 (23.08%) HTML5
3 2 (15.38%) .NET
4 1 (7.692%) ADO.NET
4 1 (7.692%) ASP
4 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET
4 1 (7.692%) COM
4 1 (7.692%) CSS3
4 1 (7.692%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) CMS
2 2 (15.38%) Drupal
3 1 (7.692%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
3 1 (7.692%) TeamSite
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Intranet
2 1 (7.692%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (53.85%) Marketing
2 3 (23.08%) Publishing
3 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.692%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (7.692%) Games
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Communications Manager
1 5 (38.46%) Internal Communications Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Marketing Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Web Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Lead Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Lead Web Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Managing Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) W3C
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.692%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Windows
1 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (30.77%) Analytics
3 3 (23.08%) Content Management
4 2 (15.38%) Web Analytics
4 2 (15.38%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (15.38%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
2 2 (15.38%) PHP
3 1 (7.692%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 1 (7.692%) BC Cleared
2 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) WAI
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Facebook
1 3 (23.08%) Twitter
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.692%) Omniture