The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Social Media over the 3 months to 22 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 Tyne and Wear 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Social Media
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Social Media 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £230 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
-16.36% -8.33%
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
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
25 54 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 13.81% 16.07% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 34 11
Average daily rate £343 £375 £394
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.66% -4.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £300 £209
10% offered a daily rate of more than £469 £550 £565
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £13.11 - £12.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
Social Media
North East

Social Media
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear Social Media Daily Rate Trend

Social Media
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Intranet
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Social Network
1 1 (100.00%) Office 365

Social Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Intranet
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Google