The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Network in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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 - - -
Contract jobs citing Social Network 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
287 366 306
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.38% 16.41% 16.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 165 117
Average daily rate £315 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 35 43
Average hourly rate £28.50 £16.63 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+71.42% -16.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £10.85 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.40 £40.00 £44.00
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Social Network Hourly Rate Trend

Social Network
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS

Social Network
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Android Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS