The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Facebook products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Facebook over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors for the West Sussex 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Facebook, Inc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Facebook
Rank 35 53 46
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -7
Contract jobs citing Facebook 5 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 1.351% 0.912% 1.357%
As % of the Vendors category 2.451% 2.190% 2.791%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 5
Average daily rate - £375 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +20.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £280
% change year-on-year
-8.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.49 - £22.50
All Vendors
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
204 274 215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 55.14% 41.64% 48.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 142 94
Average daily rate £400 £350 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -9.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £225 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £488 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 16 23
Average hourly rate £26.00 £15.30 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+69.93% -23.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £11.75 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.40 £31.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Facebook
South East

Facebook
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Facebook across the West Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

West Sussex Facebook Jobs Demand Trend

Facebook
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Facebook across the West Sussex region.

West Sussex Facebook Daily Rate Trend

Facebook
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region citing Facebook 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 Facebook.

1 5 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 5 (100.00%) CMS
1 5 (100.00%) Adobe Premiere
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Social Media
1 5 (100.00%) New Media
1 5 (100.00%) Twitter
1 5 (100.00%) Analytics

Facebook
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region citing Facebook 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 Facebook. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 5 (100.00%) Adobe Premiere
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Social Media
1 5 (100.00%) New Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Analytics
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Twitter