The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Social Media over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Yorkshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Social Media
Rank - 110 96
Contract jobs citing Social Media 0 12 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire - 0.495% 0.524%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 3.191% 2.732%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 10 5
Average daily rate - £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate £231 £275 £310
% change year-on-year
-15.90% -11.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £32.20 £14.50
% change year-on-year
-14.59% +122.06%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
430 376 366
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 22.07% 15.51% 19.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 194 157
Average daily rate £313 £338 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £210 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £465 £489
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 14 30
Average hourly rate £15.75 £16.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.56% -28.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.83 £11.00 £10.62
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £30.00 £44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Social Media
England

Social Media
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Social Media Daily 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
North Yorkshire - - - -
South Yorkshire - - - -
West Yorkshire - - - - 5
East Yorkshire - - - -
Social Media
England

Social Media
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
1 2 (66.67%) Ruby
1 2 (66.67%) Open Source
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Competitor Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Games
2 1 (33.33%) B2B

Social Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 2 (66.67%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Technical Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Insight
1 1 (33.33%) Competitor Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (33.33%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) Ruby
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